Acta Equitum – April 2023

April 2023

Acta Equitum

The Newsletter of Franklin Classical School

Upcoming Events April 1 New family application deadline April 3 Let It Shine PTO Spirit Day fundraiser April 4 Latin Exam (grades 7–11) April 4 FCS 30th Anniversary Celebration The Barn at Sycamore Farms April 7 Good Friday classes dismissed; offices closed

May 5 Year End Bash 4–6 pm; Freedom Intermediate School May 9 Lower and Upper Division Awards Recognition Lower and Upper Division 4th Quarter Project Presentations May 11 Lower and Upper Division 4th Quarter Project Presentations Senior Chapel Yearbook Party

April 14 7th through 12th Grade Academic Advising closed

May 12 K–5th grade 4th Quarter Project Presentations K–5th grade Blessings Parents invited

April 18 K–8th grade Skate Night 4:30–7:00 pm; Brentwood Skate Center

May 12 End of 4th Quarter Last day of K–6th grade classes/early dismissal

April 20 Upper Division Spring Formal Homestead Manor April 20–21 Iowa Testing by registration – grades 3–9 April 26 Senior Oral Defense 2:00 pm; Parish Presbyterian Church FCS classes dismissed at 1:00 pm April 28 Grammar School Talent Show

Working 2023 – 2024 Calendar available in RenWeb/FACTS – Resource Documents

Junior/Senior Banquet New River Fellowship May 15 Study Day – 7th–12th grade classes dismissed May 16 Knights Athletic Celebration Freedom Intermediate School May 16–19 7th–12th grade Final Exams May 19 Senior Graduation Rehearsal and Dinner Fourth Avenue Church of Christ 6th–12th grade Night of Blessings 7:00 pm Fourth Avenue Church of Christ Parents and families invited May 20 Graduation 1:00 pm; Fourth Avenue Church of Christ May 29

For FCS Ladies in 7th-12th grades Practice: Fridays 3:00-5:30PM Dance Company begins with training camp in the summer, and the season runs August through the end of May. Cost: $500 per year (includes uniforms and equipment)

FCSDC MISSION STATEMENT: "WE DANCE TO GLORIFY GOD, BUILD UP THE CHURCH, AND SPREAD HIS LOVE TO THE WORLD. WE ARE NOT OUR OWN. OUR LIVES BELONG TO HIM, AND WE LIVE TO GLORIFY HIM ALONE IN EVERY WORD, ACTION, AND MOVEMENT WE MAKE."

REGISTER DURING ADVISING FCSDC performs at home football and basketball games, as well as various other school events. There are additional opportunities for participation in masterclasses and a Christian dance convention.

There are also various team bonding events throughout the year, such as holiday parties, hangouts, and the End of the Year Lock-In. Company members participate in weekly Bible studies together and learn Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Pom Technique and routines!

The FCS Dance Company was established in 2020 to create a bond of sisterhood that spans across grades and to teach students how to worship God and minister to others through the art of dance.

LED BY FCS ALUMNA MATTIE TICHENOR NO PRIOR DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. QUESTIONS? CONTACT COACH, MATTIE TICHENOR MTICHENOR@FRANKLINCLASSICAL.COM CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM! @FCSDANCECO

YOU’RE INVITED!

LET IT SHINE FCS SPIRIT EVENT Come burn off energy jumping and playing with friends!

Proceeds to benefit the FCS PTO

MONDAY, APRIL 3 From 12:00 pm to 2:00 PM

Let it Shine Gymnastics 1892 General George Patton Drive Franklin 37067 $15 per child at the door Please RSVP to this Evite link: http://evite.me/N3vtJmnX3G

Senior Capstone Trip London, England

March 12 – 22, 2023

Senior Capstone Trip London, England

March 12 – 22, 2023

Senior Capstone Trip London, England

March 12 – 22, 2023

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April 1 Rosemary Pfeffer April 3 Ellie Hervey April 4 Mrs. Claire Watson April 6 John Ten Napel Josiah Parolini

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April 16 Ezra Duckworth Mrs. Laura Gutierrez April 20 Maddie O'Connell Dr. Teresa Pace April 22 Anna Blair April 23 Elijah Jones

April 7 Joey Lane Mia Parkerson

April 25 Izzy Willits

April 11 Ava Green

April 26 Gabi Biancheri

April 14 Owen Morrison

April 30 Piper Watson

The Firebreathers Dr. George Grant, March 2023

Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.

—Romans 12:21 Revolution: Gesellschaft Gesellschaft, or the idea of Revolution, is built on ideology. It sees society as systems rather than relationships. It cares for ideas more than people. It is concerned about results, not processes. Processes do matter, but the right thing done in the wrong way always leads to disaster.

In fact, the process in revolution has destruction and undermining as its whole purpose. It seeks rapid structural change and therefore stands against history and tradition.

We’ve seen revolution over and over in Modernity: the French Revolutions, the Napoleonic Wars, the European Revolutions, and the Franco-Prussian War. Gesellschaft, or revolution, is counter to the principle that actually built western civilization.

Reformation: Gemeinschaft Gemeinschaft recognizes that systems are important, but they work side by side with relationships. It cares for ideas and people, results and processes.

Reformation recognizes that change should be slow and organic, not disruptive.

Gemeinschaft doesn’t sacrifice the past or present for ideological ideals. It underpins the old in order to build the new.

We see reformation in the American War for Independence, the push for freedom in the Netherlands by Abraham Kuyper, and by the American founding fathers.

Astonishingly, at the same time revolutions were sweeping across Europe, a revival swept across Europe. People turned back to Christianity as a great hope for a more free and stable society. The revival started in Geneva with a group of students above a café. The Bible study was led by Robert Haldane. One of his students there was Merle d’Aubigne. We have FCS houses named for each of these men.

Likewise, our job is to make sure we are not overcome by evil, but we overcome evil with good. After all, we are called to freedom, and we are to use our freedom, not as an opportunity for the flesh, but to serve one another with love. That’s what we’ve always been about. That’s what we must continue to be about.