Our Mission
The Heights Forum is a department of The Heights School. We assist parents, school leaders, and teachers in their own efforts to educate boys into men fully alive. Through in-person and digital resources we share our experience in forming the hearts and minds of boys, and invite you to join the conversation.
Vocational Discernment in an Age of Infinite Options
Featuring Fr. Carter Griffin, Alvaro de Vicente
“Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matt. 16:25). This week we’re joined by Fr. Carter Griffin, rector of the St. John Paul II Seminary in the Archdiocese of Washington, and Alvaro de Vicente, headmaster of The Heights School, to examine “discernment.” It’s become a Catholic buzzword, applied (or sometimes, perhaps, misapplied) to a number of life situations. Here, Fr. Carter and Alvaro discuss the methods and limits of vocational discernment—and the moral courage of commitment. Chapters:...
Don’t Spoil Your Son
By Alvaro de Vicente
Do we have guiding principles around giving good things to our children? Four practical battlegrounds can help us to raise sons who do not expect a life of constant comfort.
The Magisterial Case for Single-Sex Education
By Dr. Joseph Lanzilotti
The Church has continuously recommended distinct educational settings for boys and girls, including in the 21st century, even as the prevailing educational culture shifts.
Convivium 2025 Recap
November 13–15, the Forum welcomed more than 130 teaching men to campus for the inaugural Convivium. Educators arrived from thirty states and six countries for two and a half days of conversation, collegiality, and professional formation. By all measures, the first Convivium was great success. As one participant put it: “I was encouraged to see so many men all in one place with shared vision for education. It was good to meet many of them and chat.” The event opened with a lecture by Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente, who posed...