Community Life
Inclusion and Belonging
Every school day, more than 475 students travel to Winsor from across Greater Boston to create a neighborhood on Pilgrim Road. Our students bring their whole selves to school—including their diverse talents, family backgrounds, and racial, religious, and gender identities.
Because our teachers and staff welcome students to leave no part of who they are behind, students can be themselves. They find acceptance, pass it on to their neighbors, and a community in which everyone feels like they belong.
Cultivating Connections
Students thrive in a supportive environment. We work to make everyone in our community feel valued and accepted.
“I introduce culinary techniques and flavors to young minds at Winsor, turning the cafeteria into its own classroom and celebrating cultures and heritages that represent the community.”
Culinary Director
Winsor Builds Community
Weekly student-led assemblies bring the Lower School and Upper School together for celebrations of culture, explorations of pressing issues and current events, and showcases of theater and dance. Spirit-filled traditions like all-school assembly, Spirit Week, and the singing of “Lift Every Voice” at graduation connect Winsor’s past to the present and seal bonds of friendship and sisterhood for life.
Affinity groups build relationships among students who share a common experience. Student clubs of all kinds bring students together to explore shared interests, hobbies, and co-curricular pursuits.
Winsor is a learning hub in the heart of Boston, accessible by T and within reach of centers for the arts, community-based service organizations, and the internationally renowned medical and academic institutions headquartered in the Longwood neighborhood.
We want students to explore who they are, how to be more themselves, and how to relate to others. This kind of learning happens at Winsor because prioritize it through positions like the Bezan Chair of Community and Inclusion, a fully funded faculty position, works with students, teachers, and staff to weave issues of equity and social justice into community life. Doing this work makes Winsor a more welcoming and inclusive place for everyone to be.
Community News
Winsor Endows the Lisa Stone Chair for Crew
On Thursday, September 28, 2023 Winsor endowed the Lisa Stone Chair for Crew at American Legion Hall – Marsh Post 442 in Cambridge. It represents the first time in Winsor’s history that an endowed chair will support a head coaching role. “In naming this chair, we honor a legend,” said Head of School Sarah Pelmas….
The Annual Fall Concert: A Mosaic of Nostalgia
Thursday, October 12—Over 100 students participated in the annual Fall Concert during all-school assembly. It was a true demonstration of the power of music. The audience in the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater was by turns contemplative and energized as they responded to the music. The concert began with the Lower School Orchestra performing…
Growing the Latinx Legacy at Winsor during Hispanic Heritage Month
Winsor honors Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 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 ’06. Last year, SOMOS—the Upper School affinity group for Latinx students—discovered there was no documentation or saved history of the…