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 Caitlin Dugan | Aug 6, 2020 | Education, Graduation, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Whitefield Academy Salutatorian Address 2020 The following address was given at Whitefield Academy’s 2020 Commencement Ceremony by Caitlin Dugan, salutatorian of the class of 2020. Thank you for joining us tonight to celebrate this...
by Anne Rabe | Jun 18, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, Private Schools, Reading, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog What Does it Mean to Study Latin? Welcome to Latin story time, round two! Today we’re going to look at a tale most famously told in Livy’s enormous (yet fragmentary) work of Roman history, Ab Urbe Condita. Livy, our primary source for Rome’s...
by Anne Rabe | Jun 4, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, Reading, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Whitefield’s New Latin Teacher: Why I Love Latin In August of 1995 I walked into Latin class for the first time. A native of Lawrence, I attended Lawrence High School and so was privileged to sit under the teaching of Dr. Anne Shaw who,...
by Adrienne Waner | May 21, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, Private Schools, The Classroom
Whitefield Academy Blog Classical Christian Education: What’s the Difference? I remember a conversation I recently had with a Christian friend who wondered aloud why our family would pay to send our children to a classical Christian school when the new charter...