WMS@Home - Distance Learning

In the Lower Elementary Program, students are able to work more independently than our younger students. They look forward to the daily connections they make with their classmates via Zoom meetings for the class as a whole and through weekly Specials programs.

As they do in the classroom, students use daily work plans, completing assignments that cover all areas of the curriculum. Students use programs Khan Academy for math assignments and work on long-term projects like reading and writing their own biographies. This spring, they created time capsules that integrated writing exercises to help students document their lives during this very unique time in history

Staying active is an important part of the day for these energetic first- through third-graders, who love working up a sweat in Zoom physical education class and after-school enrichment activities with our Extended Day staff.

For Upper Elementary and Middle School students, the move to home learning plans required less adjustment than our younger students. While our oldest students are missing their daily face-to-face interactions with friends and teachers, they are accustomed to working independently and completing assignments using Google Classroom. At both of these levels, students meet as a class each morning, and then move onto more individualized schedules.

Upper Elementary students meet in small groups for math and reading, and attend cultural lessons as a class. This spring, they embarked on Passion Projects, an opportunity for in-depth exploration of a topic of their choice. They also took part in community service projects like spirit week, a food drive and making masks for first-responders from home.

Middle-schoolers also attend science, book club and Specials classes through Zoom and check in with their teacher for individual lessons and help throughout the day. They are now in the process of choosing topics for a persuasive essay related to the criminal justice system and inspired by their Supreme Court projects.

While at home, our oldest students continue their specials/enrichment schedule, remaining active with two PE classes per week and after-school enrichment activities.