Introducing the Founding Families Benefit Program. Whittle School & Studios has always seen as central to its mission the importance of Fostering Generosity of Spirit. That phrase was the heading of an important chapter in our original “book,” written four years ago this month, that describes Whittle’s vision.
Read MoreThe Whittle community is grateful for many things this year: for members of the healthcare community, essential workers, advocates fighting racial inequality and promoting justice. And as the world says goodbye to a difficult year, we are taking the opportunity to reflect on the positives within our own community - the bright moments of 2020 that helped our Whittle world find light in the darkness, and the wins that kept us motivated to continue moving forward.
Read MoreEarth Day 2020. Whittle School & Studios, a global school with campuses in Washington, DC and Shenzhen, China, engaged students, 1st-5th grades, in an art challenge focused on sustainability. Led by the Creative Art & Design faculty during the global Covid-19 pandemic, students were operating from their at-home learning environments and teachers were navigating on-line digital learning space for this place-based activity.
Read MoreCreative Arts and Design Teacher, Maria Burke, created the “Design for Play” project for our DC Campus K – 5th graders. The project was integrated into the curriculum - in particular X-days, weekly days dedicated to experiential learning.
Read MoreWhat better way to pass time as a family than to through an at-home engineering challenge? Recently, Whittle school families participated in a Rube Goldberg challenge in creating a “chain-reaction” obstacle course.
Read MoreAt Whittle, we take the view that addressing the needs of the whole student is part of the concerted effort in attaining desired outcomes of education: raising and educating children who are knowledgeable, responsible, caring, and socially competent, and setting them on the path to becoming healthy, fulfilled individuals.
Read MoreRecently students in our Lower School have been completing a “pet project”. As a part of our interdisciplinary approach, students have learned about various types of pets including therapy animals, service animals, and family pets. Each learning block provides a different opportunity to deepen understanding of “pets and animals” in different contexts and settings.
Read MoreWhittle School & Studios’ 5th Grade students have embarked on a year-long study around the concept of growth – growth of living organisms, growth of innovation and ideas, and growth of friendship and community. One of the many ways our students will observe and study growth is to analyze the patterns and resiliency of nature across the four seasons.
Read MoreGitha Natarajan is committed to educating students, colleagues, families, and the community by establishing strong connections. We are excited to welcome Githa to the Whittle School & Studios community as a Lower School Faculty member.
Read MoreMinfang is also known as Zou lao shi (“Teacher Zou”) to students. She is a native Chinese speaker who grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. We are so excited to welcome Minfang to the Whittle School & Studios community as a Lower School Faculty member.
Read MoreBorn in St. Clair, Michigan, Heather Blake comes to Whittle School & Studios after serving as Gifted Coach at Discovery Elementary. We are so excited to welcome Heather to the Whittle School & Studios community as a Lower School Faculty member.
Read MoreAs the head of lower school at our Washington, D.C. campus, Susanna Stossel believes strongly in the power of personalized and project-based learning.
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