Lissa Wade and Cristen Geary P ’35, Co-Heads of Middle School Middle school students are notorious for exhibiting rapidly changing emotions that sometimes prompt adults to use the phrase, “(insert...
Dear Wellington Community, As you know, we continue to closely monitor COVID-19 cases and recommendations at all levels and adjust our safety and mitigation protocols appropriately. We are a school...
Joya Elmore P ’36 and Aaron Frim P ’19 Joya Elmore P ’36, director of gardens for environment-based learning, and Aaron Frim ’19, upper school chemistry teacher, sat down to discuss Welli...
In 2021, Theatre Arts Director David Glover, Me-Chelle Burkhalter P ’22, middle school science and math teacher, and Yolanda Johnson, lower school teacher, sought to expand traditional Black History M...
Emily Berty and Ivy AndersonWe have been on “the other side of the desk” as college admissions officers. We have read the essays, reviewed the transcripts, sat through committees, and made admissions ...
Dear Wellington Community, Since March 2020, our COVID-19 safety and mitigation protocols have been based on careful consideration of state and local data trends, recommendations from local, state,...
Keith Leonard P ’36 and Brandon Sullivan Most schools struggle with effective education because they view it as a mathematical equation: If there are x topics to cover in y days, then x/y equals th...
In 2006 psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck published Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Dweck identified two mindsets: fixed mindset and growth mindset. People with a fixed mindset tend to think “I’m e...
Alex BandarFor the last half-year, I’ve been grateful to serve as the Wellington Entrepreneurship Coordinator. This originally included three goals. Although those goals haven’t changed, how we approa...
