News Archive
Welcome New Faculty and Staff – 2024
As we kick off the 2024–25 school year, we are excited to welcome new faculty, administrators, and staff to the Winsor community, as well as some returning faces. While many folks are just beginning their Winsor tenures this academic year, some familiar faces started working on campus last spring and over the summer. Please give…
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…
Courtney Jackson Named the New Carolyn McClintock Peter Chair in English
One of 10 endowed chairs at Winsor, the Carolyn McClintock Peter Chair in English was named for Winsor’s sixth head of school, who served from 1988 to 2003. The chair was given by three families who wished to honor Ms. Peter as a head of school who made a profound difference here at Winsor, and…
Ann-Marie Holland Named the New Alice C. Jenckes Chair in History
Established in 1980, The Alice C. Jenckes Chair in History was the very first endowed chair at Winsor. Named for one of Winsor’s most dedicated and extraordinary teachers, Alice C. Jenckes, who taught history for 37 years—from 1929 until her retirement in 1966. Decades later, alumnae still sing her praises. Brilliant, funny, sympathetic, respectful, and…
Sara Macaulay Celebrates 40 Years at Winsor
Each winter, the Winsor Board of Trustees hosts a seated dinner for the faculty and staff to celebrate major milestones and to honor their Winsor tenure. At the annual Faculty, Staff, and Trustee Dinner on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Visual Arts Department Head and Eleanor Thomas Nelson ’49 Chair in Fine Arts Sara Macaulay celebrated…
Stephen Murdock Celebrates 20 Years at Winsor
Each winter, the Winsor Board of Trustees hosts a seated dinner for the faculty and staff to celebrate major milestones and to honor their Winsor tenure. At the annual Faculty, Staff, and Trustee Dinner on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, English Faculty Stephen Murdock celebrated 20 years of service to the school. Ms. Pelmas’s remarks are…
Samantha Simpson Awarded Pennypacker Prize
The Pennypacker Prize is a special way for us to recognize a Winsor teacher of great promise. Created in 2002, the award is “given annually in the name of Henriette Pennypacker Binswanger ’52, with respect and admiration for the educational excellence of the Winsor School and the memory of an extraordinary experience.” Henriette attended Wheelock…
Laura Houlette Named the New Rebecca Willard Chair in Languages
Rebecca Willard Chair in Languages is one of the ten endowed chairs at Winsor, and was established in 2012 through a wonderful gift by Winsor father Ralph Willard in honor of his daughter, Rebecca, Class of 2009, and the amazing education she got here. In establishing the chair, Ralph Willard wanted to acknowledge our faculty’s…