by Anne Rabe | Nov 14, 2019 | Classical Christian, Extracurriculars, Middle School, Private Schools, Reading, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog “Oh gods, what is she plotting? What vast new agony? What huge horror lurks in the House? What evil plotting? The family cannot bear it, there is no cure, and help is so far away” (Agamemnon, 1100-4, translated by Peter Meineck). Thus utters...
by John Hutson | Oct 3, 2019 | Classical Christian, Elementary School, Media, Middle School, Parenting, Private Schools, Technology, The Classroom
Whitefield Academy Blog In the past few decades, we’ve seen a revolution in the way most students are educated in this and many other countries. Countless hardware and software products have been produced with the promise that they will help schools better achieve...
by Andy Castro | Sep 19, 2019 | Classical Christian, Education, Middle School, Private Schools, The Classroom
Whitefield Academy Blog “I will never use this in real life,” says almost every exasperated junior high Algebra student. The hours of solving algebra problems. The random letters. The complex terminology: factors, commutative, quadratic and rooster form. The bizarre...
by Andy Castro | Aug 8, 2019 | Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Middle School, Parenting
Whitefield Academy Blog Math did not come easily to me in school. I remember being bored with long division. I found it difficult to concentrate on the problem-solving processes that we were taught. So many steps and so much room for error. I found myself getting...
by Rachel Hutson | Jun 27, 2019 | Athletics, Elementary School, Extracurriculars, Middle School, Parenting, Summer, Uncategorized, Upper School
Whitefield Academy Blog If you didn’t know it already, May is National Summer Camp Flyer Month. Flyers start to creep into backpacks and onto refrigerators from schools, libraries, and churches. Coincidentally, it is also the month that every year I become...
by Rachel Hutson | May 2, 2019 | Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Kindergarten, Middle School, Parenting, Private Schools, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Choosing a school for your children can seem like an overwhelming decision.Even at the early age of 4 or 5, choosing a kindergarten typically decides which elementary school your children will attend which leads to which middle school they will...
