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Camryn Smith on American Idol

Georgia Challenge student to perform on American Idol

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by John
Friday, 14 February, 2020
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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...
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Help! I’m Starting Challenge II Without Foundations (or Challenge)!

Though she had been homeschooled her whole life, Cassidy started her formal high school education with Challenge II, having no Foundations or any Challenge program at all! We asked her to share her experience…   Looking to start Challenge II was honestly a pretty scary...
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Directing: My Mission Field

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"I don't know, Lord. Are you sure you mean me? There are loads of parents much more qualified than I am to direct." That was me about ten years ago. When my state manager (this is back when Classical Conversations still had state managers) first called and asked if I...
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Plato Joins Classical Conversations

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Over the course of the 2015-2016 academic year, both the Challenge II and Challenge III programs will be incorporating an original work of Plato into each curriculum. Challenge II students will be reading the Gorgias dialogue, and Challenge III will be reading the Meno...
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The First Debate

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"Did God really say?"  And so began the first debate.  Satan, the original sophist, uses his crafty rhetoric for his own pleasure and benefit.  His exordium, a simple question, sets the tragic events into motion. Eve's response is most intriguing:  "God did say, ‘You...
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