SCHICKEL VISITS FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF UNION POINTE ACADEMY

SCHICKEL VISITS FACULTY AND 

STUDENTS OF UNION POINTE ACADEMY

FRANKFORT, KY (May 16, 2024)—Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, enjoyed a lunch stop yesterday with the faculty of Union Pointe Academy in Florence. The academy is a small, non-denominational Christian school with approximately 60 K-12 students. Schickel was there at the invitation of school principal Susan Giebler.

Schickel spoke with the faculty about teaching and instilling virtue in the classroom. He encouraged a resurgence of the "classical curriculum" and its role in developing students' critical thinking skills, rhetoric, and logic.

"The classical curriculum incorporates the great writings of Western civilization, which have been tested over time to lead to a well-lived life, as philosopher Plato once articulated," Schickel said. "In Boone County and schools all over the country, as well as home schools, parents and faculty realize that a proper education must incorporate these principles.

"It was a real treat for me today to address this small school working to incorporate these principles."

The very fabric of American history and culture is tethered by the works of America's founders, who highly valued the writings of numerous Western philosophers, including Socratic Greek philosophers who studied ethics, virtue, justice, and other ideas relating to human behavior. Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Adam Smith, among others, also made incredible contributions to critical thought about how governments should be organized and function.

After lunch, Schickel visited with the middle school students and explained the legislative process. He stressed the importance of familiarizing themselves with the Constitution of Kentucky and the U.S. Constitution.

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Senator John Schickel, R-Union, represents the 11th Senate District in northern and central Boone County. He is Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee chair. He is also a Senate Banking and Insurance, Judiciary, and Natural Resources and Energy committee member. 

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