Windward Annual Report & Magazine 2011

Fall 2011

Windward School

Magazine

Annual Report

Celebrating 40 years

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WINDWARD S C H O O L

Windward School Mission Statement Windward 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.

A dynamic education. A nurturing community.

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From the Head of School 2011 has been a year of celebration and reflection as we look back at Windward’s forty-year history. When I became Head of School 25 years ago, I assured Co-Founder Shirley Windward that her vision of a school that provided a dynamic education and a nurturing community would remain the driving force behind Windward School. In the years that have followed, we have thoughtfully adapted our programs to best meet our core values and prepare our students for the changing demands of the 21st century.

In the following pages, we celebrate Shirley’s founding vision through the many accomplishments of our talented scholars, athletes, and artists; successful alumni; dedicated and inspiring faculty; and of course, our generous and engaged parent body. Windward in 2011 is truly a remarkable community that is vibrant, supportive, and welcoming.

This fall, we continue our celebration of Windward’s 40th anniversary and reflect on the enduring values and key strengths that have shaped us into one of the premier college preparatory schools in the country. To commemorate this significant milestone, alumni, teachers, parents, and, of course, Shirley, have shared their most treasured pieces of Windward history. “40 Artifacts for 40 Years” will be on display in the Center for Teaching & Learning this school year and will include Shirley’s first letter to incoming parents, dated August 11, 1971. In it, Shirley shares that “Our staff is complete; our registration with the State is a fact; our correspondence with the accreditation bureau has begun.”

That “bureau,” the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), again made an accreditation visit to Windward this past spring. Every six years, each school welcomes a committee of school leaders from CAIS/WASC to assess the school’s progress on the goals set six years ago. The group also evaluates the school’s new strategic goals for the next six years. At the end of the visit, the team makes a number of commendations and recommendations to the school.

Windward received a very positive report that commended the school on its remarkable progress over the past six years and supported the major goals of the new Windward Strategic Plan. In fact, the Chair of the committee commented in his presentation of the report that the committee members had taken an informal vote, and they had agreed, “If they could to do it over again, they would send their kids to Windward.” A few days after their visit, I was asked to Chair the CAIS Boards of Standards, so you could say that we aced the accreditation!

Thanks to the thoughtful feedback of the entire Windward community and to the professional evaluation of the CAIS/WASC Accreditation team, Elliot Gordon ’74, Chair of the Windward Board of Trustees, and I have a clear mandate that will guide our work in the years ahead. I am pleased to share with you the final version of the Windward Strategic Plan 2011-17 in this Annual Report.

Looking back at our accomplishments over the past 40 years is inspirational. Looking ahead at our new goals is exhilarating.

This Annual Report shares some of our exciting initiatives that are receiving national recognition for our leadership in adapting to the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. Our multiyear university partnerships engage our faculty and administrators in ongoing curricular research and professional growth, which are making our programs more dynamic and engaging. They are serving as models for the many college preparatory schools from across the country who have visited us this past year. The partnerships better prepare our students for college, and they allow us to strengthen our ties with the colleges and universities that our students wish to attend. Taken collectively, these exciting partnerships and initiatives add true meaning to the term “college preparatory school for the 21st century.”

In our 40th year, Windward is entering into our “Golden Age,” made possible by the generosity, dedication, imagination, and creativity of the entire Windward community. Thanks to you, we have been able to create innovative new programs and build magnificent facilities that inspire not only our students and teachers, but also educators from across the nation. Thanks to you, we can build on the strengths that make the Windward experience extraordinary. Thanks to you, our future is bright.

Sincerely,

Tom Gilder Head of School

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From the Board Chair

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orty-one years ago, I would never have imagined that I would have the honor of addressing the Windward Community as the Chair of the Board of Trustees. In the fall of 1971, sixty families, including my own, made a leap of faith, not only in Co-Founders Shirley Windward and Carl Parsons, but in the belief that there was far more to school than filling the heads of students with facts and figures. At an age when many teachers are contemplating their retirement, Shirley had a very different idea – to create an independent school.

Windward has grown in ways that we could not have imagined forty years ago: state-of-the-art facilities, award winning arts programs and championship sports teams, an alumni base of nearly 2,000 that spans the globe, and innovative programs that challenge all of us – teachers, students, parents – to reach new heights. What makes me most proud is that Shirley’s vision of a dynamic education and a nurturing community remains at the heart of the campus today. I can attest to this not only as Board Chair and a graduate, but also as a parent of an alumnus. It was a pleasure watching my son, Daniel ’10, learn and grow within the same Windward philosophy as I did.

My role as Board Chair is to partner with Tom Gilder and the entire Board of Trustees to steward Windward’s Strategic Plan. I had the wonderful opportunity to Chair the Strategic Planning Committee with a cross-section of the Windward Community, including parents, Trustees, faculty members, alumni, and students. It is gratifying to know that I will be working alongside Tom, my fellow Trustees, and, most importantly, you, the entire Windward Community, to realize the ambitious goals set forth in the Plan.

