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
Teddy Lee Simplifies Black Holes in Rhetoric Paper
In Preparation for Rhetoric Writing, student Teddy Lee wrote a definition paper on Black Holes for instructor Mrs. Lori Huth. Mrs. Huth thought Teddy did “such a great job using
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Writing & Grammar
Ronan Brooks Conjures Vivid Images Using Creative Words
Students in Expository Writing II work on refining paper organization, sentence structure, essay construction, and research skills. Ronan Brooks showed off his skills in all of these areas in his
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Writing & Grammar
WTMA’s Nature Sketchbook Club Observes and Records Fall Foliage
In the Fall of 2024 students in the WTMA Nature Sketchbook Club, led by Kelly Houle, spent their time observing and drawing moths, fall foliage, and owls. At the end
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Science
Clubs
Fine Arts
Students Impress With Works Inspired by The Book Thief
Juliette Richards and Aaleyah Khan impressed Reading for the Logic Stage II teacher Margaret Strickler with their projects for The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Students were asked to pick
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Literature
John Michaels Builds A Shining Example of A Functioning Model Lighthouse
Well-Trained Mind Academy students in Introduction to Engineering for the Logic Stage recently designed and created lighthouses, each with a working switch that needed to turn the lightbulb at the
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Science
Creating Geometric Art Using Computer Programming
In Computer Programming I, students used turtles, functions, and for loops in Python programming to create a drawing of their choice. Instructor Mrs. Yoo was impressed by the beautiful pictures
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Science