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There were costumes, candy, and some seriously creative trunks at the Lower School Trunk or Treat last Saturday! The event brought families together at Wheeler Farm for an afternoon of Halloween festivities. We want to thank Wheeler Family Association committee member Michelle Cheung Pโ31, Pโ34 for organizing a spook-tacular gathering for our Lower School community! ๐๐ป๐
Nov 2
Weโre excited to come together this Friday for Wheelerโs 14th annual Multicultural Performance and Family Heritage Showcase and Potluck!
Thank you to Director of Equity, Community, and Belonging Princess Bomba Pโ16, Pโ18 and several of the student performers for providing this showcase sneak peek. Families, if you havenโt done so already, you can RSVP via the link in last Fridayโs reminder message.
In addition to the showcase, here a few more of the highlights for the upcoming week at Wheeler:
MONDAY
โ K-12 Photo Retake Day
โ โShare the Sweetnessโ Collection for Amos House, happening until Nov. 6. Collection bins will be located both at The Nest and in the foyer of each school building in Providence.
WEDNESDAY
โ Nest Photo Retake Day
โ Nest Family Engagement (Virtual). This session will feature pediatric occupational therapist Lise Faulise discussing how sensory-motor development supports learning.
THURSDAY
โ Lost and Found Reunion
FRIDAY
โ Multicultural Performance and Family Heritage Showcase and Potluck
SATURDAY
โ SAT Test Date
You can see more information about all of these events in last weekโs e-newsletter or the calendar in the Parent Portal.
We hope you can join us for the showcase on Friday, and weโll see everyone back at school tomorrow!
Nov 1
โI really want younger kids to know that theyโre not alone, and that dyslexia or ADHD or ADD does not define them as a person or as a student. They are much more than their learning difference,โ Jackie S. โ28 shares on the latest episode of โThe This Week at Wheeler Podcast.โ
As you may remember from our recent post about the recent Light Rhode Island Red event at the State House, Jackie was the featured student speaker. Sheโs a Hamilton alumna and current Wheeler junior, and she talked about her own journey of growing up with dyslexia.
โWhen I was younger and I went to a different school, I felt so different from everyone else. I was always pulled out of class,โ she remembers. โAt Hamilton, I was with kids who had the same learning differences as me. I just felt more belonging. I want other people to know they can get through it.โ
On the podcast, we asked her what her second-grade self, who had just arrived at Hamilton, would think of the Wheeler Upper Schooler she is today โ the one who spoke at the Light RI Red event or stepped into the studio for this weekโs episode.
โShe would not believe me,โ Jackie says, smiling. โIf I was a second grader again I would not have thought I would be speaking in front of so many people. Itโs just unbelievable. I donโt think I would ever dream of it.โ
As for what sheโs dreaming about after Wheeler?
โI definitely want to do something in pre-med,โ she says, as we talk about her college hopes.
โHamilton just helped me build my confidence so much, especially my advocacy,โ she adds. โThere are so many amazing teachers that helped me become the person I am today.โ
Speaking of help, Jackie also wants to thank her parents, Frank Pโ27, Pโ28 and Jennifer Pโ27, Pโ28.
โThey gave me the opportunity to go to Hamilton. They both have learning differences, too, and they want my experience to be better than theirs, and Hamilton helped me with that.
โIโm really thankful that they brought me here, to Hamilton and Wheeler.โ
You can listen to our full conversation with Jackie at tinyurl.com/jackie28. Her segment begins at the 8:16 mark.
Oct 30
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