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We help each student learn by doing and collaborating, explore new interests and grow their passions, build self-awareness and confidence through leadership and service, and develop to be thoughtful, curious, and contributing citizens of the world.
Read about WheelerIn the City
The hub of our dynamic N-12 community, Wheeler's campus at the top of College Hill in Providence, offers student-focused learning spaces designed to encourage discovery, collaboration, play, and achievement.
In the CityOn the Farm
Our 120-acre farm in nearby Seekonk, MA provides students with state-of-the-art athletic facilities. It's a pastoral counterpoint to our urban campus—and is a living, hands-on laboratory for a range of unique programs.
On the FarmSee Our Stories
What happens when a 1943 photograph meets a return visit to Wheeler more than 80 years later? 📸 In 1943, Miriam Graves Kenney ’53 was photographed arriving at Hope Building as a seven-year-old. This spring, she returned to our Providence campus and walked those same steps again with her sisters, Nancy Graves Wilson ’62 and Carol Graves Cimilluca ’59.
The result? A pretty special recreation of a moment from Wheeler’s past with Mary C. Wheeler Historian and Archivist Bob Martin P’05, P’10. You can read the full story at the link in bio! 💜💛
Sep 16
Members of the Wheeler community wrapped up the week last Friday with an evening of food, music, conversation, and plenty of dancing at the Community Celebration of our Families with Children of Color in Miller Courtyard. 🎉
With delicious food from our Dining Services team @CulinArtatWheeler and music in the air, the evening was a chance for students, faculty, staff, and families to simply enjoy being together. Attendees even got a surprise dance class led by Middle School Counselor and Wellness Educator Claude Michelle Oliveira!
Director of Equity, Community, and Belonging Princess Bomba P’16, P’18 says she left the evening with “a sense of fulfillment primarily from seeing the vastly diverse groups of students, faculty, staff, and families joyfully personifying the ‘One Wheeler’ concept.” She adds, “It was a perfect embodiment of our community values in the most festive and celebratory of ways.” ♥️
We’ll come together again in the courtyard this Friday evening for our Community Welcome Celebration of our LGBTQ+ Families. Everyone at Wheeler is invited 💌! You can RSVP, if you haven’t done so already, via the link in last week’s e-newsletter.
Sep 14
🔍Here’s a closer look at the Pen Texture Study art project with 7th-graders! Students are exploring value through repetition, texture…and a little patience. 📄✏️
Sep 14
Today’s 🌧️ weather is going to give way to ☀️ skies and lots of events at Wheeler this week, including the Family Association’s All School Opening Meeting (which includes coffee!) on Friday morning. Thank you to WFA Co-President and Wheeler Trustee Asabe Poloma P’30, P’32 for sharing more info about the meeting in this week’s calendar promo.
You can see a few more upcoming events below, and remember that you can always check out the full calendar in the Parent and Guardian Portal. 🗓️
We can’t wait to see you (and the sunshine) back at school tomorrow!
MONDAY:
🟣 WFA Presents: Nest Parent/Guardian Coffee at 7:45am
TUESDAY:
🟡 WFA Presents: Grades 1, 2, and 3 Parent/Guardian Coffee at 7:45am
WEDNESDAY:
🟣 WFA Presents: Grade 10 Parent/Guardian Coffee at 7:45am
🟡 Middle School Back to School Night at 5:30pm
THURSDAY:
🟣 WFA Presents: Clothing Sale Donation Day in Providence from 7:30-9am
🟡 Nest Photo Day
🟣 Lower School Photo Day
🟡 Opening Reception for “Day and Night,” an exhibition featuring the work of artists Kai Franz and Neal T Walsh, at 5pm at the Chazan Gallery on our Providence campus
🟣 Senior Retreat at 5:45pm
FRIDAY
🟡 WFA Presents: All School Coffee and Opening Meeting at 7:45am
🟣 Grades 9-11 Retreats
🟡 Community Celebration of our LGBTQ+ Families at 5:30pm
SATURDAY
🟣 WFA Presents: Kindergarten Family Social at 10:30am
🟡 WFA Presents: Grade 6 Family Social at 4pm
Sep 13
