SRS St. Raphael Feast Day Lecture
Presbytera Maria Koulianos St. Raphael School Principal
Elizabeth Crispina Johnson Lecturer

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February 15
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7pm ET
February 15th | 7:00PM | Registration is Required
Join us as Elizabeth Crispina Johnson presents on Saint Raphael, the Holy Shepherd of Brooklyn: His Life, Legacy, and Lessons. Listen to the conversation surrounding St. Raphael’s commitment to simply doing his work, that of serving others, engaging in the struggles of those around him showing them kindness and compassion, and how this “doing” can lead to spiritual growth.
Event Recordings
Scholé Academy Winter College Night
Joanne Schinstock, Director Scholé Academy
Joelle Hodge, Classical Academic Press

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January 12th
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7pm ET
Join us tonight as we continue our Round Table discussion on “The Value of a Classical Education” and discuss how a liberal arts college education speak to a highly utilitarian, post-Christian era. We will explore Preparation for a Life of Virtue: The Role of a Christian, Liberal Arts Education.
Our panel for the evening will consist of Dr. Joshua Mayo (Grove City College), Dr. Gary Hartenburg (Director of Honors College at Houston Christian University), Dr. Michael West (University of Dallas), Dr. Matthew Smith (Hildegard College), and Dr. Kathryn Smith- (Eastern University). Joanne Schinstock will be moderating.
Scholé Academy Tutoring Center Open House
Joanne Schinstock, Director Scholé Academy
Charissa Sethman, Educational Services Coordinator

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Dec. 5th
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7pm ET
• Discussion of Scholé Academy Philosophy and Tutor Profile
• Snapshot of Services Offered and How Those Look in Various Disciplines
• Q&A with the manager, principal, tutors, and special needs instructors
Click HERE to learn more about the Tutoring Center and Center for Students with Learning Differences.
Scholé Academy December Lecture Hall
Joanne Schinstock, Director Scholé Academy
Guest Lecturer Joshua Gibbs, Author-Speaker-Teacher

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Dec. 12th
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7pm ET
“What Should You Watch? A Selection on Film from Love What Lasts”
When you’re in the mood for a movie, how do you choose what you’ll watch? Given that the average American now spends more than a hundred hours every year just scrolling through Netflix menus, it is safe to assume that most Americans don’t know how to pick a movie. The way in which Christians choose what to watch is quite complicated. They want to be entertained, they want to be enlightened, but they also want to keep their finger on the cultural pulse of the country. What considerations ought to have top priority?
In this lecture, Joshua Gibbs reads the first chapter of Love What Lasts, his sprawling new book about how we choose what to watch, read, eat, wear, worship, and listen to. The first chapter of Love What Lasts is all about film—how film has changed since the 60s, how Christian viewing strategies have changed in the last generation, and what sort of questions confront the man who now has unlimited viewing options. If you often find yourself debating what to watch, are regularly disappointed with your choices, or simply want to have better taste in film—or better taste in general—this reading from Love What Lasts will help get you thinking in a new direction.
Click HERE to learn more about Love What Lasts and Gibbs Classical.
Scholé Academy College Night
Joanne Schinstock, Director Scholé Academy
Joelle Hodge, Classical Academic Press

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November 28th
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7pm ET
Scholé Academy, along with Classic Learning Test and a special panel of college partners, is excited to invite you to the 2022 Fall College Night!
Join our panel as they explore the value of a Classical, Christian Higher Education and discuss questions such as:
• How do we measure the value of a good education?
• How should families think about the investment of time and resources when considering higher education?
• In a highly utilitarian, post-Christian era, in what ways is a liberal arts college education beneficial or important?
• What are the non-financial benefits in a student’s future that come from pursuing a liberal arts education in a post-Christian era?
Our panel for the evening will consist of Kimberly Farley (Classic Learning Test), Matthew Smith (Hildegard College), Dr. David Diener (Hillsdale College), Dr. Kathryn Smith (Eastern University), and Dr. Shannon Valenzuela (University of Dallas). The discussion will be moderated by Joelle Hodge (Classical Academic Press).
Scholé Academy November Lecture Hall
Joanne Schinstock, Director Scholé Academy
Guest Lecturer Matthew Smith, President Hildegard College

