Kepler Life

note from the AcAdemic Advisor

Dear students, Happy Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany! I pray that this will be a season of recreation and refreshment for you. And you are likely to need refreshment, are you not, dear student? Kepler’s calendar means that you will likely have midterms when classes start back up! One of the things I love most about this time of year is that it’s like a new year before New Year’s. The Church calendar that many Western Christians use starts with Advent, which is usually right after Thanksgiving. That’s the “new year’s day” of the Church calendar, and it’s a great time to renew and recommit one’s attitude, as is commonly done in January among those who live by the Julian and Gregorian calendars (and let’s be honest, we all do!). What could be more about making things new than the birth of our Savior? New birth, new Adam, new Creation! What might this have to do with Kepler or your year of homeschooling so far? Much in every way. If you have found yourself giving in to temptations to do your work poorly, or to avoid your studies, or to kill the fun and joy to be found in them, then repent and renew this Christmas. Pray, talk with your parents, and let your gratitude for God’s good gifts carry you into gladness for all God’s provisions for you. Act in God’s eye what in God’s eye you are—Christ! Your education is a gift, and I pray that you will gratefully enjoy it in truth, beauty, and goodness for the rest of the year! Merry Christmas! Joffre Swait Parent/Student Advisor

THE KEPLER ECCENTRIC PODCAST

Taking its name from our student magazine, The Kepler Eccentric, this podcast is geared towards students and eavesdropping parents of Kepler Education, but relevant to any families in classical homeschooling. In this podcast, Joffre Swait (Kepler’s Academic Advisor) will tackle student issues, feature Kepler students, and bring Kepler student life to the streaming airwaves.

• Episode 1: What College Should I Attend? Joffre Swait helps students answer the question, “What College Should I Attend?”

• Episode 2: On Poetry with Hailey Hasic (Poetry Club President ‘21-’22) Poetry exalts, so exult in it! Join Prefe Joffre Swait and budding poet Hailey Hasic as they talk about lyric and verse.

• Episode 3: Homeschooling & Distance Leanring in Alaska with Doyle Rockwell As the poet hath said, “When it’s springtime in Alaska, it’s 40 below.” What is homeschooling like in such a context? Kepler student Doyle Rockwell sets the record straight.