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Charlotte Mason Principles For Today

Karen Glass, educator, author, and Charlotte Mason expert visited our campus last week. She spent time with our parents and faculty sharing both the philosophy and practical methodology of Charlotte Mason. Karen dives into the essential questions of “What is education doing?” and “Who is being educated?” and applies Charlotte Mason’s philosophy to these questions. Join her as she shares with us how to make education joyful and a lifelong habit for ourselves and our children.

Anxiety in Kids & Teens

Listen in as Julie Lowe shares stories and principles for addressing anxious children. She reminds us that healthy relationships are vital for anxiety; especially a relationship with YOU the parent. Ultimately God offers Himself to meet our children in their anxiety - His presence is the answer to our children’s anxiety. 

Education at Wilberforce has a higher purpose....

Listen in as Ed MacQueen shares what makes school at Wilberforce unique and what this means for our children’s future. What is this higher purpose?

Howe's Thoughts On How To Be Prepared For The Year Ahead

Listen to Head of School, Howe Whitman, as he shares with parents in just 8 minutes how to prepare for the year ahead with your children.

Justin Earley On Friendship

Can friendships make or break your life? Justin Earley claims that friendship is literally a matter of life or death, both physically and spiritually. He also shares what this means for you and what the keys to practicing the art of friendship are. Listen in and hear how you can truly “save your life."

What Does William Wilberforce’s Life Mean For You?

Listen to faculty member Ben Schellack as he shares with us who William Wilberfore was and how his life calls us to reflect on our own. In the words of Wilberforce “When we are summoned to give an account of our stewardship we shall be called upon to answer for the use which we have of our nature, invention, our judgment, our memory, for our employment of every instrument and opportunity."

Maturity In Hardship - Keith Grant

It is hard to avoid challenges, disappointments, and struggles in life, but you can determine how you respond to them, and how they shape you. Join Keith Grant and Howe Whitman, as they discuss how parents can see challenges, difficulties, and struggles in their children’s lives as opportunities to grow in maturity and become more like Christ.

Parenting: Being The Loving Authority In Your Child's Life

Join Dr. Tedd Tripp, author of Shepherding a Child’s Heart, and Head of School, Howe Whitman, as they address what it means to have a gospel-centered versus a child-centered home. Find out how you can be the loving and grace-filled authority in your child’s life.

Talking With Your Kids About Friendship, Love, Marriage, and Sex

Listen in as Head of School, Howe Whitman, and Bible and Theology Department Chair, Danielle Sallade, discuss what happens in Middle School Bible class when the topics of love, marriage and sex come up in Scripture. Hear how our Bible and Theology Departments is helping equip parents to talk with their children about these topics from a biblical perspective.   Middle School Bible & Theology Course  Tips for Talking To Your Kids About Sex Stan and Brenna Jones books

Gospel Centered Parenting - Marty Machowski

Author and pastor Marty Machowski shares from Psalm 103, and encourages parents to consider how God cares for His children. Marty reveals how God’s actions towards His children, being slow to anger, forgiving, and willing to teach-can be our first response to our children as well. Listen in and be reminded how, through God’s grace, you too can respond to your children as God responds to His.

Katy Faust - How To Talk to Your Kids About Sex

Listen in to hear Katy share with our parents tips for how to talk with your children about sex. Katy reminds parents about the “No Flinch Rule”.  Don’t freak when your child brings up a difficult topic. When it comes to difficult questions, be the safest person in your child’s life. What is the best conversation you have had with your child lately, Katy can help you get started on one!  

We Become Our Habits, and Our Children Become Us

Listen in as Justin Whitmel Earley, author, speaker, and lawyer, shares about how we become our habits and our children become us. Justin’s new book Habits of the Household challenges us to think about how we are far more shaped by our habits than by our dreams. Discover what new habits you might begin to form. Books still available for $20 - contact Jennia Axelson 

Did you know most kids really want to talk with their parents about sex?

For many parents when it comes to talking with your children about the “birds and the bees,” you long for better resources to equip you for these meaningful conversations. Listen in as we talk with April Readlinger, executive director of Canavox; find out about resources available right now and tips for how to engage with your children at all ages on these essential topics.  Canavox.com - find out more here and access JV Groups, Curriculum and more Tips for Talking with your Kids about ...

Lessons Learned from the Life of Betsey Stockton

Listen in and discover lessons learned from the life of Betsey Stockton - America’s first, single woman foreign missionary. Born a slave in Princeton, Betsey Stockton became an educator and community activist whose impact we still experience today.

