Learning outside of the classroom

Research consistently suggests that getting outside of the school is key to well-rounded student growth. WCS provides students with many opportunities for field trips, community service events, and international trips to enrich their learning and expose them to people with different worldviews.

​Below are examples of trips in which our students have participated in the past.

Elementary School Trips:

• The Grand
  
• Ashland Nature Center
  
• Mt. Cuba Observatory
  
• Winterthur Museum
  
• Hagley Museum
  
• Delaware Museum of Natural History
  
• Klamar Nyckel
  
• Lancaster Tabernacle Replica
  
• White Clay Creek State Park
  
• Washington, DC

Middle School Trips:

• Walnut Street Theatre
  
• University of Pennsylvania Museum
  
• Franklin Institute
  
• Refreshing Mountain
  
• Black Rock Retreat
  
• Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown
  
• Baltimore Science Center
  
• Ellis Island
  
• Gettysburg

High School Trips:

• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• National Constitution Center
• German Christmas Village, Philadelphia
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.
• New York City

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Study Abroad Trips

WCS students have the opportunity to travel abroad to enjoy learning about different cultures and different parts of the world. Additionally, these trips provide extended practice in cross-cultural communication and are ideal venues to foster mentoring relationships with adult chaperones and guides. 

Below are examples of trips our students have enjoyed in the past:

• Hungary
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Costa Rica
• Germany
• France
• Spain
• Nairobi Kenya

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