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27 08, 2026

The Aeneid
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The Aeneid

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The Aeneid

By Stephen Rippon|2026-08-27T09:46:26-04:00August 27, 2026|Academics, Events, School life|0 Comments

Did Nolan's Odyssey Movie Interest You? Try Virgil's Aeneid! This fall, I will be leading a reading and discussion group on Virgil's epic poem, The Aeneid. We read this poem in 8th grade at Delaware Valley Classical School. Why might you want to read it too? Let's start with a recent film adaptation of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan. When I saw the movie this summer, I was impressed by the sights and sounds of the Trojan horse, the fall of Troy, and Odysseus's long sea journey home. [...]

18 09, 2025

Grandparents: Your Mission
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Grandparents: Your Mission

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Grandparents: Your Mission

By Anthony Urti|2025-09-18T12:20:55-04:00September 18, 2025|Academics, Core Values, School life|Comments Off on Grandparents: Your Mission

Grandparents Day is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our mission statement—especially because grandparents play an important role in helping us fulfill that mission. A mission statement is the true north star for why an institution exists. In the case of Delaware Valley Classical School, it sets the standard by which we measure everything we undertake at this school. In fact, some grandparents may even have informal mission statements—something brainstormed over a cup of coffee upon entering grandparenthood. Maybe it was something like, “I resolve to be involved in the lives of my grandchildren and [...]

2 04, 2025

It’s “No ‘Bro’ April”
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It’s “No ‘Bro’ April”

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It’s “No ‘Bro’ April”

By Anthony Urti|2025-04-02T18:41:40-04:00April 2, 2025|School life|Comments Off on It’s “No ‘Bro’ April”

It's "No 'Bro' April" in the logic and rhetoric schools at DVCS. What, you ask, is that? Good question! To answer, I've enlisted Chat GPT to help me (and by "help me" I mean do it for me) create an advertisement for "No 'Bro' April." Here it is: This April, drop the "bro" and level up your vocab! No "bro," no "brother," no "brosef"—you get the idea. Get creative. Find new ways to say anything. Challenge yourself. Who needs "bro" when you’ve got a whole dictionary? Join the movement, and let's talk smarter this [...]

31 10, 2024

On Appreciating Education
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On Appreciating Education

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On Appreciating Education

By Anthony Urti|2024-11-01T15:11:54-04:00October 31, 2024|School life|Comments Off on On Appreciating Education

Recently, I was put onto a tweet—now that the platform is officially X, what is a tweet called?—by a student at Oxford. The message of the tweet is one of appreciation for the student’s education. I quote at length: I have always thought that there is a moral aspect to academic performance at Oxbridge (the term used as a referent to Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the UK). Given the competitiveness of admissions and the commitment of senior academics to the tutorial/supervision system, not trying one’s best is both irresponsible toward the position of [...]

25 09, 2024

Reflections on Grandparents
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Reflections on Grandparents

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Reflections on Grandparents

By Anthony Urti|2024-09-26T12:19:14-04:00September 25, 2024|School life|Comments Off on Reflections on Grandparents

For millennia, education has been about passing on a heritage, a culture, and a way of life to the youth. Education is not solely about reading, writing, and arithmetic for its own sake but learning these subjects for a greater purpose. The concept of paideia, rooted in Ancient Greece, was one where education served to rear the ideal member of the polis or the city. That education, incidentally, made the child a wise individual as well. Extended to the Christian church, education was about raising and maintaining Christian men and women, who navigate both [...]