Woods Hudson Elementary School Woods Hudson Elementary School is a school with one pupil, one headmaster, and several tutors and advisors. The entire focus of the school is to ensure that its one pupil, Issac Woods-Hudson, will benefit from a full, well-rounded education that will serve him in his pursuits later in life. Issac is home schooled. While the bulk of our schooling is carried out at home, we look upon the world as our school. Much of our work is done during normal school hours but a lot of it is done outside these hours as well. We have adopted the "we never stop learning" approach to education. Our School Crest Our school crest is a sheild with a fleur-de-lys, a dove with an olive branch and the letters "WH". The fleur-de-lys (water lily) has many meaning for us. It appears on the Québec flag, the flag of the Canadian province in which we live. The fleur-de-lys is particularly associated with the French monarchy in a historical context. We are descedants of the family "Langevin" who first moved to Québec around the year 1630. It also forms part of the symbol for Scouts Canada. Issac is a cub-scout and he takes great joy in all of his scouting activities. On a more personal note, it is also a flower that resides in the harbour of our sailing club on the shores of Lac St-Louis in Dorval, Québec. The dove carrying an olive branch has a special meaning of hope and peace for our school. In Judeo-Christian symbolism, the dove brings an olive branch to Noah as the flood recedes and in the New Testament it embodies the Holy Spirit. The olive branch is also associated with Italy, the birth place of Maria Montessori. The Montessori method, based on the work of Maria Montessori with children in Italy, is the method of teaching followed in our school. As for the letters "WH", well you don't need to be smarter than a fifth grader to figure that one out. :) Our School Motto Our School Motto "Never let schooling get in the way of your education" is a quote from Mark Twain. Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Clemmens, who was also home schooled. The Most Famous Homeschoolers of All Time - The Addams Family "But they've got to go to school, everybody sends their kids to school." - Sam Hilliard the truant officer. "Ridiculous! Why have children just to get rid of them? I'm opposed to the whole nonsense." - Gomez Adams Click here to watch the episode: The Adams Family Goes to School Other Famous Home Schoolers Artists: Leonardo da Vinci Claude Monet John Singleton Copley Andrew Wyeth Jamie Wyeth Composers: Irving Berlin Anton Bruckner Felix Mendelssohn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Francis Poulenc Educators: Frederick Terman (Stanford University President) William Samuel Johnson (Columbia University President) Frank Vandiver (Texas A&M University President) John Witherspoon (Princeton University President) Writers: Hans Christian Andersen Pearl S. Buck Agatha Christie Charles Dickens Bret Harte Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Cyrus McCormick Orville and Wilbur Wright Generals: Stonewall Jackson Robert E. Lee Douglas MacArthur George Patton Presidents: John Quincy Adams William Henry Harrison Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln James Madison Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt John Tyler George Washington Woodrow Wilson Preachers & Religous Leaders: Moses Joan of Arc John the Baptist William Cary Jonathan Edwards Phillip Melanchthon Dwight L. Moody John Newton John Owen Charles Wesley John Wesley Brigham Young Scientists: George Washington Carver Pierre Curie Albert Einstein Blaise Pascal Booker T. Washington U.S Supreme Court Judges: John Jay John Marshall John Rutledge Statesmen: Konrad Adenauer Winston Churchill Benjamin Franklin Patrick Henry William Penn Henry Clay   Home | About WH | Curriculum | Home Schooling | Montessori