About Wilson Hill Academy

I’ve mentioned Wilson Hill Academy (WHA) before in my post about The Great Conversation curriculum. Now, I want to tell you a little bit about WHA.  

 

Wilson Hill is a private, online, Christian school. They offer classes for fourth through twelfth grade with a la carte and diploma track options. I only take a la carte classes so that I can have a wider variety of curriculum options and I’m able to have time to do more interest-based electives. With the diploma track, they have a graduation requirement worksheet with all the necessary classes for high school students to take to graduate with WHA. This includes taking at least 12 total classes with WHA throughout high school (assuming you start as a freshman).  

 

Wilson Hill has its classes divided into grammar school (4th-6th grade), logic school (7th–8th grade), and school of rhetoric (9th-12th grade).  

The Grammar School subjects are History, Math, English, Science, and Latin. There are only 1-2 class options per subject per grade level.  

The Logic School has two track options. Track 1 has Integrated Humanities (History, Literature, and Theology, aka The Great Conversation), English Composition and Literature, Pre-Rhetoric, Math, Science, Latin, and electives. Track 2 has all the same subject areas except that Integrated Humanities is replaced with History, and the class options are usually slightly different. Of course, you don’t have to only take classes from one track. You can mix up the classes from Tracks 1 and 2 depending on what works best for you.  

The School of Rhetoric has many more options for classes. The Great Conversation is a core subject for the School of Rhetoric. There are 4 traditional options and one option for students who are new to Wilson Hill or classical education. There is a recommended sequence, but if you meet the age requirements you can take them in your preferred order. In addition to TGC, WHA has logic, rhetoric, and composition classes in the humanities division. Rhetoric 2 is also known as Senior Thesis and is a capstone project for many seniors. Wilson Hill also offers a couple of history and literature electives, including Modern Literature and Thought, which I am planning to take in my senior year. There are two science and math tracks, which are mostly determined by whether the student has completed Algebra 1 before ninth grade. The next division is languages. Wilson Hill offers Latin, Greek, French, and Spanish. Finally, AP Art History fills the requirement for fine arts on the graduation worksheet, as well as being a very popular class.  

 

Wilson Hill also divides all its logic and rhetoric stage students into one of four houses: Austen, Augustine, O’Connor, and Lewis. Throughout the school year, there are various competitions and at the end of the year, one house is awarded the house trophy. While all the points ultimately add together, there are two divisions of each house. The Jr. House is for seventh and eighth graders, while the Sr. House is for high schoolers. Each house has its own leadership team (one high school junior, one high school senior, and a small team of other high schoolers), as well as organizations.   

  

In addition to praying before every class, Wilson Hill teachers are committed to teaching any and every subject from a Christian worldview. I’ve taken TGC and science courses through Wilson Hill and while TGC classes might be a given in terms of a Christian worldview, even the science courses have been thoroughly Christian.  

 

There is so much I can say about Wilson Hill Academy and the wonderful experience I’ve had with it, but for now, this was some basic information about the school.