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November 17th
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7pm ET
Math and Science for the Formation of the Soul: Placing the Quadrivium at the Center of Education with Founder of Hildegard College, Matthew Smith
The renewal of the liberal arts that we know as “classical education” is often narrowly associated with a renewal of the humanities — philosophy, literature, politics, history, and the arts. But the majority of the seven traditional liberal arts (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, logic, rhetoric) are sciences. Classical educators sometimes find it difficult to integrate the study of geometry, physics, mathematics, and biology into a curriculum that inspires our students. Yet it is important to recognize that these “quadrivial arts” are essential not merely for technical knowledge but for the moral, intellectual, and spiritual formation of young people, which is why music and even theology are best taught as sciences. Great thinkers like Plato, Boethius, Aquinas, and Milton give us a roadmap and vocabulary for reinforcing the power of the quadrivial arts to lead students to a clearer vision of what is true, beautiful, and worthy of our love.
Click HERE to learn more about Hildegard College.
November 2022 Coffee with the Principals
Joanne Schinstock, Director and Principal
Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS

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Monday, November 14th
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2:15 pm ET
In this November Coffee with the Principals, deep conversation was had around a new resource from ParentU, an offering especially for parents who value classical education. Anchoring on the idea that an education that passes on a culture must, by default, be one that teaches students to love what has stood the test of time. In Lesson 4: Parent U, Highlighting the Tool, Retrieving & Renewing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, parents ponder the words retrieve and renew. Renewing is akin to antique shopping- taking that with solid bones and exalting it to purposeful place in life now. Retrieving brings to mind the dog and master relationship. That which has been sent after, diligently sought, and faithfully returned. Learning itself is an art of retrieving, is it not?
Considering truth, goodness, and beauty, why do we need all three? Is it possible to have beauty without truth? Truth without beauty? What’s the relationship between our modern pace of life and the difficulty to make time to savor goodness and beauty? How do we purpose for a life of festina lente or making haste slowly?
These rich ideas and more were shared around a simple cup of coffee on an ordinary Monday afternoon. Join us by watching this conversation or our stopping by for our next Coffee with the Principals.
October 2022 Coffee with the Principals
Joanne Schinstock, Director and Principal
Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS

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Thursday, October 21st
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11 am ET
Come join us for a reading of Rudyard Kipling’s poem If, followed by a discussion to continue the journey of exploring this year’s virtue, temperance. Pre-reading of the poem is not necessary. Registration is required.
September 2022 Coffee with the Principals
Joanne Schinstock, Director and Principal
Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS

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Thursday, September 22nd
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1:30 pm ET
Come and discuss the essential meaning of temperare. September 22 at 1:30pm ET. Registration Required. Join principals, Joanne Schinstock Director and Principal of Schole Academy, and Presbytera Maria Koulianos, Principal of St. Raphael School, for a brief reflection on temperance from Josef Pieper’s Four Cardinal Virtues followed by a discussion on how restful learning can require the student to discern which good things are worth giving up to attain what is better. “Without rational self-restraint even the natural hunger for sense perception or for knowledge can degenerate into a destructive and pathological compulsive greed; this degradation Aquinas calls curiositas, the disciplined mode studiositas” (151). Parents are not required to read the text prior to discussion, but a PDF copy of the text is available HERE, pp. 145-206.
SRS Q & A Night
Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS

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Wednesday, July 20th
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7-8:00 pm ET
Grab some lemonade and bring your questions for this dedicated time to chat with St. Raphael School Principal, Presbytera Maria Koulianos. Curious about the levels of the Liberal Arts program? Wondering about some of our new courses like theater and finance? Ask! | Registration is Required
Feel free to reach out to Presbytera Maria Koulianos at mkoulianos@classicalsubjects.com.
Ancient Faith Live Interview
Fr. Tom Soroka and Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS

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Tuesday, June 7th
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9 pm ET
Fr. Thomas speaks with Presbytera Maria Koulianos, Principal of the St. Raphael School, an online classical academy that provides supportive services to Orthodox homeschooling families. What has caused the rapid rise of homeschooling, and how can students receive an effective classical education at home?
Open Mic Night
Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS

