Author: Laura Ruby

Venimus, Vidimus, Vicimus! WHA’s Junior Classical League Chapter Wins Award!

26 Nov 2018

We are so excited to announce that the WHA Junior Classical League chapter’s t-shirt won the National Junior Classical League Monthly Publicity Contest for Club Swag! Abigail Hicks and Peyton Louise Robuck created the design for the t-shirt based on JCL members’ ideas. The front of the t-shirt features the official JCL logo. The back quotes, “We came, we saw,” and then lists our JCL activities, which was Julia Moore’s idea of “We came, we

By Peyton Louise Robuck | | In WHA Blog, WHA News, Word on the Hill | Read more

Etymological Spelunking

21 Nov 2018

Etymology is weird. Like diving into a cave, it goes deeper than your flashlight can reach, and as you uncover the twists and turns of the darkness, you never know what monstrous creatures are lurking in the shadows. Take the word “weird.” If you look it up in a dictionary, it will tell you it means something like “uncanny,” or “odd.” This word (yes it seems like a stretch) is actually related to the words

By Ryan Handermann | | In WHA Blog, Word on the Hill | Read more

Olivia Finch, The Rabbit and Dragonfly’s Artist of the Month

6 Oct 2018

WHA freshman, Olivia Finch, loves to draw and has for as long as she can remember. Often, she finds inspiration for her art from rich literature, which provides her “a wide range of interesting projects.” One book series with which she has had “an obsession for the last three-and-a-half years" is the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so when The Rabbit and Dragonfly, a delightful Tolkien and Lewis-themed restaurant in Pennsylvania, named Olivia their October

By Laura Ruby | | In WHA Blog, Word on the Hill | Read more

Pretending and Teaching

12 Sep 2018

One of C.S. Lewis’ many insights in Mere Christianity is that when we pray, “Our Father,” we are in a very real sense only pretending. We are pretending to be a true and faithful son of God, pretending to be like Jesus. As Lewis puts it, ou are dressing up as Christ…Because, of course, the moment you realize what the words mean, you realize that you are not a son of God. You are not

By Dr. Tom Vierra | | In WHA Blog, Word on the Hill | Read more

WHA AP Biology Student, Ashley Lamb, Conducts Research in Life and Environmental Sciences

Ashley Lamb, who recently completed Marie Owens' AP Biology course, spent her summer like few other rising high school juniors to be sure! She was selected from among North Carolina's top students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to conduct research in life and environmental sciences at North Carolina State University and Appalachian State University. These fully-funded programs allowed her to pursue a variety of field study, lab analysis, problem solving and technical writing coursework. Ashley completed original

By Laura Ruby | | In WHA Blog, Word on the Hill | Read more

Classical Christian Computer Science?

As a husband and father in a family immersed in classical Christian education for over a decade, I have seen the tremendous value of this philosophy of teaching.  Students learn how to understand both history and modern culture through the study of Scripture and classic literature.  They learn to appreciate the order and beauty of God’s creation through math and science.  They gain skills in persuasion and communication through logic and rhetoric.  How could a

By Bill Jester | | In WHA Blog, Word on the Hill | Read more