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Bridging Divides: Fearless Conversations with Mรณnica Guzmรกn
A week before the presidential election, the full Winsor community gathered over Zoom to speak with author and journalist Mรณnica Guzmรกn 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, 2024โWith 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.ย Chen and Wu asked the crowd to pay attention to the โmusical colors and texturesโ at play in “Adoration” by Florence Priceโa…
Survivor Story: Remembering the Holocaust and Combating Hate
April 11, 2024โAhead 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. โI am on the Facing…
Spectrum Assembly with Winsor Alum Whit Washington โ07
March 7, 2024โโRepresentation matters, that is part of the reason I wanted to come back today,โ shared Whit Washington โ07, who also told students, โI really struggled at Winsor.โ Now โan attorney to watchโ 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 โIranโs Protesting Womenโ
February 29, 2024โAt a special Upper School meeting this week, Winsorโs Amnesty International Club hosted Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University Valentine Moghadam. While Upper School meetings are normally reserved for Classes VโVIII, Class IV was invited to attend the college-style lecture. Amnesty International is โa global movement of more than 10…
Celebrating Black History Month in Style
February 22, 2024โThis yearโs annual assembly in honor of Black History Month celebrated Black style and beauty. Winsorโs 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 studentsโ sense of racial…
A Lion Dance for Lunar New Year
February 8, 2024โWith 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 Winsorโs 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, 2024โClass VI emcee Zora Chirunga โ26 kicked off the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration during the all-school social justice assembly. The event, which honors Dr. Kingโs legacy, has taken many forms over the years and usually features artistic expression, student voices, and a special guest. Four student leaders Caroline Bird โ29, Majdouline…
โBoots on the Groundโ Teacher Zaretta Hammond Discusses Culturally Responsive Teaching
January 18, 2024โSince Zaretta Hammondโs book, โCulturally Responsive Teaching and the Brainโ 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 15โOctober 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 โ06. Last year, SOMOSโthe Upper School affinity group for Latinx studentsโdiscovered there was no documentation or saved history of the…
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