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As the weather cools down in the piedmont of North Carolina, I begin anticipating the Dixie Classic Fair. I love the crisp air, clear skies, the smell of funnel cakes and grilled sausage, the sound of barkers offering to guess my weight and age, the reminders of the important...
Read the Full ArticleIt is planning time for Classical Conversations three-day Parent Practicums. I look forward to learning something new and getting inspired for the next school year, but most of all, I look forward to three days of adult conversation. The word “conversation” can be overlooked during Practicums because we work...
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In 2012 Leigh stepped away from the leadership of the program she had created 15 years earlier, and it was Classical Conversations’ very first student, her oldest son, Robert, who became the new CEO.
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Ah, springtime—warm breezes, daffodils, sunshine, and among Classical Conversations families, practicing for “Memory Master”! “Memory Master” is an honor bestowed on Foundations students who have mastered all of the memory work during the twenty-four weeks of Foundations class. We define “mastery” of the information as having committed the information...
Read the Full Article“There is the great lesson of “Beauty and the Beast”; that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.” “Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” G.K. Chesterton Orthodoxy I used to believe that homeschooling was not for everybody. I...
Read the Full ArticleAs the sun scorched our arms another day, we bounced over dusty, rut-filled roads that brought to mind the terms “outback” and “off road” in a whole new bone jarring reality. This is Haiti. What would you think about Classical Conversations putting together a national mission trip? Let us...
Read the Full ArticleThe recent budget cuts across the United States have forced colleges to cut teachers, while the football program coaches get millions of dollars in raises. This has caught the attention of Forbes in an article “Get Football out of our Universities.” Leigh Bortins, founder and CEO of Classical Conversations, Inc., often...
Read the Full ArticleThe deck is being shuffled in the Middle East. Only time will tell if the changes are positive or negative. With greater access to news and information, common folk can hear about events around the world. News traveled fast on December 17, 2010 when Mohammed Bouazizi of Tunisia doused...
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As Classical Conversations began to expand outside the central North Carolina area, Leigh developed the idea of local communities led by directors and tutors for the three programs: Foundations, Essentials and Challenge. The contract workers received extensive training and resources to better offer the Classical Conversations programs in their...
Read the Full ArticleWith the help of friends and family, Leigh developed a business plan for her fledgling business and entered it in the annual Piedmont Entrepreneurial Network’s new business competition.
Read the Full ArticleThe growing Bortins family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1989 when Rob accepted a job with US Air. Then Leigh began homeschooling in earnest.
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Educated to be an aerospace engineer, Leigh Bortins decided to stay home to raise her sons, and when she couldn’t find a classical, Christian homeschool curriculum, she decided to develop her own.
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