Wyndcroft School celebrates 100 years

The Wyndcroft School in Pottstown is celebrating its 100th academic year and along the way, administration has planned some exciting events to help commemorate the occasion.

“We began our celebrating as soon as January of 2018,” said Head of School Gail Wolter. “This is actually the 100th academic year, but we did do some things even last spring including some centennial work with our kids, explaining what it is and how proud we are of our heritage but we have some major celebrations this year.”

The school year started off with a 5K run and family fun fair for the community in September. On Monday, the school held a birthday party for its students complete with cake, candles, balloons and more. Students had the chance to “walk through a time machine” where they learned about different eras and got to take part in children’s games associated with that era. They then celebrated the special birthday outside with cake, party favors and other celebratory activities.

The school certainly has plenty to celebrate. Over the course of 100 years, The Wyndcroft School has been what some administrators call a “hidden gem” and has been quietly adapting and serving the needs of the Pottstown community since 1918.

“I hear from folks all the time, ‘I never knew Wyndcroft was here. I’ve lived in Pottstown my whole life and I didn’t know Wyndcroft was here,’” said Wolter.

Beginning only as a small group of young students on a porch on the grounds of The Hill School, the school has a storied history of innovation in education.

“In 1916, Dwight Meigs, the headmaster, had a little daughter named Marcia. He wanted to hire a tutor for Marcia and so that she wouldn’t be lonely, he engaged some of the other parents