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Upper School
Grades 9 - 12
The ULS Upper School is defined by instant camaraderie, lively conversation, and a culture of reading, focus, and work. Our hallways are exuberant, intelligent, hilarious, observant, and busy. Our interactions are sincere, frequent, and face-to-face. The most enduring and differentiating features of life here are twofold: 1) an openness and kindness that is eager to know and embrace everyone who walks in the door (which we are told can be a little overwhelming at first), and 2) great relationships between teachers and students founded in respect, understanding, and love of learning.
This is an Upper School where the faculty get together each spring to write and perform a song for each graduating senior. We see personal connection as a non-negotiable requisite for deep learning and high academic achievement. A personal orientation towards learning leverages our time on Hawk Hill for lives of meaning and impact.
Camp Manito-Wish
ULS faculty and students partner with camp outdoor specialists at Camp Manito-Wish each fall for an unforgettable time together off-grid and in the woods. In one short week students discover how to be confident leaders, reliable friends, and responsible citizens. And the stunning beauty of the Northwoods prompts reflection, camaraderie, awe, and joy.
Students learn to live both aggressively and respectfully in the natural world, canoeing, portaging, pitching camp, making fires, cooking meals, doing dishes, singing songs, and sharing this special rite of passage by campfire embers and under the brilliance of the Milky Way.
In a world that is increasingly plugged in and dissipative, Lakers learn as the first lesson of the year how to unplug, be present, live together, know themselves, and return energized and ready to embrace a year of learning and growth.
Intersession
Intersession gets student off campus and into the world, and is the Upper School’s uniquely developed program designed to deepen learning through hands-on intensive experience and adventure. The curriculum calls upon our Reggio roots: student inquiry and teacher passion combine to develop an evolving menu of choices, often involving travel, targeted research, field work, or certifications. Recent Intersessions have included trips seeking the evolutionary insights of Darwin in the Galápagos, rafting in the American Southwest, getting SCUBA certified, mastering the work of CSI forensics, learning to jam and pickle, and following the path of the 101st airborne from the beaches of Normandy to the liberation of Dachau.
| Past Intersession Opportunities |
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| France and Germany, WWII: D-Day through VE Day |
| Cosplay: Sewing and Costume Design |
| Scuba Diving: Do You Want to SCUBA? |
| Southwestern Adventure: Rafting, Riding & Hiking in the Grand Canyon & New Mexico |
| Wisconsin: Camping Through the Seasons and Environmental Issues of Wisconsin |
| New York City: Broadway and the Art of Theatre |
| Food Chemistry: The Tastiest Branch of Chemistry |
| Livin' la Vida Local: a Mediterranean Meander through Italy & Spain |
| All About Architecture, Arduino Robots and more! |