Wicomico Day School
Center in Salisbury, MD 21801
Welcome to Wicomico Day School.
During the past 20 years, we have built a close-knit community that fosters strong relationships among teachers, parents, and students. By modeling the importance of respect for self and others, our faculty is able to bring out the best in our students at all stages of development.
Whether you are the parent of an infant seeking nurturing caregivers or the parent of an older child searching for a challenging and engaging academic program, we hope you will spend time reading about our history and philosophy so you can understand the vibrant culture of the school. Most importantly, we hope you will be motivated to visit so you can see our programs and facility first-hand.
During your tour of the school, you might see an energetic art classroom filled with preschoolers, a writing exercise in first grade, a group of third graders practicing Spanish vocabulary, or a science lab in the middle school. At all levels, you will undoubtedly feel the enthusiasm and see the focus of our students and the outstanding teaching skills of our faculty.
- Child Ages:
- 6 weeks - 12 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Maryland State Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Development
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday to Friday 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
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Wicomico Day School provides programs for students in a positive atmosphere, emphasizing intellectual, social, emotional, cultural, and physical growth. The educational environment shall be one in which students are treated with respect in order to learn respect. Developmentally appropriate programs will encourage students to make the most of their inherit talents and to participate in diverse activities structured to challenge the mind, body, and spirit.
Wicomico Day School exists to educate and care for students from the age of six weeks and through the grades. In order to do this effectively, all phases of development must be addressed.
Emotional growth
Social growth
To provide an atmosphere in which students have respect for others. To recognize group needs vs. individual differences. To establish respect for the school equipment and materials.Intellectual growth
To instill a sense of curiosity. To provide an atmosphere where students discover and explore. To teach independence through teaching how and where to find solutions. To provide a wide variety of activities within a routine where cooperation is encouraged. To provide curriculum areas of reading and reading readiness, math, science, art, music and movement, literature, history, geography, practical life, dramatic play, and language arts. Through these activities students will learn to be able to trust their own feelings about what they learn, see, and do and to begin sharing these experiences with others.Physical/motor development
To encourage students to use their bodies in a variety of active ways by participating in fine and gross motor activities both indoors and outdoors. To develop a sense of sportsmanship and fair play. To establish room awareness so that a safe environment is always present both indoors and outdoors.Creative Development
To provide opportunities for students to experience creative art experiences. To provide opportunities for students to do craft projects. To provide dramatic play experiences. To learn to appreciate music and participate in musical activities. To in still in each student an application for beauty and nature.