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Classical Symposium Loveland Classical Schools’ Fourth Annual Loveland Classical Symposium Saturday, May 8, 2021 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the LCS Academy Campus | 3015 W. 29th Street, Loveland Free to attend; Light breakfast will be provided Loveland Classical Schools is a tuition-free classical and Core Knowledge K-12 public charter school. It is a School of Distinction in the Thompson School District. The Classical Symposium represents the school’s commitment to the community as reflected by its Mission and Vision. All residents are encouraged to attend and to participate in “The Great Conversation.” Keynote Elaine Hild, Ph.D. Death by Music: A Historical Odyssey Click Here to Learn More For centuries, families and melodies. In this presentation we communities in Europe sang for will look at images of medieval their loved ones at the time of music writing and hear Mrs. death. After the tradition waned Rebecca Faust-Frodl sing. in the sixteenth and seventeenth Because historical practices help centuries, the music remained us reconsider our own practices, preserved—but unused—in this presentation will also medieval manuscripts. For the examine the potential role for last three years, Elaine Hild has community, music, and beauty as worked to uncover these ancient we care for our vulnerable and chants and reconstruct their dying today. Breakout Sessions Teaching Virtue Through Fairy Tales The Second Most Popular Book in the History of the Cathy Ballenski, Lyceum Kindergarten Teacher World Nick Weeks, Academy Math and Logic Teacher As a classical school we teach fairy tales to our youngest scholars. Part of the reason is the virtue learning that comes from these classical Euclid's Elements is the second most translated and second most tales. In this session, we will discuss each story from the vantage point distributed book in the history of the world (second only to The Bible in of, "what can we learn?" both categories). Join us for a thought experiment as we look at the foundations of this seminal mathematical work while discussing the Paul Comes to Athens: The quintessential meeting of difficulties associated with attempting to represent reality religion and philosophy geometrically. We will also look at a short excerpt from an interview Florian Hild, Academy Literature Teacher with President Abraham Lincoln wherein he describes what led him to What do we learn about the similarities and differences between study Euclid and what benefits he was able to extract from the religion and philosophy by taking a close look at St. Paul's interaction Elements. with the Athenian philosophers, as described in the book of Acts? Sanctified Through Pain: The hagiography of Frida Kahlo Understanding the Mandinka Tribe and How They Shaped Liz Ansell, Academy Art Teacher Music in America This presentation addresses Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits from 1939 to Luke Jones, Lyceum Music Teacher the time of her death, with that of hagiographical biographies of self- Explore one of the most influential tribes in West Africa and trace their mortifying Spanish Colonial nuns from the 17th and 18th Century. By musical roots into American music. Some topics will include their juxtaposing these self-portraits with hagiographical images that Kahlo history, their culture and their journey to America. However, the would have been culturally aware of, a visual link is made between principal focus of this presentation will be tracing the musical aspects their divine pain as brides of Christ, and Kahlo’s earthy suffering and that the Mandinka tribe contributed to American music. This clinic will emotional torture and bodily suffering to draw her closer to her close with a live demonstration of traditional Mandinka music. revered husband. Integrating Design Thinking and Classical Education Carpe Diem: "Seize the Day?" How about a gentler "Pluck Mark Schreiber, Academy Innovation and Technology the Day?" Developer Tim Smith, Academy Latin and History Teacher Design thinking is a process that companies around the world employ Each morning at LCS, our Elementary and Middle School students recite to solve problems and create better products, services, and designs. In a daily pledge to excellence that we call "The Carpe Diem." In this this session we will unpack design thinking through a short hands-on session, we will read translations of the original short lyric poem by the activity. Once complete, we will discuss as a group how this process is Roman author Horace that gives us the famous phrase carpe diem and integrated into classical education to further our student's innovative consider what lessons it offers for living well and savoring each day. capacity. The session format will be an open Socratic discussion inviting personal engagement with the poem. We will read the poem in English but give From Plato to Wittgenstein: A journey through the some attention to the nuance of the Latin poetry as well. Western epistemological tradition Ian Stout, LCS Executive Director Total Wellness Maureen Hobbs, Lyceum Physical Education Teacher Our conversation covers the arc of the philosophical debate regarding the nature of human knowledge (epistemology): Plato and Aristotle; Please join us for a fitness-based approach to social, emotional, and Augustine and Aquinas; rationalism and empiricism; nihilism and logical physical health during this interactive session intended to strengthen positivism; and, contemporary Continental deconstructionism and the body and feed the soul. Participants can expect to perform Anglo-American post-analytic philosophy. We conclude our individual, dual, and team activities that increase serotonin, decrease examination considering the question, “where does Western anxiety, and possibly have us laughing. Please bring gym shoes if you philosophy go from here?” plan to attend! Breakout Sessions “I Am Not a Math Person”: Overcoming the fixed Seeing Indians: Native Americans in photography and art mindset myth through a mathematical lens Bryan Smith, Academy History and Art History Teacher Nick Weeks, Academy Math and Logic Teacher What do photographs and paintings of Native Americans tell us about A dangerous myth subversively permeates society: there are math indigenous peoples? About ourselves? In this session, we will look at people and there are non-math people. “I Am Not a Math Person" has and discuss the artwork and photography of key image-makers of been uttered by students, parents and even teachers. Let us consider Native Americans, such as George Caitlin, Frederick Remington, Edward the counter statement; “We Are ALL Math People.” To be human is to Curtis, Charles Russell, as well as some modern working painters. have innate mathematical intuition. To perceive and interact with the How America Can Rebuild its Culture Through Leisure world requires mathematical concepts. This discussion will focus on the Mark Hirsch, Academy History Teacher differences between a Fixed Mindset (we are either born a math person or a non-math person) versus a Growth Mindset (we are all The words “scholar” and “school” have their basis in the Greek math people) by examining scientific evidence and performing a few conception ofscholé , or leisure. This discussion will be based on mathematical exercises that will highlight how our attitudes towards Joseph Pieper's essay, "Leisure: The Basis of Culture," as he re- learning can influence our comprehension abilities. examines the modern notion of "work." We will discuss why the philosopher distinguishes leisure from idleness, as well as how and why The Origin of the Universe: Global perspectives on the leisure became the basis of great cultures such as the Greeks and perennial question of why there is something rather than medieval Europeans. nothing Ian Stout, LCS Executive Director What Causes War? John Kaufman, Faculty Emeritus This discussion explores the cosmological frames of ex nihlio, ad infinitum, emergence, and “from chaos” within major traditions around Using examples from the lead up to wars within ancient Greece and the the world: indigenous creation myths, Hinduism, Abrahamic 20th century, a seminar discussion will be held around the question of monotheism (Judeo-Christian and Islamic), Daoism, Buddhism, and the the causes of war. Real and perceived facts that lead to war (and its Big Bang model of contemporary scientific-materialism. relative magnitude) will be the subject of this discussion. The reality of human nature will be a foundational concept to be considered. MISSION: LOVELAND CLASSICAL SCHOOLS ASSISTS PARENTS IN DEVELOPING YOUNG MINDS WITH VIRTUOUS CHARACTER, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND A PASSION FOR LEARNING TO BECOME EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY STEWARDS. .
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