Acta Equitum - February 2022

Acta Equitum February 2022

The Newsletter of Franklin Classical School

IN THIS NEWSLETTER Upcoming

Excerpt

From

Mr.

from

Events

Dr.

Grant

Hatcher's

Upcoming

Desk

Events

Announcements

February

Birthdays

The Early Reformers: Dante Dr. George Grant, January 2022 “Some men’s greatness may be seen in how largely they loom over the movements they launched. But greater men are they whose movements loom large over them—even to the point of obscuring them from view.

Among the earliest reformers there were any number of such great men.”

Tristan Gylberd

Dante

Alighieri

was

a

champion

of

Dante created a new form of poetry

vernacular poetry to create romantic,

known as terza rima, not just to write

adventurous,

pretty stories, but to change the way

life-altering

literature.

At this point in history, literature was

we

think.

By

so

written primarily in Latin, but Dante

changed the world.

doing,

Dante

wrote in the vernacular Italian of his country so that common people could

“Do not be afraid; our fate cannot

read his work.

be taken from us. It is a gift.” Dante

He

was

deeply

committed

to

the

How can you heal a broken world?

reforming of culture and the church

By

and was distressed by corruption in

spreading

the church. He was a forerunner of

town. When everything is broken and

the

to

there seems to be no hope, God is

substantive

still doing a new thing! Do you not

early

help

reformers

create

a

vision

and

wanted

for

cultural change.

see

simply

it?

doing the

Rivers

your

Word

will

in

rise

job

and

your

little

up

in

the

desert, and there will be hope again.

Dante

was

Babylonian

concerned

Captivity

of

by

the

the

Church

because, instead of being a place of

That is why we are here! This isn’t for diplomas

or

portfolios.

This

is

change the world.

healing, the Church became a place of

money

grabbing

and

popularity

contests. The culture was a mess, and there seemed to be no hope for it all.

"Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?

I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert."

Isaiah 43:19

to

From Mr. Hatcher's Desk I laughed recently at a meme online

As we go through this month, I pray

suggesting

that

you

would

can

show

that

love

How

can

you

around feels

we

are

January

like

this

boundaries

somewhere

74th!

month

of

is

time’s

It

certainly

testing

the

relativity.

I

day. value

to

consider

someone

of

how

Christ

choose else

to

every

you

each add day?

can’t say that I recall a time when

What a difference that would make

the

in our world!

month

of

multiple

January

five-inch

tornado

warnings,

flooding.

Perhaps

celebrated

that

a

included snowfalls,

and it

river

should

new

be

month

is

upon us!!

Of course, when we think about the month

of

February,

we

think

about

love. And when we think about love we

ought

love

for

to

us.

think Christ

about

Christ’s

displayed

this

love so remarkably on the cross for our

sake.

It

is

a

love

that

should

show itself in and through our lives each

day.

We

love

each

because Christ first loved us!

other

Brian

Upcoming Events February 1

March 8 & 10

Late reenrollment begins

6th – 12th grade 3rd Quarter

Application fee increases to

Project Presentations

$385 per student

March 10 K – 5th grade 3rd Quarter

February 8 & 9

Project Presentations

Teacher Appreciation Days

March 11 National Latin Exam (7th – 12th grades)

February 12

1:00 pm

Father/Daughter Dance

Third Floor Lecture Hall

5:30 – 7:30 pm Third Floor Lecture Hall

March 11 FCS K – 6th grade Parent-Teacher Meetings

February 21

K – 6th grade classes dismissed

Presidents' Day Classes Dismissed

March 11

Offices Closed

End of 3rd Quarter

March 13 – 22 FCS Senior Trip

March 14 – 18 Spring Break Classes Dismissed /Offices Closed

March 24 9th – 12th grade Disquisition Day

Live 2021 – 2022 Calendar is available in RenWeb/FACTS - Resource Documents

March 30 FCS Financial Aid Applications Due

Announcements TEDx Franklin On

Saturday,

March

19,

2022,

TEDx

Franklin will host its inaugural live event at the

Franklin

event

is

Theatre.

Good

The

theme

Vibrations,

and

for

the

speakers

will highlight the power of words across generations.

William Brittain

FCS junior

is one of the

featured speakers, presenting his TED talk about

the

importance, Congratulations (above), Nashville

who

to

won

Chess

Will

junior Second

Place

Center's

tournament! Below:

Will

Miles in

MLK

the Day

assists students in

loss and

of

its

literature,

power

to

its

transform

our thinking.

For further details about this event, please visit www.franklintheatre.com.

the K–6th grade Strategic Kids chess class.

The FCS Community needs your support!

Spring Testing The

fee

increases

spring

for to

$5.00

on

Registration

forms

Resource

Documents

RenWeb/FACTS. (Grades 3 – 9)

Iowa

are

testing

February

available

Seating

Please

in

section is

visit

1st.

academic faculty

limited.

to

make

your gift or pledge. Together, we can fund

the of

bit.ly/fcsannualfund

enrichment,

and

scholarships

staff for

fine

support,

FCS

arts,

athletics,

and

students.

tuition Recurring

giving options start at $29.00/month.

Basketball: For the first time in FCS Knights history, our middle

school

girls’

basketball

team

celebrated a winning season – more wins than losses!

Coach

Julie

and

Coach

Jed

are

so

proud of their team!

Way to go, girls!

Come cheer them on at their

first playoff game: Monday, January 31st – 5:00 pm at HOME! – Legacy Courts 1850 General George Patton Drive

Baseball: FCS/TCS

8th–12th

graders

can

represent

Franklin Classical School in our conference, playing an

eight-game conference schedule

followed by an open league schedule starting in May. Open league games will not begin until the conference season is over.

The

player

fee

is

$230/player.

Create

an

here.

List

account with Franklin Baseball Club

Franklin Classical School for coach or team.

Boys in 8th-11th grades should register for the 15 – 16 division. Students must be 16 or younger on May 1 to participate.

K N I G H T

L I F E

Ha

February 1

ppy

Charlie Kendrick

Bir

February 2

February 18

Mr. Tom Brittain

Trevor Abruzzo

February 5

February 20

Mrs. Kay Dokkestul

Mia O'Dowd

thda

Oliver Souza

February 7

Ruby Souza

Mr. Justin Scherrer

February 8

February 21 Joshua Riddle

Mrs. Rebecca Avila

February 22 February 11

Lily Souza

Mrs. Rebekah Bales

February 12

February 24 Genevieve Michael

Josiah Coppenger

February 25 February 13

Avie Kendrick

Adilynn Chesnut

February 27 February 14

Jono Tims

Emmet Swann

February 28 February 16

Luke Roberson

Gracie Herms Bella Herms Ty Thornton

February 29* Eli Bukinga

y!

Behold,

I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth,

do you not perceive it?

I will make a way in the wilderness

and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19