by Rachel Hutson | Jan 28, 2021 | Athletics, Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Middle School, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Face to Face: The Impact of In-Person School I’d probably be correct in saying that face to face education is something that most of us never thought we would have to argue for. It was just a given. Of course our kids would walk into the...
by Rachel Hutson | Jan 14, 2021 | Classical Christian, Education, Extracurriculars, Middle School, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Building Shelves and Building Character This past Saturday, my husband, my girls, and I spent the day in one of the buildings on Whitefield’s campus helping our students build some racks for the rowing team’s boats. “I’m...
by Adrienne Waner | Jan 7, 2021 | Education, Kindergarten, Technology
Whitefield Academy Blog Screen Time and Kindergartners: What’s Too Much? This post originally ran in 2017, but it is even more applicable now that so many schools have moved to virtual schooling. Screens are everywhere. Screens in our living rooms, our...
by Andrew Selby | Nov 5, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, The Classroom, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Lifelong Learning through the Liberal Arts If you’ve been around classical Christian education for even a little while, you will soon come across the phrase “lifelong learning.” We want our students to continue learning past their school years...
by Rachel Hutson | Oct 22, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Kansas City, Kindergarten, Parenting, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Transferring During COVID: What Parents are Saying Many parents were in the same boat in August of 2020. The same sinking/exploding/lifeboatless boat called the USS Education. Do we homeschool? Do we wait for our public school to open back up?...
by Anne Rabe | Sep 24, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Private Schools, The Classroom, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Whitefield Academy’s New Latin Curriculum Caecilius est pater. Metella est mater. Quintus est filius. Thus begins the first textbook in Whitefield’s new Latin curriculum. This Latin is so simple that you probably don’t even need me to...
