Branching Out

Susan Wise Bauer has been part of the homeschooling world for a long time. In fact, she was homeschooled herself as a child. Over the years she took her homeschooling … Read More

Many of our students show interest in careers in the arts. Fortunately for them, we had the opportunity to hear from Eric Hammesfahr, a museum specialist at the Smithsonian National … Read More

Our Math & Science department is growing! Department chair Heather Quintero is working hard to bring exciting options to our families.  News from the Classroom We are once again able … Read More

We love to watch students move through the Academy for their entire middle and high school careers. But this isn’t the only route to success families find with WTMA. Some … Read More

One of the hottest topics in homeschool community discussions is scheduling. There’s this idea that if you can just find the perfect schedule before you start homeschooling, then the whole … Read More

“I learn best when I have lots of pictures,” someone might say. “I need to read the directions first; I’m hopeless with watching videos,” another person might say.  Ask three … Read More

Experiencing a second language no longer requires a costly plane ride. Our world has become increasingly connected, with cultures and languages deemed world now within earshot and at our fingertips. … Read More

Finally, after ten years, ten months, and twenty-seven days, my worst fears were realized.  After all of the inference-making exercises, cause-and-effect lessons, character-motivation talks, and vocally-performative bedtime stories, it had … Read More

To say COVID-19 disrupted everyone’s schedules would be a laughable understatement. Between canceled extracurricular activities, foundational changes in home life, and the simple inability to socialize, our students’ lives look … Read More

In this post we are featuring an essay written for Rhetoric Writing III by Emily R.  Her instructor, Jeff Jones, comments, In her insightful essay, Emily confronts some of the … Read More