On April 17, Flynn Magill ‘35 served as principal for the day. This temporary employment was an auction item at the JOY Gala, and Magill went above and beyond as he served as the principal.
Congratulations to the 2024 Wesleyan School valedictorian, senior Josh Kavel, and salutatorian, senior Kallaghan Freeman. Kavel and Freeman are awarded these honors based on their academic accomplishments.
The Southwest Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce honored senior Jeffrey Pinckney with a Character Award. The award is given to outstanding students whose attitudes and actions embody a passion and commitment to excellence. The award celebrates students who are respectful, caring, trustworthy, fair, and responsible.
Throughout the school year, Wesleyan’s Christian life department leads our students and faculty in examining various foundations of the Christian faith. Each month our community has focused on and learned about a different discipline of faith, and the focus for April is stewardship.
The annual WPC Tuition Raffle awards one randomly selected family free tuition for one student for a year. Parents, grandparents, neighbors, mentors, and friends are invited to purchase raffle tickets, and the winner of this year’s raffle will be announced and selected at the Wesleyan Artist Market. The Pressman family was the winner of last year’s 2023 Tuition Raffle.
On Monday, April 8, eighth grade student leaders from the Amatz house delivered an engaging presentation about their core values of courage and resilience.
On Thursday, March 28, lower school students welcomed their grandparents and special friends to campus in celebration of Grandparent’s Day! Lower school students proudly hosted their role models for the day bringing them to chapel and to their classrooms to show off their work.
On Tuesday, March 26, high school juniors attended a career exploration workshop that featured an alumni panel. The alumni panel included engineer Emma Galarza ‘15, nurse Katie McLaughlin ‘15, financial advisor Nick Eversbusch ‘17, and attorney Daniel Gholston ‘99.
On Friday, March 22, middle school students gathered in Powell Theater to learn about the “forgetting curve” from learning specialists on the academic support team.
Middle and high school students and faculty members traveled to Paintsville, Kentucky and Chattanooga, Tennessee over spring break to serve on mission trips.
Wesleyan’s middle school TSA team attended the Georgia TSA State Leadership Conference at the Classic Center in Athens from March 13-16 and earned the Third Place Overall Middle School Team Award.
Senior Elizabeth Tian’s artwork was selected for the 2024 National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Art Honor Society/National Junior Art Honor Society Juried Exhibition. Tian is president of Wesleyan’s chapter of the National Art Honor Society.
On Friday, March 8, Wesleyan students, faculty, and parents gathered for the annual Missions Commissioning Service to send off those serving on a Wesleyan mission trip over spring break.
On Tuesday, March 5, middle school students gathered in Powell Theatre for the Hokmah house spotlight meeting. As part of the new middle school house system, each of the four houses focuses on two leadership traits, and eighth grade students commit to teaching their classmates about those traits during spotlight meetings.
After two rigorous rounds of auditions, Ellie Ahn ’27 (flute), Chris Kang ’30 (oboe), and Dorothy Park ’24 (viola, percussion) were selected to participate in Georgia Music Educators All-State Band & Orchestra in Athens, Georgia, recognizing them as the top 10 percent of instrumentalists in the state.
After two rigorous rounds of auditions, Ethan Devarapalli ’28 was selected to participate in Georgia Music Educators All-State Chorus in Athens, Georgia, recognizing him as the top 10% of singers in the state.
Wesleyan students in middle school and lower school continued to celebrate Black History month during Pack Groups and Black History Heroes and Pioneers.
This past Saturday morning, Wesleyan School hosted the 16th annual Atlanta Invitational Case Studies (AICS). The event served almost 1,000 sophomores and their parents from 16 independent high schools in the Atlanta area.
On Friday, Feb. 9, eighth grade students in the Zedak house led the middle school in an assembly about their house leadership values- compassion and justice. Each of the four houses in the middle school house system focus on two leadership values, and throughout the year, students share with their peers about the importance of those values and how to practice them in daily life. The Zedak students led a rock, paper, scissors tournament, performed two skits, and shared Scripture to highlight compassion and justice.
