The Big Story SPRING ’26

Winsor Days: Block x Block

Through its 140-year history, Winsor has been home to thousands of students, parents, alums, faculty, staff, and friends. The school has evolved in countless ways, shaped by new ideas, new voices, and new generations of students. Yet what makes Winsor Winsor—a commitment to girls’ education, a belief in serious learning, deep relationships, and a community grounded in care—remains constant.

Here we share a window into the Winsor of today. Shot over a few weeks in December, the images that follow move through the school’s distinctive rhythm—seven-day cycles shaped by a rotating sequence of blocks, each one opening onto different opportunities for thinking, making, moving, and connecting. Classes give way to Common Time and Community Time; conversations begin in homeroom and continue through hallways and at lunch tables; afternoons carry students onto fields, into studios, and across stages. Together, these moments capture a school in motion—structured by a daily schedule, defined by curiosity, joy, and the unscripted moments in between. We invite you to take a peek inside a few ordinary days at Winsor. These were days like so many others. Which is to say: they were extraordinary. Take a look.

Winsor runs on a seven-day cycle, balancing meeting frequency with generous class time, encouraging deep learning and the development of strong relationships between teachers and students.

Class II Acrylic Painting

Class III Algebra

Class II Acrylic Painting

Academic excellence is at the heart of a Winsor education. In classrooms and labs, students are challenged to think deeply, ask bold questions, and engage fully with ideas. Along the way they discover the genuine joy that comes from stretching their minds and discovering new connections.

Class IV Mandarin Chinese

Class V English

Each day at Winsor offers opportunities for students to take a break from courses. They connect with clubs or advisory, do homework, spend time with friends, make up tests, visit College Counseling, meet with faculty, and more.

Class III Advisory

Lower School Orchestra

Class VI Homeroom

Affinity Group: Uumha

Winsor students thrive on rigorous intellectual challenges within a supportive community. In small rooms filled with conversation and possibility, curiosity deepens alongside a sense of belonging that is felt as much as it is seen.

Class V Biology

Class III STEM: Circuits, Components, and Signals

Class IV Drawing and Painting

Accelerated Foundations in Spanish

Class III STEM: Circuits, Components, Signals

Some of the days’ happiest moments happen when the community gathers over food. Meals and snacks provide chances to reconnect and rest between classes. Traditions that bring parents and alums to campus add an extra layer of warmth and fun, turning an ordinary day into a celebration of community.

Chef Heather

Ultimate Frozen Friday

On stage, in rehearsal rooms, and behind the scenes, students explore creativity, collaboration, and self-expression. The performing and visual arts create space to take risks and develop new strengths.

Class III Intro to Rock On

Class III Animation

Class V History

Across campus, friendships form, mentorships flourish, and everyday moments of teamwork deserve celebration. Ambition is balanced with warmth, and girls travel the halls together, knowing they belong.

In studios filled with light, color, and texture, students translate ideas into form. Visual arts provide a place for reflection and imagination, where careful observation and creative experimentation deepen the same habits of mind that drive their academic work and personal growth.

Class III History

Class III Mandarin Chinese

Class III Visual Arts

Drawing Studio

At Winsor, learning is always personal. Whether in one-on one conversations or lively whole-class discussions, faculty and students engage each other with curiosity, trust, and mutual respect.

Class I Science

Ceramics: Hand Building

Class IV Science

Class VII English

From the first light through the front doors until the day’s end, Winsor is alive with motion—with tinkering and discovery, with joyful greetings, with spirited performances and friendly competition. This is what it looks like when every student’s ideas and abilities are taken seriously, and where every voice matters.

Lubin-O'Donnell Center

Winsor Basketball

Virginia Wing Library

Winsor Robotics

Winsor Squash

Winter Music Concert

The Big Story SPRING ’26

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Winsor Days: Block x Block

Winsor runs on a seven-day cycle, balancing meeting frequency with generous class time, encouraging deep learning and the development of strong relationships between teachers and students.

Academic excellence is at the heart of a Winsor education. In classrooms and labs, students are challenged to think deeply, ask bold questions, and engage fully with ideas. Along the way they discover the genuine joy that comes from stretching their minds and discovering new connections.

Each day at Winsor offers opportunities for students to take a break from courses. They connect with clubs or advisory, do homework, spend time with friends, make up tests, visit College Counseling, meet with faculty, and more.

Winsor students thrive on rigorous intellectual challenges within a supportive community. In small rooms filled with conversation and possibility, curiosity deepens alongside a sense of belonging that is felt as much as it is seen.

Some of the days’ happiest moments happen when the community gathers over food. Meals and snacks provide chances to reconnect and rest between classes. Traditions that bring parents and alums to campus add an extra layer of warmth and fun, turning an ordinary day into a celebration of community.

On stage, in rehearsal rooms, and behind the scenes, students explore creativity, collaboration, and self-expression. The performing and visual arts create space to take risks and develop new strengths.

Across campus, friendships form, mentorships flourish, and everyday moments of teamwork deserve celebration. Ambition is balanced with warmth, and girls travel the halls together, knowing they belong.

In studios filled with light, color, and texture, students translate ideas into form. Visual arts provide a place for reflection and imagination, where careful observation and creative experimentation deepen the same habits of mind that drive their academic work and personal growth.

At Winsor, learning is always personal. Whether in one-on one conversations or lively whole-class discussions, faculty and students engage each other with curiosity, trust, and mutual respect.

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