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ABOUT THIS GUIDE ABOUT THIS GUIDE
WINDWARD’S MISSION STATEMENT
Windward School is a dynamic college preparatory school that challenges each student to achieve excellence in a nurturing, inclusive community. Windward teachers, parents, and administrators work together to inspire our students to be responsible, caring, well informed, ethical, prepared, and well balanced young adults.
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION (7-8)
Windward’s Middle School program provides a challenging and stimulating environment in which our students can learn. We know that young adolescents learn best when they are given the chance to engage actively with the material they are studying. Our dynamic classrooms provide our students with opportunities to develop the academic and critical thinking skills needed for success in middle school and in life. We balance an innovative, cutting-edge curriculum with developing a strong foundation in the fundamental skills needed for academic success. We are further committed to providing strong programs in the visual and performing arts, athletics, leadership, technology, and service learning. These programs enable our students to experiment with a wide array of activities, to find their passions, and to develop their talents, their character, and their leadership skills.
PREP DIVISION (9-10)
The Prep Division focuses on a student’s foundational learning in a college preparatory environment. In our nurturing culture, every student is known and engages in getting to know themselves more fully. Students are supported in exploring questions about their own interests, curiosities, strengths, and challenges: where they are thriving and where they want to go next as learners, both academically and extracurricularly. With dynamic classrooms, close relationships with inspiring teachers and mentors, experiential learning and leadership opportunities, global partnerships and trips, and a multitude of extracurricular offerings, students become more independent as students and as thinkers.
COLLEGIATE DIVISION (11-12)
The Collegiate Division focuses on a student’s readiness for and transition to college. In our nurturing environment, students feel safe to challenge ideas, to take thoughtful risks, to create and to innovate, to build lasting relationships, and to explore who they are and who they want to be in this complex world. Within our array of academic and extracurricular offerings, they grow into independent thinkers who are able to think creatively and differently and to contribute positively to the diverse world around them. They learn who they are and what they love and ultimately, through this self-awareness, are able to make thoughtful and appropriate choices about their futures.
Windward Curriculum
Windward School’s curriculum combines required courses with a rich selection of elective classes. At Windward, students are encouraged to play an active role in devising their courses of study, and this guide is designed to help facilitate both short-term and long-term planning. The faculty, department chairs, college counselors, and administrators are always available to assist both parents and students with program planning.
Most of the classes listed in this guide are available every year pending approval and enrollment. Some classes are available only upon demand or in alternate years; such classes are indicated with an asterisk (*).
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (9-12)
- 4 years of English
- 3 years of History and Social Science, including U.S. History and World History
- 3 years Mathematics, including Algebra 2/ Trigonometry
- 3 years of Science, including Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
- 3 years of the same World Language or 2 years each of two World Languages
- 2 years of Visual or Performing Arts
- 20 hours of Community Service
- Completion of Senior Capstone
