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Faculty Spotlight: Githa Natarajan
Githa Natarajan is committed to educating students, colleagues, families, and the community by establishing strong connections. She was…
Faculty Spotlight: Minfang Zou Maguire
Minfang is also known as Zou lao shi (“Teacher Zou”) to students. She is a native Chinese speaker who grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. After…
Faculty Spotlight: Heather Blake
Born in St. Clair, Michigan, Heather Blake comes to Whittle School & Studios after serving as Gifted Coach at Discovery Elementary. In…
Faculty Spotlight: Armando Batista
Armando Batista was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York, the proud son of Dominican immigrants. He is a writer, performing…
Faculty Spotlight: Jenna Murdock
Born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA, into a military family, Jenna Murdock started teaching at an early age as the oldest child amongst…
Faculty Spotlight: Bala Selvakumar
Growing up in Chennai (formerly Madras), a coastal city in southeastern India, Bala Selvakumar was exposed to many cultures. He initially…
Staff Spotlight: Susanna Stossel
As the head of lower school at our Washington, D.C. campus, Susanna Stossel believes strongly in the power of personalized and and project-…
Staff Spotlight: Greyson Mann
One of our favorite aspects of working for a global school, is the passionate people we are lucky to call our team. Meet Greyson Mann,…
Staff Spotlight: Katarina Slobodova
At the Whittle School, each member of our team is passionate about engaging students in modern, global education, and Katarina Slobodova,…
Connecting Content and Context: Whittle's Approach to STEM Learning
By Page Stites, Founding Faculty Member
I recently had the pleasure of taking a long car ride with four elementary school students, two…
Greetings from All Around Our Whittle World
As we journey into 2019, our team is embarking on a virtual journey across the globe to visit the remarkable cities that will be the future…
Sustainability and Student Performance Build a Modern School
By Peter Brown, Global Head of Design
At Whittle School and Studios, we believe that schooling is the experience students have every…
Old School, New School: The Modern Skill Sets Students Need
By Mary Lisa Geppert (Senior Advisor), Ara Brown (Head of Upper School, D.C. campus) and Stephanie Fitzgerald (Head of Early Learning…
See, Think, Wonder: Whittle's Summer Adventure Program
By Jacklyn White, Founding Faculty member and Summer Program co-leader
The American philosopher and educator John Dewey once said, “…
The Wonders of a Whittle Education
By Nick Dirks, Vice Chairman & Chancellor
What makes a school?
In our minds, a school is a place that empowers children to learn…
Building International Bridges Through Education
At the Whittle School & Studios, we aim to create an extraordinary and unique school, the first truly modern institution serving…
Meet Us at the Whittle School & Studios Information Center
It’s no secret that here at the Whittle School & Studios, we value the role that…
