Makenna Crabb, Ethan Forsyth, Silas Hoffman, and Aden Williams will graduate from Classical Conversations (CC) with their high school diplomas on May 11, 2024. This will be the first graduating class from the Clear Lake CC homeschool community and they will celebrate with an inaugural commencement ceremony held at the Clear Lake Church of Christ at 11 a.m. The ceremony is open to the public.
Makenna is the daughter of Andy and Shawna Crabb of Ventura. Ethan is the son of Aaron and Emily Forsyth of Clear Lake. Silas is the son of Michael and Tammy Hoffman of Mason City. Aden is the son of Eric and Amanda Williams of Garner. The students will be pursuing marketing, business, construction work, and engineering/architecture, respectively.
Graduate, Makenna Crabb, reflects on 11 years as a CC student,“It’s so surreal to think we made it this far! Being the first CC graduating class in the North Iowa area is such an achievement for our homeschool community. I’m so thankful to have gotten to experience this program, and to make some great friends along the way!”
Founded in 1997, Classical Conversations is a classical Christian curriculum tailored to homeschool education, serving more than 50,000 families in 52 countries. The curriculum supports a home-centered educational community that equips parents to provide their children with timeless tools of learning so they can discover nature’s order and beauty while enabling others to do the same. The curriculum offers a Christ-centered worldview while honing students’ academic and classical skills of recitation, logical thinking, and rhetoric.
