The Roost

Shiloh Phelps, of Maurertown, started singing when she was 3 or 4 years old. One of her first performances was singing Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” at Kings Dominion. Now, the 12-year-old is preparing to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of the Middle School Honors Performance Series […]

Following in the footsteps of Caesar, a 24-person WCDS Worldwide group of students, teachers, and friends traveled through northern Italy and southern France on a 10-day trip this winter. On their way to Paris for their return flight, they also made a stop in Switzerland to visit CERN, home of the Large Haldron Collider particle

Collecting cans for the Rappahannock Food Pantry has reached a fever pitch in the halls of Wakefield Country Day School.  Each year, organized by the WCDS Leo Club, the students compete to see which class will collect the most food in weight to then be delivered to our local Food Pantry.  “I like to think,

Making their annual pilgrimage to New York City this past week, the Wakefield Country Day School Journalism Class witnessed a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse of daily news in the making.   At the top of the agenda was their annual invitation to sit in on the Page One Meeting at the New York Times.  At this meeting the editors of each section of the paper hash

WCDS Board Designates $100k for Scholarships Wakefield Country Day School prides itself on educational excellence. For 46-years all WCDS graduates have been accepted to a 4-year college program — a truly remarkable record of academic achievement. There have been challenges along the way, yet the school has met each one with determination and prevailed. Most

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano — A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: A core principle of WCDS. Students in grades 5-12 participate in team sports to engage in social interactions, work together to achieve goals, build skills such as teamwork and leadership, and learn to respect their teammates and coaches. Go Owls! MS Soccer

Two Wakefield Country Day School science classes, one from middle school and one from high school, and the school’s Women’s Engineering Club participated in the Northern Region KidWind Challenge, “the ultimate wind turbine design competition,” held at Shenandoah University. The teams had to design, create and test small turbine blades that would produce power. Groups

WCDS students and chaperones had a fantastic time hitting the slopes in Canaan Valley, WV, last week during Winter Break. “Houses, ski slopes, rental equipment, and the staff at Canaan Valley were just outstanding. We had so much fun—great weather and great food!” said Rebekka Korte after her first time organizing and chaperoning the event.

In colorful and lively tradition, the WCDS community celebrated customs and cultures from a sampling of countries around the world at the International Day fair held on February 8. During a day organized by WCDS International Program Director Casey Carter, each class prepared an exhibit for its chosen country that featured interesting facts about the country

Mrs. Perry’s fifth grade students delivered a very moving tribute to MLK, Jr. during Assembly.

The birthplace of revolutionary figure Simon Bolivar is located in Caracas in which South American country? That was one of the many questions posed to geography bee participants on January 4 in Wakefield Country Day School’s pursuit to send an Owl to the annual National Geographic Bee Championship.  In the competition, fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Perry,

Responsibility is the focus for the month at Wakefield Country Day School, and K-2 students had a wonderful opportunity to see responsible adults in action in the community.  A visit to a local pizza shop, Papa John’s Pizza of Front Royal, fit right in with classroom units on Community and Responsibility. All of the students

Once upon a time at Wakefield Country Day School, a few things, here and there, began to disappear.  Someone had been taking items that belonged to others.  Dr. William E. Lynn, Jr., Co-founder and Headmaster of the school, had seen enough and sought to put an end to the naughtiness.  He placed his own money,

At Wakefield Country Day School, courtesy is an important part of education. The school’s handbook includes twenty traditional courtesies, and all students in grades 1-12 review the “WCDS Courtesies” at the beginning of each year.  To set a serious but fun tone to the study of manners, members of the senior class perform comical courtesy

  During the last week in July, twelve Wakefield Country Day School (WCDS) students ventured to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for the 65th annual National Junior Classical League (NJCL) Convention. Each year the event attracts over 1,500 Latin and Greek students from across the country who compete in a wide array of academic, artistic,

With the tell-tale signs of summer all around us—ripe tomato slices on every sandwich, vacation bags in the laundry room waiting to be put away, and car air conditioners set to full blast—it hardly feels like fall even though the calendar tells us a new school year starts next week. Heat and humidity notwithstanding, it’s