Looking Ahead for Windward New Westchester Lower School Campus to Open in September 2021 An architectural rendering of the exterior of the new Westchester Lower School campus’s front entrance
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n February, the Board of Trustees and senior leadership team announced that the new Westchester Lower School campus at 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains will open for the first day of school in September 2021. The new Windward campus will enable The Windward School to educate 150 additional students across both Westchester campuses using Windward’s proven researchbased multisensory instruction. The facility will also be home to The Windward Institute, whose work will continue to expand the School’s impact and reach in New York State and beyond. “With the Fall 2021 date confirmed, we look forward to providing a campus to meet the needs of The Windward School’s students, families, faculty and staff members, and more for years to come,” said Jamie Williamson, Head of School. Along with the transition to a new physical location, a shift in divisions will also occur in September 2021. Fifth grade in both Westchester and Manhattan will move into
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the lower schools, marking a return to Windward’s original lower and middle school model, and it is a change that is developmentally in line with the needs of the students. Some parts of construction have proven to take more time to accomplish than originally anticipated. One was the permitting process to reroute a city water main running across the location for the new gym and starting construction in the easement. Meanwhile, other aspects of the project will continue moving ahead, which include renovating existing bathrooms and replacing a significant section of the roof and the remaining singlepane windows. As more construction milestones are reached, details will be shared with the Windward community. Thank you to Windward’s administration and the Board of Trustees Building and Grounds Committee for smoothly managing the construction plans for the new Westchester Lower School campus.
