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Mr. Chadd C. Inglish, M.A.
7B Homeroom
chadd.inglish@westernacademy.net
Western Academy
Latin 4
Overview
Students in Latin 4 will continue to focus on mastery of
vocabulary, the various forms of nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc., and
Latin syntax, all of which aims toward the goal of understanding
and expressing more complex ideas in Latin. English grammar
will be learned organically through the study of Latin. Students
will also have opportunities to study Roman history and culture.
Objectives
• To develop a habit of memorization and retention of Latin
forms.
• To hone a student’s ability to recognize forms and accurately
translate Latin sentences.
• To awaken within the student a love for the Latin language
and the Roman character.
Assessments
Written homework, quizzes, and tests.
Required Text
Jenney’s First Year Latin
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Mitchell Thomas
mitchell.thomas@westernacademy.net
M-F 8:25 – 9:10am
Latin 2
Overview
Students in Latin 2 will focus on mastery of vocabulary, the various forms of nouns,
verbs, adjectives, etc., all of which aims toward the goal of translating Latin sentences
and understanding how language works. The student’s facility with English grammar
will increase naturally through the analytic study of Latin.
Objectives
• To develop the skill of memorization and retention of Latin forms.
• To hone a student’s ability to recognize forms and accurately translate increasing
complex Latin sentences.
• To awaken within the student a love for the Latin language and the Roman
character.
Assessments
Written classwork & homework (10%) , weekly cumulative quizzes (90%).
Required Text
Second Form Latin published by Memoria Press
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Latin 1 Western Academy Mon.-Fri.- 8:25-9:10 Mr. Brian D'Andrea Brian.DAndrea@westernacademy.net (832) 368-1936 Overview: The objective of this class is to give incoming middle school students at Western Academy an introduction to Latin. This will require rigorous study of Latin and memorization of vocabulary as well as conjugations in the First Form Latin textbook. First Form Latin is the beginning journey of Latin grammar. The First Form follows the following model—an attractive, concise student text, systematic presentation in five units, and extensive workbook exercises. Objectives: • Memorize and master Latin forms. • To comprehend Latin Vocabulary and their English derivatives as outlined in the texts. • To retain and understand Latin translation in all the exercised through the First Form Grading: Assessments consist of Latin workbook and parallel English grammar work, quizzes, and tests. Students should be prepared for weekly quizzes on both Latin vocabulary and grammar. Required Text First Form Latin published by Memoria Press
Middle School Math Course Descriptions Western Academy 2020-2021 Monday through Friday 9:15-10:00 Western Academy employs a traditional classroom instructional model for teaching math. The class meets daily and we primarily teach from McDougal- Littell texts. Students are placed under the guidance of an individual teacher grouped for math by homeroom, unless they are in a different book, in which case they are placed in an appropriate level class. In the traditional math setting the teachers instruct the class and model the problem solving, giving students individual attention as they solve the practice problems. Students are regularly assigned problems from the lesson to complete for homework. Text: Math Course 1 by McDougal-Littell. Topics: Number sense; algebraic thinking; measurement and statistics; number patterns and fractions; ratio; proportion; percent; geometric figures; integers; equations and functions; probability. Text: Pre-Algebra by McDougal-Littell. Topics: Variables; expressions and integers; solving equations; factors; fractions and exponents; rational numbers; ratio; proportion and probability; percents; real numbers and right triangles; measurement area and volume; data analysis and probability; angle relationships and transformations. Text: Algebra: Structure and Method, Book 1 by McDougal-Littell. Topics: Expressions; equations and functions; properties of real numbers; linear equations and systems of linear equations; exponents and exponential functions; quadratics; radicals; probability and data analysis. The emphasis in this course is connecting algebra through multiple representations, particularly viewing equations both algebraically and graphically. Text: Geometry by McDougal-Littell Topics: Geometric functions such as angles, perimeters, and proportional segments; geometric proofs and theorems related to properties of various shapes; area and volume formulae; coordinate geometry; transformations.
