Chris Nolan's movie adaptation of The Odyssey smashed box office records this summer, earning over 1.6 billion dollars, and created a cultural moment around Homer's epic poem. Interest in the story of The Odyssey has never been higher.

At Trinity Classical Academy, we have been big fans of The Odyssey for a while. Why do we love this story? And why do we love teaching it to students?

Find out in this friendly guide to Classical Christian education.

Classical Christian schools strive to form students in virtue. That's great in theory, but what about the practical training today's kids need for an uncertain future? Turns out nothing is more useful than virtue: the intellectual and personal skills needed to become mature, versatile, and effective adults.

How does that work? Dr. Kevin Clark, a renowned author and educational leader, joins us in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

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To learn more about Dr. Clark's book, see The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education .

To learn more about the Ecclesial Schools Initiative, click here.

For a brief introduction to Aristotle's concept of the "intellectual virtues", click here.

To access the full directory of Classical Academy Podcast episodes, organized by subject and grade level, click here.

Student discipline is a crucial part of education. It's how we teach right from wrong, how we teach not just information but character formation. At Trinity Classical Academy, we've developed an intentional process of student discipline aimed at producing virtue and wisdom. Our grammar school principal, Dr. Dixon, is here to share all about it, in this friendly guide to Classical Christian education.