Acta Equitum
April 2023
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
April 14
7th through 12th Grade Academic Advising closed
April 18
K–8th grade Skate Night
4:30–7:00 pm; Brentwood Skate Center
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
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
May 12
K–5th grade 4th Quarter Project Presentations
K–5th grade Blessings
Parents invited
May 12
End of 4th Quarter
Last day of K–6th grade classes/early dismissal
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:
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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!
"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."
TICHENOR MTICHENOR@FRANKLINCLASSICAL COM CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM! @FCSDANCECO
LED
BY
FCS ALUMNA MATTIE TICHENOR
NO PRIOR DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. QUESTIONS? CONTACT COACH, MATTIE
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.
Come
12:00 pm to 2:00 PM Let it Shine Gymnastics 1892 General George Patton Drive Franklin 37067 $15 per child at the door
From
burn off energy jumping and playing with friends! Proceeds to benefit the FCS PTO
to this Evite link: http://evite.me/N3vtJmnX3G
APRIL 3 YOU’RE INVITED! LET IT SHINE
Please RSVP
MONDAY,
FCS SPIRIT EVENT
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
April 1
Rosemary Pfeffer
April 3
Ellie Hervey
April 4
Mrs. Claire Watson
April 6
John Ten Napel
Josiah Parolini
April 7
Joey Lane
Mia Parkerson
April 11
Ava Green
April 14
Owen Morrison
April 16
Ezra Duckworth
Mrs. Laura Gutierrez
April 20
Maddie O'Connell
Dr. Teresa Pace
April 22
Anna Blair
April 23
Elijah Jones
April 25
Izzy Willits
April 26
Gabi Biancheri
April 30
Piper Watson
HappyBirthday! HappyBirthday!
The Firebreathers
Dr George Grant, March 2023Do 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.
