Some people who support our first-rate academics meets outdoor engagement model of education still wonder about our focus on agriculture. It could be that they want their sons to be doctors. Or maybe they’re so far removed from their primeval agricultural roots that they have no context for the draw and romance of “the land”. …
Here’s a photo of our land from the air courtesy of a good neighbor. It gives an interesting perspective that can’t really be achieved from a land-based photo, but it doesn’t quite capture the hills and elevation. (We’re in the Ozark mountains, after all). You get an idea of how wooded, or timbered, we…
… and sometimes you’ve really gotta help it along. The beauty of God’s creation is a critical part of our educational philosophy. That’s why we took our time finding just the right piece of land. So much of what surrounds us is naturally beautiful but there are one or two things that need a bit…
For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth (Jn 18:37) In America, the term Witness Tree has at least two meanings. The first is as a witness to history. That is, a tree that was present during a significant American historical or cultural…