News Archive
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…
Spectrum Assembly with Winsor Alum Whit Washington ’07
March 7, 2024—“Representation matters, that is part of the reason I wanted to come back today,” shared Whit Washington ’07, who also told students, “I really struggled at Winsor.” Now “an attorney to watch” according to Washington Lawyer Magazine and the National LGBT BAR Association, Washington is an attorney and legal fellow working mainly with…
Northeastern Professor Visits Winsor for Masterclass on “Iran’s Protesting Women”
February 29, 2024—At a special Upper School meeting this week, Winsor’s Amnesty International Club hosted Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University Valentine Moghadam. While Upper School meetings are normally reserved for Classes V–VIII, Class IV was invited to attend the college-style lecture. Amnesty International is “a global movement of more than 10…
Celebrating Black History Month in Style
February 22, 2024—This year’s annual assembly in honor of Black History Month celebrated Black style and beauty. Winsor’s affinity group for Black students, SISTERS, hosted the morning event, which brought together faculty, staff, and students in the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater. SISTERS is a space to affirm Black students’ sense of racial…
A Lion Dance for Lunar New Year
February 8, 2024—With a trio of musicians playing cymbals, gongs, and a lion drum, a costumed dancer waved a fan and awoke a lion. So began the annual all-school Lunar New Year assembly hosted by Winsor’s AsIAm (Asian in America) affinity group, this year celebrating the year of the dragon. The first new moon of the…
Celebrating the Beloved Community: MLK Social Justice Assembly
January 16, 2024—Class VI emcee Zora Chirunga ’26 kicked off the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration during the all-school social justice assembly. The event, which honors Dr. King’s legacy, has taken many forms over the years and usually features artistic expression, student voices, and a special guest. Four student leaders Caroline Bird ‘29, Majdouline…
“Boots on the Ground” Teacher Zaretta Hammond Discusses Culturally Responsive Teaching
January 18, 2024—Since Zaretta Hammond’s book, “Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain” was first published in 2014, it has become required reading for many teachers and others who care about closing the achievement gap for culturally and linguistically diverse students. After starting her career as a secondary school expository writing teacher, Hammond has become a…
Growing the Latinx Legacy at Winsor during Hispanic Heritage Month
Winsor honors Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) across campus, and this year was bigger than ever thanks in large part to the hard work of Winsor alum and school counselor Ms. M, Maia Monteagudo ’06. Last year, SOMOS—the Upper School affinity group for Latinx students—discovered there was no documentation or saved history of the…
SOMOS Assembly with Startup CEO
On October 5, SOMOS—Winsor’s Upper School Latinx affinity group—hosted their second annual assembly and this year it was timed to Hispanic Heritage Month. A student-run presentation provided the audience with vocabulary and touched on the history of the national holiday, which started out as a one-week event in 1968. Club leaders then introduced their featured…