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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 [...]

5 02, 2025

Education and DVCS School Culture
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Education and DVCS School Culture

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Education and DVCS School Culture

By Anthony Urti|2025-02-10T14:51:49-05:00February 5, 2025|Academics|Comments Off on Education and DVCS School Culture

The following remarks were delivered at the State of the School meeting on February 3, 2025. Romans 12:2; Romans 13:9-10 When the modern classical Christian school movement began in the early 1980s, it aimed to recover something valuable that had been lost in the modern world. Classical Christian Education (CCE) was a critique not only of public schools but also of traditional Christian education, which at that time (and still, to some extent, today) had a reputation for being academically weak. Christians had focused mainly on personal piety, often at the expense of engaging [...]

9 12, 2024

All I Want For Christmas is a 75-in TV: Revisiting Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death”

By Anthony Urti|2024-12-09T16:13:08-05:00December 9, 2024|Core Values|Comments Off on All I Want For Christmas is a 75-in TV: Revisiting Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death”

Recently, my family was out for dinner at a very lively restaurant. The restaurant was packed and any actual conversation taking place needed to be maintained at high decibel levels in order to be maintained at all. The food was very good. However, it hit me right between the eyes, literally, when I counted the number of televisions on the wall. Nary an inch between the rectangular displays, sporting events and the news of the day beamed light and sound en masse into the sort of space that at one point in our history [...]

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 [...]

8 05, 2023

Class of 2023 Thesis Statements: Truth, Stewardship, Jazz, and More
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Class of 2023 Thesis Statements: Truth, Stewardship, Jazz, and More

Academics, Events

Class of 2023 Thesis Statements: Truth, Stewardship, Jazz, and More

By DVCS|2024-08-31T13:23:39-04:00May 8, 2023|Academics, Events|Comments Off on Class of 2023 Thesis Statements: Truth, Stewardship, Jazz, and More

On May 15 between 8:15 a.m. and 1:55 p.m., each member of the DVCS Class of 2023 will defend an original thesis statement on a topic of his or her choice in front of a panel of judges. This annual tradition at DVCS is a consummation of what students have learned during their time at the school. Throughout the school year, students research their topics, develop their arguments, and practice to present in a winning manner. They seek to logically, beautifully, and persuasively express ideas grounded in truth. Class of 2023 Thesis Statements August B.: [...]

13 05, 2022

Class of 2022 Thesis Statements: Quantitative Easing, De-extinction, and More

By DVCS|2024-08-31T14:14:39-04:00May 13, 2022|Academics, Events|Comments Off on Class of 2022 Thesis Statements: Quantitative Easing, De-extinction, and More

On May 17 between 8:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m., each member of the senior class will defend an original thesis statement on a topic of his or her choice in front of a panel of judges. This annual tradition at DVCS is a consummation of what students have learned during their time at the school as they seek to logically, beautifully, and persuasively express ideas grounded in truth. Students spend time in rhetoric class throughout the school year researching their topics, developing their arguments, and practicing to present in a winning manner. The following is [...]

9 02, 2022

Why Logic Class Matters at a Classical Christian School

By DVCS|2025-08-07T14:52:24-04:00February 9, 2022|Academics|Comments Off on Why Logic Class Matters at a Classical Christian School

By Mrs. Christina Schneider At Delaware Valley Classical School, 8th graders take Logic, and it’s one of my favorite classes to teach. Our students are blessed to have the course; it is rare for modern students to take a Logic class outside of college-level computer programming or philosophy departments. What is Logic? Logic is the science and art of reasoning well. It is a science, as we study argument and the rules of reasoning; it is an art due to the sophistication and/or simplicity involved in the application of these rules. To begin the course, [...]

17 11, 2021

Trevor Baines (’18): Classical Education, Modern Career
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Trevor Baines (’18): Classical Education, Modern Career

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Trevor Baines (’18): Classical Education, Modern Career

By DVCS|2024-08-31T13:58:34-04:00November 17, 2021|Alumni|Comments Off on Trevor Baines (’18): Classical Education, Modern Career

Trevor Baines ('18), senior information technology major at Grand Canyon University and application security analyst, said his experience in classical Christian education from kindergarten to graduation equipped him with critical thinking skills and prepared him to pursue his varied interests. In upper school, Trevor served as chair of the House of Wilberforce, competed on the debate team, and played several sports. He fondly remembers singing psalms before class, fellowshipping at lunch with classmates and friends, and singing for parents and grandparents at school concerts. Though he now studies and works in the emerging field of cybersecurity, [...]