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Thursday, May 26th
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7-8:30 pm ET
All Are Welcome to Attend | Registration is Required
Any student interested in participating should email Presbytera Maria Koulianos at mkoulianos@classicalsubjects.com with a PDF copy of their original work. The submission DEADLINE is May 13, 2022.
Teaching Whole Souls: Rediscovering the poetic mode of knowledge according to Fr. Porphyrios
Hosts: Joanne Schinstock, SA Director, Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS
Speaker: Fr. Isaac Danevicius

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Thursday, May 5th
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7-8pm ET
The Fr. Porphyrios (James) Taylor Memorial Lecture is hosted by St. Raphael School in memory of our founder. Fr. Porphyrios was an author, teacher, and leader in Orthodox education, and his work Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education continues to inspire teachers and educational leaders, particularly those laboring to renew Christian classical education in the United States. The annual lecture will focus on themes exploring the intersection of Orthodox spirituality and education, keeping in mind the words of St. Porphyrios: “Whoever wants to become a Christian must first become a poet.”
Fr. Isaac Danevicius
Scholé Academy: Houses of Study Open House
Joanne Schinstock, SA Director, Presb. Maria Koulianos, Principal of SRS, and Rhea Bright, Chair of the Canterbury House of Studies

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Tuesday, April 26th
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7-8pm ET
Classroom Experience: Well Ordered Language
Charissa Stethman

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Tuesday, April 5
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7-8pm ET
Come and see Well-Ordered Language at Scholé Academy! Learn more about this rich, interactive, delightful English grammar study, available as a live, online course.
Scholé Academy Classroom Experience events highlight live classroom activities with a veteran Scholé Academy instructor. We host these events to provide prospective parents and families with an inside look at Scholé Academy’s culture, community and pedagogy. On April 5, join us for a special focus on our Grammar department, featuring instructor Charissa Sethman and academy director Joanne Schinstock!
• Welcome and Introduction
• Scholé Academy Overview and Teaching Philosophy
• Teacher Testimony
• Classroom Experience (featuring Grammar mini-lessons and activities led by Charissa Sethman)
• Q&A
Greek Language Program Curriculum Night
Principal of SRS, Presbytera Maria Koulianos, Greek Department Instructors

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Thursday, March 31
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7:00pm ET
Inaugural Feast Day of St. Raphael of Brooklyn Lecture & Discussion
Speaker: Fr. Jonathan Resmini, PhD

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Monday, February 28
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7:00pm ET
Fr. Jonathan Resmini, PhD
Scholé Academy Spring Open House
Learn more about the role our restful, engaging, live online courses can play in your students’ education!

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Thursday, February 24
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7:00pm ET
Join the Scholé Academy team on Feb. 24 to learn more about the role our restful, engaging, live online courses can play in your students’ education!
Our LIVE Open House event will feature:
• Scholé Academy Overview (with director Joanne Schinstock)
• Discussion on Scholé Academy Culture & Community
• Testimonies from students, families, and instructors
• Q&A with department chairs
Whether you have registered your students for 2022-23 courses, are considering registration, or have just heard about our academy, we look forward to providing you more insight about Scholé Academy’s Christ-centered culture, award-winning courses, and family-oriented community.
Classroom Experience: Writing with Emily Brigham
Learn more about how your students will be taught in a Scholé Academy online writing classroom!

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Tuesday, February 15
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7:00pm ET
Scholé Academy Classroom Experience events highlight live classroom activities with a veteran Scholé Academy instructor. We host these events to provide prospective parents and families with an inside look at Scholé Academy’s culture, community and pedagogy. On Feb. 15, join us for a special focus on our Writing department, featuring instructor Emily Brigham and academy director Joanne Schinstock!
Scholé Academy Classroom Experience: Writing with Emily Brigham – Event Agenda:
• Welcome and Introduction
• Scholé Academy Overview and Teaching Philosophy
• Teacher Testimony
• Classroom Experience (featuring Writing mini-activities led by Emily Brigham)
• Q&A
Scholé Academy Lecture Hall Presents Ecclesiastes
What the Strangest Book in the Bible Teaches Us About Education: Author/Teacher/Consultant, Josh Gibbs

