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Woodward Graduation Marked By Thought-Provoking Commencement Address

Despite threatening weather forecasts, Woodward managed to celebrate its 2019 graduates under relatively blue skies on May 11. The ceremony was beautiful as always, but it was marked in particular by an excellent student speech from Malachi Robinson. The soon-to-be Harvard student has excelled throughout his time at Woodward in speech and debate, and he brought that persuasive and poetic style to the graduation stage on Saturday. Enjoy video of the speech and full text below...

Woodward North Students Learn Empathy With Cross-Curricular Project

North Students Blindfolded during Orchestra

Earlier this spring, teachers at Woodward North collaborated on a cross-curricular project during the 2nd grade's Helen Keller unit to help teach the children about empathy. Check out our interview of the teachers and the video project they put together about the unit below...

Sixth Grade Studies Water Access as Lens into Sustainability, Global Issues

Sixth graders at the Lower School researched and wrote about issues surrounding water quality and access to clean water around the world as a class project. Read more about the projects here...

Celebrating the Class of 2019

Dr. Jonathan Merrill, Woodward's Upper School principal, offered his thoughts on the Class of 2019 in this week's Upper Update. Congratulations to all graduates! We're so excited for what the future holds...

Seniors Celebrate Final Week at Woodward

Seniors Buddies with Primary School kids

Every year, we send our seniors off from their final week of classes at Woodward with an array of fun activities. Check out pictures and posts from the week's events...

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