Best Ways to Meet People and Get Involved:
Service Learning Spring plays or Fall Musicals Sports (varsity, JV or intramural) Movie Nights in Posich Video Game tournaments in the Day Student Room Group ColLabs Service Trips or travel (Haiti, Nicaragua, Paris, Italy)
Best Weekend OnCampus Events: Dances in posich Coffee Houses Volleyball/dodgeball tournaments Sledding Pizza oven dinners
Best Weekend Off Campus Events
Movie Mall Trip - Whitney Field Mall Sushi Mall Trip - The Natick Mall Sawa Asian Bistro
Best On Campus Entertainment: Movies in Posich Aca-piti Performances Minute to Win It Sports Games
Service Learning: An opportunity for each student to participate in a year long service program in order to create beneficial and sustainable change in the local or global community.
Best View on Campus:
The main lobby balcony overlooking the golf course at sunset
Best Outside Hangout Spots:
Magay Commons: The picnic tables by the pizza oven behind Ford Hall The grass and picnic tables outside of Posich
Best Ways to Stay in Shape:
Hike Mt Monadnock with Mr. Grueter/Mr Harvey on weekends Go for runs in downtown Winchendon Utilize your free golf membership! Work out in the Rotenberg Gymnasium Play pickup basketball on the outdoor court
Best TWS Social Media Accounts: Facebook: Petey Wapiti The Winchendon School Twitter: @hockey_winch @WinchGVhockey @WinchendonA @thewinchschool Instagram: Winchendon_performingarts TheWinchendonSchool Winchtagram Winchednon_Athletics Winch_hockey1926
Best Places for Date Night: Dunkin Donuts Subway Cristo’s Pizza Cruisers Malt Shop Gabby’s Gardner Cinemas McDonalds
Best Food Places That Deliver Gabby’s Pizzeria Friend’s Garden
Best Nap Spots on Campus: The couches in the Main Lobby Day Student Room The grass outside Admissions on a sunny day
THE INSIDERS GUIDE TO THE WINCHENDON SCHOOL
VOCABULARY TO KNOW:
ColLab: Short for “Collaborative Laboratory.” Used to describe the two week period in January and May in which students can immerse themselves in an area of interest through an internship, independent project, travel etc.
Conference: A portion of the academic day in which students can seek further individualized help from their teachers.
AOD: Stands for “Administrator on Duty.” The faculty that is in charge of campus each night.
Global Dynamics: Our interdisciplinary course that examines important world themes and areas of the globe through the lens of English, History, Literature and Social Sciences.
Wapiti: A type of elk that serves as our beloved school mascot. The wapiti is an African word but is also an animal that is present in the New England area. This word was chosen to represent the globalization of cultures present in our WInchendon community.
Symposium: The final presentation at the end of a ColLab period in which students can share what they did and learned with the school.
“The Winch”: Nickname for The Winchendon School that students and faculty often chant at sports games or use in daily conversation.
WIS: Stands for “Winchendon Information System.” The website students and parents use to check homework, weekly grades, daily comments and general school updates.
Toy Town: Nickname for the town of Winchendon that represents the many toy and wooden ware factories that were present at the turn of the 20th century.
Community Weekend: The few times a year that students are asked to remain on campus for the weekend and not go home.
Posich: Named after an old head of school. The name of our student center in the middle of campus where students can play ping pong, listen to music, watch movies or just hangout.