WCDS News

Wakefield Country Day School Athletic Results by Mike Costello, WCDS Athletic Director VAR Girls Basketball The WCDS games with the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind on 1/29/19 and Saint Michael’s on 1/30/19 were postponed due to school being closed.   Our record is  0-4 on the season. VAR Boys Basketball The WCDS games with […]

Wakefield Country Day School Athletic Results by Mike Costello, WCDS Athletic Director VAR Girls Basketball The Owls hosted Chelsea Academy on 1/22/19.   WCDS played a good game but struggled with the Knights’ strong post player.  The Owls had an early lead, but the Knights led 12-6 after one quarter. The Knights pushed their lead to

“The eye is the jewel of the body.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Recently in Kerrie Mullany’s upper school art class, students practiced drawing eyes. First, the young artists observed all of the various parts of the eye, both animal and human. Then, students practiced how to best draw them by copying a small photo of

The Owls hosted their first Silver Bell Volleyball game pitting the Alumni vs. the current players on December 26th.  The following Alumni participated: Maeve Dale, Anna Clark, Ben Cotter, Woody Hazel, Sarah Hazel, Andrew Kwolek, Hannah Tufts, and Tatumn Vaught. The current players who participated were: Rachel Cieplak, Lucy Clark, Hannah Burak, Liza Dareing, Gwynn

Wakefield Country Day School Fall Athletic Results by Mike Costello, WCDS Athletic Director After thirteen players graduated last spring, our Varsity Soccer team started the new year with a limited roster.  Rainy weather and poor field conditions allowed us to play only two games in the month of September, but the team persevered with two

We like to keep up with our graduates to learn about their first impressions of college. Where are you studying, and how did you choose your school? I just started my second year at the University of Virginia in the School of Architecture.  When I was a child I would get really excited whenever an

    Last Thursday the 9th grade class travelled to the National Gallery in Washington, DC, to participate in a Renaissance Art program where they viewed several pieces created by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Titian.  Students learned about the artists, the techniques used, and examined in detail the placement of all items within the

In keeping up with the Class of 2013, we recently heard from Carl Liles…in Kyrgyzstan! Carl Liles is currently serving as a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Volunteer at a Russian language secondary school in the southern Kyrgyz Republic. He teaches English lessons with a local teacher for 18 hours a week, conducts a variety

A number of Wakefield Country Day School faculty members became students again as they attended summer workshops and classes to enhance their teaching. Through a consortium with Rappahannock County Public Schools and Lord Fairfax Community College, teachers Nikki Brady and Amanda Hoffman joined the “Teach Like a Pirate Book Study” to find a treasure of great ideas to enhance student engagement

Christmas in August?  Not quite, but WCDS third graders did start the new school year with visions of Christmas trees as they hiked around campus observing the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees. “The kids were super excited to spend time outdoors collecting leaves,” said teacher Becky Ernest, leader of the young explorers. Once the

WCDS will build on the successful launch of its film studio with a second $5,000 grant from CenturyLink. This year, students got their feet wet making documentaries in AP U.S. History and producing an hour-long international news roundtable discussion for AP Comparative Government.  Next year, WCDS will expand use of existing film equipment to other

MS Lacrosse The Owls hosted Sacred Heart Academy for a game on 5/2/18.   The Owls were effective on both ends of the field in a 11-5 victory over the Saints.  Manoa Weber struck net first for the Owls in the first 30 seconds assisted by Maddox Lowe. Weber scored again a minute later.  The Saints

Did you know our 6th grade students raise trout? Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students . . . raise trout from eggs to fry. monitor tank water quality. engage in stream habitat study. learn to appreciate water resources. begin to foster a conservation ethic. grow to understand ecosystems.

Where can we find Coach Costello when he’s not on the basketball court?  On sports radio, of course! Click here to catch our very own Mike Costello, WCDS Athletic Director, on The River 95.3, Sports Dogs After Hours! This is the third time he’s been invited on the show.  Maybe we need to start broadcasting

Senior co-captain Chris O’Heir surpassed the 1,000 varsity point mark in a win over Timber Ridge School on February 15 and finished his senior season on February 23 with 1,064 career basketball points. He is the fourth male player in the school’s history to reach this scoring achievement.  Patrick Dale, Andrew Smith, and Brian Shafran also earned this recognition.

Congratulations, Ava Lubkemann and Chris O’Heir!  Go OWLS!

Happy 100th day of school from Kindergarten! For this big and bright occasion, Mrs. Brady challenged her students to create projects that included 100 objects, and that set the stage for some practice in counting by ones and tens as well as presenting their clever designs to an audience of classmates, parents, and special guests

Step into our gallery of work produced by Mrs. Kerrie Mullany’s Studio Art class. Many of these collages were made during a challenge game in which each student was given a packet made up of random magazine pages, various paper scraps, and other bits and then, in 30 minutes or less, had to create a

If you were in Flint Hill last Wednesday, you may have spotted two giant T. Rexes on the campus of Wakefield Country Day School.  Not to fear, though.  Those T. Rexes were promptly vetted and did indeed have permission to visit the very excited children in Mrs. Shafran’s Pre-K classroom. “We knew ahead of time

Ms. Ernest and her class of shining stars took inspiration from their reading of The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley to paint the many appearances of the moon.                   What different shapes and colors can the moon be?  Using diagrams of the sun, moon, and