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Youth in Government
Students from the WFS middle school Youth in Government club recently traveled to Dover to participate in the State Junior Youth in Government Model Legislature.
Before traveling to Dover, club members researched ideas for new laws that would benefit the state and wrote mock bills to introduce at the conference. Once at the Model Legislature, WFS students presented their bills to the assembly and engaged in lively debate with representatives from clubs around the state. Students had the unique opportunity to sit in the actual State General Assembly Chambers as they participated in this simulation.
WFS had several bills that passed the legislature and were signed by the Youth Governor, including proposals for setting a higher minimum age for gun use, a maximum age for holding state office, limits on bulk purchases at liquor stores, and establishing a junk food tax. A bill sponsored by eighth graders Emma Furman and Lindsey Forman that would provide funding for public schools to build gardens won the prize for outstanding legislation.
WFS News & Events
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The WFS Entrepreneurship Club
Inspired by their mothers’ entrepreneurial spirits, Anya Agarwal ’25 and Layla Baynes ’25 founded the Entrepreneurship Club at WFS during the 2023-24 school year.Read More -
UPenn Social Innovators Program
Wilmington Friends School has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategy and Schoolyard Ventures, an organization that develops university-level, real-world learning opportunities for high school students, to offer the Social Innovators Program to upper schoolers.Read More -
WFS Faculty and Staff Visit Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative
WFS faculty and staff members traveled to Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, on Juneteenth to attend the unveiling of Freedom Memorial Sculpture Park. This new park uses art to honor and remember the ten million Black Americans who were enslaved in America.Read More -
WFS Students Visit Acadia National Park
In late June, 11 WFS upper school students traveled to Acadia National Park in Maine with teachers Kelley Cox and Sara Woodward for a QUEST service learning trip in partnership with Earthwatch.Read More -
Annual Electric Convention
Recently, 4th graders held their annual electric convention, an opportunity to showcase their electric projects to lower school students and faculty.Read More -
Upper School Students Travel to Panama
Earlier this month, teachers Courtney Miller, Lara Munch, and Rodri Saldana led 17 WFS upper school students on a trip to Panama as part of Vámonos Tours. Students spent time visiting with the indigenous people of the Emberá-Wounaan community, engaging in service work on the San Blas Islands, assisting older adults at Hogar Bolivar, exploring the Panama Canal, learning how to salsa dance, and touring the Sergio Perez Delgado Bilingual School.Read More -
WFS packages 27,500 Meals in Honor of 275th Anniversary
We did it! Volunteers from the WFS community assembled 27,500 shelf-stable meals in just over two hours.Read More -
Welcome to our new Head of Upper School, J.R. Neiswender!
Read MoreJ.R. comes to us from The New School in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he has served as Head of Upper School since 2020. Over his four years there, J.R. developed an interim term program consisting of 2-week experiential “mini” courses; created a seminar program for students with weekly sessions on topics such as wellness, study skills, and college counseling; and worked on setting up K-12 community group structures to facilitate better cross-divisional communication and understanding. -
Equity in Early Education Conference
Read MoreFor the final event of our 275th anniversary celebration, WFS hosted a two-day workshop, in collaboration with the Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children (deaeyc), focused on equity in early education. -
Service Learning in Middle School
Service learning is a foundation of Quaker education, linking the classroom to the world and building our students’ sense of responsibility as members of communities, large and small.Read More -
Big Bang of the Books 2024
Read MoreLower school students participated in Big Bang of the Books, a reading club shared across WFS, Tatnall, and Tower Hill that includes more than 170 students! -
Senior Celebrations
Read MoreCelebrations for the Class of 2024 have begun, and last night was Senior Exploration Night, where members of the Class of 2024 presented the projects they've been working on for the last month. -
275th Anniversary Band and Choir Concert
Bravo to all who performed in last week's 275th Anniversary Band and Choral Concert at The Playhouse theater in downtown Wilmington, close to the School's original home at 4th and West.Read More -
IB Bio Visits Gene Editing Institute
Higher Level International Baccalaureate biology students recently visit the ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute where they worked in the learning lab to perform a CRISPR experiment (a technology used for editing genes) and toured the gene editing lab!Read More -
A Visit with a Former Faculty Member
Read MoreWe recently had a visit from former 5th grade teacher, Marcia Jones, pictured with her former colleague (Teal Rickerman) and former students who are now members of the WFS faculty and staff: Julia Morse Forester '00, Alex Mellow '01, Chris Loeffler '00, and Katie Wolf Martinenza '99! -
Juniors Meet with Lower School Buddies
Read MoreOne of our beloved WFS community traditions is seniors and first-grade buddies. -
Music in the Parks Winners!
Congratulations to our 7th and 8th grade band and choir who traveled to Hershey Park for the Music in the Parks Festival, where they both received a first place, excellent rating!Read More -
Middle/Upper School Wellness Day
As part of our annual Wellness Day, organized by members of the Quaker Cares Committee, WFS middle and upper school students participated in various activities facilitated by faculty and staff members. Students enjoyed yoga, playing multiple sports, and jamming out in the band room.Read More -
Dr. Tracey Dennis-Tiwary Speaks to Parents and Faculty About Anxiety in the Context of Education
Dr. Tracey Dennis-Tiwary, author of the book, Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) recently visited with WFS parents and faculty members. In her talk on anxiety in the context of education, Dr. Dennis-Tiwary, who is an anxiety researcher and bestselling author, discussed new perspectives on child anxiety.Read More
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