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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.
True Convivium: Friendship with Fellow Teachers
Featuring Austin Hatch, Tom Steenson
“Friendship is one of the most indispensable requirements of life,” says Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics. But, adds Alasdair MacInytre, it’s also “difficult and often enough impossible—especially under the conditions characteristic of contemporary modernity.” Today on HeightsCast, long-time colleagues (and friends!) Austin Hatch and Tom Steenson reflect on the nature of friendship, and why it was chosen as the theme for the 2026 Convivium Conference for Teaching Men, hosted by The Heights Forum this November. What is the value of friendships among fellow faculty? What are the ingredients of that...
Homer through Nolan’s Looking-Glass
Joe Breslin examines the good, the bad, and the upshot of Christopher Nolan's epic attempt to tell the story of Odysseus's homecoming.
Helping Your Son Discover the Meaning of His Life
By Alvaro de Vicente
The first step for "high school as life prep" is no less than helping your son discern the purpose of his life.
Reducing Anxiety through the Meaning of Work
Featuring Michael Moynihan
Our professional and academic anxieties may come from a crisis of meaning for the term ‘work.’