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Monday, December 6
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7:30pm ET
No book in the Bible offers a more glum assessment of this life, or inspires deeper yearning for the life to come, than Ecclesiastes. This glum assessment is a caution for those who believe that classical education can “change the world” or that reading old books can help students “get ahead in the world.” And yet, Ecclesiastes also insists that refusing to “love the world or the things of the world” will actually make a man’s life tolerable, joyful, and spiritually fruitful.
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Click here to register for this Lecture Hall event. (Nota bene: Personal information provided in the registration process will be shared with Josh Gibbs, owner of Gibbs Classical.)
Josh Gibbs Biography
Joshua Gibbs teaches classic literature to children & adults and offers consulting via GibbsClassical.com. He writes for the CiRCE Institute blog The Cedar Room, his long running column on pedagogy, parenting, and classical literature. He is the creator of the weekly Proverbial podcast in which he works through one proverb, discussing its meaning for a modern audience. Josh is also the author of several books, including Something They Will Not Forget and the forthcoming Love What Lasts.
To contact Joshua Gibbs, please use the inquiry form on GibbsClassical.com.
Fall Scholé Academy Instructor & Tutor Recruitment Night
Joanne Schinstock, Presbytera Maria Koulianos, Charissa Stethman

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Thursday, November 4
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7:30pm ET
Scholé Academy, including St. Raphael School, Canterbury House of Studies, and The Aquinas House of Studies*, is seeking online instructors and tutors, K-12, for the 2022-23 academic year! Instructors and tutors in math, science, humanities, Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Latin, modern foreign languages, writing, catechism, Bible, and art will be considered. If you’re passionate about restful learning and would like to contribute to the renewal of Christian classical education, we invite you to Scholé Academy’s Instructor & Tutor Recruitment Night.
Please visit our Employment Page for more information. Interviews begin December 2021. Please email questions to support@scholeacademy.com.
*Catholic instructors interested in hosting courses in The Aquinas House of Studies for the 2022-23 academic year should email support@scholeacademy.com.
Coffee with the Principals
“A Psalm of Life”

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Thursday, November 4
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3:00pm ET
About the Principals
Presbytera Maria Koulianos has been an educator since 1997 holding two Master Degrees from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Indiana University. As principal of Saint Raphael School, she is a servant-leader who is charged with building a community that supports students and parents striving for Orthodox restful classical education.
Joanne Schnistock Joanne has been an educator since 2005, with a Master in Humanities from the University of Dallas. As principal, she supervises the promotion, development, and operations of Scholé Academy, building a community that supports students and parents striving for restful classical education.
Scholé Academy Lecture Hall Presents Citizenship in Heaven: Augustine and the Liberal Arts
Dr. Joseph Clair, Exec. Dean of Cultural Enterprise and Assoc. Professor of Theology & Culture at George Fox University

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Tuesday, October 26
Dr. Joseph Clair Biography
A native Oregonian, Joseph Clair followed his educational pursuit all over the world and earned degrees in both England and the United States. He became professor of Theology and Philosophy and now dean at George Fox University after receiving his doctorate in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Princeton University in 2013. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Wheaton College (IL), a master’s in theological studies from Duke, a master’s in philosophy at Fordham, and a master’s in philosophy of religion from Cambridge where he studied as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. He is the author of Discerning the Good in the Letters and Sermons of Augustine (Oxford University Press, 2016) and On Education, Formation, Citizenship, and the Lost Purpose of Learning (Bloomsbury, 2017) along with numerous articles and essays on faith, culture, education, and ethics. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his wife, Nora, play with his four kids, fly fish Oregon’s many rivers, and work on his hobby farm.
Coffee with the Principals
At the Home of Martha and Mary

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Thursday, September 23
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3:00pm ET
About the Principals
Presbytera Maria Koulianos has been an educator since 1997 holding two Master Degrees from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Indiana University. As principal of Saint Raphael School, she is a servant-leader who is charged with building a community that supports students and parents striving for Orthodox restful classical education.
Joanne Schnistock Joanne has been an educator since 2005, with a Master in Humanities from the University of Dallas. As principal, she supervises the promotion, development, and operations of Scholé Academy, building a community that supports students and parents striving for restful classical education.
Level 1 Illustrated Classics
Sneak Peek Night

