This past year has been a busy one, and a year of change for The Classical Thistle. In the summer of 2023, Dr. Scott McElvain, co-founder of The Classical Thistle, decided to hand over his role and responsibilities to me (Kyle Rapinchuk) as the sole owner and operator of the website. One of our biggest activities together, however, was planning the March conference at School of the Ozarks, which we continued to do together this year.

Then, this spring I accepted a position as Head of School at Sager Classical Academy in Siloam Springs, AR, so my family and I (and The Classical Thistle) moved to Arkansas in May. I recently returned from the annual Society for Classical Learning conference, and will head out later this week for the ACCS Repairing the Ruins conference.

Over this past year, therefore, I have spent most of my time for The Classical Thistle trying to make the change to sole ownership, plan another spring conference, and move. Although my new responsibilities will not allow a significant amount of time to be dedicated to The Classical Thistle, I do have plans to begin publishing articles, resources, and content again soon.

Thank you to those of you who have stuck with me through this drought of new material over the past year. I look forward to provide more content and starting new interactions very soon.

In Christ,

Kyle Rapinchuk