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A new season of learning is underway at Hamilton 🌞.
“We were thrilled to welcome 42 children on Monday morning to this year`s four-week Hamilton Summer Program, where learning and fun are deeply entwined,” share Director of the Hamilton Institute Jeanette Epstein and Head of the Hamilton School at Wheeler Bill McCarthy.
Now in its fourth year, this intensive program supports students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences during the summer break. Through specialized instruction in reading, writing, and spelling, students develop essential literacy skills while building confidence – just as they do at Hamilton during the school year. 📚💡
“Our attendees are already showing progress in learning how to crack the code to reading, writing, and spelling, and parents and guardians have shared that their children are finding the summer program both meaningful and enjoyable,” shares Ms. Epstein.
“While one of the primary goals of our program is to help solidify children`s literacy skills, we also prioritize strengthening their confidence and identities as readers, writers, thinkers, and innovators,” adds Mr. McCarthy.
With three weeks still ahead, Ms. Epstein and Mr. McCarthy look forward to seeing each student`s growth continue throughout the remainder of the program.
Jul 10
Please join us in congratulating our students who recently competed in the USRowing Youth National Championships!
The competition was held last month in Sarasota, FL, where Wheeler’s participants competed as members of the Narragansett Boat Club. The rowing results included:
Men’s Team
. Kiran K. ’29, Bow, U174+, 17th
. David K. ’31, Cox, U174+, 17th
. Sam M. ’29, Stroke, U174+, 17th
. Max S. ’28, Stroke, 4-, 17th
Women’s Team
. Ada A. ’27, 6 seat, 2v8+, 17th
. Amelia C. ’27, 2 seat, 8+, 16th
. Avery C. ’29, Bow, U178+, 14th
. Claire K. ’30, 2 seat, U178+, 14th
. Hope M. ’29, Stroke, U178+, 14th
Way to go, Warriors and @row_nbc !
Jul 9
When we announced an ambitious $1,000,000 goal for this year’s Wheeler Fund, our new head of school, Mark J. Anderson P`27, was a little nervous.
But it turned out to be a great, early opportunity for Mr. Anderson to see the power of this community in action. ✨
We didn’t just meet our goal. We shattered it.
Thanks to YOU, we raised an incredible $1.35 MILLION for the Wheeler Fund! 🎉
That’s 35% over our stretch goal, making it the largest Wheeler Fund in our school`s history!
"I`ve spent a lot of time this year learning about what makes Wheeler exceptional," says Mr. Anderson. "Teachers who give one more hour than they plan to. Students who clear the bar, then ask where the next one is. Families who show up without needing to be asked. We set a goal. YOU set a record."
To every parent, grandparent, alum, and friend who gave: THANK YOU. Your support fuels financial aid, our incredible faculty, Aerie opportunities, student artists, Warrior athletes, and so much more.
We’re definitely going to need a bigger Wheeler Fund thermometer next year! 🌡️🚀
Jul 8
We already knew Donna Lizotte was the best biology teacher in the land (and the lab), but now it’s official! Please join us in congratulating her for being named RI’s 2026 Outstanding Biology Teacher Awardee (OBTA) by the National Association of Biology Teachers!
The OBTA recognizes the best biology and life science teacher in each of the 50 states, Washington, DC, the Canadian provinces, Puerto Rico, and overseas territories.
In sharing the news of the award with Dr. Lizotte, NABT Region Coordinator Don Pinkerton said her teaching peers “welcome you to the tradition of excellence that represents the OBTA.”
Dr. Lizotte has established a tradition of excellence in her Upper School classes as well. “Donna’s dedication to her students and to the Biology program at Wheeler is remarkable,” said Science Department Chair Sarah Berthiaume Leduc. “Over the past decade, she has created the Molecular Biology program from the ground up and grown it into one of the Wheeler Science Department’s signature programs. Through her vision and determination, she has created incredible opportunities for countless students, inspired a love of science, and developed a program that is a source of pride for our school.”
The NABT will celebrate Dr. Lizotte and her fellow awardees this October at its annual conference in Dallas.
“I am honored to be recognized by NABT with this award,” Dr. Lizotte told us after returning from the Global Experience trip to the Galápagos Islands, which she led. “I am truly passionate about introducing my students to Biology and Molecular Biology, and their enthusiasm and curiosity to learn inspire me every day. I feel so lucky to have spent the majority of my teaching career at Wheeler, where I have had the opportunity to grow and learn from so many truly amazing colleagues.”
By the way, there will soon be another reason for Dr. Lizotte – and her students – to celebrate, when they welcome a few new exciting pieces of equipment to the Molecular Biology course next school year, including a shaking water bath, a photo-documentation imaging system, and a Trans-Blot Turbo Transfer System. We’ll have more on those experiment enhancements in a future story!
Jul 6
