Kolbecast

AMDG.  Jordan Almanzar is familiar to podcast listeners as a voice of experience related to podcast hosting, teaching, and public relations, but today we get to hear a different side of him: Jordan as scholar.  He discusses some of his recent and not-so-recent writings with Bonnie and Steven, including reflections inspired by marginalia in his Latin books and the contrast between classical brutality and Christian compassion. The team also discusses what it means to be neighbors, enemies, artists, or infants.

Kolbecast episodes mentioned or relevant:

• 111 What Treasures Remain, day 3 of the 2022 Kolbecast Convention

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to Kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode!

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AMDG.  Kolbe offers an array of options for types of learning: fully homeschool, fully online, and two in-the-middle offerings called self-paced and self-paced plus.  We focus on those middle options today with Chrissy Almanzar and Everett Buyarski.  What is a self-paced online course?  What’s the “plus” in self-paced plus?  How do both options help take a load off parents, increase engagement for students, and maintain flexibility while providing a lot of access to content?  Listen and find out.

Relevant Kolbecast episodes & other links:

• Recordings from Kolbe’s recent open house

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to Kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode!

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  Kolbe’s Executive Director Mary Rowles visits with Bonnie and Steven today about Kolbe's origins, evolution, and outlook.  As she describes how Kolbe has grown from a family business and apostolate and its response to rise in demand during the pandemic, Mary’s openness to service is clear—as is her innate leadership, with a tone that brings out the best in people and an emphasis on putting values to practice.

Relevant Kolbecast episodes:

• 72 Participatory Citizens

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to [email protected] and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode!

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org

AMDG.  Homeschool conventions offer the opportunity for curriculum providers to take their shows on the road, but this week we’ve brought the show to you.  Listen to this year’s convention finale for insights, updates, and wisdom from Megan Lengyel, Everett Buyarski, Nicole O’Connor, Chrissy Almanzar, Tony Guzzaldo, and Maggie Hayden.  The discussion includes the various enrollment options Kolbe offers, advice for getting back in the school state of mind, and an exclusive code for podcast listeners to avoid late enrollment fees.

This is Day 5 of the 2022 Kolbecast Convention. Previous episodes include

• Day 1 with Dr. George Harne

For more in-depth information about some of Everett’s points, check out these links:

• high school planning webinar

Check out Kolbe’s brand new third grade history text Stories of a Changing World!

Our recent Open House included an opening prayer and talk by friend of the Kolbecast Michelle Kim and presentations on several aspects of Kolbe’s offerings. Here’s the entire playlist.   

relevant Kolbecast episodes

• 81 The When and the How of Online Elementary

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to Kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  The great commandment to love your neighbor as yourself begins from a place of loving yourself well.  Today Everett Buyarski, Elizabeth Hoxie, and Therese Prudlo introduce the Ignatian education tenet of “cura personalis” or “care of the whole person”—a pragmatic yet profound discipline that forms students into the men and women they are designed to be.  The group discusses how repetition, rest, food, sleep, and exercise contribute to unity of mind, heart, and soul; encourages the idea that good is of God wherever it happens to appear; and suggests ways for families to reflect on what they give attention to and what sort of fruit it bears.

Links Elizabeth mentioned:

• Characteristics of Jesuit Education.pdf (jesuitinstitute.org)

Here’s where to get your copy of Implementation of Ignatian Education in the Home.

This is Day 4 of the 2022 Kolbecast Convention. Previous episodes include

• Day 1 with Dr. George Harne

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to Kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  If we made a list of FAQs about the Kolbe curriculum, the top question would likely be why Kolbe begins high school with Greek history, literature, and philosophy.  Today’s episode explores that question through a roundtable discussion with some of our resident experts: Kolbe history chair Therese Prudlo, philosophy professor Dr. Don Prudlo, former college philosophy professor and current Kolbe instructor Dr. Carl Hasler, and Kolbe literature teacher Michelle Kim.  Highlights of the conversation include how early Christian thinkers had to appeal to the Greek intellect, how a classical education combats the American tendency toward collective forgetfulness, and how students find themselves enthralled by and eager to engage with primary sources despite the time gap between Ancient Greece and Generation Z.

