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We walked around bright and early before classes started for the day! As always, our campus was bustling well ahead of the first bells ringing, with our middle and upper school students in tutorials, lower school students greeting their classmates and doing Green Team work, and early childhood students putting away their things and heading to their meeting rooms before being picked up by teachers! Seeing how responsible the kids are from the moment they step on to campus always impresses us! #WCSWalkaroundWednesday #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #WalkaroundWednesday

The 5th and 6th grade choir and band concert was amazing from the opening song to the final number! A stage overflowing with students and a standing-room only audience showcased the incredible support our community shows our thriving Fine Arts program! It was another great day to be a Spartan! #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #SixtyYearsofSpartans #WichitaFineArts

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Last week a group of Great Beginnings students got to visit Mrs. Zarei’s Kindergarten room for some cross-level learning! The kindergartners loved the opportunity to be mentors to their young friends, and our Great Beginnings students expanded their horizons in a new environment. They focused on art, fine motor skills, and ended the lesson with a yoga exercise in emotional regulation. What a great day! #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #SixtyYearsofSpartans

The Shoaf Lower School was filled with famous faces last night for the annual Wax Museum. With the addition of a fun concert, the night was dynamic from start to finish. From researching and writing their paper to crafting their speeches, the pride these kids felt after seeing their hard work come to fruition was palpable. There is no doubt their futures are bright! Who knows...maybe someday a future Spartan 3rd grader will be dressed up as one of THEM! #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #SixtyYearsofSpartans #FutureChangeMakers

Our swimmers took 2nd at STATE!!!! In a stacked state meet where all schools in the 5A-1A classes compete against each other, our Spartans shined. Not only did the team finish as the state runner up, we had multiple swimmers nab idividual honors, including Derek Yang being awarded Athlete of the Meet! Both Derek Yang and Nathan Lynch were named First-Team All State and Luke Cremin, Harry Ling, and Paul Mines were named Second-Team All State. We are also excited to announce that Coach Kamren Hall was named Coach of the Year! We clinched titles in four events, including the 200 Medley Relay (Karim Sandid, Nathan Lynch, Derek Yang, and Paul Mines), 50 Yard Free (Derek Yang), 100 Yard Butterfly (Derek Yang), 100 Yard Breaststroke (Nathan Lynch), along with many other impressive finishes. Way to go, Spartans! #WCSSpartanAthletics

STATE CHAMPIONS!!! Our Scholars Bowl team won the state title today in dominating fashion. This incredible group didn’t drop a round all day, ending with a 400+ point differential. The tournament was hosted by Wichita Collegiate and the win on their home turf was extra special. This team has had the most impressive season and we can’t wait to celebrate them and all of their accomplishments in front of their classmates later this week. WAY TO GO, SPARTANS!!! #ProbaTeDignum #AtTheHighestLevels #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #SixtyYearsofSpartans

This morning we welcomed James Chung, WCS Class of 1984, as our Mentor Day breakfast speaker. Mr. Chung, founder of Reach Advisors and co-founder of StratoDem Analytics, gave an inspiring talk to our seniors. He shared four pieces of advice that will benefit them as they head off to college. While there were many wonderful takeaways, two stood out to us. First, he charged our seniors to remember to "send the ladder back down." Mentorship is important as a student and rising professional, but it is just as important once you have climbed the ladder to the top. Remembering to "send the ladder back down," is a vital part of the process, offering similar opportunities to others as a way of paying it forward. And in his final remarks he reminded the Class of 2024 that "the environment they are in right now is special. Don't forget to bring others along." Mr. Chung, thank you for your words of wisdom. We are certain our students left inspired not only to go seek out their own opportunities, but to bring others along on their journeys to success! #WCSMentorDay #SixtyYearsofSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #CultivatingCuriousSpartans

We always encourage our students to dream big and with this particular project it has been so fun to see them put those dreams on display! The 1st and 2nd graders have spent their Fridays over the past two months working on this exciting Dream School project in their science and technology classes. From the initial brainstorming phase to actually bringing their ideas to life in the engineering and building process, we have loved seeing how each class creatively collaborated. Maybe the most heartwarming part is that as big as they dreamed (one school even had a vet clinic on campus!) they also clearly love where they are. Each dream school has bits and pieces of Wichita Collegiate inspiration built right in and we feel so honored to be a small part of some of their biggest dreams! 💛💙 #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #CultivatingCollaborativeSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #SpartansDreamBig

We ❤️ the USO Dance! The live band, Cool Blue, put on a great show last night and the 7th graders barely left the dance floor. It is always the perfect way to end the World War II Unit! #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SixtyYearsofSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether

From exciting new projects like making stop motion videos, to fun partner work and individual work, we love seeing our early childhood students thrive at school!

