Annual Fund 2018-19
2018-19 Wellington Annual Fund
Your Giving in Action.
Dear friends,
Your belief in Wellington makes great thing possible.
It emboldens talented faculty to explore, extend, and experiment in the classroom to ignite students' curiosity.
It enables children of all ages to have off-campus adventures designed for transformative global understandings.
It empowers young minds with the tools they will need to positively impact the world both today and tomorrow.
Read Head of School Dr. Jeff Terwin's full letterExtraordinary learning experiences.
Engagement grants empowered Kindergarten Teacher Sharla Starker to create more equitable and diverse classroom experiences for her students through the National SEED Project, while upper school students and teachers experienced transformational learning at the National Association of Independent Schools' People of Color Conference (PoCC).
Read History Teacher John Brown's reflectionsOff-campus exploring.
Just One Shot, a yearlong 4th grade art project, immersed students in metro parks and nature preserves all over Ohio (in rain, shine, and snow!) and challenged them to practice mindfulness by taking just one thoughtful, well-composed photo on each excursion.
See their work in the spring issue of the JagState-of-the-art tools.
Middle school students in Helen McConaghy's Tech Innovations class had an ambitious vision to build a drone from scratch -- and they did! Supported by an engagement grant, the student-led team consulted with experts throughout the design and building process and later competed in drone racing competitions all over Ohio.
Watch their presentation at All Things Wellington