Academics at Wilberforce | Academics | The Wilberforce School

hours students spend at school by being committed to discipling the mind and the soul. The fruit of this effort is joyful discovery, lasting friendships, and authentic faith.

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Classical academic rigor with historic orthodox Christian faith & practice.

At The Wilberforce School, our academics reflect our mission - to equip students in mind and heart so that they can contribute as servant leaders to God’s kingdom. Students engage with living books, internalize lessons from the great masters, and develop a deep love of learning within a classical framework.

Education is formation - not simply the transfer of mere information but the nurturing of a genuine love of learning, development of virtue, and equipping for servant leadership.
JENNIA AXELSON
HEAD ELECT
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We strive to foster a sense of wonder, exploration, and discovery, as emphasized by Charlotte Mason. 
CHERYL GRECO
EXPLORERS

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Habits are to life as rails are to trains. It follows that lines of habit must be laid down towards given ends…If we fail to ease life by laying down habits of right thinking and right acting, habits of wrong thinking and wrong acting fix themselves of their own accord.
HYME PARK
PREK - 5TH GRADE
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These Middle School years are more than a transition into Upper School.
DR. PRATT
6TH-12TH GRADE
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We invite students into the great conversation.
DR. PRATT
6TH-12TH GRADE

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CHARLOTTE CHONG
FINE ARTS

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JOHN MOSCATIELLO
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
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hours students spend at school by being committed to discipling the mind and the soul. The fruit of this effort is joyful discovery, lasting friendships, and authentic faith.

 

Explorers Pre-K and K

At Wilberforce, our Explorers program integrates experiential and disciplined learning.

Explorers are adventurers on a mission; they are people who examine carefully, investigate, probe, and discover. We believe these young years are years ripe for exploring.

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Wilberforce is a community of learners with a unique culture: faculty, students, and parents coming together to pursue growing faith, rigorous scholarship, and deep friendships.

 

 

 

Lower School: The Grammar Stage

We believe in teaching the whole child, growing him or her into a lifelong learner of God's creation.

We believe children learn best with a balanced approach that is both experiential and disciplined, that engages both the mind and the heart, and that develops cognitive ability by igniting curiosity and passion.

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Wilberforce is a community of learners with a unique culture: faculty, students, and parents coming together to pursue growing faith, rigorous scholarship, and deep friendships.

Middle School: The Logic Stage

During these distinct and formative years, students are challenged both academically and in their character development.

These are unique years for asking deeper questions, forming identities, and coming into one’s own faith, all in the context of a wonderful community of learners.

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Wilberforce is a community of learners with a unique culture: faculty, students, and parents coming together to pursue growing faith, rigorous scholarship, and deep friendships.

Upper School: The Rhetoric Stage

The discovery of truth, the practice of goodness, the creation of beauty.

Developing the intellectual and aesthetic habits of the mind, and cultivation of servant leadership.

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Wilberforce is a community of learners with a unique culture: faculty, students, and parents coming together to pursue growing faith, rigorous scholarship, and deep friendships.

Fine Arts

The arts are an essential part of every student’s experience. To venture onto a stage or a canvas is to take a risk, to grow, to collaborate, to gain confidence, to enjoy beauty by creating it.

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College Admissions

We work closely with students and families to help identify colleges where our students will continue to develop as whole persons – intellectually, socially, and spiritually.

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Academic excellence joined with spiritual formation

Like you we know education is formation.We focus on a higher goal than college admission, we prepare our students for life.

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Wilberforce is a community of learners with a unique culture: faculty, students, and parents coming together to pursue growing faith, rigorous scholarship, and deep friendships.

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