The Wyndcroft School

Infobox Private School
name = The Wyndcroft School
motto="Non Sibi" (Living a life serving others)
established = 1918
type = Co-ed, Private
head_name = Head of School
head = Kathleen E. Wunner, Ph.D.
city = Pottstown
state = PA
country = USA
enrollment = 250
faculty = 30
class = 12
ratio = 8:1
year = 2008
colors = Yellow, Blue
homepage = [http://www.wyndcroft.org Wyndcroft.org]

The Wyndcroft School (a.k.a. Wyndcroft) is a private American coeducational, independent, elementary day school for Early Childhood (3 yrs. old) to Grade 8.

Founded by members of The Hill School faculty in 1918 as the The Pottstown Open Air School, Wyndcroft (renamed as such four years later) is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

Wyndcroft is a member school of the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.

History

The year nineteen-eighteen reflected a growing concern within the educational community to provide not only for academic excellence, but also to provide for the healthful wellbeing of a child. In the midst of nationwide epidemics of measles, mumps, flu and tuberculosis, a few parents in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, members of the prestigious Hill School faculty, chose to provide a superior education for their younger children by founding a progressive "open-air" school. So began Wyndcroft's first incarnation in the sunlit porches and an open garage of a residence on the Hill School campus under the name of "The Pottstown Open Air School."

Within four years the school had changed its name to "The Wyndcroft School" and gained such popularity within the community that the parents purchased a "delightfully situated" rural property on which to expand. Here they constructed "scientifically designed buildings built for the comfort and convenience of the children," in which to hold their school. At this new Rosedale Drive address, (the present site of Wyndcroft), The Wyndcroft School flourished and by 1925 consisted of 50 pupils and 5 teachers. The buildings soon expanded to include "five outdoor bungalows, a school building with a large assembly room, office, classroom, [and] well-equipped kitchen and dining-room where the children have their noon meal."

chool Motto

The school's motto is "Non Sibi" which translates to "Living a life serving others."

chool traditions

Blue vs. Gold Field Day

Every Wyndcroft familiy is assigned to a team for all their years at Wyndcroft. In May, the early childhood and pre-kindergarten students have their Field Day on the fields behind the School, while the kindergarten to eighth grade students head to the Hill School Far Fields for a day of friendly competition and fun! Upon returning to School, they are served a lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs and treated to a "Make Your Own Sundae" bar provided by the Wyndcroft Parent Teacher Organisation.

Headmasters

* Kathleen E. Wunner, Ph.D. 1980-
* Mr. Carlisle Snively 1948-1980
*Mrs. Mabel Day Steele 1925-1948

References

External links

* [http://www.wyndcroft.org The Wyndcroft School]