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Explore Early Childhood Grades

You don’t have to choose between a nurturing environment and challenging academics: Wilson’s Early Childhood Program gives you both! Each class of our youngest students is taught by two full-time faculty members in lovely, light-filled spaces (with direct access to a playground), as well as by our specialists in French, PE, and the Arts. Our little learners also have lots of time for self-directed exploration and play. The result? Children who love coming to school! Schedule a visit to see why “Monday Morning” can be happy words in your home.

Curriculum is meaningfully connected to Wilson’s full academic program; it is the first step in our school-wide scope & sequence
Multi-sensory and theme-based activities maximize learning in a developmentally appropriate way
Our daily communication, complete with pictures, ensures that parents share in their children’s experiences and can have meaningful conversations about each day’s activities

Students gain confidence in public speaking through classroom and school activities, including the beloved tradition of performing We Sauk He Chak and Three Piggy Opera
Center-focused, small group learning enhances students’ verbalization and conceptual understanding
Parents benefit from TEDdy Talks led by teachers on a variety of developmental topics

Integrated learning takes center stage with such popular units as Space, Dinosaurs, Communities, Habitats, and Fairy Tales Around the World
Students spend plenty of time outdoors with trips to Forest Park, Concordia Park, and neighborhood exploration
Families join in on the fun with the yearly Stargazing Party

Explore Primary Grades

Still young, yet ready for new challenges and responsibilities: Our primary grade students grow in mastery of essential academic and personal skills. Our dedicated faculty continues to pay attention to the needs of each student, combining group and individual instruction to ensure that every child flourishes. You will be amazed at how your child blossoms with the purposeful and caring partnership between Wilson and your family. Schedule a visit to see how we support positive whole-family outcomes in these crucial years of transition.

Students continue to polish their preparation and presentation skills with their Famous American and Animal Research projects, as well as taking a turn as Scientist of the Week
Words Their Way individualized spelling program helps provide the foundation for our students to become excellent readers and writers (check out those test scores!)
Families continue to be an important part of our program, as highlighted by our Family Time Capsules

Innovation starts early at Wilson, as our second graders begin using the coding program Kodable
Our focus on the writing process gets even more exciting as students learn to write a descriptive paragraph, including setting and character descriptions
Family support continues in the form of Parent Lunches, which cover topics like homework expectations and time-management for long-term projects

Hands-on Equations -- using manipulatives to solve equations -- makes algebra (yes, we said algebra) fun
Level Up Village pairs our class with a partner class in another country as students work to explore and solve global challenges
Extra credit is a family event affair! Each week students are invited to work with their family to research a little known fact or solve a unique problem

Explore Upper Grades

Our Upper School students are engaged more than ever in the life of the Wilson community, even as we prepare them to leave it. Increasing opportunities for leadership, independence, and deep learning give our students the skills they need to becoming confident, competent, and caring young adults. Schedule a visit to see how our students are exceptionally ready for post-graduate success, yet always excited to return “home” to Wilson!

As our students begin to feel more grown-up, so does class: 4th grade features the beginning of departmentalized instruction in social studies and science, as well as more advanced integrated units coupled with technology
4th grade also features one of our most beloved rites-of-passage, as students become older “buddies” to our PK students
Our dedication to positive whole family outcomes continues, as our students get the benefit of working with Dr. Tim and Ann Jordan on social-emotional skills

Students get an even wider exposure to outstanding literature, with a focus on historical fiction relative to different cultures and societal issues
Opportunities to sing, dance, play instruments, design scenery… the 5th/6th grade musical provides all of those and more
Parents get a “taste” of language arts at the annual Poetry Coffeehouse, where students present their original works, for which they also create animation

Students discover life beyond the selfie with their year-long photography unit
History comes to life with the annual trip to Little Rock and Memphis as the culmination of the civil rights unit
Parents and students alike receive extraordinary, personal, ongoing support through the secondary school application process