by Sarah DeConink | Jun 25, 2020 | Classical Christian, Elementary School, Parenting, Summer, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Top 10 Summer Math Games and Activities As I consider all that we have experienced over this past year, I’m thankful for all the hard work that students, parents, and teachers have given in a collaborative effort to see our children flourish...
by Sarah DeConink | Feb 6, 2020 | Classical Christian, Education, Middle School, The Classroom, Upper School
Whitefield Academy Blog Classical Math: Encountering God Through Numbers The following post is edited from a speech given by the Whitefield Academy Head of Math and Science, Sarah DeConink.Math is often categorized as a collection of patterns and comparisons. Some...
by Andy Castro | Sep 19, 2019 | Classical Christian, Education, Middle School, Private Schools, The Classroom
Whitefield Academy Blog I Will Never Use Algebra in Real Life “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,...
by Andy Castro | Aug 8, 2019 | Classical Christian, Education, Elementary School, Middle School, Parenting
Whitefield Academy Blog The Math Teacher Who Failed Fourth Grade Math 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...
