The Classical Conversations Blog - Post Page 42

Apr 30, 2020

‘New World Echoes’ Wins Kids’ Short Story Prize

Southern Pines, North Carolina—“New World Echoes,” a spring release from Classical Conversations MultiMedia, has won the Children’s Short Stories category in the Independent Press Awards competition. The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. Selected...

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Apr 17, 2020

The Gratefulness Campaign

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the entire world to slow to a grinding halt. Sickness, sadness, and loneliness are running rampant in our communities. Schools across the nation have shut their doors; healthcare workers are overwhelmed, and unemployment claims are off the charts. This is a difficult time on...

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Apr 13, 2020

Reimagining Education: Homeschooling Goes to College

  Heather Shirley, Chief Academic Officer at Classical Conversations shares her personal homeschooling journey – and why the new Classical Conversations Plus (CC+) college partnership is so valuable for home educators.

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Mar 30, 2020

Earn Your Master’s While Homeschooling Your Children

Southern Pines, NC—Classical Conversations, the world’s largest classical homeschooling organization, and Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida, have joined forces to offer a unique master’s degree program for homeschooling parents. Classical Conversations CEO Robert Bortins announced the new program last week, and SEU has already had to raise the maximum...

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Mar 28, 2020

Earn Your Master of Arts in Classical Studies Degree | Classical Conversations Plus Announcement

Classical Conversations Plus is Finally Here! Ready for some big news? I hope so. Because I can’t wait to tell you! Ever since Classical Conversations’ beginning in my parents’ living room when I was a child, the dream has always been to invest in not just the children of...

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Mar 27, 2020

How to Homeschool During Coronavirus

Classical Conversations CEO Robert Bortins recently sat down with journalist Dan Andros of Faithwire.com to discuss how to homeschool during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. This ten minute interview should give parents some help to make their day a little bit easier. Here are a few tips about how to...

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Mar 26, 2020

‘New World Echoes’ Provides Family Reading Fun

Southern Pines, NC—Fables, tall tales and poetry can be found in every culture in every era, and they can tell us much about who we are as a people and as individuals. Following hard on the heels of its very successful “Old World Echoes” last year, Classical Conversations has...

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Homeschool app provided free during COVID-19 pandemic

Southern Pines, NC—The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has forced the closing of many of America’s 133,000 schools, leaving many parents searching for educational experiences for their children at home. Some schools are providing online classes, but others are just on an extended spring break at this point. Classical Conversations, one...

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Mar 20, 2020

Classical Conversations Values Its Parents

When my mom started Classical Conversations 23 years ago, it was because many homeschool parents didn’t feel comfortable educating their children through high school. My mom didn’t start Classical Conversations to homeschool those children for their parents, but to provide those parents with the necessary support to homeschool their...

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Mar 02, 2020

National Number Knockout will crown 2020 champ May 7

National Number Knockout (N2K) is returning to the high seas this May. Sixteen finalists from across the nation will compete for the title of 2020 N2K National Champion and a $10,000 cash prize onboard the Carnival cruise ship Victory on May 7. To the uninitiated ear, the answers sounded...

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Feb 19, 2020

Homeschoolers learn etiquette of fine dining

Southern Pines, North Carolina—Thousands of homeschool students across the country will get a crash course in etiquette this spring. High school students in Challenge I, II, III and IV programs at more than 2,000 Classical Conversations’ communities across the country will be participating in the programs’ Spring Protocol in...

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Feb 14, 2020

Georgia Challenge student to perform on American Idol

A Challenge student from Acworth, Georgia, will be performing on the Season 18 premiere of American Idol. Camryn Leigh Smith, 16, daughter of Brandon and Kim Smith, will be featured on the show Sunday evening, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. EST, on ABC. Camryn will be auditioning first on the...

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