Shepherding a Child's Heart - Tedd Tripp

Tedd has developed and teaches materials that encourage the people of God to understand gospel hope for the ways that human beings are pushed and pulled by the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Tedd is known around the world for the best-selling child rearing book, Shepherding a Child’s Heart, and as the presenter of Shepherding a Child’s Heart Ministries.

Why Study the Classics?

In response to a thought provoking-article, The Post COVID Classical Education Boom and the webinar Why Study the Classics hosted by The James Madison Institute with Dr. Anika Prather (co-author of the article) - we asked a few Wilberforce parents “Why a Classical Education?” Listen to the parents' responses and consider your own - why a classical education? If you missed the article or webinar, check them out - you might be surprised to discover what the “boom” is all about!

Why Classical Education?

Marty Machowski-Passing Down Gospel Truths

What do locust have to do with sharing gospel truths with your children and grandchildren? Surprisingly, Marty Machowski explores the story in Exodus 10 of the plague of locusts in Egypt, to reveal God’s redemptive plan throughout history. His story is for your children and grandchildren ...for the generations. Listen in as Marty encourages parents, helps us laugh, and gives us fresh vigour to tell the story. Browse Marty’s books here,.

Junior Projects - What They Teach Us

The “Junior Project" is a marquee experience in the Wilberforce Upper School. Each junior chooses a project they are passionate about or a specific area of interest. Students are paired with a faculty advisor who work alongside the student as he or she labors on the project for several months. Projects range from engineering to the arts to service and entrepreneurship. The project gives students an opportunity to dive deep into an area of interest and discover if it is a possibility to pursu...

Get a Job

 "What did you do this summer?" is a universal question asked of most students by friends, teachers, and even college admissions officers. How should high school students be answering this question? Even with snow on the ground, the beginnings of summer plans are starting to form. Listen to several of our Wilberforce seniors share their summer job experiences and the impact it had on them. Read an article from "Aiming Higher Consultants," on how summer jobs can not only impact college admi...

Wilberforce Entrepreneurs

A long-time goal for our school is to develop a program where student initiatives and entrepreneurial enterprises are developed, and shared. Listen to our latest podcast, as junior Annie Whitman describes the “Entrepreneurship Incubator” she is implementing here at Wilberforce. A platform to showcase and grow Wilberforce’s increasing number of young entrepreneurs. Annie is joined by a couple other enterprising young students who have successfully launched their own businesses. Along with r...

Justin Earley Part 2

Author, Justin Earley, spoke to our Middle and Upper School students last week about his story of enduring hardship and cultivating habits. What he shared requires time and community to process. Initially, you may feel conflicted about your habits and how it is impacting your life profoundly; but what does this mean for you now?    A few of our high school students sat down with faculty member, John Moscatello, and had a follow-up conversation about their time with Justin Earley. In just...

Justin Earley: Ordinary Habits Extraordinary Lives

Justin Whitmel Earley, author of The Common Rule, shared with our school this week how habits are shaping our lives consciously or subconsciously. Justin challenged us to recognize how our habits reflect what we believe and worship. Listen in, and hear Justin share the theology and neurology behind our habits as well as challenging us to new habits.

Summer Opportunities part II

Even with a global pandemic summer is still a time for exploration, growth, learning, and deepening your faith.  Listen in as we have conversations with Megan Misiewicz, College Guidance Officer, as well as several Wilberforce students who share ideas, insights, and opportunities this COVID summer has to offer in spite of all the changes taking place.   To register interest in summer opportunities check out our webpage here!

College Admissions

Listen to Director of College Guidance, Julia Wilson, speak about what eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students should be thinking about and focusing on now, what impact is the Covid Crisis is having on their college admissions, and what is "a year of wonders"?

Changing Landscape of College Admissions

How can we adapt to the shifting landscape of college admissions? The past weeks have announced incredible changes in the college admissions process.  Institutions, students, and families are all having to adapt to the vast and sudden changes to life as we knew it. Join John Moscstiello, who has been working in college admission for over 20 years,  as he shares insights and perspectives with families who are figuring out how to move forward and make the most of this new situation.   Wh...

What can YOU learn from an eighth grader?

A tradition at Wilberforce is the Class Eight speeches given every winter during Lower School chapel.   Class Eight students share with the Lower School what they have learned during their Middle School years. Hear from our Middle School Deans and Class Eight students about running the race, not being a cow, and how hitting your friend can teach you a lot. What can you learn from an eighth grader?  I discovered a lot.   If you would like to read these three speeches in full, click here. 

What did NFL player Caraun Reid have to say to our students?

