“All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful brings us to God” – Pope Francis.
So often today, education diminishes courses in history, civics, religion, languages, music, and the arts. Today’s school’s favor “the hard sciences” – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
But at Billings Catholic Schools, each period is an exploration of the Good, True, and Beautiful. Every course speaks to the fullness of a Catholic education for our students!
What do we call classes that explore these eternal principles? The Humanities! This year’s Mayfair special project: Good, True, Beautiful – a new Humanities curriculum for Billings Catholic Schools.
The history, government, and social sciences curriculums’ last major revision was 2011. The arts and music have never received a comprehensive review. Simply “reading the textbook” is not an education in the humanities that inspires.
This year, our Catholic Schools are undertaking a major review of this content and aligning it to our standards. Beginning in the fall of 2024, an expanded humanities curriculum will be experienced by our students.
Billings Catholic School students must experience the humanities to explore the Good, True, and Beautiful!
Imagine, history students dressing up as the great Roman philosopher and statesman Cicero, orating his famous dictum, “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory!” Or recreating military moves in
WWI trench style warfare – at the paintball course.
In Theology, reading St. Thomas Aquinas’ great text the Summa Theologica and the 5 proofs for the existence of God. In arts class, new technology blends with old world techniques to graphically illustrate a landscape. In language arts, a fictional “World Café” where students read the classics, sipping their coffees, and discuss their books in small groups without ever leaving the classroom. For music and theater students, performing a classic musical from the newly conceived black-box style theater in the basement of Billings Central.
It is through the humanities that students learn how to seek Truth in all its forms; to meaningfully contribute towards the Good of society to address its complex challenges; to appreciate the Beauty of the human experience; so that our students “may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).
As Jack Milroy – our featured student – can attest, humanities influences him to have life to full. At Billings Catholic Schools, the humanities are integral to a faith filled, well-formed student striving for excellence their entire life!
Will you help our students live the Good, True, and Beautiful by experiencing the humanities? Give to this year’s Mayfair Special Project!
