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SISTER HUGS!
A story about hugs from Liza Conces, our pre-kindergarten music and movement teacher:Read More -
6th Grade Egg-quations
Mrs. Hegenbarth's 6th grade math students participated in an egg-quation hunt today!Read More -
Thin Layer Chromatography
First-year Higher Level IB Biology students performed thin layer chromatography to separate chlorophyll and other pigments from leaf tissue.Read More -
Melody Scavenger Hunt
Enjoying yesterday's beautiful spring weather, Teacher Katie and Teacher Emily (our University of Delaware music student teacher) placed melodies outside for fourth grade students to find as part of a melody scavenger hunt. As students located each melody, they labeled the solfege, sang it, and notated it!Read More -
Organic Community Garden
Thank you to everyone who came out last weekend to help us with our organic community garden at Bellevue State Park!Read More -
ALGORITHMS AND AIRPLANES!
In computer science class, 8th graders made and flew paper airplanes, then returned to the classroom to write an algorithm (a set of instructions that a computer follows) for making their plane.Read More -
5th Grade Museum Projects
Fifth grade teacher Beth Hill '12 (pictured with her students) has been teaching about slavery––how it began, the passage, and modern-day slavery–– and recently students created a virtual museum.Read More -
1st Graders Study Light
During the study of light with Teacher Tim, first graders learned that light is needed to see objects and color.Read More -
5th Grade Musical - Super Happy Awesome News!
Read MoreCongratulations to Teacher Katie and all the stars of the 5th Grade Musical, Super Happy Awesome News, for an incredible performance! Thank you to the many friends and family who joined us for this special night.Presented through special arrangement with Beat by Beat Press (www.bbbpress.com) -
Swim Team Makes History
The Wilmington Friends School boys 400 relay team made history on Sunday, February 28, when they placed third in the State Championship race, becoming the first known all-Black swim relay team in Delaware to make the podium.Read More -
Sixth Graders Learn About Voice
Sixth graders recently completed their unit on the voice in Exploring Music. They have been demonstrating their understanding through short essays on the process of creating sound, followed by creative projects on the anatomy and function of the larynx.Read More -
First Grade Opinion Writing
First graders are engaged in their new writing unit about opinion writing. Teacher Patrick began the unit by sharing a collection of small erasers and picking the one that he thought was the best. He then gave three reasons why that one eraser, the dog, was the greatest. Once he had a turn, the kids had a turn picking one of the erasers and explaining why that was the best.Read More -
Pre-Kindergarteners Whole Truths
Pre-kindergarten students have been exploring the Quaker testimony of equality.Read More -
Listen up! Fourth Grade Podcasts!
Ever want to learn more about the lower school faculty and staff or if drinking tap water is safe?Read More -
Out of this world rockets and origami!
Read MoreSeventh graders participated in a "space challenge" in Mrs. Hegenbarth's class, learning all about an astronomy topic that they feel passionate about, including this one about how NASA uses origami to help them transport large solar arrays. -
Black Heritage Photo Challenge - US Spanish
Upper school Spanish students took part in a Black heritage photo challenge as part of Black History Month.Read More -
Mock Trial Wins State Championship!
Congratulations to the WFS Mock Trial team who took first place in the 30th annual Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition!Read More -
4th Grade Author Visit
Today, fourth grade students joined Tiffany Jewell, author of "This Book is Antiracist" for a virtual conversation.Read More -
Two DISC Champs This Fall!
Congratulations to the volleyball team on their repeat title of Delaware Independent School (DISC) champs, and to the boys' soccer team who were DISC co-champs this year!Read More -
Scoop or Treat!
Read MoreOn October 31, WFS upper school lacrosse players volunteered with Sling Shot Lacrosse in partnership with the City of Wilmington and the Delaware Chapter of US Lacrosse at a "Scoop or Treat" event--a combination trunk or treat and lacrosse clinic for kids new to the sport.
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