The Headmaster's Podcast

Marcus and Mary Ann Murphy share their thoughts on the long-term value of KPA. They have four graduates from KPA Hayden (class of 2010), Asher (class of 2012), Aslan (class of 2016), and Levi (class of 2020). Now with their children as grown adults, they have a valuable perspective on the time that they have spent at KPA.

We mix things up in this episode by letting current senior, Carrigan Crockett, interview Dr. DePoe in this episode.

Peter and Anne Griffith reflect on how KPA has blessed their family as they have had three children attend KPA. They have been deeply involved in KPA almost from the very beginning of its founding. With their children as adults, they share the impact KPA has had on their lives.

Listen to the charge to the graduates from the May 2025 graduation ceremony at KPA.

In this episode, you will hear from four of KPA's juniors (or "soon-to-be-seniors" as they describe themselves) as they share about KPA's Grand Tour. They paint a colorful picture of the Grand Tour!

Now that the State of Texas has passed a School Choice bill, what is KPA going to do? In this episode, I talk about the School Choice legislation and its potential impact on KPA and our families.

Katie Hawthorne (class of 2019) updates the KPA community about what she is doing now, and she shares some of her reflections from her time at KPA.

Mr. Brock continues his discussion about "loving to know" from last week's episode. In this second part, he turns to the applications of this approach to education.

What is the best way to know? Mr. Brock advocates for an approach that says the best way to know something is by loving it. This is the first part of a conversation about the idea of connecting loving with knowing as an approach to education.

Prayer. We know it is important, but we often struggle to do it well. Kimberly Kennedy (Upper School English teacher) talks about some of the best practices to help us grow in praying well.

Neil Anderson (Head of School, Trinity Classical School in Houston) joins Dr. DePoe for a conversation about the highs and lows parents experience in carrying out classical Christian collaborative education. Listen to the discussion describe what parents can expect from the Grammar School to the School of Logic and ultimately in the School of Rhetoric.

Professor Gary Hartenburg (Houston Christian University) joins the podcast to discuss what it means for classical education to be leisurely. Then, this is contrasted with an approach to education that values it only for its "usefulness." Find out whether classical education's leisurely approach to education makes it useless or not.

Mr. Hurtak sits down for a conversation about discipleship and spiritual formation at KPA. In this one, you will hear about KPA's discipleship classes, upper school chapels, and other ways that students are being discipled at KPA.

What is a virtue, and how are faith, hope, and love virtues? Looking at 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3, Dr. DePoe describes the Christian virtues.

Seniors, Matthew Jenkins and Reagan Ramsey, talk about KPA's recent One Act Play performances.

Caroline Tidwell (class of 2023) talks about studying abroad and how KPA has prepared her to make the most of her travels!

Lexi Howard (class of 2021) tells us what she has been doing since she graduated. And we reflect on KPA's "Portrait of a Graduate."

KPA parents, Nicole Martens and Lacey Wilcox, talk about the Parent Book Club, including some of the insights we gleaned from our last book, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Want to know more about what happens at the Parent Book Club? This podcast has some answers for you!

This episode features an interview with Ellen Schuknecht who leads Family Ministries at Veritas Academy in Austin, Texas. She has over a decade of experience in the collaborative classical Christian educational world, including many years doing the hom days with several of her grandchildren. She is the author of many books, including her most recent one,  Every Parents Calling: To Educate and Disc...

Lesley Montandon, KPA's Student Life Director, tells us all about the "House System."

Holly Hinds from the class of 2017 reflects on her time at KPA, tells us about what she has been doing since graduation, and then she gives some of her thoughts on KPA's portrait of a graduate.

This podcast looks at some of the reasons we study old books. I give three reasons to study the old books: (1) they inspire hearts; (2) they sharpen minds; and (3) they cultivate character. Then, I address some of the common objections to reading them: (1) they are impractical and irrelevant to the 21st century; (2) they lack diversity and contribute to racism and other injustices in our world; an...

Listen to a brief study of Ephesians 6:4, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

Soren Schwab, Vice President of Partnerships with the CLT , shares some important information about the CLT. If you don't know what the CLT is, how it is different from other standardized tests, or why KPA has its students take this test, you will get plenty of new information in this episode!

Paul Herrick, philosophy professor at Shoreline College, talks about logic. What is logic? Why study logic? Is Christianity logical? Here Professor Herrick address these and other questions in this episode.