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.
WTMA 2026 Student-led Literary Journal
Back in 2025, Skye Miller emailed me, Dean Collier, to ask if she could start a literary journal. Her vision included not only the opportunity for writers and artists to
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Noor Ashfaq Wins Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Award
Congratulations to Class of 2027 student Noor Ashfaq on winning the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Fair Talent Search Award. Noor, a Well-Trained Mind Academy junior, has been competing in
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Science
Cryptographers Explore Personal Privacy vs Public Safety
Students in Mrs. Quintero’s Cryptography course worked to find sources for the debate over online personal privacy vs public safety. Each student completed and summarized research, and then shared their
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Math
Katy Johansen wins 1st place in the Virginia National Holocaust Museum Student Art Contest!
WTMA student Katy Johansen submitted several works to the Virginia National Holocaust Museum Student Art Contest: Junior Division… and won first place! Here are Katy’s excellent submissions:
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Fine Arts
2026 Talent Show Winners!
This year over 25 students submitted talents for consideration for the 2025-2026 Well-Trained Mind Academy Talent show. On the day of the event, students showed off piano, guitar, singing and
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When Women Were Dragons
The penultimate book studied in Scholars’ Seminar: Competing Identities this year was Kelly Barnhill’s When Women Were Dragons. For this assignment, Dean Collier gave students an option to write their
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Pi Day Mandalas
Each year, mathematicians delight in acknowledging Pi Day on March 14th. Pi is a very important transcendental number that comes from the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter.
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Clubs
Math
Science
Rafaela Botti wins John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
Congratulations to WTMA junior Rafaela Botti, who was recently honored with the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award! Rafaela accepted the award at the Vermont State House on January 12, 2026,
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Social Science
K&N III Wrapped!
In Kinesiology & Nutrition III: Rest and Recovery with Mr. Mattias Caro, student Samantha Yos did an outstanding job of summarizing the major themes of the course in her final
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Social Science
Future You is Calling!
Students in Mattias Caro’s Adulting: Finance & Goal Planning; Resumes and Real Life course complete a final where they talk to their future selves and ask for advice. Ellia Rodgers
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Social Science