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‘Ok, everyone, see you next year!’ What a classic teacher joke. Like most of my jokes, it works every time. Of course, by ‘works’ I mean most of the kids roll their eyes while I chuckle to myself knowing it wasn’t very funny at all. It’s almost funnier that way. Really makes you think about...
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Liz Hofreuter in California in front of palm trees.
  Today Liz comes to you from sunny Long Beach, California to debrief one heck of a conference from the National Association of Independent Schools. Simon Sinek closed the show with a discussion of finite vs infinite games, really a mindset that takes you from short term competition to perpetual improvement. ‘You can’t win the...
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Liz Hofreuter sitting on yellow chair in front of a window.
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...
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Wheeling Country Day School
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...
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It's Possible Here!
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...
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Summer sunset behind the WCDS main campus sign in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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...
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Liz Hofreuter sitting with Don Hofreuter on couch at WCDS.
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.
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Head of WCDS, Liz Hofreuter with daughters in Wheeling alley.
You have heard the term “helicopter mom” I am sure. It certainly has worked its way into our vernacular.  Sneaking in right behind it is another term, “the snowplow mom.”  The former hovers nearby to make sure all is well. The latter clears the road ahead of obstacles that lurk.   Personally, I am not...
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Rowing competition team battles for a win.
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...
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Liz Hofreuter enjoying a cup of coffee while explaining the importance of Grandparents Day!
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...
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