Geometry
Physical Science Daily, 9:15 – 10:00
Brief Description
Geometry is one of the four liberal arts in the quadrivium, and it plays
an instrumental role in the development of a well-trained mind. It
enables students to see the beauty and power of mathematics in a pure
and simple form and refines the powers of discursive reasoning. For
centuries Euclidean geometry was so essential to intellectual training
that to be considered an educated man one must have studied Euclid’s
book, The Elements. Since its first printing in 1482, experts estimate
that The Elements is second only to the Bible in the number of copies
printed. Through the study of Euclid’s Elements and a modern high
school geometry textbook, we will explore the beauty of mathematical
forms, spatial relationships, analytical geometry and logical proof.
Goals
We will begin the year reading and discussing the first volume of
Euclid’s Elements. Students will be expected to know and understand
Euclid’s definitions, postulates, and proofs. We will use a modern high
school textbook to learn how to do two-column geometric proofs,
memorize geometric theorems and definitions, study the properties of
various shapes, memorize area and volume formulae, and investigate
coordinate geometry and transformations.
Means
• Homework will usually be assigned every night.
• Cumulative weekly quizzes will take place once per week.
• Cumulative chapter tests will be administered periodically.
Texts
The Elements by Euclid, published by Green Lion Press
Geometry by McDougal-Littell
Grading
The quiz average contributes to 90% of the final grade, and the
homework average contributes 10% of the final grade.
Daniel Murphy
dan.murphy@westernacademy.net
2020-2021 School Year
Literature
Instructor: Adam Thompson
E-Mail:
adam.thompson@westernacademy.net
Phone: 713-553-1647
8th Grade, T/Th (11:05-12:00), F (1:30-2:10) Office: 713-461-7000
Overview Materials
Literature seeks to deepen the well of the intellect and broaden the Texts: Iliad by Homer and translated by
horizon of the moral imagination through delight and wonder, emotions Robert Fagles, Henry IV Parts 1-2 by
poignantly experienced when reading and engaging beautiful stories and William Shakespeare, Frankenstein by
poems. Reading comprehension is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of Mary Shelley, To Kill a Mockingbird by
Harper Lee, poems in the English canon,
literature and essential to any interpretation of it; therefore, it holds
and a variety of short story selections.
pride of place in the classroom. As such, immersing students in the skill
sets and strategies necessary for experiencing, understanding, and
evaluating the texts encountered in class is a task of first-order
importance. Memorization and creative writing also greatly contribute
to the maturation of a robust intellect and keen aesthetic sensibility.
Western Men possess the tools to live virtuously, at least in part,
because their study of literature has trained them to be instinctively
attracted to the beauty and goodness and truth with which they seek to
harmonize their own lives.
Objectives
• To train the mind and soul to apprehend the goodness, the
beauty, and the truth conveyed in literature.
The Thinker (1902)
• To develop critical reasoning skills to ameliorate reading
Auguste Rodin
comprehension, class conversation and discussion, and
individual written evaluations and reflections on literature.
• To cultivate the intellect and moral imagination through
memorization and oral performance.
• To instill a sense of pride in penmanship that refuses to settle for
rudimentary legibility.
• To habituate organization, note-taking, and test-taking skills as
well as proper classroom conduct.
Assessments
The homework will largely be reading intensive. Assessments consist of
daily reading quizzes, Socratic Seminars, and tests. In tandem with the
Writing class, the Literature class will implement the Excellence in Lands of Enchantment (1922)
Writing Program to enrich the boys’ writing skills. Norman Rockwell
8th Grade Literature 1
History Instructor: Adam Thompson
E-Mail:
adam.thompson@westernacademy.net
8th Grade, MW (11:05-12:00) Phone: 713-553-1647
Office: 713-461-7000
Overview Materials
8th Grade History explores the origin and development of Christendom Texts: Lights to the Nations: The
History of Christian Civilization (Part
from the Incarnation to the early modern era. While the Patristic period
One) by Catholic Textbook Project,
and the Enlightenment bookend the course, the bulk of the class dwells assorted primary source materials to
on the medieval period and the unique flowering of a distinctive supplement the textbook.
