Author Archives: Westtown School

About Westtown School

Westtown School is a Pre-K through 12th grade Quaker, coed, college preparatory day and boarding school in West Chester, PA.

Action-Based Education: solving a real problem

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Westtown School

Teacher Chris Benbow, Upper School Principal, wrote this piece in his November 12, 2015 edition of Just The Facts: “In what was perhaps a Westtown first, an Advanced Computer Science class announcement brought the house down in Joint Collection on … Continue reading →

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Composer in Residence

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Westtown School

Music teachers Kenny Joseph and Robert Frazier welcomed composer, teacher, and clarinetist Richard Summers to campus recently. Summers spent two days working with the Middle and Upper School bands. Summers has been commissioned to compose a piece for the three … Continue reading →

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Westtown Does the College Process Right

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Westtown School

by Sue Gold, 6th Grade Dean, Middle School History  Teacher In an April 8th New York Times article, Richard Perez-Pena wrote, “Enrollment at American colleges is sliding, but competition for spots at top universities is more cutthroat and anxiety-inducing than … Continue reading →

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The Bricks

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Westtown School

By Carrie Timmins, Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach,  Middle School Counselor, Upper School Health Teacher If one happened to stop by a girls’ varsity basketball practice this winter along with the sweat pants, water bottles and gym bags strewn across the … Continue reading →

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Top Eight Insights from Three Nights of ‘Town Talks

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Westtown School

By Terry Dubow, Associate Head of School 1. People love Westtown. Over the last week, I accompanied John Baird, Jon Evans, Ellen Gilbert, and Megan Sayer on a west-of-the-Mississippi jaunt to visit alumni, parents and friends in the Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Religion Enthusiasts, Together

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Westtown School

By Kristen Johnson, Upper School Religion Teacher For a religion enthusiast, there is nothing as exciting as witnessing those who would otherwise be seen as perfectly “normal” people break into an intellectually heated debate about Israel’s emergent theories in the … Continue reading →

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