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Substitute teachers wanted!

Zach — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:05:39 +0000

We need moms or dads who would be willing to substitute for ill or absent teachers. Please tell the office if you think you could fulfill our need. Let Mrs. Muna know with what age group you might be willing to sub, and thank you.

2010 Yearbook still available!

Zach — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:41:06 +0000

We still have many copies of the 2009-2010 school yearbook available at Whitman. Please come by the school, or call the main office, to inquire about copies. The price is only 5 JD each.

2010 High School Graduates

Zach — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:13:28 +0000

Congratulations to Whitman’s class of 2010, the largest in the school’s history! Read on below for our graduates’ names and their post-Whitman plans.

Our Seniors	Plans for next year
Noor Assal	American University of Beirut
Andrew Attia	Lee University – Cleveland, Tennessee
Amanda Beaty	Missouri State University – Springfield, Missouri
Zac Bonifas	Liberty University – Lynchburg, Virginia
Ruthanne Condie	Gap year working at an orphanage in China
Jordan Gilker	Applying to Mt. Carmel Bible School – Edmonton, Alberta
Victoria Hancock	Southwest Baptist Univeresity – Bolivar, Missouri
Brendan Magnuson	Coast Guard Academy – New London, Connecticut
Matt McGraw	Canadian Mennonite University – Winnipeg, Manitoba
Susanna Neufeld	studying Dance in Australia
David Nuqul	Western Washington University – Bellingham, Washington
Fadi Petro	Austin Community College/University of Texas – Austin, Texas
Zachary Pierce	California Baptist University – Riverside, California
David Yoon	Rice University – Houston, Texas

New school newspaper – “The Talon”

Zach — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:51:53 +0000

Whitman Academy high school students have just published the first paper edition of “The Talon,” a new school newspaper that they’ll be updating throughout the year. Students can find it throughout the walls of the school right now, and they’ve started a Facebook page as well as a Blogger page which will soon be housing more information and electronic copies. Check it out and “follow” them however you like!

Principal’s Note – Fall 2010

Zach — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:15:32 +0000

A new school year has just begun and we are off to a hot but wonderful start. As usual not everyone has returned yet, but the show must go on and the lessons need to get started. We have nine new teachers with us this year and two more joining us in October. With the twelve returning teachers, we now have a teaching staff of twenty-three. This is our biggest staff to date. We are praising God for answering our prayers and abundantly supplying our need.

The largest graduating class in our school’s history was given diplomas in May. Fourteen students graduated and all of them are college bound. This was an exceptional class of students and because of that I awarded a group GRIP Award to this class as a whole. Soon you will see this award hanging in our entrance way.

This fall we are hoping to get a boys sports league going. A couple of dads are involved in this activity and we are very excited about getting this off the ground. Our leadership group is heading off to Budapest in a couple of weeks and our Band kids are off to Band camp in a few days. It does not take long to get BUSY when you are working with teenagers.

We are off to a great start!

-Mary Townsend, Principal

Freshman trip to Jerash

Mary — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:37:30 +0000

The Whitman freshman class recently took a trip to the ancient Roman ruins in Jerash, a small community north of Amman. They built a series of slides commemorating their trip, assembled here in PDF form, that they’d like to share.

April is Poetry Month

Mary — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:13:13 +0000

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To Celebrate Poetry Month, Whitman will be hosting its 2nd Annual Poetry Contest.

Elementary Divisions	Secondary Divisions
1st-3rd grade 4th-6th grade Formal Poetry Humorous Poetry Free Category	Formal Poetry Humorous Poetry Devotional Poetry Free Category

All poems should be turned into your classroom teacher (elementary) or to Miss Hunsberger (secondary) by Thursday, 29 April 2010. Contest winners will be announced at the Fine Arts Festival on Saturday, 15 May 2010.
More information on categories, proper formatting, etc. will be posted in classrooms. Questions should be directed to Miss Hunsberger.

Whitman Expansion Fund

Mary — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:50:55 +0000

We are launching a comprehensive fundraising campaign to help our school meet our expanding enrollment. We introduced our expansion goals at the Parent Meeting held on April 9. Here is how you can help.

The “Whitman Academy Expansion Fund” will involve administrators, students, alumni, and other friends of Whitman. We will be giving people new opportunities to become involved at Whitman.

Our primary campaign focus is to build a K-12 school to meet present & future needs.
We want to raise 7 million J.D. ($US 10 million) in phases.
The Phase I goal is to raise JD 1 Million ($US1.5 million) by May 10, 2010.
Parents set a goal of raising 7% of the Phase I goal or 70,000 J.D. ($100,000).

You can get involved in the Whitman Academy Expansion fund by:

Becoming a Charter Member. Make a donation of any amount to become one of our Charter Members. All of your donations are tax deductible.
- You may donate at Whitman Academy.
- You may donate online by going to http://whitmanfund.org
- You may mail your donation to:
  Roy & Dora Whitman Academy, Inc.
  929 Wilson Hill Road
  Arrington, VA 22922
Make a long-term pledge by going to www.whitmanfund.org and pledge $1 or more per month.
Talk to your family, friends, and supporters. We can email you an electronic copy of a sample letter that you might use for this purpose.
Help us connect with former teachers/students.If you are in current contact with a teacher who served at Whitman, a family whose children were students at Whitman, or former students, share with us their contact information.
Tell us about two or more possible donors that we can contact.

Trusting the Lord together,

The Whitman Academy Steering Committee

2009 High School Graduation

Zach — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:19:33 +0000

Congratulations to our nine seniors!

Our Seniors	Plans for next year
Tim Donley	Capernwray Bible School – Capernwray, England
Mary Ann Frazier	Capernwray Bible School – Capernwray, England
Marshall Hillman	Work
Seth Hoover	Regent University – Virginia Beach, Virginia
Katie Jones	Tennessee Tech University – Cookeville, Tennessee
Enoch Kim	Anderson University – Anderson, Indiana
Jonathan Racey	University of Nebraska
Bethany Schupp	Maryville University – St. Louis, Missouri
Cliff Summey	University of North Carolina, Charlotte

2009 Yearbooks released

Mary — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:35:51 +0000

YEARBOOKS ARE HERE! – We still have copies for sale. We hope you will take time to congratulate the Yearbook Staff and Mr. Brinkmann on their hard work. We have discovered that some copies have printing problems with smudges or light pages. If you want to exchange your copy for a better copy, please talk to Mr. Brinkmann or the Office.