

Board of Trustees
Joseph M. Rault III
President
Amory Donohue
Suzanne Engel
Andrea Geisser
Chris Petillo
Constance Pond
Tracy Rosen
Robert Smith
Chris Spofford
Mark Unthank
Dan Weissman
School Leadership

Scott Bezsylko
Executive Director
Sandy Hagerty Head of School, New York
Beth Sugerman Head of School, Connecticut
Erica Piche Head of School, New Jersey

Jeremy Antar Head of School, Winston Transitions
Keith Oncale Head of School, Long Island
Kristen Atkins Head of School, San Francisco
Jaclyn Siegel
Head of School, Winston Online

Elizabeth Mendelsohn
Director, Winston Innovation Lab
Dear Families and Friends,
The Board of Trustees, our campus leadership, and our faculty and staff join me in thanking you for generously supporting the Winston Innovation Lab during the 2021-22 school year.
With the close of another year at Winston Prep, we recognize and celebrate our students, our families, and our faculty, not only for their incredible resilience, ingenuity, and perseverance throughout the global health crisis, but also for the vision and strength required to successfully launch our California campus and Winston Online during a pandemic.
We also celebrate that expansion and growth, our ability to reach more and more students each year with a unique and powerful educational program that is rooted in science and that has transformed so many lives over the last four decades. We can say today that Winston Prep is coast to coast. Students across the country, who previously faced so many challenges in school, now have a place where they feel safe, understood, supported, confident, and eager for their future.
But it remains as true today as ever that our power, endurance, and efficacy come from our deep understanding of each unique child and from creating an individualized program for each student that responds to their strengths and needs and that changes with them as they grow over time. No matter how many campuses we have or how many students, our foundation will always be one child at a time.
This annual report of giving acknowledges the individuals and organizations that supported us this year and made this growth and progress possible. Thank you for your generous contributions and for helping Winston Prep reach so many students throughout the country, children who only need the right opportunities and support to succeed beyond expectations.
Warmest regards, Scott Bezsylko
I realized that at Winston there was a universal understanding that it’s okay if you learn differently. –Student





inston Preparatory School Mission
Facilitate the independence and meaningful participation of students with specific learning disorders through a Continuous Feedback System that develops skill acquisition and the Qualities of a Sustainable and Independent Learner.


Winston Preparatory School also seeks to influence the field of education with research and implementation models that achieve these ends, in this way.


