West Nottingham Academy in Colora, MD

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West Nottingham Academy in Colora, MD Since 1744 WNA has mentored and inspired young men and women from all over the world.

10/09/2026
10/09/2026

MIT INTERNSHIPS @ WNA
A talk with Jakob Stagemyer

๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐Ÿง At ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ, AI learning ...
10/08/2026

๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐Ÿง 

At ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ, AI learning starts with a genuine question, not a shortcut. Students explore ideas with AI, examine the responses critically and refine their work before reaching a conclusion.

That means asking, โ€œDoes this make sense? What evidence supports it? What could I improve?โ€ rather than treating the first response as the final answer.

The learning happens in those moments of questioning, checking and revising. The goal is not just to produce a finished assignment, but to understand the thinking behind it.

๐€๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง.

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ ๐š๐ญ ๐–๐๐€: wna.org/dualdiploma

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10/06/2026

Coming up...

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ? ๐€๐ญ ๐–๐๐€, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ. ๐ŸกFrom breakfast with friends to classes, activities...
10/05/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ? ๐€๐ญ ๐–๐๐€, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ. ๐Ÿก

From breakfast with friends to classes, activities and athletics, life at ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ has a rhythm of its own. Evenings bring dinner, dorm time and a chance to catch up with the people who share your day.

But a schedule only tells half the story. It cannot quite capture the laughter at the dinner table, the encouragement from a teammate or the everyday conversations that turn classmates into friends.

Boarding life is about learning to do more for yourself while discovering that you do not have to do everything alone.

๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐€ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก.

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž. ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ: wna.org

๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฉ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ. ๐ŸŽ“With ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ซ...
10/05/2026

๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฉ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ. ๐ŸŽ“

With ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ, students follow a three-year pathway that turns a long-term goal into a step-by-step journey.

Year One starts with ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Year Two builds through ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. Year Three brings the focus to ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Rather than looking only at the finish line, students can see the stages ahead and focus on the next step in their learning.

Because planning your future should begin with understanding how to get there.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐€ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ. ๐€ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: wna.org/dualdiploma

The most important AI skill may not be prompting. It may be knowing when not to trust the answer. ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿง At ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€...
09/30/2026

The most important AI skill may not be prompting. It may be knowing when not to trust the answer. ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿง 

At ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ, responsible AI use means teaching students to evaluate sources, protect originality, use AI ethically, and recognize when human thinking matters more.
AI can generate information in seconds. Judgment is what turns that information into meaningful learning.

Better tools still require better judgment.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž-๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : wna.org/dualdiploma

A boarding school becomes more than a campus when the people around you start to feel like family. ๐ŸŒŽโค๏ธAt ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ...
09/28/2026

A boarding school becomes more than a campus when the people around you start to feel like family. ๐ŸŒŽโค๏ธ

At ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ, students from different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences come together to learn, live, and grow as one community.

It is in the everyday moments, conversations, friendships, shared meals, classes, and campus traditions where belonging begins to take shape.

Because the best boarding school experience is not just about where you study.

๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž.

Learn together. Live together. Grow together.

๐ŸŒ wna.org

Youโ€™ve seen ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ from the outside. Now see it through the students who actually live it. ๐Ÿ‘€WNA Life is...
09/25/2026

Youโ€™ve seen ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ from the outside. Now see it through the students who actually live it. ๐Ÿ‘€

WNA Life is now on TikTok and this one is different.

No polished admissions script. No adults telling the story. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ. ๐ŸŽค

From campus moments and boarding life to the random, funny, real stuff that makes West Nottingham Academy feel like West Nottingham Academy, the account is filmed, edited, and posted by students.

If youโ€™re a current student, future student, alumnus, or just curious about what life here really looks like, this is the account to follow.

๐Ÿ“ฑ Follow us on TikTok: @๐ฐ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’
๐Ÿ”— https://www.tiktok.com/?_r=1&_t=ZP-9A08yLBnrup

๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐๐€ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

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1079 Firetower Road
Colora, MD
21917

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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+14106585556

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