by Jim Selby | Aug 5, 2021 | Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Middle School, Parenting, Private Schools, Spiritual Life, Uncategorized, Upper School
Whitefield Academy Blog What is a Classical Christian Education? The following was presented by Jim Selby at the annual meeting of the Whitefield Academy Association on May 19, 2015. I would like to accomplish three tasks this evening, the first is to explain what...
by John Hutson | May 13, 2021 | Athletics, Classical Christian, Extracurriculars, Middle School, Uncategorized, Upper School
Whitefield Academy Blog Classical Athletics: Teaching Virtue Through Sport Last year, my wife and I started a rowing team at Whitefield. One of the neat things about coaching rowing at a classical school is that I can point to a rowing race in one of the most...
by Rachel Hutson | Apr 29, 2021 | Classical Christian, Middle School, Mission Trips, Private Schools, Spiritual Life, Uncategorized, Upper School
Whitefield Academy Blog Hearts of Service: 7th and 8th Grade Mission Trip It’s Trips Week! To the layman, that means that all of our students from 7th grade to 12th grade leave school for a week on either a mission trip or a cultural trip. Traditionally, our 7th, 9th,...
by Matt Appling | Apr 8, 2021 | Classical Christian, Education, Middle School, The Arts, The Classroom, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Why Art Matters in Today’s World Raise your hands – how many of you can relate to this: Sometime, long ago, you sat in a classroom, head in hand. The lesson is boring you. You’re confused. You’re frustrated. You raise your hand, not...
by John Hutson | Mar 11, 2021 | Classical Christian, Elementary School, Media, Middle School, Parenting, Private Schools, Technology, The Classroom
Whitefield Academy Blog Does Tech in the Classroom Make a Difference? This post was originally published in October of 2019 but is even more applicable in today’s post-pandemic discussions of education. In the past few decades, we’ve seen a revolution in the way...
by Mary Grace Wilson | Feb 25, 2021 | Classical Christian, Middle School, Parenting, Spiritual Life, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Junior Homily by Mary Grace Wilson Every year at Whitefield Academy, students in the junior class write homilies and present them to the entire upper school. Read below junior Mary Grace Wilson’s homily from this week, drawing on the...
