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Winter 2023–24 Athletics Banquet and Season Recap
March 5, 2024—“Sports are so much more than winning and losing, they are working hard and challenging yourself to be the best player and teammate possible,” shared Director of Athletics Sherren Granese at the Winter 2023–24 Athletics Banquet. Student-athletes, coaching staff, and parents and guardians gathered in the Dining Room to recap the winter season,…
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…
Varsity Squash Captures 14th EIL Championship
February 28, 2024—Congratulations to the varsity squash team on winning the 2023-24 Eastern Independent League (EIL) championship. The team swept the league without losing a single match. It is the program’s 14th championship win. The squash team also qualified for the 2023–24 US High School Nationals. Athletes flew to the tournament, which was held in…
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…
Lower School Students Adventure to the Land Beyond
February 8, 2024—Thirty Lower School students took part in the Lower School Winter Play and transported the audience in the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater to the Land Beyond, the setting of The Phantom Tollbooth by Susan Namus. Based on the children’s fantasy adventure novel of the same name—written by Norton Juster with…
Greek Symposium Brings History to Life
The Class II Greek Symposium is a History Department showcase for Winsor’s sixth graders. After studying Athens and Sparta, Class II students examine the Persian Wars, the rise of powerful Greek city-states, and the key figures, battles, and strategies that ultimately led to the defeat of the Persian Empire. The resulting “golden age” of Greece…
Class I Play Builds Community and Teaches Environmental Responsibility
January 11, 2024—The annual Class I play is a time-honored tradition that is designed to unite Winsor’s incoming class of students and build community. Working together, all 32 students spend their very first semester preparing for the performance. This year’s play, Why the Sky is Far Away, was written by Theater Director Jeremy Johnson. An adaptation…
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…
Fall In Love with Class IV Rock On
January 18, 2024—While the Winsor Performing Arts Department has a robust catalog of offerings, a fan-favorite is the Class IV Rock On elective. Lower School students study the history of pop music and then select songs to learn and perform in an annual student performance at an all-school assembly. Playing electric bass, bells, congas, drums…