Articles tagged Challenge II
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...
Help! I’m Starting Challenge II Without Foundations (or Challenge)!
by Admin
Thursday, 21 June, 2018
categories: Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 21 June, 2018
categories: Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
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...
Directing: My Mission Field
by Tonya
Thursday, 06 July, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 06 July, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
"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...
Plato Joins Classical Conversations
by Marc
Wednesday, 13 January, 2016
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Wednesday, 13 January, 2016
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
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...
The First Debate
by April
Friday, 16 October, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 16 October, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
"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...