I have seen firsthand how passionate our community is about Windward, and truly I am overwhelmed by your enthusiasm and dedication to making Windward an even better place. I want to thank our Board of Trustees, whose leadership sets an example for all of us; our parent volunteers, who are ready to help wherever needed; our alumni, who have made great strides toward reinvigorating and strengthening our Alumni Program; our esteemed administrators and faculty members, working to make not only our students, but also our programs the best they can be; and of course, our students, whose curiosity and excitement for life make all of our efforts worthwhile.

None of this would be possible without the generosity of the Windward Community. As you will read in the following pages, our community of donors continues to make Windward one of their top philanthropic priorities.

I would also like to acknowledge Tom. For the last 25 years, he has guided Windward to this exciting point in our history. Tom’s thoughtful leadership has made all the difference to Windward. Please join me in celebrating Tom’s dedication throughout the year, and especially at this year’s Spring Event, Saturday, May 5, 2012.

Windward’s first forty years have been more than I could have imagined back in 1971, and I am even more optimistic and excited for the next forty. Together, we will work to accomplish the goals of the new Strategic Plan. Together, we can ensure Windward’s future.

Sincerely,

Elliot Gordon ’74 Chair, Board of Trustees

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2010-11 Board of Trustees David Lippman joined the Board in 2004, and like Claudia, quickly assumed leadership responsibility for the Capital Campaign as a Co-Chair. David recognized how vital these new facilities were to Windward School and worked tirelessly to make them a reality. His enthusiasm and commitment to the Capital Campaign helped raise over $10,000,000 for these facilities which have transformed Windward. David also was a dedicated member of the Finance Committee.

From left to right, front row: Tony Rubin, George Rosenthal, Suzanne Boone, Christine Cuddy, Board Chair Elliot Gordon, Jan Minium, and Nancy Grant From left to right, back row: Hal Burroughs, Scott Jacks, Tony de los Reyes, Robert Friedman, Bryan Ezralow, Allison Mirkin, Gary Newman, David Lippman, Michael Parks, Irene Kleinberg and Head of School Tom Gilder Not pictured: Claudia Bright, Wanda Denson-Low, Steve Dworkin, Michael Hackman, Lisa Rosenstein, Michael Sales, Pauletta Washington, and Shirley Windward

Thank you to our Departing Trustees We salute several Trustees, whose terms on the Board of Trustees ended in 2010-11. Your dedication, wise counsel, and enthusiasm for our students and teachers will be missed.

Suzanne Boone served on the Board for a one-year term as Parent Guild President. Under her leadership, the Parent Guild and its dedicated volunteers enriched every day of school life.

Claudia Bright joined the Board in 2004 and soon stepped forward to serve as the Capital Campaign Co-Chair. Claudia and fellow Co-Chairs David Lippman and Pauletta Washington were instrumental in gaining the Board’s support and raising the funds to move forward with construction of the Science,

Dance & Music Center and the Center for Teaching & Learning.

Claudia’s passion for our students and Windward inspired the Windward Community to generously support this important effort.

Christine Cuddy became a Trustee in 2002 and Chaired the Committee on Trustees, which is responsible for the selection, nomination and orientation of Board Members. In that capacity, Christine led the revision of the Board by-laws, a significant undertaking.

Robert Friedman, a Board member since 2005, served on the Finance Committee and was the Annual Fund Co-Chair during the 2006-07 academic year. Under his leadership, the Annual Fund exceeded its $750,000 goal.

Jan Minium, a Trustee since 2004, has had an amazing impact on the Windward Community. Jan served as Parent Guild President and helped build our robust volunteer force and strengthen our school culture and community spirit. In fact, Jan and a few fellow Parents of Alumni of the Class of ’06 established Night on the Bridge, a special event for seniors and their parents prior to graduation, that has become a treasured Windward tradition. Jan served as Annual Fund Co-Chair in 2006-07, helping Windward exceed its $750,000 goal. She continued to participate on the Annual Fund as a volunteer each year her boys were at Windward. An active voice on the Committee on Trustees and the Finance Committee, Jan added the thoughtful insight that reminded everyone of how its decisions affected our students and families. Jan’s wisdom and commitment to Windward’s core values will be missed on the Board, but we know she will continue to participate actively in our community as a Parent of Alumni.

Lisa Rosenstein is the Head of School at Willows School and has served on the Board since 2005. Lisa’s background as an esteemed educator brought a valuable and insightful perspective to the Board.

Pauletta Washington served as a Trustee since 2007 and a Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign with Claudia and David.

Pauletta’s guidance played a key role in ensuring that the Capital Campaign addressed the needs of the performing arts department. She led a sub-committee of Trustees and parents who explored ways to integrate performing arts facilities into the Science, Dance & Music Center.