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Thursday, August 19
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7:30 – 8:30pm ET
Don’t miss out in getting a SNEAK PEEK at our Liberal Arts Level 1 Illustrated Classics Course! We want to share our plans with you for the year! Children ages 5-7: bring your favorite book or a piece of artwork to share, or wear a costume of your favorite book character.
Parents, come prepared with questions. We’ll have a brief demonstration of how the class words and share an overview of our curriculum for the year. We will end with a brief overview of our Level 2 class also.
About Instructor Erin Moulton
Community Book Discussion
Joseph Pieper’s The Four Cardinal Virtues “Fortitude”

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
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7:00 – 8:30pm ET
About Joseph Pieper & The Four Cardinal Virtues
In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Joseph Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.
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Meet Our Liberal Arts Middle School Instructors and Learn about Our Program
Presbytera Maria Koulianos, Sarah Fothergill & Elizabeth Crispina-Johnson

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
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7pm ET / 6pm Central
Meet our Middle School Teachers and learn more about our program. Students of the past and present will share their experience and perspective of Children’s Classics, American Classics, and British Classics.
We use classic books teaching students in a thoughtful manner recognizing each person of our learning community as members of the body of Christ, made in the image of God, Baptized and Chrismated with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Following from this Orthodox Christian vision of the classroom and the enlightened view of the human person, classes are taught in the “conversational mode” rather than mere lecture. The term “conversation” indicates a “turning together” around a subject of significance and the questions of wonder and inquiry that naturally follow.
About Our Instructors
Presbytera Maria Koulianos has been an educator for over 20 years, loving every minute, with vast experiences in both public and private schools as a classroom teacher, a developer and implementer of learning programs for students, and an area administrator. She earned her bachelor of science in education from Indiana University with certifications in elementary education, 7/8 non-departmental, language arts 1–9, and computer education K–12. She holds a master of divinity and a master of theology from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, where she wrote her thesis, “The Annunciation of the Theotokos from a Liturgical Perspective.” Presbytera Maria and her husband, Father Dionysios, live in the greater Springfield area where he is the Dean of Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Springfield, MA. She hopes to inspire her students to love literature and become lifelong learners. mkoulianos@raphaelschool.org
Sarah Fothergill has been teaching for 12 years. She holds a BA in 7-12 English and History Education and an MA in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Throughout her career, Sarah has taught writing, literature, and speaking to both middle and high school students. Sarah is excited to offer Scholé Academy students her passion for studying literature and history, and looks forward to helping them learn, grow, and reflect on “the good, the true, and the beautiful” in everything.
In addition to teaching, Sarah also enjoys leading Sunday school and Vacation Church School classes, and serving as a youth group instructor and chanter at St. George Orthodox Church in Kearney, Nebraska. She also loves spoiling her two young nieces, reading, writing, gardening, and spending time with her husband and two adorable kittens. sfothergill.schole@gmail.com
Elizabeth Crispina Johnson draws from both her experiential and academic backgrounds in her teaching. She started homeschooling the first of her 3 children in 1983, and continues homeschooling with 3 of her 8 grandchildren. As time allows, Elizabeth also writes children’s books, 4 of which have been published by Ancient Faith Publishing. She holds a master’s degree in intercultural training, a bachelor’s degree in Bible and theology, an associate’s degree in early childhood education, and also attended a 1-year missiology program at Fuller Theological Seminary. Elizabeth lives in western New York and attends St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Rochester. srs.elizabethcrispina@gmail.com
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The Liberal Arts Level 4 Children’s Classics course is a two-year rotation designed to increase student communication skills through reading, writing, speaking and listening, and the study of the English language. Additionally, it will focus on nature studies and the composition of personal letters, narratives, essays, and short speeches.
The Liberal Arts Level 5 which consists of a two-year rotation, American Classics and British Classics, is designed to increase student communication skills through reading, writing, speaking and listening, and the study of the English language. Students will read a selection of British classics alongside a timeline of history, as history plays a fundamental role in shaping literature. Additionally, this course will focus on nature studies and the composition of personal letters, narratives, essays, and short speeches.
Scholé Academy and St. Raphael School Open House
Come and Join Us!
Join SRS Principal Adam Lockridge and Scholé Academy Principal Joanne Schinstock for a virtual tour. Whether you are a new family or a long-time family, we want to take some time to tell you about our courses, instructors, and answer many of our most common questions. Breakout sessions will dive into more specific questions about Lower School and Middle / Upper School. A special breakout session with St. Raphael School instructors will look more in depth at SRS offerings for 2021/22.
About Our Principals
Joanne Schinstock, Principal has been an educator since 2005, with a Master in Humanities from the University of Dallas. As principal, she supervises the promotion, development, and operations of Scholé Academy, building a community that supports students and parents striving for restful classical education. Joanne joined the faculty of Scholé Academy in 2016 and enjoys teaching the Writing & Rhetoric series. After studying a year abroad focusing on Italian language and culture in Florence, Italy, she began her teaching career as a middle school classroom instructor in Language Arts. The Dallas Catholic Diocese recognized Joanne as a Work of Heart Award recipient, honoring outstanding teachers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You can read more about Mrs. Schinstock’s philosophy of education here. She and her husband, Brad, find joy in forging their family culture in their Catholic faith and in the classical Christian tradition, participating in their church community, their children’s school community, The Academy of Classical Christian Studies in Oklahoma City, and delighting in weekend family outings. jschinstock@scholeacademy.com
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St. Raphael is an Orthodox school that is part of Scholé Academy, as a “school within a school.” This means that while St. Raphael School functions as a dedicated Orthodox academy, we also enjoy the benefits of being affiliated with a larger Christian classical online academy. Students from St. Raphael may also take courses at Scholé Academy, and sometimes our teachers at St. Raphael will offer courses with Scholé Academy. Both St. Raphael School and Scholé Academy are divisions of Classical Academic Press. St. Raphael School also benefits from the various staff resources and expertise at Classical Academic Press, in the areas of web development, promotion, order processing, and customer service.
Inaugural Fr. Porphyrios Taylor Memorial Lecture (online event)
Hieromonk Alexii Altschul