On Monday, Feb. 5, middle school students kicked off their celebration of Black History Month by learning about inspirational Black leaders. More than a dozen students volunteered to research an influential Black individual and share their findings with their peers. With poise and grace, students presented on experts in a variety of careers from astronauts to authors and athletes to artists.
Wesleyan School is honored to announce that senior Tengle Wang is the STAR student for the 2023-2024 school year. Partnership Gwinnett named Wang upon recommendation by the school. In turn, Wang selected Jeff Foster, high school band teacher, as the teacher who has had the greatest influence on his academic life and thus the 2023-2024 STAR Wesleyan teacher.
Over the weekend, students and faculty serving on mission trips during spring break bonded on the overnight Missions Retreat. The overall purpose of the retreat is to have designated team-building time. Students and faculty get to know one another on a deeper level by sharing their faith journey.
On Friday, Jan. 26, the Wesleyan community joined together to donate blood to support the Red Cross. Faculty, staff, parents, and students over the age of 16 were encouraged to participate if they met the American Red Cross donation requirements.
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, the counseling department hosted a Parent U on wellness, defined as the active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. More than absence of illness, wellness is a state of complete well-being. The seven dimensions of wellness covered in the Parent U class are environmental, occupational, social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and, most importantly, spiritual wellness, which is the anchor for all the wellness types.
Second grade students have been hard at work creating beautiful and educational bulletin boards about “ability,” which is a part of the GRACE Model for celebrating diversity.
On Monday, Jan. 22, middle school students learn about the benefits of attending office hours and how to maximize the one-on-one time spent with their teachers.
During middle and high school chapels on Thursday, Jan. 18, senior Jules Callahan shared her testimony and tied her story to simplicity, the Christian life theme for the month.
Through a recent student book club initiative, a passion for reading is blooming in middle school! Joseph Antionio, middle school principal, Shonda Duke, middle school librarian, and John Creed, sixth grade boys chair and English teacher, created the book club initiative as a way to enhance the reading culture in middle school.
High school students in Mrs. Peebles’ guided study hall class are using Flint AI to craft SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) goals for the semester.
More than 25 high school students spent their weekend in Winterplace, West Virginia for the Christian Life Ski Retreat. Stepping away from campus for a few nights allowed students to prioritize building community with their peers and faculty members who volunteered to go on the retreat.
The middle school spelling bee took place in Powell Theater on Jan. 8, 2024. Laura Grace Bush ‘28 was announced the spelling bee champion, and Olivia Kim ‘30 was the runner up. Bush and Kim will advance to round one of the GISA Spelling Bee Competition on Feb. 15.
On Friday, Jan. 5, Wesleyan School inducted Zach Hernandez ‘11, Jahmai Jones ‘15, Jordan Mack ‘16, and Sutton West ‘18 to the Wesleyan School Athletic Circle of Honor.
Elizabeth Hodges ‘24 was selected as a runner-up for Rough Draft Atlanta’s 15th annual 20 under 20 list. The list of honorees and runners-up recognize students for their ability to juggle educational pursuits while also giving back to the community in meaningful ways.
On Wednesday, Jan. 3, Wesleyan welcomed Dr. Mary Danielak, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist to lead a training for all faculty members about anxiety and how it may present in the classroom. Danielak is one of the founders and CEO of The Counseling and Development Center outside of Atlanta. She has been in clinical practice since 1994 and has tested more than 1,600 children, teens, and adults. She has also trained a variety of postdoctoral fellows in the best practices of assessment and interpretation of data. Her training in assessment includes the neuropsychological assessment of executive functions for differentiating ADHD from other disorders, rather than only relying on checklists. She also provides therapy and counseling, parent training/coaching, and Cogmed Working Memory Training.