News & Announcements

NEWS

Posted: January 10, 2023

Beautiful (and Dangerous) Butterflies

Students in Madison Hauseur's fourth grade classroom recently studied monarch butterflies as part of a module covering Animal Defense Mechanisms. The module, which is part of the new language arts curriculum at WCS, allows students to explore a...

NEWS

Posted: December 14, 2022

AstroRyan Lends Classmates a Helping Hand

Ryan, a first grader at our Fernhill campus, decided to use her amazing social media platform to ensure that kindergarten through fifth grade students at her school would be able to purchase a book at the Book Fair. Ryan loves to read and wanted her...

NEWS

Posted: November 14, 2022

STEM Assembly at Awbury

Jacqueline Means, STEM Queen Jacquie, spoke to the students at our Awbury campus today about chemical reactions. Ms. Means is the founder of the Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative, which works to increase student interest in STEM (Science, Technology,...

NEWS

Posted: November 9, 2022

Wissahickon Girls Tackle New Skills

This past Saturday, the Eagles Youth Football Academy hosted a girls youth clinic featuring Carli Lloyd and Boston Scott. In an attempt to encourage more women to participate in sports, three lucky young women from Wissahickon Charter were able to...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Posted: October 26, 2022

WCS is Outward Bound!

WCS middle school students are participating in Outward Bound Insight and Outward Bound Expedition programs as part of Wissahickon's Outdoor Program. The Outdoor Program, a key component of Wissahickon's environmentally focused mission, exposes...

NEWS

Posted: September 23, 2022

Monthly Celebrations Begin at Awbury

254 students earned the ability to participate in the first monthly celebration for positive behavior at our Awbury campus. Students who earned the privilege had the opportunity to participate in a dance party, make bracelets in arts & crafts, play...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Posted: July 19, 2022

We are an Alice Safe School

Learn more about ALICE here: https://navigate360.com/safety-solutions/alice-active-shooter-response-training/

NEWS

Posted: February 14, 2022

Fierce Foxes!

In response to older students' expressed desire to feel more confident and safe while riding SEPTA and being out in the city, we've held self-defense workshops with 7th & 8th graders. Organized by Director of Culture Niema Golphin and led by Urban...

NEWS

Posted: February 14, 2022

Big Little Friendships

Peer Mentoring has been a Fernhill Campus tradition for years: Select Middle school students are recommended by their teachers and paired with lower schoolers in need of tutoring, a buddy, or a role model. One of our mentors this year was even a...

NEWS

Posted: November 19, 2021

A Tradition Returns!

Our annual Awbury in Awbury field day returned in its usual format earlier this November. Students from our Awbury Campus traveled across the street to Awbury Arboretum for outdoor scavenger hunts, experiments, games, and art, all underneath the...

School will be CLOSED tomorrow Monday, January 6th, due to inclement weather.