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50 Years of Alumni W
Windward successfully completes the $6 million Campaign for Windward School, which allows the school to add significant new facilities. Arts Center and Meshulam Riklis and Pia Zadora Dining Pavilion opens.
50th graduating class. CTL Renovation and new furniture.
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indward’s first graduating class was the Class of 1972. This year, we celebrate our 50th graduation with the Class of 2022. Whether an alum from 50 years ago or last year, their time at Windward is part of our history. We have asked alums to reflect on some of the remarkable achievements of the past and share their fondest Windward memories.
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Derek Leavitt ’95
2015 The 11,647 square foot Lewis Jackson Memorial Sports Center undergoes an extensive remodel. The Weight Room undergoes an extensive remodel and is renamed the Peak Performance Center.
2021 Academic Hub and the Schwartzberg Family Bridge open.
Architect & Real Estate Developer “The gym was the "new" building when I started and the bridge was very narrow. After assemblies there would be a massive backup of students crossing the bridge back to class because most of the classrooms were on the Palms side of the river.”
Jasmine Blevins ’17 Production Assistant
“My favorite Windward memory is from my Junior year when I hosted Shirley's Slams and Jams with Hannah Kanter. We told jokes, played music, I rapped Hamilton with the crowd and the girls basketball team and I recited poetry. It was a blast and one of the most special days of my Windward career.”
Mark Polland ’81
Lawyer & Artist
“When I attended Windward it was located in a small converted office building on 21st Street, with big dreams inside. It was twice as big as the converted motel on Wilshire where it all started. It's a parking lot now, but the memories live on. My favorite Windward memory was camping on Santa Barbara Island for a week during block week. Carrying all our water and bringing 12 scuba tanks
each so that we could get certified to scuba dive. Floating underwater over a school of bat rays that made the seafloor look like it was moving all around us. Finding an antique anchor and bringing it back to the dock, only to have our instructor tell us to take it back again. We hauled it around a corner and then goofed off until the tanks were dry so he thought we worked really hard.”
Lauren Hoffman ’05 Piano Teacher & Jewelry Designer
“Windward allowed me the space to see what it felt like to explore all my interests. If I wanted to play a sport, their response was, go for it. If I wanted to join the speech and debate team their response was, go for it. Being able to engage in so many opportunities allowed me to explore all of my creative passions!”
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