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A Day in Westminster Kindergarten

Kindergarten Average Day A Day in the Life of a Westminster Kindergarten Student 8:30-8:40 Opening 8:40-9:35 Reading Readiness/Reading 9:40-10:05 French (3 times a week) 10:05-10:20 Handwriting 10:22-10:44 Recess 10:45-11:20 Math 11:50-12:20 P. E. (every day) 12:20-12:40 Bathroom/Drink Break 12:40-1:15 Social Studies/Great Books 1:15-1:45 Quiet Time 1:50-2:30 Art or Music (Each meets twice a week) 2:30-2:45 [...]

Full Accreditation By The VAIS

Full Accreditation By The VAISWestminster School: Full Accreditation by the Virginia Association of Independent SchoolsWestminster School stands as a bastion of the classical educational approach for elementary students in the Washington, D.C. area. The shadow of its founder, Jane Goll, stretches across five decades, and its present Head of School, Ellis Glover, emerged from that [...]

Mindfulness

Mindfulness The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing. – Jon Kabat-Zinn The Movement of Mindfulness The movement of mindfulness has made its way to education and into schools worldwide. What exactly is mindfulness, and what [...]

The Plain Truth

The Plain Truth About Public Elementary Schools With Fairfax County’s school system touted as one of the best in the country, why is your child not receiving the attention that he/she needs during this critical time of development? Parents may not realize that their child’s daily school experience from preschool through middle-school is more profound, [...]

Through The Eyes Of A Westminster 7th Grader

Through The Eyes Of A Westminster 7th GraderA Trip to the Phillips Collection As part of their French and art history studies, on October 18, Westminster's 7th-grade students ventured to the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. There, they learned more about French artists from the Impressionist period, and viewed for themselves some of the great paintings [...]

Poetry At Westminster

Poetry At WestminsterFinding our Voice in Poetry What happens to a dream deferred? This complex question was put to our Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade students during flex period in February. Would you fight for your dream? Would you let it wither away? In honor of Black History Month, the students explored the famous Langston Hughes poem, [...]

Egyptian & Roman Day

Egyptian & Roman DayCalling all Tuts, Caesers, Constantines, Cleopatras and Hatshepsuts!Students immerse themselves in the lives of ancient Egyptians and Romans. At the very heart of a Westminster education is the study of history and the ancient civilizations that contributed so much to our own, modern way of life. To fully understand and appreciate one’s [...]

Worried About Cuts

Worried About Cuts To Fairfax County Public School Budget? Worried about cuts to Fairfax County Public School budget? Crowded classrooms? Teachers straining to meet widely varying needs of students? Lack of individual attention for your child? Missing art, music, drama, and daily PE programs? Check out Westminster School, whose well-rounded, rich program includes small classes, [...]

Public Schools Continue To Suffer

Fairfax County Public Schools Continue To Suffer From Budget Cuts County Superintendant Voices Frustration Why are so many Fairfax County public school parents checking out private school options? Perhaps it is because private schools have more direct control over critical issues such as teacher salaries, electives, field trips, funds for physical education and arts classes, [...]

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