Early Modern World Students as Citizen Archivists
By Dr. Maj-Britt Frenze, History Instructor As an Instructor of History and great lover of literature, I am always grappling with the following question: how can I cultivate students’ engagement
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History
Social Science
Cooking Up Culture: Ayden’s Final Spanish II Project
By Rebecca Mengle, Spanish II Instructor At the end of Spanish II, students bring their learning to life through a final unit focused on two essential cultural experiences: making plans
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World Language
Planètes du Futur
Students in Lisa Gentile’s French II course practiced the future tense by imagining undiscovered planets. The students envisioned worlds where Mozart pours out of flowers, potatoes with giant feet hang
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World Language
Chloe Mendoza’s Comedic Essay
Instructor Chris Bauer was really impressed by senior Chloe Mendoza’s comedic essay in Creative Writing for the Rhetoric Stage II. He writes, “This is just a really solid piece from
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Writing & Grammar
Haikus by Grant Iwamoto
Grant Iwamoto wowed his Creative Writing for the Rhetoric Stage II teacher Chris Bauer with his haiku made of haikus. Mr. Bauer says “Grant kept putting scientific equations into all
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Writing & Grammar
Exploring Polynomial Functions Through Desmos Projects
Following the unit on Polynomial Functions in Algebra II (Problem-Solving Approach), students put their skills to use to complete their choice of a Desmos activity. Their tasks included writing equations
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Math
2025 WTMA Student Talent Show Recap
So many accomplished students participated in the third annual Well-Trained Mind Academy Talent Show. Supported by nearly 100 classmates and teachers, students introduced their talents and then performed live or
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Talent Show
How to Solve Global Warming – Creative Nonfiction By Juliette Richards
Juliette Richards wrote a creative nonfiction piece for Creative Writing for the Logic Stage called “How to Solve Global Warming” that really impressed her teacher, Lori Huth. Mrs. Huth says,
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Writing & Grammar
Oliver Tixi’s Writing Wows With Style And Substance
Fall 2024 was a great semester for Oliver Tixi in Preparation for Rhetoric Writing with instructor Lori Huth. Mrs. Huth wanted to share three of Oliver’s works with the WTMA
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Writing & Grammar
Alessandra Magsaysay Uses Skills in Rhetoric Writing to Tackle Tough Topics
Alessandra Magsaysay dazzled her Preparation for Rhetoric Writing teacher Mrs. Lori Huth this year with two well-composed papers that Mrs. Huth wanted to share with the WTMA community. Of “The
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Writing & Grammar