Economics is Fun in First Grade!
Mrs. Watkins first graders studied their economics unit with lessons on needs vs. wants and a market day!
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Fifth Grade Artwork Was On Display at WRL!
Our super talented fifth graders created masks in Mr. Oppecker’s art classes this year and some of them were on display at the Williamsburg Public Library through May!
Kid Pan Alley Songwriting Residency with Second Grade!
Our second graders participated in the 2019 Kid Pan Alley Songwriting Residency! They did some major brainstorming, voting, re-writing, more voting, finding rhythm schemes of lines, developing melodies, and recording! All of this happened in one 45 minute session with Paul Reisler (Artistic Director, and Founder), and Cheryl Toth (Executive Director)! Our Matthew Whaley students […]
We Had Another Successful Strawberry Festival!
We had another successful Strawberry Festival! Many of our MW alumni, families, and friends of the community joined us in games, auctions, inflatables, karaoke jams, dunk tank excitement, and so much more! The weather was beautiful and the food was delicious. THANK YOU TO OUR FANTASTIC PTA AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS EXCELLENT TRADITION!
Join Us for Our First Ever MW’s Got Talent Show! June 5th (5:30-7:30pm)
Join us for our first ever MW’s Got Talent Dinner and a Show presented by our SCA! Dinner will be provided to families at NO COST in the cafeteria at 5:30 p.m. Dessert will be sold as a fundraiser for SCA to support future events. The show will begin at approximately 6:10 p.m. We have […]
Attention MW Alumni: Join Us for a Graduation Walk June 10th!
Matthew Whaley is holding its first ever “Senior Walk” on Monday, June 10th at 3:15 p.m.! If you are a former Matthew Whaley student and you’re graduating either high school or college this year, please join us in your cap and gown on the front steps of MW at 3:00 p.m. on June 10th. Our littlest […]
It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week! (May 5-11)
This week is the nationally recognized Teacher Appreciation Week! Our wonderful teachers care so much for your little Patriots and work very hard each day to create lifelong learners. Join us in taking a minute or two this week to thank them for all they do! We are so grateful for the amazing group of […]
Mattey’s Garden Turns 20!
Mattey’s Garden celebrated its 20th birthday with lots of cool activities! Our PTA provided rocks from Coleman’s Nursery for all of our classes to paint positive phrases and garden pictures on. The First Grade classes hosted families in the garden during where Mrs. Louann Martin read The Three Sisters to classes to teach about the […]
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Visits MW!
The Williamsburg arm of the Virginia Symphony Society provided three VSO musicians for a day of masterclasses and demonstrations for Kindergarten, 1st, and 5th graders. We had Rachel Ordaz (flute), Rodney Martell (trombone), and Mitch Gribbroek (percussion) from the VSO play for us today. They worked with our band students to develop characteristic tone on […]
Kindergarten Presents: How Does Our Garden Grow?
Our adorable kindergarten crew celebrated spring with their annual performance of, “How Does Our Garden Grow?” We are so proud of these little Patriots and their very first stage performance at MW!