On Wednesday, March 20, Waterford participated in National History Day. Without exception, students stretched themselves this semester, with amazing results. Waterford's eighth grade class, across four sections and two different teachers, created 50 fine projects that made me exceptionally proud.
Over Waterford’s Spring Break, Utah held its State Mathcounts competition—one of the most competitive Middle School Math Contests in the country. Mathcounts is open for schools to send students from Grades 6-8.
Over spring break, nine Waterford students and three chaperones travelled to Kolkata, India.
The Upper School Outdoor Program traveled to Ouray, Colorado over Waterford's Spring Break. Follow along as senior, Katie R. recounts the trip.
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Photography faculty member, Bernard C. Meyers work, "Urban Abstracts" will be on exhibition at Camerawork Gallery, March 2-March 29, 2019. Mr. Meyers will open the exhibition with an artist talk and reception on Saturday March 2, 3:30-4:30 PM.
The following is the full talk from the MS and US assemblies given by Tim Dolbin, Math Teacher, and his son, Parker Dolbin ’12 about an art project that was developed from the synthesis of math and art, showing the power of understanding and combining many disciplines in a project.
Students, parents and faculty, who experience Waterford, know that our vision to inspire individuals to pursue lives of meaning and purpose is embedded into each day and many experiences at school. With the newly defined vision, mission and core values this year, what has become clear, is how frequently our faculty and students embody these noble pursuits. This past Saturday, two of Waterford's faculty engaged with the wider community along the Wasatch front, showing support for important issues in meaningful ways.
I will tell you from the beginning that this has been a difficult talk to write. More difficult than the talk about student activism, choir, or cat dissection. More difficult even than the talk on Integrity. It’s just not a box I can mime my way out of.
I don’t know how to express to you all that this man means to me or what it means to celebrate a holiday in his honor.
Waterford School offers many different opportunities to students as they discover their passions, intellectual capability, and character. The Class of 2019 has achieved success as learners, as athletes, as musicians, and as friends—now they are preparing to pursue lives of meaning and purpose as they embark on college. The college counseling office is proud to announce twenty-four seniors have been accepted to attend their first choice college or university, seen in the list below.