The state's top band and orchestra students (All-District Performers) gathered in Salina on January 13th to audition for the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) All-State Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra. Through an intense, live, audition process, Eight Wichita Collegiate students were recognized at the All-State Musician level! *Junior Shouvik Dev, 1st Chair Oboe (1234A All-State Band) *Senior Paul Mines, 1st Chair Timpani (1234A All-State Band) *Senior Sam Cline, 2nd Chair Tuba (1234A All-State Band) *Senior Mona Bagai, 7th Chair Trumpet (1234A All-State Band) *Sophomore Peter Todorov, 11th Chair 2nd Violin (All State Full Orchestra) *Sophomore Cooper Winters, 18th Chair Clarinet (1234A All-State Band) *Sophomore Carter Chance, Alternate Euphonium (1234A All-State Band) *Freshman Joshua Lee, Alternate 2 Oboe (1234A All-State Band) This is an incredible achievement and well-deserved recognition - Bravo! These students will perform in the All-State Concerts on February 24 at Century II Performing Arts Center. Complete All-State Results Available Here: https://ksmea.org/hsband/roster1234/ https://ksmea.org/hsorchestra/rosterfull/

We have some new STATE CHAMPIONS in the building!!! In the 2-Speaker tournament, all four WCS teams advanced to quarterfinals for the third straight year. Then, for the first time in school history, and the first time statewide since 2003, the teams of Ayaan Parikh and Will Meyer, Sam Ngunjiri and Cassilda Njeri, Andrew Porter and Sam Brittain, and Ingrid Lampton and Elizabeth Timsah, all WON their quarterfinal rounds. At the conclusion of quarterfinals, our 4 teams in the 2-Speaker tournament were named Co-Champions!! Their impressive performance results in these 8 incredible students sharing in the state title! In addition to that, our 4-Speaker team of Charlie Gentile, Hayan Raffi, Colton Jenkins, Cooper Miller and alternate Max Timsah took 3rd place in the 4-Speaker tournament, compiling an 8-6 record and battling a tough field to come out in 3rd place at the end of the weekend. We are so proud of all of you! Way to go Spartans!

Our swim team had a great showing at the Andover Meet this weekend, coming in 3rd overall! We had several top finishers, including taking 1st in the 200 yard medley relay (Ling, Lynch, Yang, Cremin), Derek Yang took 1st in the 50 and 100 yard free style, Nathan Lynch took 1st in the 100 breaststroke, the team took 2nd in the 200 free relay (Hart, Cremin, Ling, Yang), and Harry Ling took 3rd in the 500 free. Way to go, Spartans! #WCSSpartanAthletics #SpartanSwim

Wichita Collegiate's very own Coach Mike Gehrer was inducted into the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in Manhattan last night. Coach Gehrer is in the third class of inductees, becoming one of only 18 people to be honored with this award. His son (and current WCS teacher and baseball coach) Joe Gehrer was given the special task of introducing him. While those of us here at Collegiate have known for many years just how amazing Coach Gehrer is, we couldn't be more proud to see him recognized for his accomplishments on a bigger stage. Coach Gehrer has truly lived out the motto of Proba te Dignum! #WCSSpartanAthletics #SixtyYearsofSpartans

It's a wintery wonderland here in Spartanland!!! ❄️Snow happy to have everyone here today!!! ☃️ #SpartansThriveTogether #SixtyYearsofSpartans #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SnowySpartans

It wasn't just our current Spartans that we welcomed back to campus today! This morning we hosted our annual Alumni Panel and it is always one of our favorite days. Recent alumni from all over the country join us to share their wisdom and reflections with our current Upper School students. From the larger panel in Galicia Auditorium to the smaller breakout panels afterwards, we know that all of our current students walked away with some nugget of advice that will serve them well during their last four years on campus! Thank you, alumni, for continuing to love your alma mater so well! #SpartansForever #SixtyYearsofSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether

Yesterday our juniors had the opportunity to sit and hear from a panel of seniors about what to expect in the college application process beginning with the Junior Journey program in the spring. There are so many things that set Collegiate apart from the rest, but there is no question our college counseling department is a big one. We are so grateful for all of the preparation our college counselors (and seniors!) do to help make what could be an intimidating process easier to navigate! #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SpartansThriveTogether #SixtyYearsofSpartans

Congratulations are in order for our EIGHTEEN Wichita Collegiate Upper School students who were recognized in the KMEA All-District Choir, Orchestra, and 1234A Band. These musicians rose to the top during an intense audition process, competing against students from an 11-county area of Kansas! Bravo to these amazing students: 1234A SCKMEA District Band Senior Sam Cline- 1st Chair Tuba Junior Shouvik Dev- 1st Chair Oboe Senior Paul Mines- 2nd Chair Percussion Sophomore Carter Chance- 3rd Chair Baritone Freshman Joshua Lee- 3rd Chair Oboe Senior Mona Bagai- 4th Chair Trumpet Junior Arman Issa- 5th Chair Percussion Freshman Kayln Lichty- 5th Chair Trombone Sophomore Charlotte Pigg- 5th Chair Flute Sophomore Cooper Winters- 10th Chair Clarinet *not pictured Sophomore Claire Marquardt- 16th Chair Clarinet Sophomore Clare Schupbach- 22nd Chair Clarinet Freshman Charlie Basinger- *Alternate Clarinet SCKMEA District Orchestra Sophomore Peter Todorov- 5th Chair 2nd Violin Freshman Shivani Hebsur- 6th Chair 2nd Violin Senior Ayaan Parikh- 10th Chair 2nd Violin *not pictured SCKMEA Mixed Choir Junior Sihyeon Byon Sophomore Melanie Reece Junior Jiwoo Lee *Alto 1 Alternate

Congratulations to our Spelling Bee Champion, 8th grader Vivi Bartel! The top four qualifiers in grades 4 through 8 were selected to compete today. After 14 rounds we were able to crown our champion. Vivi will head on to the Sedgwick County Spelling Bee next! #CultivatingCuriousSpartans #SixtyYearsofSpartans #SpartanSpellers