Christian civilization that indelibly shaped the Western identity in both
Europe and beyond. Special topics for consideration include: the age of
Christian martyrdom, the fall of Rome, the rise of Byzantium, the
legacy of monasticism, the strength of feudalism, the zeal of the
crusades, the religious reforms of the Church, the rise of the university
system, the development of Christian art and architecture, and the
conflict between the Church and the State.
Objectives
• To perceive actions recorded in time through an Incarnational
and Augustinian lens that accounts for man’s free will as well as
God’s providential design.
• To train the mind and soul to recognize and praise the good, the Icon of St. George and the Dragon
true, and the beautiful in virtuous men and women and to abhor Angelos Akotandos, Crete (15th
the antithetical traits of the same in Christian history. century)
• To cultivate an appreciation for the myriad ways in which the
Christian faith has profoundly impacted our cultural patrimony.
• To understand the principal role that the Church has played and
continues to play in creating and supporting education, the arts,
medicine, science, and a whole host of other disciplines.
• To acknowledge the important contributions of various
European cultures to the project of Christendom.
• To examine the evolving geography of both eastern and western
Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to modernity.
• To articulate a robust, well-researched apologia for Western
Civilization in general and Christendom in particular.
Assessments
Assessments consist of note-taking, homework, in-class writing samples,
longer compositions (Excellence in Writing Program), quizzes, tests,
Monk in Stained Glass
and projects of an analytical or creative nature.
8th Grade History 1
8th Grade Religion
Mr. Hebert – 8A
jason.hebert@westernacademy.net
Mr. Hoff - 8B
alex.hoff@westernacademy.net
Course Overview
What am I? Why am I here? What is life all about? Is God real? How can I know? Who is Jesus
anyway? Eighth grade religion aims at stirring the heart and mind of young men to seek the
answers to life’s most decisive questions. Through Socratic dialogue, written thought, and good
old fashioned memorization, the students will explore and examine the wisdom of the Catholic
Church, which points to that final vision of He Who Is—a vision which is the fulfillment of man’s
being, the answer to all his questions.
Objective
To stimulate the core desire in every student’s heart to reach out toward Eternal Truth, with
their mind willing and open to receive it’s reward: “that they may know…” (John 17:3).
Means
• Memorization of prayers, scripture passages and points from The Catechism of the
Catholic Church
• Socratic dialogue and resulting notes
• Written assignments concerning the above
Texts
Our Life in the Church, Ignatius Press
New American Bible, Catholic Book Publishing Corp.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Assessments
Daily grades – 50%
Tests – 50%
Writing Instructor: Adam Thompson
E-Mail:
adam.thompson@westernacademy.net
8th Grade, M-T 1:55-2:25 Phone: 713-553-1647
Office: 713-461-7000
Overview Materials
Students in the Writing course will build on the structural and Structure and style components of
stylistic foundations laid in previous years with the Institute for Institute for Excellence in Writing.
Excellence in Writing (IEW) Program to grow into more mature Selected exercises from the
progymnasmata. Memoria Press English
writers. The nine units of the IEW Program alternate between a
Grammar Recitation.
narrative and analytical approach to composition that will position
these young men for success at the next stage of their academic
career. Special attention and emphasis will also be given to a robust
treatment of grammar to facilitate the boys’ use and mastery of the
English language.
Objectives
• To read texts, recognize key words or facts from them, and
arrange these in a systematic and logical fashion.
• To progress from competency to fluency to mastery with the
structures and stylistic techniques of the Institute for
Excellence in Writing Program.
• To gain familiarity with classical modes of writing in the
progymnasmata.
• To possess a mastery of the English forms of grammar. Little Boy Writing a Letter (1920)
• To identify, understand, and control the syntax and Norman Rockwell
mechanics of diverse sentence types.
• To develop a sense of pride in penmanship that refuses to
settle for rudimentary legibility.
• To habituate organization, note-taking, and test-taking skills
as well as proper classroom conduct.
Assessments
The assessments for Writing will consist primarily of student
compositions from the IEW Program and the progymnasmata, as
well as grammar homework, quizzes, and tests based on the English
Grammar and Recitation book.
