Category: HeightsCast

Boys need mentors. We know this intuitively from our observations of young and older boys alike. But why? Join Mr. Joe Cardenas (Head of Mentoring) and Alex Berthe (7th Grade Core Teacher) for a conversation on why boys–and their parents–need mentoring.

Hillsdale College Dr. Matt Spalding continues his conversation with us about American History, and the theory of education in 20th century America.

Hillsdale’s Dr. Matt Spalding discusses the importance of studying history, and the problems with the contemporary approach. We Still Hold These Truths Heritage Guide to the Constitution

Dr. Matthew Mehan unpacks the liberal arts. We can throw the term around to describe our school, but do we really understand what we mean? Is it more than a list of good books? Dr. Mehan explores what it means to be a student of the “arts of liberty”–a life long pursuit.  For all of us.

Dan Lively joins us for a podcast on Systems for Athletic Success.

Michael Moynihan, Upper School Head at The Heights, offers practical and concrete guidance on how to help your son right the academic ship when his failure is entirely within his control.

This week on HeightsCast, we re-explore an interview with Eric Heil on “greentime,” and “nature deficit disorder.”

Listen to part 2 of a lecture from Alvaro de Vicente on points for us to consider as we navigate through the challenges of raising boys in the current era.

This podcast features the first half of a lecture delivered by our headmaster on the topic of Raising Boys in an Age of Affluence. We live in one of the wealthiest cities, in the wealthiest country, in the wealthiest era in the history of the world. In general, there’s no place we’d rather be and we are blessed. There are however, certain predispositions that societal affluence can engender in our students and sons. There are also many things that we, as parents and teachers, can do to cultivate our sons into tough,…