Head of School's Message
It seems like yesterday that I was a student at Wheeling Country Day School myself. When my parents decided that it would be best for me to attend an independent school, they made the decision look easy. Now, as a parent of two young children myself, I know these decisions are not easy. We have tried to develop an online resource to help you with the questions that may perplex you or even elude you. We hope that we have given you a resource to be well informed about elementary education and the developing child. We have tried to paint a clear picture of the value added elements that enrich our curriculum where students as young as preschool not only focus on reading and math, but also study foreign languages, science, music, art, physical education and drama.
It doesn’t escape me that children spend more of their time with us at school than they do at home. We want you to know the nurturing, but challenging environment that we have created in the midst of a campus that invites children to wonder at nature. In the end I cannot tell the story of Wheeling Country Day as well as our students, their parents and our alumni, so we have offered you their voices as often as possible, but I invite you to e-mail me and share even more memories or thoughts that I might pass along to others.
I encourage you to visit our campus where the pictures and information on these pages come to life. I invite you to witness students engaged in learning and teachers devoted to the individual child within each learner. In the meantime, until you can find your way to 8 Park Road, allow this site to be a glimpse into our school. I think you’ll agree with me that Wheeling Country Day School is an independent decision you’ll be glad you made.
What Does Your Child Want? Your Attention
By Elizabeth Hofreuter-Landini and Linda Krulock
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Changing the Way We Praise Children
By Elizabeth Hofreuter-Landini and Linda Krulock
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Parents Must Learn Skill of Passive Observation
By Elizabeth Hofreuter-Landini and Linda Krulock
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Wheeling News Register Article: The Link Between Mind and Movement
By Elizabeth Hofreuter-Landini and Linda Krulock
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Wheeling News Register Article: Dramatic Play Develops Self-Control
By Elizabeth Hofreuter-Landini and Linda Krulock
When was the last time you entered a kindergarten classroom and sat down at one of the children's tables with your knees in your neck? If you have done so recently, then what we're about to tell you will not come as any surprise. Children need to play.