"Big Picture" Seminar for High School Freshmen and All Newcomers
Reston Study Center offers a seminar series for high school freshmen and
sophomores, aimed at helping young men take full advantage of
their high school years in preparation for college and their
future professional careers. The seminars will challenge the
students to think about the kind of fathers, friends, citizens, and
professionals they would like to be when they reach adulthood.
Mr. Alvaro de Vicente, headmaster of The
Heights School, will direct the "Big Picture" Seminar.
All sessions will be held in the Reston Study Center's classroom on the 2nd Saturday of the month, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Seminar Dates
and Discussion Topics October
9 Introduction: the Time Frame of Life November 6 Personal and Social Values December 4 Character
Development and January 15 Choosing
a College; the Application Process February 12 Effective
Study Habits March
12 Extracurricular Activities and Summer Jobs. Choosing a
Career April 9 What is a Professional? May 7 Husband, Father
and Man of Faith Fee: $100. Please make checks payable to "Reston Study Center." For more information, please
call 703-689-3433, x201; or contact Daryl
Glick at daryl@restonstudycenter.org.or
David Monge at davidmarkmonge@gmail.com. "College Prep" Seminar for High
School Upperclassmen College Prep seminars will
meet on the fourth Saturdays of the month. Each seminar will focus
on intellectual questions of today's culture. The goal is to
prepare students for the intellectual challenges of college. We will help them
to understand more deeply key philosophical principles about God, man,
morality, and the nature of truth, and to be prepared to explain them to
others. Led by Pete Bancroft, science teacher at The Heights, and by David Monge, staffer
at the National Organization for Marriage. Seminar Dates and Discussion Topics September
25 Living Courage in the Group October
22 "Where is That in the Bible?" : Catholicism vs. Fundamentalism November 20 Consequentialism:
a popular but false moral theory December 18 Artificial Intelligence,
computers, and the soul January 29 Moral Absolutes:
the moral law and conscience February
26: The Reliability and Historicity of Sacred Scripture March 26: Faith and Reason; Science and
Religion April 16 Evolution and
the Origin of Man May 21 What is the value
of studying liberal arts?
Personal Maturity
