Washington Episcopal School

My 5th grade daughter has been at WES since kindergarten. While pursuing schools with social cachet names, I thankfully listened to a consultant who emphasized that the structured and individualized classroom approach would fit my daughter and its unassuming, down-to-earth community would fit me (a single mom). She was so right! My daughter loves school and is thriving in accelerated math, on the trumpet, with team projects, in robotics and more; she loves, loves to read and is working with teachers on keeping assignments organized and on track. We are a bilingual family and incredibly more than a third of her class is bilingual. WES is a great match for families from abroad - open and embracing. As a working mom, I love that the staff and administrators all know both me and my daughter - every conversation I have is a meaningful one. And best of all is the WES motto: BE KIND. It has been a constant guide and really means something at WES!

My son is a Nursery student at WES. I drop him off each morning and regularly head to work knowing we`ve made a great decision about sending him there. The faculty is incredible and works hard to foster a sense of community. It`s very common to have teachers in other grades greet him by name each morning. That does wonders for a three or four year-old`s confidence and ability to take on the day. The school goes to great lengths to accommodate working parents and to make the entire family feel connected and involved with the school. We absolutely love WES!

My two children transferred from public school to WES, one in 7th grade and the other in 4th grade. WES is an amazing school, with fantastic teachers; a rich, dynamic curriculum; and excellent sports and extracurricular activities. I wish our kids had started at WES much earlier, as they would really have benefited from the learning that takes place from nursery to 3rd grade.

This fall will be our 7th year at Washington Episcopal School. We started in Transition (pre-K) having looked at a variety of private school options in the greater Washington area. What drew us to WES, and what has held true, is that the kids are happy. For us, the line in the WES Mission Statement that "...learning should be joyful, because academic excellence and happy children belong together" sums up the WES experience. My children have been challenged academically, but in a way that enriches their learning. We have been fortunate to have so many kind, excellent WES teachers in our children's lives, from the first grade teacher who took the time to proof a story my daughter wrote outside school to the teacher who help transform my child's reading.

We have been at WES for 4 years and couldn't be happier with the quality of education our two daughters are receiving. We started out in Nursery and Transition (pre-K) and have seen first hand how the curriculum prepares our children to be accomplished students, strong learners, kind community members and respectful individuals. The small class sizes have been amazing for their educational development and they have now taken years of both French and Arabic even though they are only in 1st and 2nd grade! I highly recommend this school!