Our Donors
Director’s Circle | $20,000+
James and Sonja Bartlett Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Robert and Janice James Robert and Nina Kaufelt John and Kim Laguzza Joseph J. + Claire Morrow Charitable Foundation Constance Pond and Glenn Hubbard Quest Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc. Dan Weissman Laurie and Paul Zollinger
Headmaster’s Circle | $15,000-$19,999 Gordon and Amy Caplan Chris and Laura Spofford Karla and Douglas Wheeler
Dean’s Circle | $10,000-$14,999 ADP Foundation
Andrea and Mary Ellen Geisser Simone G. Haas and Scott Zumsteg Marshall and Johanna Kiev Alan Kirshenbaum
Jill and Andrew Myers Charles and Pouli Otton Bob Pasker Joe and Celeste Rault Sandpebble Sargenti Architects Jenny and Jon Steingart Chris and Tracy Turner
Winston Builders | $5,000-$9,999
Christopher and Karen Anderson Bederson LLP
Ethan and Jenna Dabbs
The Hyde Watson Foundation Sally Gottesman
Daniel and Jill LaGattuta Craig and Joanne Laurie Learning + the Brain Stanley T. and Vera Miller Diane and David O’Brien Douglas and Kristin Peta Chris and Laura Petillo Chris and Candace Procaccini
Lewis and Susan Rapaport Rhyno Healthcare Solutions
Winston Sustainers | $2,500-$4,999 Amanti Vino Craig Chiappone and Nana Chu Cushman + Wakefield Robert and Jennifer Dowd Eugene and Debra Mae Fernandez Paul Josling and Jeanmarie Genirs Phillip Kearns and Grace Ray Mary Ellen and Michael Lehmann The McCance Foundation The NVLD Project Tom and Elisabeth Parker Matthew and Patricia Schwartz Chris and Sharon Sevrens Beth Sugerman Steven and Carol Sokol Alexandra Stone Vincenzo and Anita Sahlberg Turano Cameron and Jackie Wilson Ward and Diane Zumsteg
Winston Sponsors | $1,000-$2,499 Douglas and Kristen Atkins Andy and Katie Bednark Scott and Elizabeth Bezsylko Christopher and Robin Biasotti James Berner and Sheila Ward Stephanie and Jeff Blackman Jim and Lynne Bramlett Joseph and Susan Budd Tim and Silvana Buono Phillip and Kerri Cagnassola Victor K. Chan and Shirley Ip The Leslie Clarke Team at William Raveis Real Estate Michael Corbett and Judith McGrath
The Law Offices of Adam Dayan, PLLC Kraig and Jen DeMatteis Amory Donohue Nicole M. Dorrell Brad and Carol Dyksen Andy and Kim Gesell Thomas and Mary Lee Giblin Ira Grossbach
Walter J. and Julie S. Haas Sandy Hagerty Lance and Lea Hertzbach
Winston Sponsors | $1,000-$2,499 continued
Peter and Maryann Hutchinson
William Merritt Johnson and Jason Weinberg
Saul and Tracy Kattan Palisa Kelley
Greg Kennedy and Victoria Reese Rhonda Mace
Rick MacArthur and Renee Khatami Matt and Darrah MacLean Daniel and Barbara McLeod Pat and Bob Mendelsohn Clement and Tracey Naples Brendan and Claire Neary Mindi Parrott
Erica and Sean Piche
Susan Ramer and Mark Coleman Greg and Tracy Rosen
Peter and Elana Rothschild
Ethan and Julie Ruby Law Offices of Regina Skyer & Associates, LLP
Robert and Jill Smith Craig and Cecilia Stanley Louis and Jeannie Sorell Lee Sutherland Family David Tollner
Stephen J. Tsoucaris Andrew Wagshul Christopher and Brenda Wilcox Paula Wynne
Winston Supporters | $500-$999
Anonymous
Austin + Co., Inc.
Claudia Ayash and Sherif Sadek Barger + Gaines
Lawrence and Deborah Berliner Law Office of Lawrence W. Berliner, LLC Breast Cancer Alliance
Frank Chaney and Ronda Wist Peter Chiu and Hisu Chang
John Civita
Wayne and Barbara Comer Ken and Tracey Cook Melissa Croswhite
Brian Edgar and Wendy Conway Craig Elkind and Christine Lai
David and Tricia Faloni Daniel Gomez and Deborah Caraballoso Lowell and Nicole Haims
Hedy Hartman and Andrew Chait Harry and Rebecca Hu Tracy Hu
Charles Jeffrey and Jaime Barnes Matt and Colleen Kapklein Gerald Karikari and Barbara C. Smith Robert and Shanel Kay Kevin and Lindsay Kruse John and Jennifer Lambrech John and Jennifer Lansden Vicki LePage Adam and Melissa Lowy Billy and Gena Mann Modestino Mele and Vanessa Lee William and Misty McGurgan Kennon Miller and Barbara Rossi Robert and Teresa Muñoz Stefan Nafziger and Einat Admony Tal and Marcy Oren Piper Paul Law, LLC Tom and Staci Reilly Erich and Jennifer Ringewald Rob and Penni Roll Charly Sahlia and Shieva Ghofrany Howard Sanders Robert Sansone and Verna Esposito Benjamin and Jody Saunders Frank and Marjorie Scagluiso Russell Schreiber and Amy Stolzer Gail E. Schupak Kyle and Lori Silverstein Alan and Lisa Sinsheimer Special Education Legal Fund Louis Taubman and Robin Sherak TIAA
Rachel Tiven Scott and Michele Tivey Jennifer and Laurence Tuchman Cristian Von Reitze and Mindi Camponeschi Eric Williams and Wendy Hoskins Michelle Wolfson John Woodby Samira Yakubova
Winston Friends | up to $499 Robert Aaronson and Nancy Gropper Alexandra McFarlan Ackley, Jr. Lorraine Adams Victoria Allende
Anonymous
Dominick Auciello
Elizabeth Axel
Elizabeth Back
Michele Bellantoni
Paul Beaulac and Chandra Dhanraj-Beaulac David Beinstein and Veera Hiranandani
Peter Bergold and Sarah Hartman
Leonard Boccia
Paul and Chrissa Browning Stephen and Sharyn Castagno John and Debbie Chrabolowski Benjamin and Paula Cohen Marshall Cohen and Ellen J. Brooks Roni Cohen-Sandler
Creative Speech Solutions, LLC Pediatric Therapy Center
Collins Crowther and Renate von Huetz
Del Aguila Family
Dante and Elizabeth DeSole Dunn Family
Suzanne and Harry Engel
The Ferdinandsen Family Eric Fischman
Douglas and Jane Frank Andy Friedman
Joe Gall and Jill Cremer Gall Diana Garcia-Breinich Adam and Jenifer Geller
Robert Germain and Janet Gerber
Faye Ginsburg and Fred Myers
Brian C. Goldberg
Jon Hagan and Valerie Danon-Hagan Erika Hartley
Eugene Harris and Rosalee Thomson Daniel and Melissa Hatter William and Denise Heffernan Rick and Karen Houtz
Dennis Kaiser and Susan Miller George and Catherine Kirchgaesser Yonas Kebede and Amsale Ketema
Michael Kleinman and Anne Shahmoon Knights Catering
Greg and Merrie Koehlert Levine Family
Johan Lindgren and Hera Huang Stavroula Maliarou
Lee and Susan Manning Whitney Matera Matthew Maynard
Kenneth Martens and Shannon Johnson Cheryl McGuire
Elizabeth Mendelsohn and William DeHaven Judy and Efrain Mendez Jill Mercorella
Theodore Metzger and Robin Fleischner Karim and Marianne Mikhail Nicole Miller Terran and Lisa Miller Christopher Liam Moore and William Rauch Muccio Family Jane and Ken Newman Sherman and Lillian Ng Joshua and Susan Novin Cynthia Novoa Kathy Pindych Ari and Felice Plaut Michael and Karen Preston Ratcliff Law, PLLC Edward and May Reilly Matthew and Maria Riez Michael and Karina Rizzi Jason and Heidi Rosenfarb Harold Rosenthal and Kimberly Schwab Sean and Linda Ross Tanya and Charles Russell Marie Sarchese Lynn and Daniel Schaul Frances and Robert Schwartz The Law Offices of Bonnie Spiro Schinagle Jennifer and John Serrano Karl and Rosemary Shmavonian Perrin Siegel and Vassilis Pipis Chelsea and Elizabeth Silvernell Chris and Lee Skillin Jim and Sandra Snyder Peter and Kathleen Streinger Liz and Mike Sosa Robin and Jerry Tempelman Michael Terranova and Mary Valentine-Terranova Mark Unthank and Michele O’Neil Unthank Rafael Valdes and Shannon McCue Stacy and Gary Wayne Manes + Weinberg, LLC Richard White and Dinorah Nunez-White Nancy Widdows
Corporate Sponsorship + Foundation Giving
ADP Foundation
Amanti Vino
Austin + Co., Inc. Barger + Gaines Bederson LLP
Law Office of Lawrence W. Berliner, LLC
Caplan Family Foundation Trust
The Leslie Clarke Team at William Raveis Real Estate
Creative Speech Solutions, LLC Pediatric Therapy Center Cushman & Wakefield
The Law Offices of Adam Dayan, PLLC
The Geisser Family Foundation
Gesell Giving Fund GPS College Consulting
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Law Office of Erika L. Hartley
The Hyde Watson Foundation Jewish Communal Fund Learning + the Brain
The McCance Foundation Manes + Weinberg, LLC
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Joseph J. + Claire Morrow Charitable Foundation
The Jill and Andrew Myers Family Foundation Nassau Neuropsychological Services, PLLC
The NVLD Project
The Pasker Family Charitable Fund Peta Family Fund Piper Paul Law, LLC Quest Foundation Ratcliff Law, PLLC Rhyno Healthcare Solutions Sandpebble Sargenti Architects
The Law Offices of Bonnie Spiro Schinagle Law Offices of Regina Skyer + Associates, LLP Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc. Special Education Legal Fund
TIAA
UBS Community Affairs
Westport College Prep Westport Tennis Club
Matching Gifts
American Express, Nicole Dorrell and Lillian Ng Assured Guaranty, Teresa Muñoz Bayer HealthCare, Rick Houtz
Deutsche Bank, Jeanmarie Genirs
Estée Lauder, Tanya Russell General Electric, Paul and Chrissa Browning Google, Louis Sorrell Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Simone G. Haas S+P Global, Kenneth Martens Mastercard, Paul Beaulac Stanley Black and Decker, Adam Rolfe TIAA, Susan Manning Varadero Capital, Christopher Wilcox
Trustee Giving
Amory Donohue Suzanne Engel Andrea Geisser Chris Petillo Constance Pond Joseph M. Rault III Tracy Rosen Robert Smith Chris Spofford Mark Unthank Dan Weissman
Faculty and Staff Giving
Lorraine Adams Douglas and Kristen Atkins Elizabeth Back Michelle Bellantoni Scott Bezsylko John Civita Eric Fischman Diana Garcia-Breinich Sandy Hagerty Elizabeth Mendelsohn Judy Mendez Erica Piche Kathy Pindych Karen Preston Michelle Rolfe Liz Sosa Beth Sugerman Nancy Widdows Jaclyn Siegel
Grandparent and Relative Giving
Jim and Lynne Bramlett Melissa Croswhite Walter J. and Julie S. Haas Tracy Hu Matt and Colleen Kapklein
Pat and Bob Mendelsohn
Susan and Lewis Rapaport Ward and Diane Zumsteg
Gifts in Memory and in Honor of Ethan and Julie Ruby, in honor of Asher Ruby Tanya and Charles Russell, in honor of the marriage of Mindi Parrott and James Burns Frances and Robert Schwartz, in memory of Karen Rose
In-Kind Giving


ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. Amanti Vino, Chris and Sharon Sevrens Kristen Atkins
Balaboosta Restaurant, Einat Admony Greg and Laura Bartels
Pamela Bennett Birdland Jazz Club Bowlero at Chelsea Piers Bravo Media, LLC. A Division of NBCUniversal Bill and Emily Calamita Cantine Dei and Villa il Boschetto, Maria Caterina Dei Enore and Ursula Ceola John Civita
Arthur Crozier and Paige Carlin Gabriela De La Vega Stephen Ehrens Sharon Fiarman Geoffrey Weill Associates
GPS College Consulting, Beth Bressler Sandy Hagerty Murray and Esperanza Grenville Lance and Lea Hertzbach Gilbert C. Hoover, IV Hera Huang Paul Josling and Jeanmarie Genirs Greg and Merrie Koehlert Emily Koplik Leon Graciela Meltzer Meta
The Metropolitan Opera Titus Mitchell Derrick Mize Norwalk Fire Department Norwalk Police Department Keith Oncale Charles Otton Mindi Parrott Tom and Staci Reilly Courtney Sargenti Schloss Elmau and Orania-Berlin Hotels, Dietmar Mueller-Elmau
The Shubert Organization Jaclyn Siegel Sinskey Vineyards Beth Sugerman Steven and Barbara Trudel WP Diamonds and myGemma, Louise Lieblich Viacom
2022 Spring Celebration

