Students Explore the Different Meanings of Joy at the Winter Music Concert
Ruminating on the theme of joy, the annual Winter Music Concert featured music from different cultures and traditions. Like the Winter Dance Concert, the annual Winter Music Concert is a culmination of classwork for students across grades and divisions. The performance features over a hundred instrumentalists and vocalists from Lower School Orchestra, Chamber Players, Lower…
Read MoreThe Winter Dance Concert Highlights Community Connection
The Winsor community enjoyed a moving morning of dance at the annual Winter Dance Concert. Directed and produced by Performing Arts Faculty Ann-Marie Ciaraldi, Winsor dance ensembles performed during all-school assembly in the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Theater on December 12. The course Broadway Bound, a Class III elective, opened the show with…
Read MoreVolleyball Wins It All, Securing Winsor’s First Volleyball Championship
The 2024–25 varsity volleyball team had an incredible season, finishing with an EIL league record of 11–2 and winning Winsor’s first Eastern Independent League (EIL) in-season championship. Director of Athletics Sherren Granese was nostalgic at the Fall 2024 Athletics Banquet. To a group of coaches, Upper School student athletes, and parents, Coach Granese recounted how…
Read MoreFall 2024 Athletics Banquet and Season Recap
At the Fall 2024 Athletics Banquet, Upper School athletes and their families gathered in the Carolyn McClintock Peter Hall dining room for a light dinner and a special night honoring the cross country, field hockey, rowing, soccer, and volleyball teams. “I never had to reschedule a game or even cancel a practice due to rain!”…
Read MoreWinsor Squash Player Takes Top Honors
The Winsor Varsity Squash Team has long been a leader in the Eastern Independent League (EIL). In February they swept the league championship, not losing a single match as they landed their 14th championship win. In 2023, the team sent two students, Caroline Eielson ’24 and Judy Liu ’29, to the British Junior Open, a…
Read MoreGrandfriends’ Day Is Grander Than Ever
It was another record-setting year for the annual Grandfriends’ Day event at Winsor. Held the day before Thanksgiving break, over 140 grandparents and grandfriends came to campus for a special day of programming. Winsor students always have a morning snack break. On Grandfriends’ Day it was extra sweet, and not just because of the cinnamon…
Read MoreWinsor 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…
Read MoreBridging Divides: Fearless Conversations with Mónica Guzmán
A week before the presidential election, the full Winsor community gathered over Zoom to speak with author and journalist Mónica Guzmán 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…
Read MoreCross 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 1–2–3 sweep. “The team controlled the race from the gun,” 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…
Read More“Mill Girls” 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 “nevertheless, she persisted.” 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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