Kolbecast

58 Mystery Machines

AMDG. Kolbe Academy Technical Assistant Lauren Hoang shares five takeaways about the technology that makes it possible for families all over the world to utilize Kolbe Academy’s materials and services. Beyond the specs and hardware, Lauren highlights how the technological dimension offers ample opportunity for growth in virtue and holiness. She has practical suggestions to help families and students set up their workspaces and get the most out of their tech tools, and she pulls back the curtain on some exciting developments and improvements to the school’s support services. 
Mentioned in this episode: 
Episode 41 Backstage: Social Media with Lauren Hoang and Brigid Tebaldi 
Episode 35 An Atmosphere of Opportunity with Carola, a Kolbe mom who works in the tech industry 
Lauren’s vocation story
Episode 4 Homeschool Workspaces
Kolbe career opportunities 
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57 Seeking the Kingdom

AMDG. The Faias are longtime members of the Kolbe Academy family. Their youngest child is a 2021 alumna. In this episode, Mrs. Margaret Faia shares both the long view and the detailed approach she took to educating her 14 children at home. Consider her a mentor to anyone seeking to keep God at the center of family life while tending to the temporal needs of everyone involved.  
Mrs. Faia references The Story of a Soul and The Story of a Family: The Home of St. Therese of Lisieux. 
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56 Home but Not Alone

AMDG. Maria and her family were among many who turned on a dime in response to the pandemic-related impact on their schooling choices. This episode details the path that led Maria and her family to Kolbe and how her daughter’s experience in the inaugural year of the online elementary program went. With candor and grace, Maria shares how she and her husband worked through sticking points, how they as a family adapted to the new school structure, and what their plans for the coming school year.  
Maria is featured in this video, among others, on the Kolbe Academy YouTube channel. For more information about the online K-5 program, check out this Facebook Friday webinar.  
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55 Humor & Humility

AMDG. Heather, a longtime Kolbe Academy homeschooling mom, takes Bonnie back in time to the start of Heather’s family’s homeschooling experience. Along the way, Heather shares some of the struggles and sorrows they encountered. With much humor and compassion, Heather offers her pragmatic suggestions on how to deal with the opinions of others about family educational choices, when spouses aren’t on the same page, and criticism. She underscores the importance of prayer and of asking for help, and she cautions against falling into the comparison trap. Listen in for an engaging dose of inspiration and a generous helping of laughter. 
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54 Pro Omnibus Contendit

AMDG. Kolbe Academy’s Curriculum Development Manager Deana Muth sits down with Jordan and Bonnie to underscore the accessibility – and relevance – of Kolbe’s high caliber liberal arts curriculum to everyone, the principle of subsidiarity in the service of homeschooling families, and the role of Kolbe’s dedicated, skilled advisors in helping families customize and implement curriculum choices.  
Check out Kolbe Academy Online's conceptual framework, which includes references to subsidiarity as applied to homeschooling. 
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53 Q, A, and Encouragement

AMDG. In this episode, Jordan, Bonnie, and Brigid are fielding questions and addressing common homeschooling sticking points. From looking back in time to trace how we got to the point of thinking parents aren’t qualified to teach their own children to demystifying the day-in, day-out homeschooling experience, this conversation covers a lot of ground and delivers a hefty dose of encouragement to homeschooling families and those who are considering the homeschool life.  
Ep 11 Truth, Wisdom, and Virtue recounting Kolbe Academy history 
Ep 41 Social Media with Brigid and Lauren 
Ep 43 The Grade Examen concerning documentation, grade reports, and paperwork  
Ep 34 A Beauty-Linked Life with Professor Carol 
HSLDA – the Home School Legal Defense Association 
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52 Through a Catholic Lens

AMDG. Longtime Kolbe Academy online instructor and chair of the English and Literature Department Kim Crawford shines a light on the philosophy of Kolbe’s literature curriculum, which employs four attitudes and a four-fold test to construct a lens through which to evaluate any piece of literature, from the timeless classic to the latest beach read. Kim and Bonnie also discuss the true meaning of critical thinking, ways to both cultivate a love of reading and work through resistance or reluctance, the importance of enlisting help along the way for challenges such as dyslexia and anxiety, and the consequences of cancel culture as seen in recent removals of time-tested texts from the canon.   
Mentioned in this episode (bolded words are links): 
Episode 14 We Don’t Think Those Words Mean What You Think They Mean with Nicole O’Connor 
Great Illustrated Classics 
Episode 23 Family Is the Center with Beth Gath featuring suggestions for addressing and working with dyslexia 
Episode 24 Rise and Shine with Beth’s children, Kolbe alumni Anthony and Clare 
Kolbe Recommended Reading List 
Bethlehem Books 
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51 Made for Adventure

AMDG. This episode of the Kolbecast features the speeches from Kolbe Academy’s 2021 live-streamed graduation ceremony with an opening prayer offered by Ryan Ma. Student speaker Caroline Painter, faculty speaker Wil Frey, and commencement speaker Bill Donaghy address the Kolbe Academy community with eloquence, wit, and sagacity. From the purpose of education to the importance of reflection on the true, the good, and the beautiful, our speakers honor and challenge Kolbe’s Class of 2021 to use the gift of their Kolbe formation as they step out into the deep.  
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