Head's Welcome

Founded in 1957 by the Crocker family to honor their father’s dream, Applewild ever since has retained a palpable sense of family and community. As the school has grown and prospered, it has maintained its emphasis on effective partnership with parents and individual relationships based on mutual trust and respect. This web site is designed to help us maintain and strengthen those relationships.

We focus intentionally on children ages 4 – 15, believing that students this age are enthusiastic learners who prosper within a safe environment in which adults know them well, have high expectations for them, and inspire them. Our graduates are frequently mainstays of their secondary school instrumental, choral or drama groups or sports teams in addition to excelling in academics; and many are leaders in their communities.

Our students are engaged citizens – our service programs have earned recognition in the state just as our students have in academics and jazz band – and their experience is further expanded by opportunities to travel overseas and to host visitors from other countries. Our aim is to prepare students who will not simply succeed and lead in secondary school but who will meet their futures with confidence, knowing that they can make a difference.

Christopher B. Williamson
Head of School