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Thursday, May 13, 2021
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8pm ET / 7pm Central
The Fr. Porphyrios (James) Taylor Memorial Lecture is hosted by St. Raphael School in memory of our founder. Fr. Porphyrios was an author, teacher, and leader in Orthodox education, and his work Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education continues to inspire teachers and educational leaders, particularly those laboring to renew Christian classical education in the United States. The annual lecture will focus on themes exploring the intersection of Orthodox spirituality and education, keeping in mind the words of St. Porphyrios: “Whoever wants to become a Christian must first become a poet.”
About Hieromonk Alexii
Hieromonk Alexii Altschul is a priest-monk with the Serbian Orthodox Church. After 20 years of serving an inner-city parish in Kansas City, MO, he was tonsured as a monk in October 2013, following the death of his Matushka in March, 2012.
In 1993, he became an Eastern Orthodox Christian and eventually was ordained a priest, known as Fr. Paisius. He and his wife, Matushka Michaila, worked together reaching out to people in need, first as non-denominational Protestants, and then, after their conversion to Orthodoxy in 1993, through St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church in Kansas City, MO.
At that location, they saw, with the help of many dedicated servants of God, over 150 souls brought into the Orthodox Church, the founding of the Ancient Christianity and African American Conference, the founding of Reconciliation Services, and two books, An Unbroken Circle and Wade in the River.
In addition to seeking to unite people through Christ, serving those in need, and providing a sacramental environment for healing, Fr. Alexii had also been a trained clinical social worker.
After his tonsure, he was sent by His Grace, Bishop +LONGIN (New Gracanica and Midwestern Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America) to stay in Mt. Athos for nearly 7 months. He returned to rural Northwest Missouri where he was blessed by His Grace Bishop +LONGIN to form Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete in July, 2014. For more information on the skete, visit www.archangelmichaelskete.org.
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