Spirit Week
What does it mean when students and staff dress retro, wear their hair in wacky ways, and transfer the contents of their backpacks to a baby stroller or wheelbarrow? It means another Spirit Week at WSD! This year’s event included…
Creating Out of the Box
Middle School art students were challenged to create cardboard sculptures that represent elements from books and stories they are reading. The sculptures must be interesting from all angles, use only cardboard and glue, and any decoration or design must be…
She Started It!
WSD students were honored at the Utah State Capitol by the State Historical Society and Lieutenant Governor on Tuesday, February 13 for their participation in the “She Started It” student art contest. The contest is part of the Utah Women’s…
Stellar Spellers
The Spelling Bee is back! The Scripps National Spelling Bee has returned to Park City and WSD students are eager to participate. Students in grades 2 – 8 held classroom competitions, where students studied up to 450 words from a…
Winter Concerts
Middle School music students performed two Winter Concerts for WSD families and friends. The Band and Jazz Band Concert was held on January 24, under a spectacular full moon. The Orchestra and Chorus Concert was held one week later, on…
Awesome Overnighter
A small group of Middle School students recently headed to Ogden for WSD’s annual Winter Campout. They loaded up WSD’s mobile classroom, a 10-passenger van known as “Moby,” and made their way to Dancing Moose Farm, an educational farm for…
Discovery Days 2023
“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,…
Farewell To The Eighth Grade Class
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…
A Winning Combo
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…
A Panel of Perspectives
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…