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Our youngest Wheeler learners got in on the Homecoming fun with their own Pep Rally at The Nest last week 💜🎉💛! From cheering to dancing with Cow and Lion, there was plenty to celebrate. A big thank-you to our Nest teachers who helped make it such a joyful morning!🥳
Oct 28
There were some pretty unusual sights in Isenberg Auditorium today! 👻 From Cookie Monster and pirates to Dolly Parton and Abraham Lincoln, the Middle School Halloween Costume Contest had quite the lineup. There was even a UFO, a gladiator, a fairy, and a T-rex and chicken duo! The costumes brought plenty of laughs and cheers from the Middle School audience. 🎃🛸
Oct 27
Halloween came a little early to Upper School this week! Today`s assembly featured student and faculty costume contests, plus Halloween trivia with representatives from each grade and some audience members joining in on the fun too! 👻🧡🎃
Oct 27
When former Lower School Librarian Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan was at Wheeler three decades ago, she worked with and around a lot of books…and now she’s proud to have one of her own!
Ms. Menaldi-Scanlan just published her first children’s picture book, “The Root That Ate Roger Williams.”
“It’s a humorous retelling of the story of Rhode Island’s founder, geared to children ages five to 10,” she says.
“I was inspired to write the book when I heard an old folk song, ‘The Settlement of Rhode Island,’ sung in concert by a former student of mine who’s now a professional folk musician. The song was fun and a little irreverent, which I thought made it perfect fodder for a book that could get kids interested in local history.
“When I investigated what kids’ books on Roger Williams were already in the state’s library system, I was shocked to discover that there were only two, and they were both rather dull and pedantic – but Roger Williams was a vibrant man! So I decided that I would try to write a version of his story which captured the feel of the song while telling the story of this person who did so much to shape not only the history of Rhode Island but also that of the U.S. as a whole. I also wanted kids to know of all the cool local historic places that are part of his story – places they could visit practically right in their own backyards.”
In addition to being a Wheeler librarian from 1985-1994, Ms. Menaldi-Scanlan was a theatre teacher here. “I had the chance to coordinate my background in drama with Lower School teachers who wanted to make history come to life, whether it was the Middle Ages studied in grade 3, Immigration in grade 4, or Ancient Egypt in grade 5. Seeing kids get excited about portraying characters and lifestyles from long-ago times was one of the most rewarding parts of my job in the Lower School Library, and I will be ever grateful to Wheeler for the opportunity.”
Now, thanks to her first book, she will continue to connect kids – at Wheeler and well beyond – with one of those long-ago lives that is rooted in Rhode Island’s history.
Oct 26
