Bloomfield Blog

Why Our Kids Need to Struggle

The English word “spoil” is derived from the Latin word spoliare and comes down to English via the Old French word espillier.

Today, we typically apply the word “spoil” to two categories: food and children. What is interesting is that each one...

Making Christmas Meaningful for Busy Families

If you are like me, the days and weeks leading up to Christmas can be some of the busiest of the entire year. The demands of daily life do not decrease even with the increase in the, albeit joyous, demands that this time of year brings.

Preparing...

5 Ways to Teach Thankfulness in Kids

We spend hours preparing for the Thanksgiving meal with grocery shopping, readying the house for guests and of course the cooking! In the midst of our business, we can lose sight of the goal for the day and become overwhelmed in the details for...

The Impact of a Classical, Christian Education in Medicine - an alumnus' perspective

Our final installment of our video series on alumni discussing the impact of their classical, Christian education features Dr. Samuel Howard who is an orthopedic surgeon resident and graduate of Christian Leadership Academy (CLA) now named...

The Impact of a Classical Christian Education in Economics - an alumna's perspective

This is the third installment of our video series with alumni. Our Headmaster, Trenton Leach, did a video conference with Mackenzie Dickhudt who majored in Economics at Hillsdale College and continued her studies in economics at George Mason...