 | Message from the Head of School Welcome to The Wellington School.
As you click around our site and get to know our school, I want to give you some context about the place from the perspective of its founders and from those of us carrying out its mission today.
In the fall of 1982, a group of Columbus entrepreneurs started Wellington because they wanted a different kind of educational experience for their children. Our founders wanted to celebrate individuality. They wanted to build a community. They wanted to educate the whole person. Since its beginning, Wellington has been at the vanguard of teaching what matters, valuing experiences in the arts, athletics and service equally with academics.
Today, Wellington provides a forward-thinking learning community with a caring, connected membership. Each member of our community looks after and respects one another, collaborates and interacts, and engages with the world. We are creating lifelong leaders and lifelong learners in our students and that philosophy shapes Wellington’s approach to delivering an exceptional educational experience.
We give every student the tools and the opportunities to be scientists, researchers, authors, playwrights, leaders and teammates. We help them build confidence by asking them to take risks and giving them a safe place to land. We give them the flexibility in their studies to pursue their passions in-depth, both inside and outside the classroom.
One of the things I continually notice about our community is the kind of parents that choose Wellington for their children. Among our families are some of OSU’s top professors and researchers, nationally known artists and some of Columbus’ top creative minds, Just like our founders, the city’s entrepreneurs and visionaries want their children at Wellington. I hope you’ll visit us and see what they see – that we are special because we are forward-thinking. We are a community. We are Wellington.
Yours,
Robert D. Brisk
Head of School
PS- You can keep up with all things Wellington by regularly checking out our blog.
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| | Why Independent Education? Here is some additional information from the National Association of Independent Schools. | Independent schools recognize that exceptional schools prepare children not just for this year’s tests, but for all of
life’s tests. |
One of the best ways to find out more about independent schools is to hear from the parents of independent school students. |
What makes an independent school worth the trouble of applying and—yes—paying the expense to enroll your children? |
| Michael Cadwell Michael Cadwell is a professor and head of the Architecture Section at Ohio State's Knowlton School of Architecture. Mr. Cadwell’s son, Gus, is a 2010 graduate of the Wellington School.
"Wellington provided a true, well-rounded education for Gus: mind and body, heart and soul," Mr. Cadwell said. "It was a great experience for Gus, and one that we will miss sharing.” |
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| Sharon Davies Sharon Davies is the John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Designated Professor at the Moritz College of Law and mother of Wellington's Tyler Michaels '13. She has also lectured at The Wellington School about her recent book, “Rising Road, A True Tale of Love, Race and Religion in America” (Oxford Univ. Press 2010).
"As a 'lifer' (our son has been at Wellington since kindergarten), Tyler has benefited from the panoply of dedicated and talented teachers in Wellington's lower, middle and upper schools," Ms. Davies said. "We couldn't be happier with the quality of the education and individual attention he has received over the years."
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| Susan Olesik PhD Susan Olesik PhD is the Dow Professor of analytical chemistry at OSU. NASA has commended her research, and she has shared her expertise with Wellington for years in a collaboration with Upper School Chemistry teacher Aaron Frim. Dr. Olesik’s daughter, Kristi, is a Wellington 2009 alumna. |
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