Related Kolbecast episodes

• 102 A Great Commission featuring the 2022 graduation speeches, Ms. Ellen Finnigan’s among them

This is Day 3 of the 2022 Kolbecast Convention. Listen here to Day 1 with Dr. George Harne or Day 2 with Matt and Erin Ingold of Metanoia Catholic.

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to Kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

Check out Michelle Kim’s opening talk and prayer at Kolbe’s recent Open House.

Members of our panel today can be heard on these other Kolbecast episodes:

• 15 Asparagus Moments, 36 Embrace the Fifth Day and 37 Take a Moment with Therese Prudlo

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  The universal call to holiness is a call to excellence in every person’s given state of life, but it can be daunting to take this abstract commission and live it out in a practical and fun way.  Catholic mindset coaches Matt and Erin Ingold visit with us today about exactly that.  The Ingolds speak from a background in a variety of sacred and secular wisdom—from St. Thomas Aquinas to cognitive behavioral therapy—to share their insights on how parents and families can structure their thinking and their lives to experience more of the things they value.  They also touch on division in marriage, how to handle worries of inadequacy as a homeschool parent, and the ongoing nature of discerning the best education for your children.

Check out Metanoia Catholic, Matt and Erin’s Catholic coaching company, and their podcast The Catholic Coaching Podcast, available on podcast apps and on YouTube. Bonnie references this decision-making video in the conversation.

Relevant Kolbecast episodes:

• 10 In the Driver’s Seat

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic, including filters for the curious and discerning. Head to Kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

This is the second episode of the 2022 Kolbecast Convention. Use the “convention” filter to find other episodes in this series, including Day 1 with Dr. George Harne.

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  The pursuit of human flourishing in this life and the next takes a clear understanding of what it means to be human.  Today, Dr. George Harne, Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, joins Bonnie and Steven to discuss the distinctive ins and outs of classical education.  Describing a classical curriculum as “more than old dusty books,” Dr. Harne vividly describes the way this kind of education fosters understanding of both personhood and purpose.  He also explains how studying organized bodies of knowledge and sequences of learning leads to self-knowledge, critical skills, and wisdom borne from wonder.

Check out Kolbecast episode 16 It’s All Greek to Me with George’s daughter, Kolbe alumna Sophia Harne.

Dr. Harne’s episode is the first of the 2022 Kolbecast convention. The 2021 Kolbecast convention includes these episodes:

• 47 Among the Pots & Pans

Other links referenced

• Harne’s keynote talk at Kolbe’s Spring 2022 college fair

The Kolbecast has covered a lot of ground in its 100+ episodes. Our website's new filters make it easy to find episodes organized by topic. Head to kolbe.org/podcast and scroll down to choose episodes on a particular subject or to see the entire catalog of episodes.

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  Our world tour continues with a conversation featuring several intrepid Kolbe students—Martina, Bea, and Katie—who recently toured Greece and Italy along with classmates, parents, and teachers.  They share some of the logistics that went into coordinating a distance school’s international voyage, their favorite geographic and culinary highlights of the trip, and their reflections on the similarities and contrasts between Pagan and Catholic wonders.  As they describe their trip of a lifetime, our guests today contemplate everyday ancient life and the ways it strengthened their faith, relationships, and connection with the past and with each other.

Related Kolbecast episodes:

• 76 Study Buddies with Martina and other NHS students + Mrs. Jenni Mammola

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.

AMDG.  The flexibility of homeschooling offers families the opportunity for enrichment and adventure outside the house.  Traveling during the traditional school year is one way to capitalize on this flexibility.  Kolbe moms Nicole Shaffer—author of the blog Army Wife, Homeschool Travel Life—and Vanessa Delgado discuss learning on the road with Bonnie and Steven today, from rolling with the unexpected to exploring your own back yard.  They also touch on combining grade levels of subjects to teach “family-style,” the logistics of participating in Kolbe online while traveling, and how to embrace opportunities that may be disruptive to schedules.

Follow Nikki's family's adventures and get her travel tips here.

Related Kolbecast episodes:

• 36 Embrace the Fifth Day and 37 Take a Moment with Therese Prudlo

Subscribe to the Kolbecast in your favorite podcast app and never miss an episode. If you have a moment to leave a ratings and review, that will help the Kolbecast reach more listeners.

Have a suggestion or question for the Kolbecast team? Write to us at [email protected].

Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org.