The Headmaster's Podcast

Sam Griffith (Class of 2022) and current KPA football coach, discusses his time at KPA and reflects on the characteristics of KPA's Portrait of a Graduate. In this interview he tells us why looking back at KPA, he believes, “the difficulty of school is going to prepare you for the difficulty of life.”

Associate Dean and Associate Professor James McGlothlin spends some time talking about aesthetics, beauty, and Jonathan Edwards. The conversation brings together classical education, theology, and philosophy.

MacKenzie Walker (class of 2022) popped into the recording studio to update the KPA community about what she has been up to since graduating. Then, she reflects on KPA's Portrait of a Graduate.

The graduation address to the class of 2024 is a reading of a letter from Skragclaw (a senior demon) to Glumslug (a junior temptor).

Dr. Chris Schlect from New Saint Andrews College discusses the importance and value of studying history. For anyone who is unsure that we should study ancient and medieval history, this interview provides a few reasons not to be so dubious.

Kara Hawthorne reads her senior thesis in this episode, where she makes a persuasive case for parents to read to their children out loud. Collaborative school parents will definitely want to hear what she has to say!

“Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

These are the words of Proverbs 22:6 (ESV). In this episode, we will meditate on this verse and dive deeper into its meaning.

Hear from Michael Craig, a graduate from classical Christian education, and how his education has prepared him for young adult life. Michael is a co-founder of the CLT Prep, and we talk about the CLT (Classic Learning Test) in this episode as well.

Madison (Bundy) Wernsman from the class of 2018 reflects on her time at KPA. She talks about her passion for mission work, how KPA prepared her to complete her nursing degree, and so much more.

In this episode, Amy Laney and Jeannie DePoe join me to discuss why we study pagan myths at a Christian school and how we go about teaching them.