The Classroom 5. Congrats to the two Wheeler students who are the Rhode Island first place honorees in the American Mathematics Competition! AMC10A: Ava Jiang, and AMC12B: Dylan Gastel. 6. It has come be to known as “dumpling day” on campus, especially from those of us who walk through the Union and see stools filled with students earnestly making this Chinese dish in honor of the New Year. Often a Wheeler parent or two stops by to help, this year Ava and Winston Jiang’s father assisted as the students in Middle and Upper Schools formed the dumplings. Did you know Wheeler was the first school in RI to offer Chinese as a regular part of its language program? 7. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy admitted during his visit to accept the 2014 Hamilton School Life Achievement Award — presented for success despite the challenges of a learning difference — that had HE attended Hamilton as an elementary student, maybe he’d “have been President” and not ridiculed by classmates and teachers for failing spelling, being clumsy and having the label “mental retardation” applied. Malloy’s inspiring assemblies gave everyone who heard Malloy speak a boost about educational potential for all children. 8. Congratulations to veteran teachers Lupe Vivier (left) and Annie Funnell (right) who have been named to three-year terms in two master teaching chairs beginning this fall. Lower School Spanish teacher and Diversity Coordinator Lupe Vivier has been selected by the school’s faculty and staff as the Jason & Carly Siperstein Chair while Upper School English teacher and Class Dean Annie Funnell has been selected by the Upper School faculty to hold the Michael C. Brown Chair in Upper School Teaching.
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