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Middle school students had a blast yesterday with the sixth grade Olympics; the seventh grade visiting Genesee Valley Outdoor Learning Center; and the eighth grade visiting Sandy Hill Retreat Center!

Congratulations to our middle school band and choir who were both winners at last week's Music in the Parks competition in Hershey, Pennsylvania!

As a culminating activity in their ukulele unit, fifth graders prepared simple songs to sing and play on the ukulele and took their show on the road, visiting with with younger friends in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten. Everyone enjoyed listening and even sang along!

A culminating part of fifth grade at WFS is the spring field trip to New York City! 

The return of the middle school 5K to benefit Hanover Food Closet at Hanover Presbyterian Church was a huge success! 

The upper school March For Our Lives Club held a walkout today to honor those lost in the recent Uvalde and Buffalo shootings. 

Congratulations to WFS Director of College Guidance Kathleen Martin, who was recently named Counselor of the Year by the Potomac & Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling. 

In social studies, seventh graders had the opportunity to visit with a Cuban immigrant, Reinaldo, and learn more about his experience in a communist country. 

Recently, seventh grade students prepared more than 250 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a snack, and a piece of fruit for Wilmington's Sunday Breakfast Mission, which has served the homeless, addicted, and impoverished for over 125 years.

Last Friday, middle and upper school students participated together in wellness activities, ranging from yoga to meditation and team building!