Posts tagged The NorthFork School
The NorthFork School ~ Her Faculty!
Aug 6th
The NorthFork School is anything but ordinary. Twenty months of intense rigor, a Classical curriculum immersed in the teachings of Servant Leadership, and a cadre of great Americans at the ready to help each student cultivate a servant’s heart! Nope, nothing like it! And the people of this great land will soon come to thank those great Americans who graciously sacrificed “what could’ve been” to help us reclaim a prominence long lost in the annals of America’s history.
Let’s consider a day in the life of NorthFork faculty. Yes, that’s right. Faculty. These high school “teachers” do far more than teach. Each day begins with telephone calls to supporters thanking them for all they do to make dreams come true. They are in a classroom between 9-16 hours each week on average. They dedicate an equal number of hours to their role(s) as mentor, guide, and coach. They set the example for servant leadership in all they do. They research for their chosen field (and/or leadership), and they publish. They are not restrained by an intellectual property clause—we want them to share what they learn with kindred hearts. They will be encouraged to keep a blog and immerse themselves in social networks (such as Twitter, Facebook). They will consult as part of NorthFork’s Education and Consultancy teams, offering their expertise to others who yearn for authentic leadership. And we are pretty sure they will have fun!
They will build relationships, not clientele. They will nurture a servant’s heart in future leaders of our country. They will uplift and encourage authenticity. They will dream dreams and share them with others who do likewise. They will devote themselves to lifelong learning. They will lead and inspire. They will serve and help others grow. They will create plans and set them in motion. They will have an open mind and a humble spirit. They are first seen as a servant of others, demonstrating leadership is about people, not power! And they will find ways to reclaim America’s founding spirit.
Does this sound like something you are called to do? We hope so!
The NorthFork School ~ Finding its strengths
Jul 9th
Private schools find their strengths and survive by occupying niches left open by public schools. They tend to create differentiated rather than generic products in order to appeal to clientele with particular political, philosophical, educational, and religious orientations.
The NorthFork School is no exception. Taking its lead from the phenomenally successful Patrick Henry College, NorthFork will very carefully consider the very best elements from private schools across the country to create a world-class educational environment. Notable examples include
• Faculty mentoring – students are paired with a teacher/administrator and meet several times a week
• Senior government leader mentoring – student paired with a senior public leader to develop/nurture leadership skills and experience through the mastery of self-awareness and the competencies of emotional intelligence (rather than technical, or even business, skills) (commitment is five (5) years, but expectation is life-long)
• Practical leadership — Emerging leaders need opportunities to practice being effective leaders
• The art of persuasion — The servant-leader seeks to convince others rather than coerce compliance; this particular element offers one of the clearest distinctions between the traditional authoritarian model and that of servant-leadership
• Classrooms are connected to “pods” – common areas filled with computer labs designed to promote interdisciplinary learning
NorthFork is devoted to growing leaders who can take our country—our people—into a promising future—a future that holds unwavering truths to be self-evident, recognizing and seizing every occasion to demonstrate “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Such a future has need of a special leadership—nothing less than servant leadership will do!
The NorthFork School
Jul 8th
The mission of the private school is to establish a unique college-preparatory school for rising juniors and seniors, many of them home schooled, in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where today’s students—tomorrow’s leaders—learn through practical application of biblical principles and dedicated mentorship especially aligned within the framework and original intent of the founding documents of the American republic how to lead with the heart of a servant.
The NorthFork School is a God-fearing, independent, coeducational private school (grades 11-12) with both a classical college-preparatory program tailored to serve an academically talented student body and a special emphasis on leadership that brings time and place together to provide a stimulating environment for the education, communication, and creative thinking necessary to develop leadership character and transform motivation and intentions … where the curriculum, campus, and community come together to uniquely prepare and propel men and women toward lives of public service, and positions of citizen leadership/advocacy that deeply and genuinely value the human spirit, discern greatness by virtue of service, and lead by lifting up the meek.
Faculty will facilitate a classical liberal arts education with integrated curriculum so students develop logical connections between history, philosophy, science, and the arts, and teacher-student dialog to encourage development of thought processes and communication. In addition to the rigors associated with a broad background in classical languages, ethics, logic, rhetoric, Biblical foundation studies, law, early American history, English composition and literature, philosophy, science, government, journalism, strategic intuition, and mathematics, students will experience the works and wisdom of some of the world’s greatest thinkers, among them speculative philosophers, social philosophers, philosophers of science, and political philosophers of the past, so as to gain fresh perspectives of God and the intricacies of His creation.
Practical application will come in the form of junior and senior year independent studies/community service projects, culminating in a Senior thesis!
A word about The NorthFork School
Jul 8th
A word of caution to prospective students and their parents is in order. Nothing about NorthFork will be easy. Transformation never is. But at the end of the day, hordes of people — the masses from all walks in life, each created in His very image — are looking for someone to follow.
Joshua’s generation — our sons and daughters — are obliged to do more than stand at the water’s edge; they must take that first step into the rushing river and help the others find the God-honoring spirit within to “take the land.”
Drop forged, tempered, tried, and tested, NorthFork graduates are certain to find themselves at the end of the beginning of a promising journey as they discern how to wield influence on the future by helping others open the doors that lead to truth. NorthFork, on the one hand, will require good courage (Joshua 1:9) and determination; on the other, it will prove enlightening, challenging, and convicting as it moves her students to new levels of authentic leadership — servant leadership!
