S3E25: Charge to the 2025 Graduates
Listen to the charge to the graduates from the May 2025 graduation ceremony at KPA.
May 23, 2025•15 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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Looking for interesting discussions about classical, Christian, collaborative education? This podcast is the place to find conversations about the pursuit of building virtuous students and followers of Jesus Christ through the partnership of parents and the school working together. For the community of Kingdom Preparatory Academy (Lubbock, Texas), this podcast will provide information and updates for our school community as well.
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S3E24: Students Share Grand Tour Experiences
In this episode, you will hear from four of KPA's juniors (or "soon-to-be-seniors" as they describe themselves) as they share about KPA's Grand Tour. They paint a colorful picture of the Grand Tour!
May 16, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 24
S3E23: KPA & School Choice
Now that the State of Texas has passed a School Choice bill, what is KPA going to do? In this episode, I talk about the School Choice legislation and its potential impact on KPA and our families.
May 09, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 23
S3E22: Katie Hawthorne (class of 2019)
Katie Hawthorne (class of 2019) updates the KPA community about what she is doing now, and she shares some of her reflections from her time at KPA.
Mar 07, 2025•42 min•Season 3Ep. 22
S3E21: A discussion about "loving to know" with Jared Brock (part 2)
Mr. Brock continues his discussion about "loving to know" from last week's episode. In this second part, he turns to the applications of this approach to education.
Feb 21, 2025•32 min•Season 3Ep. 21
S3E20: A discussion about "loving to know" with Jared Brock (part 1)
What is the best way to know? Mr. Brock advocates for an approach that says the best way to know something is by loving it. This is the first part of a conversation about the idea of connecting loving with knowing as an approach to education.
Feb 14, 2025•23 min•Season 3Ep. 20
S3E19: Kimberly Kennedy Talks about Prayer
Prayer. We know it is important, but we often struggle to do it well. Kimberly Kennedy (Upper School English teacher) talks about some of the best practices to help us grow in praying well.
Feb 07, 2025•24 min•Season 3Ep. 19
S3E18: Neil Anderson on Highs and Lows of Classical Christian Collaborative Education
Neil Anderson (Head of School, Trinity Classical School in Houston) joins Dr. DePoe for a conversation about the highs and lows parents experience in carrying out classical Christian collaborative education. Listen to the discussion describe what parents can expect from the Grammar School to the School of Logic and ultimately in the School of Rhetoric.
Jan 31, 2025•45 min•Season 3Ep. 18
S3E17: Prof. Gary Hartenburg on Leisurely vs. Useful Education
Professor Gary Hartenburg (Houston Christian University) joins the podcast to discuss what it means for classical education to be leisurely. Then, this is contrasted with an approach to education that values it only for its "usefulness." Find out whether classical education's leisurely approach to education makes it useless or not.
Jan 24, 2025•42 min•Season 3Ep. 17
S3E16: Mr. Hurtak talks about Discipleship at KPA
Mr. Hurtak sits down for a conversation about discipleship and spiritual formation at KPA. In this one, you will hear about KPA's discipleship classes, upper school chapels, and other ways that students are being discipled at KPA.
Jan 17, 2025•20 min•Season 3Ep. 16
S3E15: The Christian Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love
What is a virtue, and how are faith, hope, and love virtues? Looking at 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3, Dr. DePoe describes the Christian virtues.
Jan 10, 2025•28 min•Season 3Ep. 15
S3E14: KPA Seniors Talk about One Act Play
Seniors, Matthew Jenkins and Reagan Ramsey, talk about KPA's recent One Act Play performances.
Nov 14, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 14
S3E13: Caroline Tidwell (class of 2023) talks about Studying Abroad!
Caroline Tidwell (class of 2023) talks about studying abroad and how KPA has prepared her to make the most of her travels!
Nov 08, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 13
S3E12: Lexi Howard (class of 2021)
Lexi Howard (class of 2021) tells us what she has been doing since she graduated. And we reflect on KPA's "Portrait of a Graduate."
Nov 01, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 12
S3E11: Parent Book Club
KPA parents, Nicole Martens and Lacey Wilcox, talk about the Parent Book Club, including some of the insights we gleaned from our last book, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Want to know more about what happens at the Parent Book Club? This podcast has some answers for you!
Oct 25, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 11
S3E10: Ellen Schuknecht & Wisdom for Parents Doing Classical Collaborative Education
This episode features an interview with Ellen Schuknecht who leads Family Ministries at Veritas Academy in Austin, Texas. She has over a decade of experience in the collaborative classical Christian educational world, including many years doing the hom days with several of her grandchildren. She is the author of many books, including her most recent one, Every Parents Calling: To Educate and Disciple Their Child . Listen to this episode for wise advice on how to parent and educate well in this m...
Oct 18, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 10
S3E9: Lesley Montandon talks about the House System
Lesley Montandon, KPA's Student Life Director, tells us all about the "House System."
Oct 11, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 9
S3E8: Holly (Roberson) Hinds (class of 2017)
Holly Hinds from the class of 2017 reflects on her time at KPA, tells us about what she has been doing since graduation, and then she gives some of her thoughts on KPA's portrait of a graduate.
Oct 04, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 8
S3E7: Why study old books?
This podcast looks at some of the reasons we study old books. I give three reasons to study the old books: (1) they inspire hearts; (2) they sharpen minds; and (3) they cultivate character. Then, I address some of the common objections to reading them: (1) they are impractical and irrelevant to the 21st century; (2) they lack diversity and contribute to racism and other injustices in our world; and (3) they do not teach the beliefs and values of the Christian worldview. I hope this podcasts equi...
Sep 27, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 7
S3E6: Ephesians 6:4
Listen to a brief study of Ephesians 6:4, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Sep 20, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 6
S3E5: Soren Schwab Talks about the CLT
Soren Schwab, Vice President of Partnerships with the CLT , shares some important information about the CLT. If you don't know what the CLT is, how it is different from other standardized tests, or why KPA has its students take this test, you will get plenty of new information in this episode!
Sep 13, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
S3E4: Logic Professor, Paul Herrick
Paul Herrick, philosophy professor at Shoreline College, talks about logic. What is logic? Why study logic? Is Christianity logical? Here Professor Herrick address these and other questions in this episode.
Sep 06, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 4
S3E3: Sam Griffith (Class of 2022)
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.”
Aug 30, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 3
S3E2: James McGlothlin discusses aesthetics, Jonathan Edwards, and Beauty
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.
Aug 23, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 2
S3E1: MacKenzie Walker (class of 2022)
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.
Aug 16, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
S2E34: Graduation 2024, Skragclaw's Advice to Glumslug
The graduation address to the class of 2024 is a reading of a letter from Skragclaw (a senior demon) to Glumslug (a junior temptor).
May 23, 2024•12 min•Season 82Ep. 34
S2E33: The value of History with Christopher Schlect
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.
May 16, 2024•32 min•Season 2Ep. 33
S2E32: Kara Hawthorne, "Brighter Futures Begin with Books"
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!
May 10, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 32
S2E31: Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go
“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.
May 02, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 31
S2E30: Interview with Michael Craig (CLT Prep)
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.
Apr 25, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 30
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