Our inaugural Spring Celebration, One Child at a Time, launched this year during the last week of March with an eblast video featuring Winston Prep senior Braden looking back on his time at our Connecticut campus. Braden spoke about the individualized learning and expert teachers he had at Winston Prep and how they helped him to develop the skills and knowledge to succeed in high school, graduate, and prepare for college in the fall.
The Spring Celebration campaign extended over the next seven weeks, and subsequent eblasts highlighted students from each Winston Prep campus. They shared personal stories about their experiences at Winston Prep and how the programming–which is customized to actively respond to each student’s learning needs and strengths over time–and caring faculty not only changed their attitudes about and performance in school, but also impacted their life trajectories. It was wonderful to witness these students’ stories and to share them with all of our campuses and the extended Winston Prep community.
The final week of the campaign also included a spirited virtual auction, which featured over forty amazing items donated by Winston Prep families, faculty, and friends. Our community had the opportunity to vie for some great items, everything from incredible European retreats to a variety of sports and entertainment packages. Even our Heads of School participated by donating special excursions and experiences for our students.
Although the pandemic prevented us from holding the culminating party we planned in Midtown Manhattan, most ticket holders for this event donated the cost of their tickets to the campaign, and all of our donors and sponsors allowed us to retain their generous gifts. Even our Marin County campus was able to host their own festivities locally, an on-campus celebration with great food and live music.
The 2022 Spring Celebration generated extraordinary support for the Winston Innovation Lab and its many vital projects. This success was made possible by the overwhelming generosity of Winston Prep families, faculty, friends, education partners, local businesses, and the generous contributions of Winston Prep’s 2022 Corporate Sponsors. A special thank you to Rhonda Mace, Benefit Committee Chair, and our Campus Coordinators.
Thank you to all for your amazing support of the Spring Celebration, Winston Prep, and the Winston Innovation Lab!

