As I woke last Friday for Grandparents Day to the realization that yes, the temperature drop will, in fact, directly coincide with the buckets of rain heading into the area, I found an odd smile creep across my face. Maybe I was just delirious and my body picked laughter as it’s chosen defense mechanism. I...Read More
*This post is part of a series on Annual Report updates. More in the series include A Reggio Emilia Classroom… and Mapping the World By Heart* Way back in the day (in 2012), the fifth graders here at WCDS began implementing a new and exciting program. This was something that would challenge them to actively determine their...Read More
*This post is part of a series on Annual Report updates. More in the series include Robotics is Alive at WCDS and Mapping the World By Heart* “…a hundred ways of listening, of marveling, of lovinga hundred joys for singing and understandinga hundred worlds to discovera hundred worlds to inventa hundred worlds to dream.” -from The Hundred...Read More
*This blog post was originally written June, 2016. A new post about this year’s launch is tentatively slated for December, 2016. Fingers crossed! 3…2…1…WOOO!!! An idea that really began as a side project with the simple goal of aerial photography of our school has quickly become a signature moment annually at WCDS. Launching a weather...Read More
David Strauss remembers his time at Wheeling Country Day fondly. But not for the reasons that many would think. David’s voice is animated as he remembers playing make believe under the tree on the beloved Country Day hill. Or how some of his good friends today are still those who he met almost 35 years...Read More
Nathan Musser came to Wheeling Country Day School in 1984 as a preschooler, around the same he started violin lessons at the age of three. He attended WCDS through 5th grade during which time he continued to develop his love of music. “Wheeling Country Day School’s focus on public speaking and performing helped Nathan develop...Read More
Former Wheeling Country Day School student Michele K. Sommer and her students’ are published in the Harvard Educational Review. Congratulations to alumna Michele Sommer whose article, “The Cream Does Not Always Rise: The Plight of Visual-Spatial Learners and the Power of Art Education” was selected for publication in the Harvard Educational Review. Hers was selected...Read More
*Sarah is the first installment in a new series of interview style Alumni Spotlights. Name: Sarah L. Posin, MSc., RPA (Master of Science and Registered Professional Archaeologist) Schools (after WCDS): Mount de Chantal, 2003; Marshall University, 2007; University of Sheffield, UK, 2010 Occupation: Archaeologist and Osteologist (Archaeologist that specializes in studying human bones) What years...Read More
In the Inaugural Head Space, a new WCDS Media series devoted to continuing the conversation among our Wheeling Country Day School family. Our Head of School, Liz Hofreuter, talks about the gift of failure and the power of keeping the pencil in your child’s hand.Read More
