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We welcomed back our Early Childhood students this week - We are so excited that these Panther Cubs have kicked off the 2025-2026 School Year! We love seeing all their smiling faces in our hallways! Lots of JOY!

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Wesley Prep's American History Portrait Gallery in our main hallway was "revealed" yesterday after a reception. These portraits are part of an intensive research project compiled during fifth grade about a character from American History. Thank you to John Derryberry Photography for creating these beautiful images and thank you to Wesley Prep's Ms. Herring for inspiring our students to do such amazing work.

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Today we welcomed our elementary students and their families for our first chapel service and the annual "Blessing of the Backpacks" - Mister Bruce's message for today: Always Carry God With You!

It is fun to see all the different backpacks - they come in all shapes, sizes, and sometimes Star Wars characters! Morning Chapel is the perfect way to start the school day - parents and family members are always welcome.

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We welcomed back our Faculty and Staff for an amazing day - full of excitement, planning, education, team building, and JOY! We started the morning with a wonderful chapel service with Mister Bruce - the perfect way to kick off the 2025-2026 School Year! We can't wait to see all of our students and families! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #TheWesleyPrepWay #ConfidentLearners #JoyfulLearners

Happy 4th of July! Love, Wesley Prep - Have a wonderful day celebrating with your friends and family members! Stay safe, relax, and have a fun weekend! We miss you!

Yesterday was a beautiful day for the New Families Gathering - We are so excited to welcome so many new Panthers! Thank you for joining us and thank you to some of our cheerleaders for stopping by - it was a fun time with snow cones, a bounce house, and great people! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #WelcomeNewFamilies

These PreK 4 students are learning about pollination - how pollen transfer happens and how it leads to plant growth! This hands-on activity helps to make this process more relatable. For the "pollen" they used cheese powder and their "bee" was made out of a fuzzy pipe cleaner. The students collected the pollen and transferred it from flower to flower! This type of fun lesson helps our students understand this fascinating process and the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #PreK4 #STEM #HandsOnLearning

Wesley Prep First Graders are working hard getting ready for their Cultural Heritage and History Parade! Join us to celebrate these students as they showcase all their hard work learned during this research project. Join us for Chapel and stay for the Parade on Wednesday, May 7th - cheer them on as they walk the parade route. There will be a Grand Marshall, cheerleaders, flags, costumes, & decorated country-themed floats! This is a Wesley Prep Treasured Tradition! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #FirstGrade #CulturalHeritage #ExperientialLearning #ProjectBasedLearning #Research

See You Tonight, Thursday, April 24th at 6PM - at Wesley Prep's All School Art Show - "Garden of Art" - you will be amazed by all the beautiful pieces. Your students have been inspired by artists like Matisse, Van Gogh, Monet, Warhol - we know you will be impressed by all their hard work! Great Art Picks Up Where Nature Ends... Thank you to our Studio Art Teacher - Maggie Higgs and our classroom teachers for bringing all this beauty to life! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #ArtShow #ImportanceOfArt

Our 5th Grade Campers returned to campus with some of the cool fossils they collected during their Camp Classen trip! These students are continuing this lesson by cleaning, identifying, displaying, and learning the history of their specimens. The area of Camp Classen was at one time a reef - the fossils they identified are bryozoans, brachiopods, or crinoids... This hands-on fossil exploration offers our students a glimpse into the history of life on Earth. #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #FifthGrade #BeyondTheClassroom #Fossil #Science #STEM

Wesley Prep Panther Cubs loved hunting for Easter Eggs last week! May your Easter be as bright and cheerful as our students' precious smiles! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #HappyEaster #JoyfulLearning

Wesley Prep 4th Graders are touring all the historic sites during their annual Texas History Trip! We can't wait to hear all about your adventures! Thank you to Ms. Bush and Ms. Gandy for organizing this jam-packed experience! And thank you to the parent chaperones who joined the group! Seeing their lessons come alive is a wonderful way to connect classroom learning to the world around them. More photos coming soon... #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #4thGradeTrip #TexasHistory #BeyondTheClassroom

During Science Lab, Wesley Prep students are investigating the larval stage of the darkling beetle. Through hands-on observation and data collection, they are examining the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat needs. The lesson will continue with the exploration of the complete metamorphosis process, emphasizing the changes at each stage. Students are engaging in discussions, recording findings, and making predictions about the upcoming stages, reinforcing concepts of life cycles and scientific inquiry. Hands-on Learning promotes a deeper understanding of a subject. #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #ScienceLab #STEM #HandsOnLearning

These WP Kindergartners are learning to identify all the different parts of a plant - their functions and what they need to survive and grow. They participated in an exciting hands-on lesson by planting different types of seeds - we can't wait to watch them sprout (seeds included: cucumber, green bean, radish, lemon grass, and sunflower) - we might be able to make a salad! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #Kindergarten #STEM #Science #HandsOnLearning #PartsOfAPlant

These PreK 4 students are working on some fine motor coloring as morning work during our insect unit! Even Mrs. Fahrenbrook stopped by to join the fun! Learning about insects promotes curiosity and fosters a love of nature. Coloring strengthens the small muscles in the hands and fingers, improving grip and control. Coloring activities can improve a child's ability to focus and concentrate on a single task for longer periods. #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #PreK4 #Science #FineMotorSkills #Curiosity

Wesley Prep Kindergarten students were treated to an "in-house" field trip today! We welcomed visitors from the Dallas Zoo - the students learned about an amazing selection of animals - including a Leopard Tortoise, a Three-Banded Armadillo, a Eurasian Eagle-Owl, a Ball Python, a Tamandua/Lesser Anteater, and a Black-Footed Penguin! These types of engaging activities allow our students to connect their classroom learning with the world around them. #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #Kindergarten #InHouseFieldTrip #DallasZoo #STEM #HandsOnLearning

Science creates WOW moments! These Wesley Prep PreK 4 students witnessed a cool reaction while participating in an experiment using baking soda and vinegar. Each student created a moon shape, covered it with baking soda, and then sprinkled it with vinegar. After their masterpieces dried, each student had a beautiful moon. This type of hands-on lesson builds knowledge, fine motor skills, creativity, and fun! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #PreK4 #STEM #ScienceExperiments #HandsOnLearning 22s

Wesley Prep Fifth Graders have been learning about the Green Screen used in filmmaking and video production. A green screen backdrop is used to allow for the replacement of the background with another image or video, a process known as chroma keying. Students researched the origin of the Green Screen and its most common applications. Using the Green Screen by Do Ink App, these budding filmmakers are producing a short film/video about a topic (e.g., the weather channel, a mystery film, an advertisement, a comedy, and time traveling). #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #5thGrade #Technology #InnovationLab #GreenScreen #STEM #Creativity #HandsOnLearning

These Kindergarten students have been learning about ones, tens, and hundreds by using Base Ten Blocks. This hands-on math lesson is a great way to learn about groups and to understand how many "ones" make up a "ten" and how many "tens" make up a "hundred" (they played a fun game using a pair of dice)! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #Kindergarten #KindergartenMath #Math #HandsOnLearning #JoyfulLearners

Our Wesley Prep 4th graders celebrated Pi Day today. Around the world, people celebrate Pi Day on March 14th (3-14)!  Pi ("π”) is the symbol used to represent a constant for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.1415926. After reading "Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi," our 4th graders used their knowledge of multiplying decimals to find the circumference of circles using the formula c=πd and enjoyed yummy chocolate pie.   Our 4th graders encourage you to celebrate Pi Day also - by eating your favorite pie today! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #4thGradeMath #PiDay #Math #JoyfulLearning #HandsOnLearning