NEWS AROUND THE SCHOOL A brief recap of some of the many activities that happened across all three campuses October 24
Fall Community Lecture Attended by More Than 1,000 Guests Windward welcomed Devin Kearns, PhD, to present the 2019 Fall Community Lecture, “Why Some Children Struggle to Read: The Neurobiology of Dyslexia and Other Reasons Children Struggle.” Over 1,000 attendees joined between the inperson audience at WMS and the virtual viewers from around the globe for the lecture’s first live stream. October 31
Mr. Williamson Spotted at WLS Annual Halloween Parade
November 4
WPA Book Fair Inspires Students at Every Campus Every November, the Windward Parents Associations (WPA) hosts the annual Book Fair on each campus. Students visit with their language arts classes and are excited by the vast selection of books for them to read. Pictured is MLS and MMS Librarian Ms. Pritchett assisting an MLS student while browsing at the Book Fair.
November 7
MMS Grade 5 Liberty Science Center Field Trip
MLS and WLS celebrate Halloween each year with a parade and classroom parties. Many students and faculty enjoy dressing up as favorite characters from books, and Head of School Mr. Williamson found two other WLS students who were dressed in a Harry Potter costume.
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The Compass Spring/Summer 2020
MMS fifthgrade students visited the Liberty Science Center, an interactive science museum. Students explored interesting exhibits such as “Our Hudson Home” about the complex relationships in this ecosystem and “Eat or Be Eaten” about animal adaptations. They also navigated through the “Touch Tunnel” which requires the use of the senses to crawl through an 80foot tunnel. Finally, they viewed a thrilling film, “Black Holes” in the planetarium, the biggest planetarium in the western hemisphere.
November 11
WMS Students Assist Veterans in Performing FlagFolding Ceremony In recognition of Veterans Day, each Windward campus held special presentations to honor those who have served our country in the armed forces. At WMS, veterans from Valhalla American Legion Post 1038 visited and, alongside students, they performed the traditional flagfolding ceremony. Pictured are the veterans who were acknowledged at WMS.
