Exploring the Building Blocks of Life in Advanced IB Biology
Higher Level International Baccalaureate Biology students used molecular kits to synthesize amino acids.
After this, they modeled a condensation reaction to produce a dipeptide — bringing abstract biochemical processes to life through hands-on exploration.
At WFS, IB Biology HL is a two-year sequence that takes a deep molecular approach to understanding life — from cell structure and energetics to genetics, evolution, ecology, and physiology. Across both years, students move beyond content knowledge, engaging in labs that require them to design, carry out, and interpret their own experiments while strengthening the technical writing and analytical skills expected in advanced scientific study. This inquiry-driven program prepares students to access, evaluate, and use scientific research confidently as they build an integrated understanding of the living world.
Storytelling is a central theme of the lower school Visual Arts curriculum, and fourth graders are exploring that theme by experimenting with ways to communicate without using words, applying visual choices alone to convey meaning.
Ninth-grade English students are wrapping up their short story unit with a collaborative Hexagonal Thinking exercise that challenges them to see literature through a more analytical lens.
Right now, in International Baccalaureate (IB) English: Power and Performance, 11th- and 12th-graders are studying Anton Chekhov’s short stories and experimenting with his craft techniques in their own writing.
Early years students enjoyed a fantastic Fall Festival in the lower school outdoor classroom today — planned with so much creativity and care by their teachers!
WFS 8th graders had the incredible opportunity to meet virtually with Congresswoman Sarah McBride, Delaware’s at-large representative and a lifelong resident dedicated to public service.
Congratulations to our community members who shared their talents at this week's Informal Concert! This concert is designed to showcase the talent of our students, parents, and faculty in an informal, yet serious, chamber concert or recital format.
WFS families gathered on Friday evening for the Home & School Engagement, Inclusion and Belonging Movie Night — complete with pajamas, blankets, popcorn, chicken fingers, snacks, and a full candy “salad bar” as we transformed the space into the colorful world of The Lorax.
This morning, Nick Heckles ’28, Kylie Poole ’28, Head of School Ken Aldridge, Samantha Poole, and Matt Heckles gathered for an appreciation and reflection breakfast with Austin and Vega, our exchange students from The Friends’ School Hobart in Tasmania, Australia.
WFS Director of College Guidance Kathleen Martin recently joined 11 other guidance counselors from Quaker-affiliated independent schools across the East Coast for a two-day visit to Guilford College, the only Quaker-founded college in the Southeast.
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