Our Wildwood, Volume 53

Looking ahead

Our Wildwood is published twice a year by Wildwood School’s Office of Advancement.

SEPTEMBER 9 Middle School Back to School Night

Isabel Faustino-Boley Annual Giving Officer

SEPTEMBER 16 Upper School Back to School Night

Laura Forsythe Middle and Upper Visual Arts Teacher and Alumni Relations Officer Hunter Hackett Director of Marketing and Communications Kristin Hampton Director of Institutional Advancement Danielle Kraten Marketing and Communications Associate

SEPTEMBER 25 Elementary School Back to School Night

OCTOBER 15 Wildwood Wednesday

OCTOBER 22 WISRD Dark Matter Day Event

NOVEMBER 5-6 Middle and Upper School Cabaret

Danielle Lesner (P. ‘35) Director of Development Julie Potts Advancement Coordinator

NOVEMBER 11 K-12 Multicultural Community Dialogue

DECEMBER 5 Winter Cultural Carnivale

Chay Thaopaset Director of Digital Communications and Media

Seth Yslas Advancement Services Manager Editor-in-Chief: Hunter Hackett Editor: Chay Thaopaset Designer: Elizabeth Burrill

JANUARY 9 Alumni Visit Day

JANUARY 21 Parent Education Session

Photography for this issue: Leslie Barton, Hunter Hackett, Chance Hwang ‘25, Wildwood Parent Charlotte Jamieson (P. ‘27), Danielle Kraten, Danny Moloshok, Taylor Stern, Wildwood Parent Greg Sung (P. ‘29, ‘34), Grant Terzakis Special thanks to the following contributors: Soam N. ‘31, Alice F. ‘31, Monet J.-M. ‘31 for the Book Shelf reviews on pg. 13. Merrin Chapnick ‘25, Jonah Spitz ‘25, Ike Moore ‘25 for the Alumni Reflections on p. 36

JANUARY 26-30 K-12 Spirit Week

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