A couple of weeks ago, Sequitur hosted the annual winter Celebratio. It was our seventh Celebratio and probably one of my favorites. I say that every time so I guess that means they just keep getting better and better.
Hannah Kate's class recited Ephesians 6:10-18, a Latin Table Blessing and A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This was Ellie's very first Celebratio on the stage, and she had been looking forward to it for quite awhile now. She's always had to sit in the audience and watch the past few years, but now she gets to participate. (She also thought this meant she was going to be in 2nd grade. I had to remind her that there are TWO Celebratios each year, and she's not yet in 2nd grade.). Unfortunately, she wasn't feeling her best this day. She recited with her class, but I don't think she enjoyed it as much as she would have if she had been feeling better. They recited Psalm 100, Thirty Days Hath September and The City Mouse Lives in a House by Christina Rossetti. (And, yes, it was all just as precious as it sounds!).
Our days aren't easy for a lot of reasons. But this evening reminded me that it's worth it.
From a recent Sequitur Classical Academy social media post: There is an ever-present need for Christians to wisely, intelligently, courageously, creatively and graciously engage our city and neighbors with Christian truth. It is Sequitur's hope that we can, by the grace of God, accomplish these goals in our students. This is why our mission is to educate "for the purpose of teaching children to affirm the true, pursue the good and enjoy the beautiful to the glory of Jesus Christ, by whom and for whom all things were created." Our mission is not only aimed at academic competency. It is likewise a mission concerning love, being used by God to aim a child's heart and affections in the right direction. We are not so much concerned with where our students attend college or where they will be employed. Our most fundamental educational care is who our students become. Therefore, our courses are founded on the Word of God, and our faculty consists of godly men and women who love their students, their subjects and who embody the virtues they teach.