HeightsCast | October 15, 2026
Making Room for Mistakes: Education as Imitation, Mistakes, and Improv
Featuring Shane O'Neill, Pat Love
Read On| October 14, 2026
A Man and His Dog: A Review of “Heart of the Beast”
Featuring Joe Breslin
Read OnArticle | October 9, 2026
The Limits of Freedom: Making Choices for Our Sons
Featuring Elias Naegele
Read OnHeightsCast | October 9, 2026
Men for the World: On Every Man’s Vocation
Featuring Alvaro de Vicente
Read OnHeightsCast | October 1, 2026
Heights Clans and the Need for Festival
Featuring Kyle Blackmer
Read OnArticle | September 28, 2026
Drama as a Teaching Tool: Freeze-Frame Tableaux
Featuring Joseph Bissex
Read OnArticles & Essays
Next-Level Time Management
Mark Grannis suggests a new way of managing next week's time in light of this week's commitments.
By Mark Grannis | October 16, 2026
Your Son Should Become Strong
The proper way to treat the body is to care for it so that it allows us to serve others and give glory to God for as many years as possible.
By Alvaro de Vicente | October 14, 2026
The Limits of Freedom: Making Choices for Our Sons
What one teacher has learned by guiding his students through difficult river trips.
By Elias Naegele | October 09, 2026
We Are Not Angels
Rob Greving encourages us to attend to our senses more intentionally, since they are so much of what makes us human.
By Robert Greving | October 02, 2026
Drama as a Teaching Tool: Freeze-Frame Tableaux
Joe Bissex shows us a method for helping our students to embody characters from the books they’re reading in order to understand them better.
By Joseph Bissex | September 28, 2026
High School Success
High school success should be more than simply a college admissions game. Boys can learn to set goals for physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth—with the guidance of a trusted mentor.
By Alvaro de Vicente | September 22, 2026
Thomas Merton: Wide-Awake in the World
Merton is a spiritual guide who combines the natural and mundane with the supernatural and eternal.
By Michael Ortiz | September 18, 2026
The Perfect Life Fallacy
When one starts to take the “life plan” seriously, he can easily fall into the “perfect life fallacy.” Alvaro de Vicente reminds us that a good life is never fully for ourselves.
By Alvaro de Vicente | August 11, 2026
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Book & Movie Reviews
A Man and His Dog: A Review of “Heart of the Beast”
"With few characters and sparse dialogue, Heart of the Beast tells a beautiful story of suffering, survival, and man's best friend."
- Joe Breslin Read the ReviewThe Web-Head Wins: A Review of Spider-Man: Brand New Day
"Director Destin Daniel Cretton takes great care with the action, pacing, sets, surprises, and emotional beats of Spider-Man: Brand New Day..."
- Joe Breslin Read the Review
Soaring Over the Rainbow
" Wicked: For Good completes the faithful adaptation of a Broadway masterpiece. The Broadway musical Wicked first hit movie theate..."
- Mark Grannis Read the ReviewThe Power and the Glory – A Review
"Have you ever read a book that inspired in you a soul-crushing desire to eat fried chicken, shed undefinable tears through a mouthful of Spr..."
- Joseph Bissex Read the ReviewHow It’s Done, Done, Done: K-Pop Demon Hunters
"A true musical that doesn't make its plot into a mere vessel for “messaging"—yet is ultimately compatible with a Christian sense of sin,..."
- Joe Breslin Read the ReviewAll Tracks Converge: A Review of The Lincoln Highway
"After a stint in a Nebraska prison over an accidental killing, Emmett Watson prepares to start fresh in California with his wide-eyed eight-..."
- Joe Breslin Read the ReviewIn Search of Sacrifice: The Drama of the Family in Godzilla Minus One
"2023’s Japanese film Godzilla Minus One is more than a monster flick—it’s a true family movie. Not to be confused with CGI-heavy Ameri..."
- Joe Breslin Read the ReviewTestosterone Tropes: A Review of F1: The Movie
"If the social media “manosphere” became incarnate as a movie, that movie would be F1. Not so much a story as a series of “manly” tro..."
- Joe Breslin Read the ReviewLook Up: Why I Believe in Superman (2025)
"Superman (2025) is a fun and wholesome movie that’s best enjoyed on the big screen. Despite some issues with pacing and a few unfortunate ..."
- Tom Cox Read the ReviewCutting Edge, but Get to the Point
"Fantasy authors have a league of their own. They play for various intramural teams, such as The Snarky Sendups (Terry Pratchett’s Discworl..."
- Joseph Bissex Read the ReviewBrowse all Reviews...
Podcasts & Videos
HeightsCast
Making Room for Mistakes: Education as Imitation, Mistakes, and Improv
Students and teachers alike have to get comfortable with the idea of mistakes as part of the journey toward critical engagement.
Featuring Shane O'Neill, Pat Love | October 15, 2026
Forum Faculty Podcast
Why Should I Read The Odyssey?
Is it ever too late to read one of the foundational works of Western literature? In this inaugural installment of “Books I Haven’t Read—and Why Should I Read Them?”, host Joel Sellier sits down with fellow faculty Gerard “Babo” Babendreier, Justin Myers, and Joe Bissex to discuss Homer’s Odyssey: why it remains essential reading, where a first-time reader should begin, and what an ancient epic can still teach modern readers about home, loyalty, pride, suffering, and love. The conversation also explores the challenges and possibilities of translation, with the guests...
Featuring Joel Sellier, Gerard Babendreier, Joseph Bissex, Justin Myers | July 24, 2026
Men for the World: On Every Man’s Vocation
In this year’s Headmaster’s Lecture, Alvaro de Vicente makes the case that we can win the world back through our families and professional work—and should prepare our sons to do the same.
Featuring Alvaro de Vicente | October 09, 2026
Heights Clans and the Need for Festival
Why take time out of the school year for “festival”? Kyle Blackmer argues for the rich liturgical and intellectual traditions of authentic feasting.
Featuring Kyle Blackmer | October 01, 2026
The Scope of Mentoring
Spiritual direction, coaching, counseling—how do these forms of advisory compare to mentoring? Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente outlines his vision for a holistic mentoring program.
Featuring Alvaro de Vicente | September 24, 2026
Struggling in Math: Where Digital Tools Can Assist in Academic Virtue
An extremely practical guide to the best digital resources out there and how to use them effectively.
Featuring Dave Maxham | September 17, 2026
The Art and Act of Knowing—and What It Means for Teaching
A student coming to know something is not passive at all. It’s an act. And that act does not primarily belong to the teacher.
Featuring Dr. Jonathan Buttaci | September 10, 2026
Newman and his Idea of a School
You may know The Idea of a University, but fewer have heard about St. John Henry Newman's extensive efforts in primary and secondary education.
Featuring Dr. Paul Shrimpton | September 03, 2026
Boy-Girl Socializing: Fostering Healthy Peer Groups
Alvaro de Vicente speaks to the different roles of families and schools in building up healthy, mixed-gender peer groups for teens.
Featuring Alvaro de Vicente | August 20, 2026
True Convivium: Friendship with Fellow Teachers
What is the value of friendships among fellow faculty? What are the ingredients of that friendship? How should individual teachers seek it? How can school leaders foster it? And how might students benefit?
Featuring Austin Hatch, Tom Steenson | August 06, 2026
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