Contact Wes Callihan, Schola tutor (see About the Tutor, below)

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         Schola Classical Tutorials
         P. O. Box 546
         Potlatch, ID 83855

References 

Contact Schola and we will gladly put you in touch with anyone mentioned below.

1. Local

 

a) My father is Robert H. Callihan, emeritus professor of agronomy at the University of Idaho and member of Trinity Baptist Church in Moscow.

 

b) One of my oldest friends is Evan Wilson, pastor of All Soul's Christian Church of Moscow, owner of Trireme d'Sign (a graphics design company), and host of The Big Haus.

 

c) My pastors at Trinity Reformed Church (a member of the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches) are Peter Leithart, Ph.D., and Toby Sumpter.

d) My former pastor and long-time friend is Douglas Wilson, pastor of Christ Church (a member of the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches).

 

2. Parents of Schola students, past and present: we can give you a general list of parents to contact or find some in your area.

 

Statement of Faith

 

I teach as a Christian and in the light of the historic, universal Christian faith. I affirm three things as most important: 1) the Nicene Creed as a faithful summary of the Christian faith, 2) the gospel as declared in John 3:16, Romans 10:9-13, and I Corinthians 15:1-4, and 3) the absolute necessity of Christian unity and love in the bond of peace as expressed in Galations 5:22-23 and throughout I John. I am largely in agreement with the major Reformational Protestant confessions, especially the 39 articles of the Church of England and the Westminster Confession of Faith, but am deeply appreciative of the historic Roman Catholic and Eastern (and Oriental) Orthodox churches. None of this is required of students in Schola - the only spiritual requirements are a good attitude and a willingness to learn - but it should be expected that the teaching in Schola will clearly reflect a historical and classical Christian perspective.

About The Tutor

 

Wesley Callihan grew up on a farm in Idaho and graduated in History from the University of Idaho in 1983. He has taught at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho; the University of Idaho; New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho; and at Veritas Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He has written curriculum for several ACCS and other Christian schools, has written some Great Books study guides for homeschoolers (published by Veritas Press), speaks regularly at Classical Christian education conferences for home educators and private schools, and teaches summer intensive Latin courses.  He has written columns and short fiction for Credenda/Agenda and Antithesis, and contributed to the book Classical Education and the Home School, (published by Canon Press). Schola Classical Tutorials, a program of live internet courses in the Great Books and the Classical Languages, began in the fall of 1997 and is his contribution to the growing classical Christian education movement.

 

Wes and his wife, Dani, have six children, three of them married, and three grandchildren.  Wes and Dani and the three remaining kids live in an old farmhouse in northern Idaho near Wes's parents, where they all use the cold winters as an excuse to read, and the hot summers as another excuse to read. Wes likes to watch movies, fish and hunt, travel (he offers tours most summers for his students and their families to Greece and Turkey), write, and read some more.