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Kindness Matters with Kelsey Tainsh
As part of our 2017-18 Upper School Speaker Series, Woodlynde welcomed Kelsey Tainsh to share her personal story with our students. Kelsey is a professional speaker who shares her personal narrative with students while inspiring them to accept and embrace their own differences in this world.
After successfully battling brain cancer at the age of 5, she went on to be a world-class athlete; but ten years later the brain tumor returned, and she suffered from a stroke on the operating room table. Her friends disappeared, the right side of her body did not function, and she became paralyzed with fear and doubt. Kelsey utilized an interactive presentation to teach our students about who she is while empowering them to accept people for who they are, treat others with kindness, and believe in themselves. Our students had fun with Kelsey during her time here and opened up about some of the struggles and challenges they have faced in their own lives. Kelsey imparted the message that we should not hold our challenges inside or hide them from others; instead, she acknowledged the freedom and happiness she felt when she started truly being herself!
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Woodlynde School is a private, co-ed college prep day school located in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that serves intelligent, talented students with learning differences in grades K - 12. Woodlynde provides a comprehensive, evidence-based Kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school program in a challenging yet nurturing environment for students with average to above average cognitive abilities (IQ) who have language- or math-based learning differences (such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia or Dyscalculia), Executive Function Challenges, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or Auditory Processing Disorder. Even for those students without a diagnosed learning disability (LD), Woodlynde offers expert and caring teachers in small classroom settings that support academic success. Woodlynde School also offers a post-graduate (PG) program in partnership with Rosemont College as well as a regional Summer Camp for students who learn differently.
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