Mr. Simon's math classes participated in a pi digit challenge on Tuesday, March 18th. They learned songs on Pi Day to help them remember as many digits of this fascinating irrational number as they could. The top five students in each class were celebrated and awarded...

Congratulations to our Honor Roll recipients for the 3rd Quarter! Please see the link below highlighting our A+ and A Honor Rolls. Earning Honor Roll at WAAS is a major achievement, and we are very proud these student's hard work! WAAS Honor Roll Q3 2025

Congratulations to our WAAS State Championship MathCounts Team of Bentley Burton (8th), Harrison Lacy (8th), Blake Torok (8th), and David You (6th) who represented WAAS very well at the State Competition in Durham this past Friday. The team finished 18th overall in a...

We are very proud of our WAAS Quiz Bowl team who competed Saturday at the IAC Geography and History Bee event in Durham! This event is a buzzer based individual competition, with separate categories testing Geography and History knowledge.. Medals were awarded for the...

Congratulations to our 8th Grade students who competed in the 2025 Regional National History Day Event at Cape Fear Museum on Thursday. Students have invested their time the last few months researching their topic, completing a bibliography and process paper, and...

Congratulations to our Middle School Science Olympiad Teams for outstanding performances at the Regional competition on Saturday at UNCW! The Varsity Team placed 2nd in their division, and the Junior Varsity team won their division, in a very competitive regional...

We are very proud to announce our 2025 WAAS Azalea Festival Writing Contest Winners! 6th Grader Mira Hu won 1st Place in the Essay Division with her essay “The Magic of Wilmington’s Spring”. 6th Grader Kayla Stewart won first place in the Poetry Division with her poem...

Our WAAS middle school students competed in the AMC 8 Math contest on January 27th during their math classes. The students' results were very impressive, and WAAS earned the School of Merit Award for their performance! Grade level winners for 6th grade are David You...

We had a fun Valentine’s Day at WAAS, and are very excited to announce our Valentine’s Bag design winners below! 1st place in each category will receive a $10 Amazon gift card. Winners will receive a shout out during Guided Study on Monday. Language Arts- 1st Place-...

Congratulations to the winners of our Fall/Winter 2024-2025 individual Chess Club Tournament. We had a few longer rounds that took an extra club meeting or two to complete from this tournament. We are now making our way through the final rounds of our team tournament!...