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Zero-Waste Fashion Inspired by Indigenous Traditions
Carlos Villamil, an associate professor of industrial design at Wentworth Institute of Technology, came to campus for a guest lecture and workshop with students in Señora Gabriella Gangi’s Senior Seminar in Spanish. Students learned about zero-waste fashion, environmentally responsible design, and the indigenous cultures that have been on the cutting edge of such practices for…
Celebrating Art for Black History Month
This year’s annual assembly in honor of Black History Month celebrated Black art. Winsor’s affinity groups for Black students—Upper School SISTERS and Lower School SOMOS/SISTERS—hosted the morning event, which brought together faculty, staff, and students in the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater. Each year, the affinity groups pick a theme for their school-year…
Lunar New Year Assembly Blends History, Music, and Fortunes
Even though a snow closure postponed the Lunar New Year assembly, students in AsIAm took the stage in the David. E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater for a belated celebration on Thursday, February 13. A joint initiative between Lower School and Upper School AsIAm, students plan and organize an annual Lunar New Year assembly where…
Two Winsor Students Present at National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2024 Annual Convention was held in Boston November 23–24. English Faculty Lisa Stringfellow, who recently taught a masterclass during all-school assembly, presented at the convention and invited two Winsor students to participate. Ms. Stringfellow’s session was entitled “Diversifying Verse: Expanding the Poetic Canon by Including BIPOC Poets…
Award-Winning Artist Ekua Holmes Visits Winsor
On Monday, February 3, Winsor hosted award-winning artist and activist Ekua Holmes to help kick off Black History Month. Ms. Holmes spent a busy day at Winsor in large part thanks to Administrative Assistant to the Division Heads Danica Villanueva and Lower School Division Head Sharon Jones Phinney. Holmes is a graduate of the Shady…
Annual MLK Social Justice Assembly Brings History to Life
Winsor’s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy took place during a special all-school assembly. Following the federal holiday, Winsor gathered students, faculty, and staff in the David. E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater to present “At the Table with Dr. King.” A multimedia performance, the program highlighted key events of…
Lisa Stringfellow Publishes Her Second Middle-Grade Novel, Kingdom of Dust
“I have always been a lover of fairy tales,” said Lisa Stringfellow, who teaches Class I and Class II English at Winsor. In addition to her classroom teaching, Ms. Stringfellow holds several leadership roles as a Class I coordinator and the Lower School community and inclusion coordinator. And despite wearing many hats, she still finds…
Bridging Divides: Fearless Conversations with Mónica Guzmán
A week before the presidential election, the full Winsor community gathered over Zoom to speak with author and journalist Mónica Guzmán about her book I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. The book was offered to faculty and staff as a summer read encouraging a…
A World Premiere at the Annual Spring Concert
April 18, 2024—With Lower School Orchestra seated on stage, Emily Chen ’29 and Grace Wu ’29 kicked off the annual spring concert by introducing their ensemble and the pieces they would be performing. Chen and Wu asked the crowd to pay attention to the “musical colors and textures” at play in “Adoration” by Florence Price—a…
Survivor Story: Remembering the Holocaust and Combating Hate
April 11, 2024—Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day in May, Winsor hosted Holocaust survivor Janet Applefield during all-school assembly. This special assembly was a collaboration with Facing History and Ourselves, a national organization, which uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. “I am on the Facing…