Prepare for the seasonal flu, and get a flu shot! The optimum time to receive a flu shot is now through October. It takes about two weeks for the vaccine to be fully effective. Flu shots are available from your doctor or local pharmacy: CVS  Walgreens Rite Aid Curious how the seasonal flu and COVID […]

WES will continue to offer students access to its library collection even when students are learning at home. We will use a curbside checkout program, as we did during the summer. Students or parents can request up to 3 books and will be allowed to keep the books for three weeks. Pick-up will be on […]

As many of you know, Gov. Hogan released state guidelines for the reopening of schools on August 27. Along with the numerous safety precautions, the state will use two key metrics to evaluate whether it is safe to offer on-site instruction: the test positivity rate and the number of new cases per 100,000 people. The […]

Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes, the award-winning author of Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother, met with our Middle School students and faculty Wednesday morning. Ms. Rhodes’ books were among the fiction choices for the summer reading assignment. In Ghost Boys, twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for […]

It was great to see all of our Dragons this week, whether it was in person or virtually! Although things look a little different this year, our students and teachers still have that same back-to-school excitement. Yesterday, we celebrated the beginning of the school year with a rather unique Opening Chapel. Since large gatherings in […]

Like many times since the rise of the global pandemic, this week has been rather unpredictable. Our initial plan was to host community forums where we would present the culmination of months of work, of policies and protocols and schedules that would enable us to resume on-site learning in some capacity this September. On Wednesday, […]