Why Is A Classical Education Relevant In The Digital Age? American children are growing up in the digital age. Many of them spend hours a day looking at screens, including at many schools. On their own time, they dive into the superficial topics and trends of social media and gather information from unverified and often [...]

Your Child’s Education Should Begin With the Very Best Kindergarten Experience Westminster School offers the most dynamic kindergarten experience in Northern Virginia. Our carefully designed program, delivered by knowledgeable, dedicated, and creative teachers, ensures that each student receives the individual attention and encouragement that he/she needs to grow and thrive in school and in life. The [...]

Inside Our Language Arts Classrooms Kindergarten In language arts, the students have finished learning the alphabet and are now learning to create their own short vowel words. The class is getting ready for the first grade by using smaller pencils and crayons, completing morning work, and writing full headings on their work. First Grade First-grade [...]

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, [...]

Westminster School Celebrates A Diverse Community, And A Shared Dream The Westminster School community and friends came together on Friday, February 27, to celebrate our rich cultural diversity.  More than 40 different nationalities are represented by Westminster students, parents, and staff. Many attendees dressed in elegant and colorful clothing representing their heritage.  The evening was filled with [...]

STEM In Elementary And Middle-School Education STEM is often misunderstood as simply the inclusion of science, technology, engineering, and math in a school curriculum.  Actually, STEM is an educational approach that integrates the traditional subjects of math and science along with the application of technology and/or engineering principles.  According to Dr. Patricia Fioriello at ExpertBeacon.com, [...]

My Child Wouldn’t Bully Someone Else—Would He? October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and it’s a great time to talk to your child about bullying.  Many parents are concerned about whether their child is being bullied, but does it occur to them that their child could BE bullying someone else? Preventing bully behavior starts at [...]

P.E. EVERY Day? What About Academics? Many schools today are limiting their physical education classes in order to squeeze in more academic time for their students.  It’s understandable:  we live in an area where academics are prioritized and students are expected to succeed in the classroom. So why do we have daily P.E. when other [...]

After-School Programs Enriching Student Lives When researchers from the Harvard Family Research Project analyzed a decade of studies they concluded that “children and youth who participate in after-school programs can reap a host of positive benefits in a number of interrelated outcome areas—academic, social/emotional, prevention, and health and wellness” (http://www.sedl.org/pubs/sedl-letter/v20n02/afterschool_findings.html).  Westminster School strongly supports these [...]