Our Mission
The Heights Forum is a department of The Heights School. We assist parents, school leaders, and teachers in their own efforts to educate boys into men fully alive. Through in-person and digital resources we share our experience in forming the hearts and minds of boys, and invite you to join the conversation.
An Apostolate of Courtesy: Social Graces and Civilization
Featuring Robert Greving
Saving civilization well may begin with eye contact, a tucked shirt, a sincere apology, or a held door.
Parental Presence, Part I
By Alvaro de Vicente
While “quality time” has long been the measure of parental presence, prioritizing and even sacrificing for “quantity time” with one’s children has a deep impact.
Teaching the American Founding after 250 Years
Featuring Matthew Spalding
How have we allowed such a daring story as the American founding to become so flat? A history lesson so simple, tidy, and inevitable that it can be covered in one day’s class? Dr. Matthew Spalding, dean of Hillsdale’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government, wants to revive the living story of the American founding—and the Declaration of Independence, in particular. Calling it our nation’s “epic poem,” he sees in this document a layered poetic, philosophical, and practical work of the American Mind. This week on HeightsCast, Dr. Spalding invites...
5 Ways to Make the Faith Attractive to Boys
By Alvaro de Vicente
Handing down the faith is far from automatic. Boys need to understand the Christian life as one of adventure and action.