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Winsor Alum and First Gen Club Founder Joins Students at Assembly

At all-school assembly Winsor honored National Immigrants Day and National First Gen Day by letting students take center stage to share their experiences, and welcoming an alumna back to campus.  With a history dating back over 50 years, National First Gen Day is celebrated annually on November 8 to commemorate the signing of the Higher…

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Cross Country Places 1st at EIL and 4th at NEPSTA

Congratulations to the Winsor cross country team who secured their 20th Eastern Independent League Cross Country Championship with a 1โ€“2โ€“3 sweep. โ€œThe team controlled the race from the gun,โ€ shared longtime Cross Country Coach Moriah Musto of the EIL race. The very next weekend, the team competed against the 14 largest prep schools in New…

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โ€œMill Girlsโ€ Highlights Female Resilience

At the close of the Lower School Fall play Mill Girls, all of the actors hold up pictures of prominent female figures from throughout history along with the sign โ€œnevertheless, she persisted.โ€ The ending to the play that Winsor audiences saw was not in the script. Developed by Adjunct Performing Arts Faculty Mary Haddad, she…

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129 Years Later, Winsor Speech and Debate Continues to Equip Students with an Interdisciplinary Skillset

by Nika Bigelow ’25 On January 20, 2024, three members of Winsorโ€™s Speech and Debate Club attended the schoolโ€™s first-ever Massachusetts Speech & Debate League (MSDL) tournament at the Boston Latin School. I, as Secretary of Winsor Debate, was one of those three members, and had the opportunity to experience an utterly different style of…

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Winsor Debaters Earn Coveted โ€œTop Schoolโ€ at IISPSC

Winsor won โ€œTop American Schoolโ€ and โ€œTop Schoolโ€ at the International Independent School Public Speaking Championships (IISPSC). Nika Bigelow โ€™25, Theo Zarrow โ€™26, and Emily Zhang โ€™25 represented Winsor’s Speech and Debate Team at the four-day competition held October 17โ€“20 in Bermuda. The annual event, colloquially called โ€œInternationalsโ€ by those on the speech and debate…

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Wildcats in Action: Community Curriculum Day Bridges Divides

Every four years, timed to the presidential election, Winsorโ€™s on-campus community shifts from our regularly scheduled activities to come together for Community Curriculum Day.  The entire Winsor community including parents and alumnae were invited to help kick off the event on Monday, October 28 with a virtual panel discussionโ€”Bridging Divides: Fearless Conversations with Mรณnica Guzmรกn,…

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Celebrating the 29th Annual Under the Lights

School pride was on display this Spirit Week, held October 15โ€“18, as students, faculty, and staff donned their most festive attire in the lead up to the 29th annual celebration of Under the Lights (UTL).  This fall, Students Advocating School Spirit (SASS) brainstormed during lunchtime club meetings and announced the daily Spirit Week dress-up themes…

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Students Shine on Stage at the Annual Fall Music Concert

The Fall Concert brought the entire Winsor community together in the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater for the very first performing arts showcase of the school year. Over 100 students participated in the annual concert, which gave students the opportunity to take their learning from the classroom to center stage.  This yearโ€™s annual…

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Forging Friendships at Class Retreats

Each September, Winsor students head off campus for class retreats. From the aquatic floor-to-ceiling views at the New England Aquarium to forests and farms in Maine and Massachusetts, these retreats are designed for students to put down their devices, get out of their element, make new friends, and challenge themselves in ways that the classroom…

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Winsorโ€™s Next Head of School: Meredith Legg, Ph.D.

Dear members of the Winsor community, On behalf of the Winsor Board of Trustees and the Head of School Search Committee, I am extraordinarily pleased to announce that the Winsor School Corporation has voted unanimously to appoint Meredith Legg as Winsorโ€™s ninth head of school. Her appointment follows an enthusiastic recommendation from the Head of…

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