Innovation isn’t just an out-of-the-box accomplishment, it’s a mindset that provides an organization with nimbleness that results in a continuing flow of strategic and sustained progress that supports student achievement.
We recognize the importance of cultivating the conditions necessary to foster an innovation mindset and a spirit of R&D. Student-centered classroom experiences focusing on problem-solving and innovation begin with our youngest students, and their academic journeys allow them to refine, strengthen, and expand upon concepts and skills in successive grades. Growing and supporting this atmosphere of innovation and spirit of R&D—for both our students as well as our faculty—plays a central role in the pursuit of truth, self-awareness, and continuing revelation. We aim to:
Expand ways for teams of teachers to learn and grow together in an environment that encourages them to try new ideas without fear of failure.
Broaden our interdisciplinary and cross-divisional initiatives to better prepare students for tackling real-world challenges and embrace a spirit of entrepreneurship.
Expand our course offerings with additional investment in our Malone Schools Online Network resources and facilities.
Support our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion work, with the understanding that multiple and varied perspectives and voices are a key driver of innovation that help generate new ideas about programs and practices.
During recess, 1st-grade students worked together on our Natural Playground to design and build their very own see-saw using fallen branches and logs. With teamwork, problem-solving, and plenty of creativity, they transformed natural materials into a working structure—all through hands-on learning and exploratory play.
It was another excellent fall for WFS athletics. Our student-athletes competed with purpose, resilience, and school pride across every field, course, and court. We’re incredibly proud of their hard work and grateful to the fans who cheered them on.
The Quaker Cares Club brought energy and encouragement to campus with a Wellness Smoothie Bike for our Middle and Upper School students! By hopping on the bike and pedaling fast, students blended their own healthy, delicious smoothies—a fun reminder that taking care of yourself matters, especially during high-stress times.
A huge thank you to all of our alumni who came out on November 29 for wrestling, basketball, and volleyball! It was wonderful to see teammates reconnect, compete, and cheer each other on across all three games. Go Blue!
Shoutout to our amazing third graders, whose hard work on the Basket Brigade food drive helped bring the Lower School’s total to 624 pounds of food donated to the Food Bank of Delaware! Their compassion and commitment to assisting others embody the very best of our WFS community.
A beloved holiday tradition at WFS is our sixth grade pie bake for Wilmington's Sunday Breakfast Mission. Students lovingly peel, slice, prepare, box, and finally deliver 40 apple pies for those in our greater community.
Ten representatives from the Wilmington Friends School Middle School Youth in Government Club traveled to Dover, Delaware to participate in the State Junior Youth in Government Model Legislature.
Students gathered today for the Pouring of Libations, a long-standing tradition that, while not Quaker in origin, beautifully reflects our community’s values.
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.
Statement of Nondiscrimination as to Student Enrollment
Wilmington Friends School admits students of any race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students of these schools. Wilmington Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin in administration of their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.