by by Phil Dwyer | Earth Arts Teacher Many crows gather early every morning under a large oak where I live. They take advantage of the cars squishing the acorns that fall in the residential parking lot and driveway. A number of gray and black squirrels busily scurry...
Middle School
WSP Students at Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
by Kerstin Pintus | WSP Handwork Teacher On September 10th, WSP students and I, their handwork teacher, participated in a Living History event “A Walk Through Time” at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum. Representing the "golden days" of the rancho period, 1833...
Sixth Grade Statistics Projects
by Dr. Lisa Babinet | Middle and High School Math Faculty Being able to capture phenomena in the world with numerical data is a powerful skill. Traditionally, sixth graders undertake just that by embarking on a statistics research project with a topic of their...
Meet Coach Sarah
by Melanie Ingler | Communications Coordinator Coach Sarah Triolo comes to WSP with a background in kinesiology, fitness, sports nutrition, and enjoys working with people who are struggling with health issues. We are so excited that Coach Sarah has expanded her...
Benefits of Jumping Rope & Fun Games to Play with It
by Kerstin Pintus, Victoria Klocek, & Andrea Jordan | Grades Faculty Members Recently the first grade students have been making jump ropes by hand-twisting yarn into long ropes. They are so happy and proud about all the things they can do and create with their...
Step into 7th Grade Chemistry
by Cathy Waheed | Class Teacher In their chemistry main lesson block this month, seventh grade students made a purple cabbage indicator which was used to test acids and bases. The purple pigment, anthocyanin, in purple cabbage acts as the indicator. The photo shows...
Music Ensembles Welcome a New Sound!
by Rich Armstrong | MS & HS Music Faculty It’s been a long-standing dream to find a vibraphone and find a way to challenge the students to play this instrument. Ever since I saw Stefon Harris play at the SF Jazz Center, I’ve been amazed by the vibraphone – a...
Our 8th Grade Trip
8th Grade Students share recollections of their end-of-year class trip.
6th & 7th Grade Statistics Projects
From pizza preferences to attitudes on climate change, 6th and 7th graders take a deep dive into statistics.