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New Hybrid Leadership Academy A Christian K–12 hybrid micro school building faith, knowledge & leadership. Where learning is personal, community is strong, and Christ is at the center.

🗣️ We don’t want to simply teach our students what to think. We want to teach them HOW to think.Our NHLA Bigs are workin...
10/06/2026

🗣️ We don’t want to simply teach our students what to think. We want to teach them HOW to think.

Our NHLA Bigs are working on debate and Socratic discussion, but before students can build a strong argument, they need to learn how to examine an idea from more than one direction.

That’s why we’re beginning with the Five Common Topics of Rhetoric—tools that have been used for centuries to explore ideas, ask better questions, and develop stronger arguments.

🔹 Definition — What exactly are we talking about? How should it be defined?

🔹 Comparison — How is this similar to or different from something else?

🔹 Relationship — What caused it? What are the effects? How are these ideas connected?

🔹 Circumstance — What is possible or impossible? What has happened before? What could happen?

🔹 Testimony & Authority — What do witnesses, experts, laws, historical sources, Scripture, or other credible authorities have to say?

Then we put those tools to work through Socratic discussion.

Instead of simply giving an answer, students learn to question assumptions, listen to opposing viewpoints, follow an argument to its logical conclusion, support their claims, and respectfully challenge one another.

And sometimes the most important realization is:

“I hadn’t thought about it that way.”

That’s a win.

We want our students to grow into young adults who can encounter an idea and do more than immediately accept or reject it. We want them to define it, question it, compare it, investigate it, defend their reasoning, and seek truth.

📖 “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.” — Proverbs 18:17

Strong thinkers ask strong questions. And strong faith doesn’t have to be afraid of them.

That’s what our Bigs are practicing at NHLA. 💙💚

We love our new Miss Tabby! So grateful are we to have inherited such talent into our NHLA littles’ program. 💙💚💙💚🤓🤓🤓📕📗📘📙...
10/05/2026

We love our new Miss Tabby! So grateful are we to have inherited such talent into our NHLA littles’ program. 💙💚💙💚🤓🤓🤓📕📗📘📙

“During phonics/word work, some of the littles worked on finding closed syllables in two syllable words. They first had to find the words that were two syllables, choose 4 of those to write down, mark the vowels, and then write each syllable in the boxes above the word! They did an awesome job and learned why these vowels aren’t long (they don’t say their name). “

“Our other groups worked on writing, reading, and drawing words with a nasalized a (-an / -am) or words with ing.”

Thursday I had the privilege of leading NHLA kids in a discussion about generosity. When they began with the word “share...
10/04/2026

Thursday I had the privilege of leading NHLA kids in a discussion about generosity. When they began with the word “share” as a simple definition, it was no surprise. When they started elaborating on what and how they share, I was encouraged and impressed to hear them include the gospel. I had never looked at it that way before, but rather as an act of obedience. It’s also an act of generosity to share the good news of Jesus! I absolutely love that view! Who’s teaching whom? 😊💙💚💙💚💙💚

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” — Psalm 139...
10/04/2026

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” — Psalm 139:14

🧠➡️🍎 Learning the digestive system… NHLA style!

Today our students put their digestive-system knowledge to the test with a little competition—and, naturally, we added a dodgeball. 😂

Students raced to match function cards with the digestive organ responsible for that job: mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, and re**um.

But matching the cards was only half the fun!

Once the answers were placed, students could challenge a match they believed was incorrect. If you challenged correctly, great job—you caught the mistake! But if you confidently challenged an answer that was actually RIGHT… you might find yourself on the receiving end of a dodgeball. 😂

Suddenly everyone was VERY motivated to know exactly what each digestive organ actually does!

Studying the human body gives us another opportunity to recognize just how incredibly detailed God’s creation is. Every organ has a purpose. Every system works together. The more we learn about the human body, the more amazing its design becomes.

At NHLA, we believe learning should be active, challenging, memorable, and rooted in the truth of God’s Word. We want our students asking questions, thinking critically, defending what they know, and discovering more about the incredible world God created.

💙💚 If this is the kind of education you want for your child, we’d love to welcome your family to NHLA. Come see what happens when faith, curiosity, and hands-on learning come together—and discover whether NHLA could be the right place for your child to learn and grow.

Reach out to schedule a visit and experience NHLA for yourself!

10/04/2026

Way to go Cash! Can’t wait to hear all about it Tuesday. 😊

10/01/2026

Sometimes the best part of the school day is the part we don’t plan. ❤️

At NHLA, we believe kids need time to simply be kids. That means getting outside with no lesson plan, no organized game, and no adult telling them exactly what to do next.

Free, unstructured play gives kids opportunities to figure things out for themselves. They negotiate the rules of a game, decide who goes first, work through disagreements, invent something out of absolutely nothing, take reasonable risks, solve problems, laugh, move their bodies, and build friendships.

And sometimes…they’re bored for a minute.

That’s okay too. Because boredom often becomes creativity when we don’t rush in to fix it.

There is something beautiful about watching kids of different ages outside together—running, talking, creating games, exploring, sitting in the grass, being silly, and learning how to navigate life with other people.

We also believe God designed childhood with room for wonder, movement, relationship, creativity, and rest. Not every minute needs to be productive by the world’s definition to have value.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us, “For everything there is a season…”

There is a time to sit and learn.
A time to work hard.
A time to listen and follow directions.

And there is also a time to run outside and PLAY.

At NHLA, we’re making room for both. 💙💚

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