Tripp Young ’25 Receives a 2024 Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award
Tripp Young ’25 was presented with a 2024 Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award in March. Starting in 1946, the Good Citizenship Award recognizes high school students who demonstrate good citizenship and encourages them to stay actively engaged in their communities. This annual program recognizes and awards nearly 300 high school juniors from the Greater Philadelphia region.
As a 2024 Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award recipient, Tripp was invited to attend the 2024 Spirit of America Youth Leadership Conference in July. This four-day residential program was filled with educational activities, including a mock congressional debate, free enterprise challenge, workshops, and historical site visits to help students develop their leadership skills and identify their future contributions to society.
Kindergarten students celebrated El Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) by wearing their "coronas" and leaving their shoes outside of their classroom in anticipation and hopes that the Three Kings would swing by WFS and leave treats! They were in luck!
Lower school students enjoyed a special Books and Breakfast this morning, where they connected with students from our middle and upper school affinity groups. Together, they explored stories about multiracial identity, engaging in discussions and reading books such as We Are A Garden, I Can Be All Three, and Take Me Out to the Yakyu, among others.
Our community had a blast at Lower School Family Night at the Quaker girls' and boys' basketball games where we also celebrated the 2024 WFS Field Hockey team!
The whole school, preschool through 12th grade, gathered together in the West Gym to celebrate the holidays at the annual "Thing in the Gym." Musicians from every grade level along with our faculty and staff choir shared their talents with music representing many different cultures and holidays. There was even a surprise visit from Santa and Buddy the Elf!
As upper school Spanish 2 students learn to communicate about vacations and celebrations this unit, they debated which is better: summer or winter vacations?
Upper school students and WFS faculty/staff attended two concurrent National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) conferences in Denver, Colorado.
Congratulations to our student musicians for a wonderful performance at last night's upper school instrumental concert! Photos courtesy of WFS Yearbook.
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