CREATIVITY
WONDER
COMPASSION
RESILIENCE
West End Secondary School empowers students.
Founded in 2015, West End Secondary School is a combined middle and high school that currently serves students across grades 6-12. We are proud to announce that we graduated our founding class in June 2022. We are incredibly proud of our first graduates and their countless accomplishments.
WESS envisions the classroom to be a safe context in which students can work through problems with guidance and the necessary supports to arrive at their own true discovery. The delight that characterizes the moment when one reaches an understanding, arrives at the derivation of a formula, or acknowledges the connection between a math problem and its application to engineering are extraordinary moments in a student’s development.
Take a Look Inside
Equity & Access
At WESS, we are committed to equity and access for all. No applicant should be at a disadvantage because they could not visit in-person. Every family who wants to attend or participate will be able to. Providing virtual opportunities for families to learn about WESS is a matter of equity. If you missed out on one of our virtual open houses, please reach out to us!
Our Core Values
Wonder
We believe that wonder is the spark that propels our students to explore further and question the world around them. When we cultivate inquiring minds through investigation and exploration, students enthusiastically immerse themselves in the learning process, seek knowledge for its own sake, and delight in being amazed at what they discover, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Compassion
We learn to demonstrate compassion through both word and deed, to care deeply about others and what befalls them. We develop our students’ ability to feel what another feels and acknowledge that this evolves over time. Compassion is the most genuine and heartfelt identification outside of the self, extending to all living things as we continually seek to understand the circumstances and viewpoints of others. The true practice of compassion continuously recharges itself by inspiring us to promote a peaceful and caring community of learners.
Creativity
We inspire our students to envision, formulate, and compose—to bring to life an altogether new and original insight or interpretation. We believe that nothing leads more directly to a feeling of value and self-worth than to do something novel, fresh, and enlightening. In encouraging creativity, we nourish the independent spirit within us that seeks expression.
Resilience
We believe that abilities can be cultivated. We are passionate about extending ourselves, even when confronted by challenges. We foster an environment that converts life’s setbacks into future successes. Consequently, we surpass what we thought was possible and emerge with a sense of fulfillment. Personal growth of this nature results not only in improved self-awareness and confidence, but in a deeper, more profound wisdom that accompanies our students when they embrace challenge and value effort.
