Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Book nooks and couches and good working areas await Oak Hill students as summer ends and they come back to school this coming week. If you Google “Peaceful Classrooms” you will see that more and more educators are talking about the benefits of tranquil and positive learning spaces. This isn’t just a façade. It also pervades our curriculum and our teaching. And, the peace which we are pointing our students toward is not a mere childhood luxury. We are pointing them to faith in the only one who is bringing his people eternal victory over strife and bitterness, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. See more pictures here: <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Foakhillk12%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02j8Te12BEgo1KKLtM34c7EF5Mwsj1esnzMyJCXJxsRbcdTcMKxY6Uu2XgmjWVpLDtl&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="652" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameb
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Days ago the US Supreme Court stopped the President from canceling $400 billion in student loan debt. It seems that in our Republic enough semblance of independent branches of government remains that maybe one man cannot unilaterally make a half trillion dollar decision. At Oak Hill, I think we should be glad for the court decision. It keeps pressure on colleges and universities to reconsider their great reliance on federal money. As of today, these loans continue to be made to new students. Colleges need to acknowledge that, in addition to burdening more and more students with debt, federal money is also driving their institutions to make decisions in terms of that money. It should also make us think about how K-12 schools should be funded. Jesse Sumpter, a writer for New Saint Andrews College, says the Court is right to overturn Biden’s proposal because his plan would not actually fix the problem and would lead to other issues that hurt Americans. He says the real proble
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