
Exciting Announcement from Our Head of School
For the past two years, school leaders, the Wellan Board of Trustees, and representatives from Sacred Heart Parish have been working...
Beth Black, Head of School
Jun 5, 2024


Assessing Student Learning in a Montessori Environment
As seen in the 2018–2019 Wellan Year in Review “I got an 87% on the Pink Tower!” Sounds absurd, right? What might that even mean? How...
Beth Black, Head of School
Oct 16, 2019

New Name Announcement: Introducing “Wellan Montessori School”
May 2019 marked an important milestone in the history of our school. The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to adopt a new school name...
Beth Black, Head of School
Jun 7, 2019


Parenting Juliet: Resources for parenting pre-teen and teen daughters
Original Photo by JJ Jordan on Unsplash I’m in an Upper Elementary classroom in Illinois. We’re working our way through Romeo and Juliet,...
Beth Black, Head of School
Jan 31, 2019


An Open Letter on Behalf of Independent Schools of New England
The following open letter was featured in the Sunday, March 11, 2018 edition of The Boston Globe. Beth Black, Head of School, signed this...

The Backyard School
The summer I turned twelve, I started a preschool in my backyard. At 50 cents per child for a 3-hour morning of childcare, The Backyard...
Beth Black, Head of School
Oct 28, 2016