From the boys’ choir in the lower school to the men’s chorus in the upper school, informal performances at faculty dinners to songs at the annual Maryland Day Gala, singing echoes throughout the whole of The Heights experience. This week, we sit down with Mr. Patrick Love, music teacher at The Heights since 2004, to discuss not only when and where we sing at The Heights but why we love to sing so much. As you’ll hear, singing—broadly understood—is at the heart of our school’s mission. Cantare amantis est, St. Augustine tells us:...

The core achievement in Benedict’s life for years to come will be his attempts to teach us how to see. The range of his emphasis on seeing (perceiving the real) reaches from politics to ethics to the arts to the sacred liturgy of the Church.

The virtue of making is alive and well in Sparhawk Academy’s craftsmanship classes.  From gardening to wood burning, boys are deeply rooted in reality through the creation of the good and the useful.

The Story, As It Happened A few months back, I met an empty seltzer box in the kitchen. It was intriguingly green and not to be recklessly discarded. I just didn’t know what it was yet. So here’s what happened, one thing at a time:  My daughters thought it was pretty, and therefore to be cut up with scissors. I watched little bright shapes happen. Green was what? Grass, lawn, meadow. We glued green pieces to the rest of the box to make little lawns or rolling hills. Such a...