Opening Minds & Inspiring Wellness
Welcome to Wellheart
At Wellheart, we create a school community that opens minds and inspires wellness, where learning is joyful, immersive, and driven by curiosity. Honoring the 100 languages of children, we celebrate the diverse ways they express, explore, and understand the world around them. Our rigorous, individualized approach to academics supports each child’s growth, preparing them for lifelong learning. Through meaningful experiences rooted in their environment, students develop the skills to think critically, act with empathy, and make informed decisions. We are dedicated to nurturing each child’s s dignity, encouraging active participation, fostering well-being, and empowering them with the freedom to grow into their full potential.
Guiding Characteristics
Learning Through Inquiry
At Wellheart, we embrace Reggio-inspired pedagogy, where students are active participants in their education, exploring the world through curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.
The Power of Connection
Our approach integrates teachers, families, peers, and the environment, creating a nurturing community that fosters holistic growth and meaningful relationships.
Wellness and Growth
From socio-emotional well-being to outdoor classrooms, our emphasis on wellness helps students thrive academically, physically, and emotionally.
About Wellheart
Wellheart Community School is a vibrant public school dedicated to the holistic growth of every student. By combining the Reggio-inspired philosophy, outdoor learning environments, and values rooted in human dignity and compassion, we create a space where children flourish. Our mission is to empower students with the knowledge, skills, and mindset to become lifelong learners, independent thinkers, and active contributors to their communities. At Wellheart, we cultivate curiosity, creativity, and ecological awareness, ensuring every child’s heart and head speak with one voice.
Meet the Director of Wellheart
Maggie Van Camp, Ph.D.
Director
Maggie has worked as an educator and researcher for the last 15 years in the Boston area in public schools and higher education focused on the Reggio Emilia approach, executive function, play, wellness, and family social capital.
She believes that children are capable, and learning is most authentic through natural curiosity, and co constructed inquiry. Wellheart Chartered Public School will bring an opportunity for children and families in southern New Hampshire to thrive!
“That the idea of building a school would even occur to ordinary people, women, laborers, workers, farmers, was already traumatic enough. The fact that these same people, with no money, no technical assistance, authorization or committees, no school inspectors or party leaders, were working side by side, brick by brick to construct the building was the second shock. … It turned logic and prejudice, the old rules of pedagogy and culture upside down. It set everything back to square one. ”
― Loris Malaguzzi, Pedagogista & Psychologist
Where Hearts and Minds Thrive