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Winsor School

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The Winsor School is a 5–12 private, college-preparatory day school for girls in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1886.

The Winsor School
Address
Map
103 Pilgrim Road

Boston
,
Massachusetts
02215

United States
Coordinates42°20′26″N 71°6′26″W / 42.34056°N 71.10722°W / 42.34056; -71.10722
Information
TypePrivate, college-preparatory day school
MottoSound Mind in Sound Body
Established1886; 138 years ago (1886)
NCES School ID00603767[1]
Head of schoolSarah Pelmas[2]
Teaching staff85.1 (on an FTE basis) (2019–20)[1]
Grades5–12
GenderGirls
Enrollment471 (2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio5.5 (2019–20)[1]
Campus size7 acres (28,000 m2)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Red and White   
SongThe Lamp of Learning
Athletics conferenceEastern Independent League
MascotWildcat
NicknameWildcats
Websitewww.winsor.edu

It competes in the Eastern Independent League[3] and is featured on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail.[4]

History edit

In 1886, Mary Pickard Winsor started a six-month school in Boston for her aunt's daughter and friends. Winsor, who had been teaching at her mother's school in Winchester, began with eight girls in a private home on Beacon Hill. She quickly established a viable and growing school for girls, bearing her name, and began sending its graduates to college in 1895. She established the present structure of eight classes, grades 5–12, offering a ninth, graduate year (which has since been discontinued).

"Miss Winsor's School" occupied a number of different locations on the Hill until a group of parents asked her to be the director of the school they intended to build. They hoped to secure for children in private schools "at least equivalent advantages given to those in the Public Schools, as to fire-proof construction, light, ventilation, and other sanitary arrangements." They formed a corporation in 1907, bought land on the Fenway, and hired the Boston architect R. Clipston Sturgis to build "the most perfect schoolhouse."[5] It included a library, science laboratories, art studios, and a gymnasium and swimming tank. The students and alumnae requested that the new school be named for Miss Winsor. President Eliot of Harvard, who was very supportive of the project, suggested the motto "A sound mind in a sound body."

In 1910, the Winsor School opened with 225 students. Winsor continued as head of the school until 1922. She wanted to prepare women to be self-sufficient and self-supporting, and hoped they would be competent, responsible, and generous-minded. She influenced the growth of her school and showed continued interest in it until her death in 1950.[6]

Academics edit

Winsor has a reputation for strong academic excellence and has the ideology that its students "should be taught to think and learn independently in order to gain the competence and confidence necessary to be lifelong learners and strong, courageous women."[7]

In the Upper School, Winsor requires its students to take four years of English classes and a minimum of: three years of a language, three years of mathematics, two and a half years of history, two and a half years of science, two and a half years of arts, seven semesters of physical education, and three semesters of health and wellness.[8]

Students must also complete the Global Studies program during one semester of their junior year. Students can take both literature and history courses in either Africa, China, India, the Middle East, or Russia, and these courses culminate in an end-of-semester research paper on a specific regional topic.[9]

The school offers many opportunities for its students to engage in STEM fields including electives like engineering design courses that introduce skills such as coding, computer-aided design (CAD), and 3D printing.[10]

Winsor offers 12 AP courses.[11]

Arts edit

Fifth and sixth graders have drama, arts, and theatre classes interwoven into their schedules. In seventh and eighth grades, however, students can take a wide variety of art electives that include sculpture, Shakespeare performance, dance, set design, painting, digital art, and more.[12]

In the Upper School, Winsor offers electives in drama, dance, visual art, and music. More specifically, drama courses consist of acting, directing, and theatre tech. Dance electives consist of both group and independent dance. Visual art courses consist of painting, drawing, architecture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, and art history. Music electives consist of chamber orchestra, guitar, percussion, music technology, and piano.[12] Winsor also has a choir called Small Chorus and an all-senior a cappella group called Senior Small.

Winsor students frequently put on theatre productions in collaboration with students from the Belmont Hill School and the Roxbury Latin School.[13]

Athletics edit

Winsor has a range of sports teams on the varsity, junior varsity, and middle school levels.[14]

Facilities edit

The school has expanded its facilities over the years, including a turf playing field in 2008, a full gymnasium in the 1920s, a science wing in the 1980s, expanding the library more than once, adding classrooms in the 1990s, reconstructing a new dining hall, classrooms, laboratories, and faculty workspace in 2004, and most recently, renovating many classrooms, offices, and corridors. The Winsor Dining Services is My School Dining.

In 2015, Winsor built a new addition to the school, costing upwards of $80,000,000. This building is called The Lubin O'Donnell Center for the Performing Arts, Athletics and features two gyms as well as music and performing arts facilities.

Tuition edit

Tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year is $59,500.[15]

Notable alumnae edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Leadership". Winsor School, The. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Athletics - Winsor School, The". www.winsor.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  4. ^ "Back Bay East". Boston Women's Heritage Trail.
  5. ^ Vosbeck, Randall (2008). "R. Clipston Sturgis, FAIA" (PDF). A Legacy of Leadership the Presidents of the American Institute of Architects 1857–2007. Washington DC: 48. ISBN 978-1571650214. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Winsor School, The - History". www.winsor.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  7. ^ "Philosophy of Curriculum - Winsor" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Graduation Requirements" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Global Studies At Winsor". prezi.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  10. ^ "Winsor School, The - Science". www.winsor.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
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  13. ^ "Performing Arts Calendar - Winsor School, The". www.winsor.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  14. ^ "Winsor School, The - Team Page". www.winsor.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  15. ^ "Tuition and Financial Aid The Winsor School". www.winsor.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  16. ^ New, Enid (1978-07-07). "Barbarct Cushing Paley Dies at 63; Style Pace‐Setter in Three Decades". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  17. ^ Klemesrud, Judy (1971-11-30). "Skating and Medicine: Is There a Link?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  18. ^ "Dr. Lorraine Hanlon Comanor". Changing the Face of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  19. ^ Szmer, John J.; Kaheny, Erin B.; Christensen, Robert K. "Taking a Dip in the Supreme Court Clerk Pool: Gender-Based Discrepancies in Clerk Selection". Marquette Lawyer (Fall 2015): 22. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  20. ^ "National Journal Profiles White House Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco '97 | University of Chicago Law School". www.law.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  21. ^ The Winsor School. "Inventor Leslie Dewan '02 Speaks with Students". Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  22. ^ Negri, Gloria (20 July 2008). "Eleanor O'Leary, 92; was biographer, book reviewer". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  23. ^ Blanding, Michael (20 August 2017). "How Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Is Bridging Boston's Racial Divide". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  24. ^ "Rowing a family affair for American hopeful Gevvie Stone". Reuters. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  25. ^ Academy, Boston Flute. "Brookline's Own Emi Ferguson Shares The Stage With Sir James Galway". PRLog. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
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