Many people fear the thought of high school, and others just cannot wait for it to come around. Moving to the Upper School comes with new responsibilities, exciting opportunities, and much more work. As this year is coming to an end, many eighth graders are starting to think more about next year. Sixt...

Silent Sustained Reading, or SSR, is self-explanatory: it is a period of silent, sustained, reading that many teachers give their students during class. According to Pearson UK, children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform better in reading tests than those who don’t, but also d...

In the novel The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton compares the Greasers with the Socs to provide a lesson for readers about not judging others by their looks. The sixth graders not only read the book but have a dress up day that allows them to experience what it’s like to be an out...

Every year, foreign exchange students from Spain visit at the start of February, but this year Westminster is also welcoming a group from China. On Monday, February 5, all of the students introduced themselves during Monday Morning Meeting, telling everyone about their hobbies. As the new ex...