As part of our most recent professional development day, faculty and staff were then joined by Emmy award winner Mark Scharenbroich, who has visited more than 3,500 schools in his career.
He stressed the importance of people feeling connected in a caring community where everyone is valued, and where everyone is acknowledged, honored, and connected. Teachers should "Make a deposit in student's memory bank, large or small."
Faculty and staff also had the opportunity to hear from fellow colleagues Micheline McManus and Kate Hendrix regarding the trips they were able to take as part of our O'Reilly Travel Grant program.
Micheline, who teaches upper school English, traveled to Paris where she studied five authors who lived in and wrote about Paris from Richard Wright to Jean Paul Sartre. While studying Sartre, Micheline stayed in the hotel where he lived, visited the cafe where he would do his writing, and went to his grave. She is excited to introduce some of the new texts she studied into her curriculum.
Kate, who is the middle and upper school head librarian, traveled to Dublin, Belfast, and Edinburgh where she attended the International Librarians Conference. There, she was able to share what we are doing at school with librarians across the world. "We're doing a great job here at Friends," Kate said. "Talking at round table discussions, people were taking notes and really interested in the programs I was describing." Kate was also able to participate in some sight-seeing activities including hiking, where she connected with a stranger and learned, "The power of telling our stories to another person is part of our humanity. Being on the receiving end of that is a gift."
Upper school environmental science students built model carbon capture algae farms as part of their study of climate change mitigation. They developed ways to measure algae growth using microscopes and a spectrophotometer.
Congratulations to our community members who performed at last night'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.
Wilmington Friends School hosted its second 275th Anniversary Webinar series on Monday, April 8, titled “Leadership, Teamwork, and Quaker Values from the World of Sports."
Congratulations to eighth graders Maya Dobson, Lindsey Forman, Cooper Miller, Victor Montejo, Levi Sawdon, and Sofia Velastegui-Fratticci who contributed to IMAZINE 2023, the annual Delaware Libraries teen literary and artistic magazine! Click here to check it out.
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the upper school play, Radium Girls! This fast-paced ensemble piece featured 14 student actors playing multiple roles to create more than 30 characters. Bravo!
WFS welcomed Drew Smith, the Executive Director of Friends Council on Education, to campus to lead a discussion among our community members titled “275 Years of Quaker Education: What's it all about? Quakerism 101 for Parents.”
Each year, 3rd grade students utilize computer-aided design software (CAD) to replicate a renowned landmark from the various states that they are studying in Social Studies
Join us for a special birthday celebration commemorating the past 275 years of Wilmington Friends School and looking forward to all that's ahead. 6 p.m. on Friday, May 17 in the Lower School. Tours will be given, live music, & party favors! Heavy hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine. $25 per person or $40 per couple.
Preschoolers visited the middle/upper school garden to learn more about what is grown there and had the chance to transplant their own basil plants to take home!
Pablo Charriez '24 recently presented about redlining and discriminatory housing practices to 10th grade English classes who are studying the topic while reading Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun.
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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.