Co-educational day school for Pre-School through Eighth Grade

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Students at The Wyndcroft School receive a firm educational foundation, learn in the spirit of Non Sibi, become a part of a true community, and develop leadership skills that translate to success in secondary school and beyond.
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Wyndcroft graduates enter secondary school as articulate, self-confident, hard-working young men and women, who possess a love of learning and the tools to succeed.
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Wyndcroft students learn in the spirit of Non Sibi – “not for oneself” - a sense of gratitude and responsibility to each other and the larger world.
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Wyndcroft offers a classic curriculum relevant to today’s world, preparing children to thrive in the secondary school of their choice and beyond.
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Sixth Grade Math - Bridge Design Contest

One of the highlights of the Sixth Grade year in math is the annual Bridge Design Contest. This is an extension assignment from the introductionary geometry unit. Using design thinking and interdisciplinary concepts (science, physics, Newton's Laws), students are given specific materials and asked to create one of several different designs including:

The strongest bridge
The most cost-effective bridge
The longest bridge
The widest bridge
The most creative/unique bridge

Students are asked not only to construct the bridge but provide a proper scale drawing, a calculated budget and the bridges must be tested for strength.

The strength test is always fun for our students as they get to present their creation to the class and then see how the hold up against weight application.

Click on the pictures to see a video of each bridge's strength test. Which do you think is the strongest?