Former Princeton Tiger and NFL defensive lineman Caraun Reid spoke to our Middle & Upper School during our Wilberforce Day Chapel this year. In addition to worshiping with our students, he encouraged them to answer the questions "what is in your hand" and how can you be diligent with what God put there. Listen to his exhortation to be diligent with all you have been given. 

Dr. Leonard Sax: Evidence-Based Parenting

If you missed guest speaker and author, Dr. Leonard Sax, listen here as he speaks to our parents about his research in evidence-based parenting and the different challenges facing our children in the 21st century.

How can a summer change your life?

Summer is a unique time, it is a time for quiet, a time for decision, and time for new experiences, friendships and challenges. Summer is unique especially in the lives of students. This podcast shares some insights, ideas, experiences for summer, and even how one summer changed Howe Whitman's life. If you want more ideas of how to redeem your child's summer, check out our Summer Opportunities Page.

Who is Charlotte Mason?

Who is Charlotte Mason and what does her influence look like at Wilberforce? Listen to Admissions Director, Kerry Wilson, share a little bit about the who, what, and why of Charlotte Mason. If you are looking to find out more read the new Karen Glass book Vitale Harmony.

How do we equip resilient Christians today?

Attorney General Bill Barr’s recent address at Notre Dame, and the reactions that followed, highlight the importance of equipping our youth with a firm foundation in the biblical Truth.  How do we prepare students today to stand firm in their faith; ready to defend their faith with clarity, creativity, and conviction. How do we transmit gospel truth to the next generation so they are willing to stand firm, even when it requires standing alone.   Three Wilberforce teachers share with us wha...

Head of School Charge to Graduates

Head of School, Howe Whitman Jr., charges the graduating Class for 2019 with words of encouragement and wisdom to close out the Commencement Celebration. 

2019 Valedictory Address

Clara Whitman delivers the 2019 Valedictory Address as one of the two recipients of the Cum Laude award. Clara reflects on her 14 years at Wilberforce and how it shaped her to go boldly out into the world. 

2019 Commencement Address

Dr. John Rose, former Wilberforce faculty member, and Duke University professor, delivers the 2019 Commencement Address to graduating seniors. 

What does 16,000 hours of Wilberforce moments look like?

What do 16,000 hours at The Wilberforce School look like? What impacts are made, what memories cherished, which teachers have changed? Listen in on four Wilberforce veterans preparing to graduate after having spent their entire academic career here at Wilberforce. Join their conversation, and hear their perspectives of four campus’, one school, and treasured friendships.

Stories of Foster Care & Adoption From Wilberforce Moms

An inspiring hallmark of the Wilberforce community is the number of families that have chosen to pursue foster care and adoption. Hear Wilberforce moms share their stories, and celebrate this Mother’s Day how God brings families together in His own way. Consider what God is doing in our community. ”Isn’t this what we ask God every day, ‘What are you doing in the world today and how can I help?’ This has got to be the bedrock of Christianity.”

Train Up a Child

We are probably quite incapable of measuring the religious receptivity of children. Nevertheless, their fitness to apprehend the deep things of God is a fact with which we are called to ‘deal prudently,’ and to deal reverently…Charlotte Mason, Home Education Vol 1 What does Spiritual Formation look like in The Wilberforce Lower School? Listen in on a conversation with several Lower School teachers, and hear about the many ways teachers are developing student's hearts as well as their mind...

Dr. Keith McCurdy on "Raising Sturdy Kids"

If you missed our guest speaker, Dr. Keith McCurdy, hear him share how we as parents and educators develop perseverance in our children so they become mature and complete. Keith McCurdy shares stories to illustrate how healthy struggle is the engine to maturity and growth. 

Would you hire your own kids?

What are the essential skills needed to be successful in the modern workforce and are schools equipping students with these skills? Are our nations "best" schools in fact good enough for our children's future? Listen to what author Tony Wagner discovered when researching these questions, and how Wilberforce measures up.  Are Wilberforce students ready for the future? 

Interview with Alex Berenson

Interview with award-winning author and former New York Times reporter, Alex Berenson after the release of his newest book, "Tell Your Children". Revealing links between teenage marijuana use, mental illness, and violence- this is something you don't want to miss!

What have we learned from the Harvard admissions lawsuit?

Get the inside scoop on the college admissions process from Princeton Review's John Moscatiello. 

What way of life is being passed down at your school?

Every school is a religious school. What is your school worshiping?

What are your students feeding on, bolus or bagel?

Hear from Head of School, Howe Whitman, as he talks with student Collin Frisch about two different ways of teaching and absorbing a subject. What are your students feasting on at school? A bolus or a bagel?