“Discovery Days” is an annual event for Middle School students and provided a stellar start to the 2023-24 school year. After only one week in class, students ventured off campus for two-three days to participate in a variety of hands-on,…
By Steve Williams, WSD Executive Director In 1986, my younger brother Darrin tore the old engine out of his Dodge Challenger, rebuilt it piece by piece, and put it back together again all by himself. He was 16. The car…
WSD was excited to welcome families and friends to the 13th annual Spring Arts Festival and Fundraiser on May 25. The festival is our biggest on-campus event and one that raises important funds for the school. The student art show…
Second graders got their acts together and took them “on the road” last week, performing a Reader’s Theater for other students in Lower School. They chose scripts from “The Very Cranky Bear,” “The Stinky Cheese Man,” and “Three Billy Goats…
Weilenmann School of Discovery bid a formal farewell to the eighth grade class on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Student speakers, faculty remarks, musical performances, a gift book, families, friends, and the awarding of diplomas marked the occasion. Our best wishes…
When first graders finished their study of the physics concept of Light, they decided that for their culminating project, a party was in order. Each group of 3-4 students used recycled cardboard and created a “party house” containing three rooms.…
Second grade students were eager to share their knowledge of wild animals – and in particular, endangered species – with friends and family at this year’s Animal Project Exhibition. They have been researching endangered animals and how we can help…
Twenty-five fourth and fifth grade students from WSD participated in this year’s Leadership Challenge for Elementary Schools at the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center and the Huntsman School of Business on the Utah State University campus in Logan. “We had…
Recently, the Middle School Jazz Band, led by Nathan O’Bryant, gave a lunchtime performance at the Park City Senior Center. The crowd was lively and even started dancing! One of the audience members happened to be a musician herself. She…
To broaden their understanding of the novel, Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, 7th grade English students invited a select group of community members to participate in a panel discussion. The multi-award-winning novel tells the story of a young black man…