The student showcases at Well-Trained Mind Academy demonstrate the power of classical education in action. Our students’ work illustrates how they move from mastering basics to expressing their own ideas, gaining both knowledge and confidence along the way.
Cool Coding
Budding WTMA computer programmers made some very neat programs for their midterm projects. In Introduction to Computer Programming, students have been working with turtles: they learned how to use a
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Math
Well-Trained Mind Students Create Poems from Poetry
When students in Reading for the Logic Stage III were reading Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, they responded to the various poems they were reading through one creative
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Literature
When All Else Fails, Just Write a Program
In Mrs. Ostaff’s Algebra I class, students were given a challenge word problem to figure out. Here’s the problem: Sarah, Gwen, and Emma were playing a game with a box
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Math
French Comics? Mais Oui!
Dr. Lisa Gentile asked students in French II to create a comic strip to showcase their understanding of the simple past tense. Student Lila T. did an outstanding job! Below you’ll
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World Language
Who knew exit tickets could be so creative?
In Story of the Middle Ages, students complete an exit ticket in order to show how they engaged with the day’s content. Students are asked to “list three facts you learned
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Clubs
History
Spanish Culture Club: Empanadas!
The first meeting of the 2022-23 Spanish Culture Club revolved around the food culture of Argentina. Students discussed what typical cuisine one might find in the Argentine Pampas amongst the
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Clubs
World Language
2022 Summer Club T-Shirt Design Contest Winner
This year’s WTMA Summer Club T-shirt image was designed by Madeline Pierce, a member of 2022 Summer German Reading Club and also a student in Introduction to Piano. In her own words, this
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Clubs
Tatiana Walker’s Fresco Project
Student Tatiana Walker created her very own fresco for her History of the Renaissance and Early Modern World class this spring semester. In the paper that went along with the painting, she
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History
Free Music Tutors Website by Tristan Deters
WTMA Student Tristan Deters has been working on a project with the Phoenix Youth Symphony this year called “Free Music Tutors.” Free Music Tutors is a platform for free music education — where anyone,
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Fine Arts
Snowflakes from Mrs. Courtney Ostaff’s Saxon Algebra I Class
In Week 14 of Algebra I, students begin learning about dimensional analysis in 3 dimensions: for example, converting 3 cubic meters to cubic yards. As a way to bring a
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Math