8th grade is the culminating year for students at Cambridge. Our vision statement, that we seek to develop in our students the capacity and character required to live out their God-given destinies as they proceed to high school and beyond, reaches its full potential in this final year. God invites students into a quest with no guaranteed outcome but His presence with us…
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In my desire to “become like a child”, I am discovering that listening to and watching children during our chapels is a formative experience for me. Their questions and their expressions of wonder as they listen to Scripture have challenged me. Maybe they will challenge you too…
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God invites us to steward His creation with Him and develop societies and governments that uphold human value and dignity. It is through virtue, its classical and theological contexts, that we pursue true stewardship by lovingly working for the good of humanity and the rest of God’s handiwork…
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The Cambridge community is well-equipped to engage these important discussions for two reasons: a Christ-centered approach and the power of story.
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Cambridge students regularly ask the question “why?” and stories are a wonderful way to pursue the question…
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Students who participate in outdoor learning display increased trust and cohesion with peers, improved emotional regulation and improved confidence.
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There’s just something about nature that fosters positive emotions and calm. That something is SOMEONE.
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At Cambridge our desire is for students to discover for themselves God's truth, form a deeper understanding of how all learning is connected to God's created world, and develop an understanding of their place in it.
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Chapel is back! How wonderful it is to be worshipping together as a school community again. To catch a glimpse of chapels during the past two weeks…
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As you read the Christmas story with your family, consider how you can choose joy. What is God saying to your heart about finding joy in your circumstances? Know that He seeks you and that we can find Him in all circumstances when we choose joy.
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The tree provides this wonderful mix of longing and joy, already and not yet. Hope. Hope is the tension we experience while we wait.
But Christian hope isn’t optimism or wishful thinking. Optimism is based on our circumstances, on what’s happening now or the happiness we can manufacture from it.
Christian hope looks backward to inform what’s to come.
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Whatever the outcome of this election, we each have a place of service to which God has called us, and we each have been entrusted with “extraordinary” opportunities to love our families, our friends, and our neighbors…
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By including opportunities to play and learn in outdoor spaces, young minds journey down a path that guides growth in areas such as critical thinking, self regulation, and creativity. Open-ended outdoor play experiences set the stage for problem solving and self-competence in a way that structured classroom learning cannot provide.
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n the ever-unfolding story of redemption, shalom reminds us of the brokenness and incompleteness that we experience in the world around us. When I asked students for examples of that brokenness in chapel, I was amazed at their responses.
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During a recent chapel, we listened to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, focusing upon the significance of the numerous details of this famous story. What is the context for Jesus’ telling of this story?
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Our time at Cuirim House brings to mind a quote from Frederick Buechner, “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
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Telling the stories of your generations provides rich opportunities to shape your children’s sense of identity, giving them reason to be thankful for their blessings…
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What does it mean to infuse our dreams and hopes for children with this rich biblical metaphor of a deeply rooted oak tree, a tree that stands upon the strength of character development and the formation of habits that ultimately flow from nourishing children’s intrinsic desire for the good, the beautiful, and the true, deeply rooted in the ideals of righteousness, justice, and peace?
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