The Schola’s New Headmistress
Dear friends,
It is a great pleasure to share with you the news of our new headmistress. We are excited and honored that Dr. Jocelyn Moore will lead The Schola beginning this fall. Please see below for more information about the incredible experience and vision she will bring to the role.
In Christ,
Rebecca
From Magistra Moore:
Humbly, let me explain why I am so excited to serve the Schola as headmistress. I will still be teaching Latin and I hope you will continue to call me Magistra!
I have spent my last two decades considering the intersections of Catholic and classical education in various capacities—as a 'cloistered' scholar, as a teacher, and most profoundly as a mother. The Greek katholikos refers to “the whole.” While the ancient world thirsted for some wisdom (logos) that could unify, Christ revealed that Truth was a Person. The project of Christian education ensues. And here our Schola is making a profoundly creative contribution. It is because we see learning as a personal encounter that the Schola parents have chosen the hybrid model, integrated curriculum, and classical and Charlotte Mason approaches for their children.
Practically, three commitments I wish to prioritize are: to build a partnership with each parent, teacher, and child; to produce a detailed curriculum, scope, and sequence for each class that is enunciated in classical and Charlotte Mason pedagogy; and finally, to use this foundation to accompany Schola teachers and parent-teachers closely in our 2025-26 journey.
Bio:
Dr. Jocelyn Moore was homeschooled using a classical model. She studied Greek and Latin, Medieval Studies, and Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and Washington University in St. Louis (MA). As a Jefferson Fellow at the University of Virginia, she earned her PhD with a dissertation on Greek tragedy and the family unit, the oikos. For six years she worked with UVA students and faculty in all fields, teaching and developing curriculum for the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought. Supported by a National Fellowship, Jocelyn is finishing an academic book on the house of Athenian tragedy, revealing how this persistent theatrical object, a house, allows audiences and playwrights to explore the most intimate bonds of the family.
Jocelyn shares her love of the Ancient World with her husband Daniel. They are raising four children. Jocelyn enjoys design, gardening, reading, singing, and watercolors. Some favorites are Sts. Augustine of Hippo, Hildegard von Bingen, and Catherine of Siena; and author Sigrid Undset.