Our Wildwood, Summer 2021, Volume 46

TABLE OF CONTENTS We’ve got great stories to tell features

p4 Looking Back on the Founding of Wildwood It seems right that we should capture the stories of founders and friends, teachers and trustees who’ve left a legacy at the school, all contributing their vision, their time, their work, and their resources to make Wildwood School possible.

p16 Wildwood’s DEIB Arch

p42 Distributed Learning Learnings

Early on, Wildwood committed to a diverse community. Educator and lawyer Belle Mason led a group of parents who sought to establish “a different kind of school,” and it was soon evident that this included being accessible to all. Monique Marshall, 5th Grade Lead Teacher; and contributors Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach; Deb Christenson, Upper School Humanities Teacher; and Landis Green, Head of School by Karen Dye, Director of Equity and Inclusion, and

In February 2020, as we noticed that other parts of the world were starting to shut down because of the pandemic, our team did what we always do—we used evidence and research to facilitate planning and implementation of a major shift to our program. by Jaimi Boehm, Director of Middle School; Sarah Simon, Assistant Director of Elementary School; and Vanessa Stotland, Assistant Director of Middle and Upper/Interim Director of Upper School

by Landis Green, Head of School

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