WTMA Testimonials

We know that choosing an online education provider for your child involves careful consideration, and we are honored that you’re exploring Well-Trained Mind Academy. We believe that online learning for middle and high school students doesn’t get any better than at the Academy. But don’t take it from us - hear from our parents and students about what makes the Well-Trained Mind Academy unique, effective, and a trusted choice for so many families.

What WTMA Parents Are Saying

Well-Trained Mind Academy has an amazing breadth of classes available for my students. I really appreciate how it helps fulfill the basic things they need, in terms of science, language arts, and math, but also offers lots of great electives. They can explore all kinds of interests they may have and try out different classes so that they get an idea of what they might want to do with their future.

As a university professor, I appreciate the rigor and delivery format of WTMA courses. As a parent, I appreciate the individualized attention of WTMA’s small classes.

I am grateful for the high quality teachers that WTMA provides my children.

I love that I can trust that the courses are rigorous and thorough, and that the instructors are always available to support students if they have questions or struggles.

The teachers have been great at helping the students understand what they need to do and when they need to do it, but then also giving them a lot of freedom to be self-directed in that. I think that's really important as my kids get older to have that ability to do things for themselves.

I absolutely love how thorough the teaching is for the classes as well as how supportive the instructors are for the students. I feel confident that the classes prepare students for higher education should they decide to pursue it. For example, I will not entrust my children’s math education to any other academy because I have been so impressed with the teachers we’ve had so far with WTMA (Ms. Yoo, Ms. Quintero, Ms. Ostaff to name a few). My eldest son, who graduated this year, is a fantastic writer thanks to WTMA!

What WTMA Students Are Saying

For me, the Academy's approach to classical education was extremely helpful for teaching me not just the courses I was taking but how to learn and how best to apply myself to the various fields of study.

I have attended WTMA classes since the fifth grade. I’ve had countless beneficial experiences all thanks to WTMA, and I can say that it is my education here at the Academy that has led me to where I am today, a member of Johns Hopkins University’s Class of 2025! I will be studying Japanese, International Relations, and minoring in Music.

I think one of the most interesting things is learning how to really diagram, even though I have done that before in Grammar I. When I don’t understand sentences in books I’m reading or even in papers I have to write for WTMA, I find myself in my head diagramming the sentence or just finding the subject, verb, and DO. As far as new things though, I thought learning active and passive was pretty fun. Also I liked diagramming prepositional phrases and learning to identify them. Thank you for a wonderful semester!