by Lydia White | Apr 15, 2021 | Elementary School, Parenting, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Teaching the Gospel in a Culture of Self We live in a culture of self. Scroll through social media and you’ll quickly see memes encouraging you to “Never let the light dim from within!” or “Always wear an invisible crown!” The message of our...
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 Katy Slankard | Oct 1, 2020 | Parenting, Private Schools, Reading, The Classroom, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog Talking with a Mask: How to Prevent Vocal Fatigue If you had told me in 2019 that in 2020 I would be teaching music at a classical Christian school in the middle of a pandemic while wearing a mask, I might have been a bit confused by your...
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...
by Matt Appling | Sep 10, 2020 | Classical Christian, Parenting, Uncategorized
Whitefield Academy Blog FOMO at IHOP: Ten Years at Whitefield Last January, I found myself at a notable “international pancake restaurant” with three other teachers and our soon-to-be-graduating senior class at about eleven o’clock at night. It was an unusual night....
