Woodlawn School Profile

    Founded in 2002 as a nonprofit, independent school

    Grades 2-10

    Davidson, NC

 

Campus

• 61 acres located one mile north of Davidson College
• Admin building built in 1836 and listed on National Register of Historic Places
• Four classroom buildings, garden plots, soccer field, outdoor basketball court
• Wooded trails to wetland area
• $2.5 million project to build gym, classroom building (2008)

 

Academics

• every grade level placed in the 99th percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (2003-2007)
• 7th Grade Duke Univ. Talent Identification Program
  • 2006: 10 participants, 6 students honored with state recognition
  • 2007: 13 participants, 2 students honored with national recognition and 6 with state recognition
  • 2008: 12 participants, 1 student honored with national recognition and 8 with state recognition
• represented at the national level of National History Day contest in Annapolis, MD (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• represented at the state level of National Geography Bee (top 100 students in state) (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• 7th grader advanced to the National Spelling Bee in Wash., D.C. (top 250 students in nation) (2003)
• Knowledge Master Open
  • 2006: 6th grade team placed 2nd nationally in small school division
  • 2007: 5th grade team placed 3rd nationally in small school division
  • 2008: 6th grade team placed 5th nationally in small school division
• placed 4th at regional MathCounts competition (2007)

 

Athletics

• member of 8-school Middle School Athletic Conference since 2003
• Boys Cross Country team champion (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Girls Cross Country team champion (2005, 2006, 2007), runner-up (2003)
• represented on Foot Locker All-South Cross Country team (2005, 2006, 2007)
• Cheerleading champion (2007), runner-up (2008)
• "A" Division Boys Basketball runner-up (2005)
• "A" Division Coed Soccer runner-up (2004)
• Coed Golf runner-up (2007)
• Coed Tennis runner-up (2007)
• Girls Volleyball runner-up (2008)

 

Fine Arts

• Drama Elective (2005, 2006)
• Guitar Elective (2005, 2006)
• Choral performances at Christmas in Davidson and Birkdale (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• 7th grader placed first in Jostens National Photography Contest (Middle School) (2005)
• 9th grader placed second in C-SPAN National Documentary Contest (High School) (2008)
• Yearbook, The Mighty Oak, featured in Jostens Look Book, a sampling of yearbooks from across the nation (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Newspaper, The Lamplighter, published quarterly since 2004
• Podcast, GreenCast, pubished quarterly since 2006

 

Service/Travel

• participated in NC Adopt-a-Stream and Adopt-a-Highway programs since 2003
• raised $1000 for Southeast Asia Earthquake Relief (2005)
• raised $1500 for Charlotte Battered Women's Shelter (2004, 2005)
• Service trip to Merida, Mexico (2008)
• Student trips to Costa Rica (2006), Italy (2007), and Portugal/Spain (2008)

 

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