Kit’s Writing Lesson (1852)
Robert Braithwaite Martineau
8th Writing
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Physical Science
Physical Science
8A: 2:05-2:45 (Tues, Thurs), 11:05-12 (Mon) | 8B: 2:05-2:45 (Mon, Wed), 11:05-12 (Fri)
Brief Description
In physical science, students enter into the invisible world of atoms,
elements and compounds (i.e. Chemistry) and begin to understand and
analyze force, motion and energy (i.e. Physics). History of science is
integrated into the course.
Goals
This course will give the students a basic understanding of some of the
natural laws and the make-up of the universe. Topics include: atomic
theory, energy, the four forces, fields, the scientific method, motion,
phases of matter, gas laws, the Periodic Table, chemical reactions,
magnetism, electricity, and circuits. Students will memorize the metric
prefixes, attain mastery of unit conversions, learn basic physics
computations and balance chemical reactions.
Means
• Students will read sections of the textbook and answer homework
questions to prepare students for in-class lectures, discussions,
demonstrations and laboratory experiments.
• Participation in class discussions allow students to think more
deeply about concepts and better articulate scientific ideas.
• Labs and in-class demonstrations help to bring the material to life.
• Weekly review guides will enable students to study well and retain
previous material and skills, to be well prepared for quizzes and tests.
• Cumulative weekly quizzes will require students to retain
information they have learned over the course of the entire year.
Grading
The quiz average contributes to 90% of the final grade, and the
homework average contributes 10% of the final grade.
Texts
Physical Science by John Mays, published by Centripetal Press
Daniel Murphy
dan.murphy@westernacademy.net
2020-2021 School YearLIBERTAS SELECTIVES
12:45 – 1:20pm
Acoustic Guitar
Mr. Whitebread
In this introductory course to acoustic guitar, students will learn to read, play, and perform
on their instrument from a Western perspective. While drawing from the traditional roots
of European harmony and African rhythm, the students will learn guitar basics in the
context of American musical styles uniquely born in this country. Within the scope of a
class designed for beginners, lessons will cover styles that span the blues, jazz, folk, sacred,
classical and rock genres. Course content is aimed at achieving a basic proficiency on the
instrument while fostering the skills of group performance, ear training, and reading
standard notation. Note: Students are asked to provide their own guitar, clip-on tuner, guitar
picks, and 3 sets of guitar strings. The anticipated expense is about $140 per student for all
needed items including the instrument.
Advanced Acoustic Guitar
Mr. Whitebread
Designed for guitarists that have already taken Acoustic Guitar, this course seeks to further
the development of guitarists that currently have a basic grasp of reading music, open
position chords, song performance, and beginning music theory. As students continue
studying the acoustic guitar, the class will include a richer exploration of applied Western
music styles including jazz, country blues, modern pop/rock, and the guitar's historical
roots in the medieval, baroque, classical, and romantic era arts. While the course is
primarily open to all students who have successfully completed the Acoustic Guitar class,
openings may be available by audition. Note: Students are asked to provide their own guitar,
clip-on tuner, guitar picks, and 3 sets of guitar strings. The anticipated expense is about $140
per student for all needed items including the instrument.
Art & Craftsmanship
Mr. Collins
The basic skill developed throughout the Art & Craftsmanship class is that of drawing.
