Abigail Hicks
Abigail has experienced both sides of the Wilson Hill Academy screen, first as a student and now as a teacher, and she knows firsthand that the online classroom is a powerful tool for learning languages of many types. Abigail’s students learn to scrutinize their sentence translations, sing about numbers and discover what pirates have to do with the passive voice. It is her hope that while her students study language, they will also learn more of Christ, the word made flesh and the author of language.
Although Abigail studied Latin for several years, she did not fall in love with it (or languages in general) until she took her first online Latin class with Wilson Hill’s Joanna Hensley. Abigail was inspired to learn Spanish and Koine Greek as well, but Latin will always be her first love. Prior to Latin, Abigail’s favorite subject as a grammar school student was a different kind of language: mathematics, the language of numbers. She is in awe of the order and beauty of numbers, especially in how they can be arranged. Abigail studied the mathematical arts of the quadrivium at New College Franklin where she earned her Bachelor of Arts. She also had the privilege of working with Joanna Hensley and the Wilson Hill Academy Latin department on a student teaching internship during her time in college.
After growing up in central Kentucky, Abigail moved just a few hours south to Middle Tennessee where she is a member at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. She enjoys reading, singing in choirs, and teaching and performing ballet and other styles of dance.