Parent Readings

Parents often comment that they wish they had had the opportunity to attend The Montfort Academy when they were going to high school.  Mindful of that, occasionally we come across an article or a video that we just have to share with parents.  Often these articles validate our classical approach to education.  Often, too, they show just how much The Montfort Academy and our founder and chairman Richard Greco have shaped Catholic classical education in the United States.  Among the first Catholic classical high schools to open, many other schools have looked to Montfort as a model and have asked our President Richard Greco, Jr. to advise them.

The following time-honored classic essay by the founder of the Great Books of the Western World program and former professor at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, Mortimer J. Adler, PhD, "How to Mark a Book" is highly encouraged.  This 1941 essay will prove essential for all Montfort students and will be beneficial to Montfort parents, too.

How to Mark a Book, by Mortimer J. Adler

The following essays and articles are also for both parents and students on the importance of handwriting, hand-written note taking, and hand-written thank you notes.  Please note that all students at The Montfort Academy are taught that among the highest forms of gratitude is the hand-written thank you note; over the years, they will write many.

1. Attention Students, Put Your Laptops Away!

2. Take Notes with Pen & Paper

3. Brief History of Penmanship

4. Hidden Messages of Colonial Handwriting

5. The Art of the Thank You Note

6. Cursive is Making a Comeback!

7. How Handwriting Trains the Brain

8. What’s the Best Way to Take Notes—Wall Street Journal (from Mrs. Greehan)