As Plato once said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And there is nothing like a global pandemic to spark innovation. As I look around campus and drop in various classes via Zoom, I am continuously impressed by the extraordinary ingenuity of our faculty members. During the past several weeks, our Early Childhood teachers have […]

Washington Episcopal School’s Grade 3 STEM and Entrepreneurship Class started the Kindness Core with the goal of spreading acts of kindness throughout the school and the larger community and INSPIRING others to join in their effort to spread kindness. Goal: 2020 ACTS of KINDNESS done by the WES community by November 2, 2020 In a […]

A couple of years ago, I came upon a student who was dressed as Ruth Bader Ginsburg for our Grade 3 Global Trailblazers Project. During this annual event, our students research and present about leaders who have inspired them. As our student told the story of Justice Ginsburg’s life, I was struck by the impact […]

WES’s commitment to community service continues this year with First Fridays! While we cannot have our students gather for service projects as we have in previous years, on the First Friday of each month, WES will keep to our tradition of coming together to support the community through service projects. Each month we will designate […]

It was so wonderful to see everyone’s faces—and many cool and creative masks—at Orientation last week! WES policy states that face coverings must be CDC-compliant, so we wanted to review what type of face coverings the CDC recommends. CDC-compliant masks must: •  Have two or more layers of cotton fabric •  Cover your nose and mouth and […]

Prepare for the seasonal flu, and get a flu shot! The optimum time to receive a flu shot is now through October. It takes about two weeks for the vaccine to be fully effective. Flu shots are available from your doctor or local pharmacy: CVS  Walgreens Rite Aid Curious how the seasonal flu and COVID […]