2022 Benefit Chair and Campus Coordinators
Rhonda Mace, Event Chair + Winston Transitions Coordinator | Courtney Sargenti, New York Lea Hertzbach and Julie Ruby, Connecticut | Sharon Sevrens, New Jersey Mindi Parrott, Long Island | Simone Haas, Marin County
2022 Corporate Sponsors









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Winston Preparatory School is an independent school for students with learning disabilities with campuses in New York City, Norwalk, CT, Whipanny, NJ, Dix Hills, NY, and San Rafael, CA.
In addition, Winston Online serves students across the country with live virtual learning.
Winston Preparatory School is like no other
Nowhere else – public schools, private schools, or other specialized schools – can you find the combination of offerings that propel success for students with learning disabilities.
A deep understanding of each student’s unique learning style
1:3 teacher-to-student ratio
A customized program built upon that understanding Essential social-emotional skill development infused into every classroom and lesson
A Continuous Feedback System that drives constantly responsive programming Rich, specialized, and multi-level faculty development that builds teacher expertise
1:1 daily instruction
Program continues for students who need more time after high school
With four decades of experience, we know these components are essential to transforming the educational trajectory for children. Students who join Winston Preparatory School see their education and their lives completely turn around. Support Winston
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WPSNY 126 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011 | 212.496.8400 WPSCT 57 West Rocks Road, Norwalk, CT 06851 | 203.229.0465
WPSNJ 901 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981 | 973.500.6480 WPSLI 30 Deforest Road, Dix Hills, NY 11746 | 631.779.2400
WPSSFN 1 Saint Vincents Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903 | 415.993.5533 Winston Transitions 240 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 | 646.869.4600 Winston Online P.O. Box 560, Hicksville, NY 11802 | 646.970.3338 Winston Innovation Lab 50 Broad Street, Suite 402, New York, NY 10004 | 212.719.5598
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