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
You’d have to look way back to October 2016 to find the first announcement from Wheeling Country Day School bragging up Mrs. Margie Howells as a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. After months of waiting and wondering, (and worrying from everyone at WCDS except Mrs. Howells herself), the White House Office...Read More
It seems a perfect, unseasonably chilly summer day to share this message from Liz. She reminds us that every day, whether the sun shines or the rain falls, , every day the blue skies are closer than we think. Every day is worth it. Thank you all for another wonderful year! It’s Possible HereRead More
For the past few weeks, our Junior Kindergarteners have been on a trip around the world! With Ginnie, the Ostrich acting as celebrity traveler, house guest, and tour guide all in one, they set out to China, Egypt, Italy, and Mexico before returning to the WCDS Community Room to celebrate. Sometimes as educators, the most difficult...Read More
We’re back! Our regionally renowned summer programs are here for another year with lots of new offerings like Disney Days Dress Up and Play, Ultimate Hide and Seek, and BattleBots Robots and Coding as well as camp classics like Stop Motion Movie Making, Pottery, and, of course, Creek Week! As always, our afternoons are filled with splashes and sun...Read More
Liz is back to talk about why, as a head of school, as a teacher, as an alumni, she finds abundant reasons on the faces of fourth graders to keep giving to Wheeling Country Day School.Read More
In the spring of 2017, Senior Kindergarten teachers, Linda Krulock and Claire Norman, began a new unit of exploration. Three young students had expressed an interest in movement, specifically movement from two-wheeled vehicles… ‘How did they keep from falling over?’ ‘Can they do a loop-the-loop?’ ‘Why are old bikes so hard to peddle?’ These questions...Read More
