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The hub of our dynamic N-12 community, Wheeler's campus at the top of College Hill in Providence, offers student-focused learning spaces designed to encourage discovery, collaboration, play, and achievement.
In the CityOn the Farm
Our 120-acre farm in nearby Seekonk, MA provides students with state-of-the-art athletic facilities. It's a pastoral counterpoint to our urban campus—and is a living, hands-on laboratory for a range of unique programs.
On the FarmSee Our Stories
It started simply: on one of their first nature walks of the year, Pre-K’s Peaceful Pines began collecting hickory nuts and acorns along the way 🌰. Their excitement and curiosity about their finds quickly grew into a month-long exploration filled with investigation, discovery, and learning.
First, they looked closely at the hickory nuts and acorns, comparing and contrasting them and documenting their observations with a Venn diagram. From there, students cracked them open to investigate what was inside, created detailed observational drawings, and made predictions before testing whether they would sink or float.
The learning continued as students explored the question 🔍, “How many hickory nuts are in this jar?” In attemping to answer it, they practiced estimation, rote counting, one-to-one correspondence, and numeral recognition. As their collection grew, they returned to another question: “How many are there now?” They also used the nuts, acorns, and other natural materials to build sets along a number line, matching quantities to their corresponding numerals.
“What began with a few treasures discovered on the trail naturally wove its way through science, math, and art, and continued to evolve as the children discovered more and asked new questions,” shared Nest Teacher Meaghan Daniels. “This is what we love about emergent learning in early childhood: children’s curiosity provides the spark, and intentional teaching helps us discover just how far that curiosity can take us.” 💡🌲
Sep 28
Happy Sunday, Wheeler – We hope you’re faring OK in the nor’easter. The storm will slowly be moving away as we start a new week of programs, events, and activities at school, including an exciting slate of Friday Night Lights games at the farm on Oct. 2.
Thank you to Field Hockey Co-Captains Violet A. ’27 and Cyra K. ’27 for sharing more information about their matchup with Dana Hall, and good luck to them and the rest of their teammates, including fellow Co-Captain Lily B. ’27 who was unable to join for the recording, this Friday and throughout their fall season.
Here’s some more of what’s happening at Wheeler this week:
TUESDAY:
– Nest Back to School Night
WEDNESDAY:
– Parent and Guardian Learning Differences Coffee
– Wheeler Family Association (WFA) Presents: Meet-Up and Walk for Parents and Guardians
– WFA Presents: Homecoming Committee Planning Meeting (Virtual)
THURSDAY:
– WFA Presents: Clothing Sale Donation Day
FRIDAY:
– Wheeler Athletics Presents Friday Night Lights, featuring Varsity Field Hockey and Varsity Girls Soccer, both at 4:30pm at Wheeler Farm
SATURDAY:
– SAT Test Date
– Popsicles on the Playground for Prospective K-5 Families, from 10-11:30am on our Providence campus.
You can see more information about these events in the most recent e-newsletter or in the Parent and Guardian Portal calendar.
Have a great week everyone, and stay safe and dry as we weather the rest of the storm. ☔️
Sep 27
We’re honored to once again be at the top of numerous categories in this year’s Niche.com rankings(!), and we’re just as proud to celebrate the Wheeler community, whose care and curiosity are at the heart of these numbers. We’re grateful for you.
If you’d like to learn more about Wheeler, please join us at our Oct. 17 K-12 Open House or our Nov. 14 Nursery-PreK Open House. You’ll have the opportunity to meet faculty, students, staff, and current families, and experience some of what makes Wheeler such a great school. Visit wheelerschool.org/events to register.
Sep 25
“It was spur of the moment,” said Kindergarten Assistant Caleb Bento, describing a spontaneous team-building activity he recently led with the Squirrels in the Kindergarten Canyon. “Asking them to create a path meant they would need to communicate with each other while breaking the boundaries of friendship. It was a great way to mold their teamwork skills.” ✨🟦🐿️
Sep 25
