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 9th Graders - Summer Reading
Frankensteinby Mary Shelley
Along with the liberation of European revolutions came high ideals and a strong belief in man's influence over his environment. In the case of Dr. Frankenstein, his aspiration for supernatural powers and knowledge created a monster who tormented him until the day he died. He sought a fame greater than his nature would allow and, while his monster knew nothing but a desire to be accepted and reunited with his creator, Frankenstein's own "overreaching" ambition was met with disillusionment.
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School and Sports: A Christian Critiqueby Richard A. Riesen
Considering that athletics as it is practiced and played in the majority of environments today is about winning only, it becomes challenging to find the merit of athletics in the context of the goals and objectives of Christian education. Skillfully written and pointedly honest, the book provides the kind of discussion about sports that needs to take place in every school. |  Recommended by Head of School, Communications Director - Fall 2008
Millstones & Stumbling Blocks:
Understanding Education in Post-Christian America
by Bradley E. Heath
Much of the timber of public schooling and evangelicalism is as dry as kindling; Millstones & Stumbling Blocks is an open flame.
Don’t read this book if you insist on believing that . . . --Christian children should be educated in public schools --American evangelicalism is on the right track --there are political remedies for our cultural illnesses
Do read this book if . . . --you’ll consider that the above points may not be true --you are unhappy with the educational status quo --you accept the responsibility to read, think, and act
Christian parents with children in the government school system can’t receive Brad Heath’s hard, pointed, and piercing message often enough. -- Patch Blakey, Executive Director, The Association of Classical & Christian Schools
Heath’s analysis of the ... consequences of rejecting Christian education and embracing public schooling is among the best yet written. -- E. Ray Moore, Jr., Chaplain (Lt. Col.) USAR Ret., Founder and Director, Exodus Mandate
|  5th Graders
The Silver Sword: Escape from Warsawby Ian Serraillier
In 1942 Warsaw, World War II is raging, and people live in fear from day to day. Ruth, Bronia, and Edek have to fend for themselves when both of their parents are taken by the Nazis. Can they survive? A gripping story based on true accounts.
|  Faculty - Summer Reading - Summer 2008
Piety & Philosophy: A Primer for Christian Schools
by Richard A. Riesen
Christians have a unique role to play in the future of our schools, and Dr. Riesen's refreshingly honest inquiry into the relationship between the spiritual life and the academic enterprise is guaranteed to provoke discussion. Chapters include what makes an education Christian, what the liberal arts have to do with Christianity, and whether Christian education can be too academic. | |  | |
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