Woodlynde School

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Phone +1 610-687-9660 Lowest grade Kindergarten		Founded 1976
Address 445 Upper Gulph Rd, Strafford, PA 19087, USA Similar The Shipley School, Archbishop John Carroll Hi, Baldwin School, Radnor High School, The Vanguard School Profiles Facebook Google+ Twitter

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Woodlynde School is an independent co-educational college preparatory school located in Strafford, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1976, Woodlynde serves students with diverse learning styles, primary through grade 12.

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Administrators

Head of School: Dr. Christopher M. Fulco

Assistant Head of School, Grades K-8: Elizabeth Maglio

Assistant Head of School, Grades 9-12: Dorinda Shank

Dean of Students: Dave Shank

Athletic Director: Scott Purdy

Admissions Director: Kristen Tabun

Woodlynde Athletics

Fall

Girls Soccer

Girls Tennis

Girls Volleyball

Co-ed Soccer

Co-ed Cross-Country

Winter

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Spring

Boys Lacrosse

Girls Lacrosse

Girls Softball

Men's Tennis

Golf

Trivia

The Woodlynde School participates yearly in the Martin Luther King Mural Project.

Cabrini College and the Woodlynde School have a partnership where Cabrini students come to in and intern at the school while seniors are allowed to attend College courses held at Cabrini.

The Woodlynde School used to have a dragon boat team but it has since been disbanded as of 2010 it competed at the Schuylkill river dragon boat races in 2009.

The Woodlynde School golf team won the tri-county golf championship in 2011,2012,2013, and 2014.

The Woodlynde school year book is called "Aurora", meaning 'dawn' or 'new beginning.' Named by the class of 1978.

The Woodlynde school student newspaper is known as "The Informer" it is printed on real newsprint paper.

Woodlynde has one talent show every year though occasionally they will have a coffee house where people can perform.

Woodlynde has a play for middle, upper and lower school every year.

Woodlynde used to have tee shirts that read "Woodlynde Football -Undefeated Since 1976." The school never played a game.

Woodlynde won the Varsity Men's Lacrosse title for their conference in 2008.

Woodlynde won the cross country Tri-County League title in 2009.

There was a time when more formal uniforms were required. The boys wore blazers and ties and the girls wore blazers and kilts. Fridays were "dress-up" for seniors, not "dress-down" days.

Lunches in the "real" Radnor Dining Room were served family-style, with a faculty member sitting with students at each table. Meals were served to the students.

At the Radnor campus, PE classes were held on the 2nd floor of the carriage house. Once Channel 10 came out and filmed a segment on the basketball team that did not have a gym.

There are 5 faculty/staff members who have been at Woodlynde on both the Radnor and Strafford campuses. They are: Laura Bohl, Anne Eckert, Shelly Kerner, Dave Shank, and Jackie Smith.

References

Woodlynde School Wikipedia

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