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…
How do students liven up a month with no holidays or school breaks? At WSD, the answer is Spirit Week, which happens in the middle of March, the “longest” month of the school year. During this week, students and teachers…
The new art installation in the Auditorium is a topographical map of the Park City Ridgeline. It is the culmination of three years of planning by the Art Department, and the creative efforts of students in grades 6, 7, and…
Last weekend, WSD’s mobile classroom, a 10-passenger van known as “Moby,” took eight Middle School students to the Ogden Valley for a winter campout. The destination was Dancing Moose Farm, an educational farm for ecology and sustainable living, founded by…
In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the event at which Romeo first sees Juliet and falls in love is the famous Capulet ball. As part of their study of the play, seventh grade English students recreated the ball – designing their…
Middle School life science students have gained an appreciation for the complex and fragile systems that make up our world. By creating their own ecosystems in a jar, students have been able to observe the way in which living organisms…
Recently, WSD Middle School students immersed themselves in two uniquely American art forms. Thanks to outreach from the Utah Blues Society, students participated in a Cigar Box Guitar workshop that also celebrated the importance of blues music in American history…
The Middle School Mobile Classroom, a 10-passenger van nicknamed “Moby,” is living up to its name. Moby has been transporting students far and wide, providing opportunities to explore new territory, learn new skills, and make new friends. On an excursion…
On September 22 and 23, the WSD Middle School held its annual Discovery Days – two days where students spend time off campus participating in a variety of hands-on, real-world experiences in the wider community. Sixth grade students attended the…