WMOK recently spoke with Joppa-Maple Grove Principal Wendy Wear for Coffee Break on November 3, 2023.
We discussed the following topics:
- Wendy Wear
- Finding out the school’s condition
- The move of the elementary school to the high school
- Community help
- Getting the H.S. ready for elementary kids
- High school ambassadors
- Halloween parade
- Dec. 15th
- Preparing kids for real life skills
- Trouble shooting
- Teaching kids life is tough
- School as a safety net
- How Wendy Wear got here
- Relationship with students
- Telling kids to follow their dreams
- Youtube
- Generational differences
- Teaching technology
- Learning different languages
- Playground donations
- Disc Golf
- How to donate to playground equipment
Hear WMOK’s full Coffee Break with Joppa-Maple Grove Principal Wendy Wear below:

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