Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz will be honored with the 2012 Hamilton Life Achievement Award at the annual "Mind Your p's & q's Party," Thursday, March 1 at The Wheeler School.  Philip Schultz, author of the memoir My Dyslexia, is a well-known poet, fiction writer and educator who has taught creative writing for nearly 40 years. He founded The Writers Studio in 1987 after spending four years as the director of New York University’s graduate creative writing program. Mr. Schultz has taught undergraduate and graduate fiction, poetry, literature, and craft classes.  He will spend the day, Friday, March 2 with students at Hamilton and Wheeler.  Read more about the Life Achievement Award below.

This year's campus Celebration of Reading will feature a visit by the latest Newbery Award winner Jack Gantos, author of the popular Rotten Ralph series. Gantos — awarded a Newbery this week for his novel, Dead End in Norvelt — has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert honors; Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, and Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book. During his visit to Wheeler, Gantos will meet with students in Nursery - Grade 7. The event is sponsored by the Wheeler Parents Association.

Providence College's head basketball coach Ed Cooley will be the 2012 graduation speaker for The Wheeler School.  Cooley will address the Wheeler Class of 2012 and their families at Commencement at the Farm, Friday, June 8 at 10 a.m. Cooley became the 15th head coach at PC in March 2011 after spending five seasons at Fairfield University.