What does it mean to learn at a school of experience?
At Whitfield, academics are rigorous, teaching is innovative, and learning is something you can wrap your senses around. Here, it’s the experience that counts.
Experiential education for grades 6-12 in St. Louis
Experiential education for grades 6-12 in St. Louis
At Whitfield, academics are rigorous, teaching is innovative, and learning is something you can wrap your senses around. Here, it’s the experience that counts.
Critical thinking, creative problem solving, clear communication, intellectual dexterity, and personal resilience—we build these skills through hands-on engagement and real-world experiences. Our students learn alongside thinkers of all kinds and collaborate with people who hold different perspectives, all while doing, making, sensing, and feeling.
Whitfield educators build strong working relationships, meeting learners where they are and helping them reach further than they believed possible. Each student is seen, known, and valued by teachers who understand their individual strengths, challenges, and passions—and can respond with both deep human empathy and research-informed expertise.
Because academic skills and social-emotional skills are intertwined and interdependent, Whitfield offers a strong web of support. From health and wellness programs and our advisory system to academic tutoring and additional learning support, these resources ensure our students are both academically and emotionally prepared for college and beyond.
At Whitfield, environment fosters empowerment. We work together to create an encouraging, inspiring community in which our students feel safe to ask harder questions, dive into deeper complexity, rise to greater academic challenge, and form a surer sense of self. We are profoundly proud of our graduates, whose accomplishments and contributions stand as the most powerful possible fulfillment of Whitfield’s mission.
At Whitfield, opportunities to lead—big and small, formal and informal—help students grow in confidence, poise, and empathy while embracing a community of enthusiastic participants. Through clubs, affinity groups, athletics, and the arts, students explore new ideas and interests, expressing themselves creatively, solving problems with ingenuity, and striving for excellence. Our rigorous academic and athletic programs work together to foster resilience, teamwork, and personal growth, ensuring students thrive in every arena. Whether leading on the field, in the classroom, or on stage, Whitfield students discover their strengths and pursue their passions in a supportive, dynamic community.
We focus on helping students find colleges and universities that will challenge and support their own academic and personal growth. Our individualized process begins informally in sixth grade and becomes more detailed and strategic over time, evolving into a student/parent/counselor partnership in eleventh and twelfth grades.
Within our community of trust, students are encouraged to take risks and try new things – and they do. Spirited and proud of their school, Whitfield students participate in a wide breadth of activities, support one another, and
celebrate each other’s successes.
Whitfield is strengthened when we expand access across all socioeconomic and demographic categories, learning styles and zip codes, and backgrounds and beliefs. We all benefit immeasurably when we learn in a rich interplay of perspectives that reflects the vibrance and variety of our remarkable city.