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The WFS Mock Trial team had an outstanding performance at this year's state competition, finishing second in the state!

 

The Upper School Jazz Band recently had the opportunity to work with Blayne Salerni in a workshop on improvisation. Mr. Salerni, the band director at Smyrna Middle School, has led jazz improvisation workshops throughout Delaware for middle and high school students, as well as music educators

 

 

 

The HL IB Biology students were working on data collection for their internal assessment. Each student has formulated a research question and designed an experiment to attempt to answer the question. All the experiments are biological and include topics such as investigating plant propagation, germination, enzyme activity, fermentation, antibiotic resistance, and many others.

 

The WFS Upper School Student Run Production is a yearly tradition where students create, direct, produce (and often write) their own vision for the stage. This year’s production, Yellow Wallpaper, is being directed and led by two seniors. Yellow Wallpaper was adapted from the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

 

8th grade students have been working hard on their annual musical. On February 28, students will perform, High School Musical, for the entire school to see. Each member of the class participates—as a member of the cast, pit band, stage crew, or technical crew. 

“My experience at Wilmington Friends School set me up for success by providing challenging coursework that required critical thinking. Learning how I learned and figuring out a process that worked for me was one of the most important things because regardless of what you want to major in or what sport you want to play at a higher level, you will need to learn the information and how to apply it when it is necessary. Friends helped me facilitate my learning process, and I’ve continued to adapt and improve it based on the situation.”

 

Middle school students had a blast on the slopes of Blue Mountain during one of our beloved WFS traditions, the middle school ski trip.

For several years, Michael Anello, Executive Director of the Haiti Reforestation Partnership, has visited with WFS middle schoolers to speak about the organization's work and how reforestation has led to incredible environmental and community development in Haiti. We were recently forwarded this email from Michael, which speaks to our students and the power of even the smallest acts.