As WCDS rests and rejuvenates during a much needed Spring Break, Liz comes to you from San Diego as she debriefs a trip to High Tech High, the school featured in the documentary, Most Likely to Succeed. She talks about how wonderful it was to be around such a standard-bearing institution, how proud it made us...Read More
If you are teacher, you already know that every hero needs to connect with a mentor before embarking on the journey. A guide who sees the possibility in you before you see it for yourself, the mentor does not travel into the woods with the hero. Trials are part of the journey. Failures par for...Read More
It’s Valentine’s Day, so what better time to talk about finding passion than today? In our newest Head Space, Liz is joined by a few friends to speak about finding the things your children love and asking why. The sooner we find what drives them, the sooner we can help direct them to a lifetime...Read More
If you look around the web as much as I tend to do, you’re seeing quite a few Year in Review pieces. These articles have always been odd things to read an educator, since we’re only nearing the half way point and really just rounding into form. Most of us have measured our years from September to June our whole...Read More
Recently Liz had the chance to sit down with her father, Dr. Don Hofreuter, to discuss her own personal journey with Wheeling Country Day School. In this clip, they talk about the Doc’s significance in Liz accepting the Head of School position ten years ago and how that decision turned out to be no choice at all.Read More
Open water. To me, those two words are synonymous with surpassing all expectations. Confused? Let me back up. I was on the crew team in college. I was the coxswain. No, I didn’t have my hands on an oar. My legs, back and arms were not propelling us. It was not my job to match...Read More
Every inch of campus was packed with smiles and hugs. It’s our favorite day of the year…we love Grandparents Day at WCDS. This week, Liz speaks about her three pieces of advice to grandparents. “Plant the seed in the right soil, water it, we pull the weeds, we give it sunlight, and we let it...Read More
I started this on the first day of school and only just finished. It’s only fitting it would take so long, especially as I reread my meandering thoughts on the first day of school. Best laid plans, am I right? Anyway, I hope you can join me in committing to excitement over stress this year. It’s...Read More
WCDS will open the library one Saturday each month for family fun! Join Dr. Christina Fisanick each month at 10:00 AM for activities, story time, and more. Each of the activities are free and open to the public as well as our WCDS families. See the flyer below for more information. Saturday Family Series Calendar of...Read More
This week we celebrate our first day of school at WCDS as Liz leads our faculty in a rendition of the 3 A’s: Appreciation, Apology, and Aha! Our students will end many of our days with this or similar exercises. It gives each of us a chance to stand and speak in an environment of embrace. It...Read More