Students learn to draw basic three-dimensional shapes and move to more difficult
assignments such as drawing the human person, the use of perspective, etc. Other projects
include learning about and coloring heraldic shields with a special regard to understanding
the color wheel. There will also be three-dimensional craft projects primarily using the
medium of leather.Advanced Art & Craftsmanship Mr. Collins In Advanced Art & Craftsmanship, students continue to refine their artistic skills while expanding their horizons. Although drawing still forms the heart of this class, students will also begin to explore other mediums such as ceramics, clay, and glass. Different techniques will be explored as students attempt to define their own styles and discover their creative sensibilities. Chess & Strategy Mr. Carroll Whether a general in battle, a lawyer in courtroom, a quarterback on the field, or a statesmen in the assembly, success in action or persuasion depends on clear and logical thinking. In Chess & Strategy, students will develop and hone the logical and strategic thinking necessary to navigate the many complex and fluid situations of life. Students will also have fun solving logical puzzles, playing challenging strategy games, and learning the art of chess. Drums & Percussion Mr. Blattel In this introductory course to drums and percussion, students will learn that there is more to playing the drums than just hitting things with sticks. The course will explore a variety of percussion instruments including the drum set, snare drum, bells, and hand percussion from around the world. Students will learn how to read music notation, perform basic rudiments, achieve stick control, and play in a group setting. Basic techniques will be the foundation that will lead the students to a new appreciation of varying styles of music including rock, jazz, blues, americana, and afro-cuban. Myths & Stories Mr. Thompson In Myths and Stories, students will study man's storytelling nature throughout the ages. Students will explore the origin, meaning, and enduring value of myths in both ancient societies and our own. One of the central goals of the course will be to cultivate an artistic sensibility and a philosophical appreciation for our cultural patrimony as it has been manifested in timeless stories. Roam in Rome Mr. Callahan Do you ever wonder about the many peoples of the ancient world and how they lived their daily lives? What were their hopes? Their dreams? What did they fear and worry themselves over – what delighted them? In this selective we will attempt to answer all of these questions and more. By steeping ourselves in the ancient stories, customs, and culture of the Greco-Roman world, students will gain a tempered yet privileged glimpse of the strange, sandal-clad folks who roamed the earth before our time. We will also do what the Romans did such as make swords and shields, perform in plays and myths, and inscribe various Latin phrases atop the towering monuments of Rome!
Silent Study The Silent Study period is designed for students who would benefit from a period of intense work that is proctored by a teacher. Students may do homework, study for tests, work on projects, or perform any other school related activity during this period. The Silent Study period is split into three different grade level classrooms with a teacher available in each room to answer questions about school work. Theater Mr. Janeiro Building upon the bard tradition of Western Academy's festival days, Theater offers students a rich immersion in the history of theater as they mature in their acting craft and hone their public speaking skills. In this class, students will learn various acting techniques and perform them through different scenes on stage. They will put these skills on display during a live performance for their families and peers. Students in the theater class will also increase their chances of landing a role in the annual Spring Show at the end of the year. Woodworking Mr. D’Andrea Woodworking is both an art and a craft which requires an incredible attention to detail. When done well, woodworking is truly a marvel to behold. In Woodworking class, students will carefully hand-craft a variety of wooden objects. With prudence, diligence, and precision, both wood and virtue will be carved out in this hands-on selective.
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Physical Education Instructor (3rd-8th) Mike McBride
E-Mail: mike.mcbride@westernacademy.net
Office: 713-461-7000
3(M-F 11:05), 4(M-F 11:35), 5(M-Th 12:45) Instructor (3,4,6,7,8): Charles Collins
E-Mail: charles.collins@westernacademy.net
6(M-Th 2:10), 7(M-Th 2:40), 8(M-Th 1:25) Office: 713-461-7000
Instructor(5th): Rafael Bello
2020-21 Email: Rafael.Bello@westernacademy.net
Office: 713-461-7000
Overview
Physical Education allows kids to exercise and have fun in a
more controlled environment than recess. We focus on
sportsmanship, competitive spirit, hard work, and discipline.
Our setting is the great outdoors that Western has to offer.
Objectives
• Learn to follow directions in large groups.
• Learn the value of sportsmanship in team settings.
• To learn to cooperate with and elevate others to achieve
common goals.
• Respect for others and oneself.
• Learn rules of common and uncommon games.
Assessments
Boys will be graded based on PE uniform and participation.
They receive a 50 – point grade per day. 30 points will be for
wearing complete PE uniform and 20 points for participation.
Boys will have a 2 week grace period at the beginning of the year
to get their PE uniforms in order. They need to wear them now
if they already have them.
Items Needed
Third and Fourth grade boys wear PE shirts only. Fifth through
Eighth wears both PE shirts and PE shorts. Athletic shoes (not
cleats) are recommended and the older boys can bring them in
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