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Board of Trustees (Continued) Welcome to our New Trustees The Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome five new Trustees for the 2011-12 academic year.

Pat Duncan Pat Duncan is Vice President, Legal Affairs, for Home Box Office, where she oversees all legal matters relating to the development and production of HBO’s original films and miniseries. Prior to joining HBO, she was a partner with the Los Angeles law firm of Leopold, Petrich & Smith. Among other activities, she is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Copyright Society, where she also holds the office of Secretary. She received her BA in Government from Pomona College in Claremont, California, and her JD from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Her daughter is a current Windward student (2014) and her son is a recent Windward graduate (2010).

Jane Gutman Jane Gutman is the mother of Peter, a Windward senior, and Jake, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania. She has spent her e nt ire care e r in t he fie ld of education, as an English and History teacher at two Eastern private s chools , as a pri vat e colle ge counselor, and as the Associate Dean of Admissions and later the Director of the Western Regional Office (fund-raising) for the University of Pennsylvania. Jane did her undergraduate work at Trinity College and the University of Pennsylvania and holds Master’s degrees from

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Antioch University (psychology) and Dartmouth College (American Studies). She served on the Board of Village School for nine years, and has devoted most of her free time to service activities involving youth in her community. For fun, more than anything Jane enjoys traveling with her children: trekking to visit the gorillas in Rwanda, climbing mountains, snorkeling in the Great Barrier reef, dining with tribal people on the Vietnam/China border, hiking in the Galapagos and the like. She is thrilled to serve as the President of Windward’s Parent Guild and a former Co-Chair for Windward’s Annual Fund.

Bennett Rosenthal Bennett Rosenthal is a Senior Partner and Co-Head of the Ares Private Equity Group and sits on the Executive Committee of Ares Management. Bennett is also the C h a irm a n of Ares C apita l Corporation. He joined Ares in 1998 from Merrill Lynch & Co. where he served as a Managing Director in the Global Leveraged Finance Group. Bennett currently serves on the Boards of Directors of AmeriQual Group, LLC; Aspen Dental Management; City Ventures, LLC; Hanger Orthopedic, Inc.; Jacuzzi Brands Corporation; National Bedding Company LLC (“Serta”); Nortek, Inc.; and Simmons Bedding Company. He also serves on the Board of the Youth Renewal Fund.

Bennett graduated with a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business where he also received his MBA with distinction. His daughter, Brooke, is in 9th Grade at Windward School, and he has two younger children.

Peter Smailes Born and educated in South Africa, Peter Smailes serves as Headmaster of Curtis School. During his sixteen year tenure at Curtis, he has held many titles including English teacher, Dean of Upper School, Head of Middle School, and Outplacement Advisor. He is respected as an educational leader in West Los Angeles and widely credited for many of the structural and programmatic improvements made at Curtis over the last decade.

Peter brings an educational perspective to the Windward Board. He is forward-looking and embraces the dynamic nature of independent school evolution while, at the same time, he remains cognizant of the need to honor the traditions and history of a school.

Randye Soref Randye Soref is a shareholder of Buchalter Nemer, P.C . Randye focuses her practice on insolvency proceedings and restructurings. She routinely represents domestic and fo re i g n co mme rci al ban k s, investment banks, other lending institutions and distressed debt i n v e sto r s n ati o n al l y i n th e acquisition and disposition of distressed real estate within formal bankruptcy reorganizations as well as workouts outside court supervision.

Randye and her husband, Michael Abrams, are the current co-chairs of the Windward School Annual Fund and the former co-chairs of the Laurence School Annual Fund. They have one daughter, Jolie Abrams, Class of 2015.

Trustee Spotlight: Irene Kleinberg At Founder’s Day in 2009, Sarah spoke with a few Windward students involved with the theater. When she introduced herself as Irene Kleinberg’s daughter, the students exclaimed, “Kleinberg? As in the Irene Kleinberg Theater?!” Sarah recalls, “They were so excited to actually see my mom. They all know her name, and seeing her was like seeing a Windward celebrity!”

Two of Irene’s three children have chosen careers in education, and Sarah attributes that to her mother. “Much of our dedication to helping students and guiding young people to take the right path comes from my mother. I watch her instill those same values at Windward in today’s students. We are so lucky that our mother found a community that embraced the same philosophies she had as our parent. Windward reinforced the lessons we were taught at home.”

Irene and her son Ethan

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indward would not be the school it is today without the dedication, commitment, and passion of Irene Kleinberg. For 25 years, Irene has served on the Board of Trustees as Trustee Emeritus, devoting her time and effort to bettering the Windward community. Throughout those 25 years, she has held several leadership positions, including Parent Guild President (1986-88) and Board Chair (1992-96). During her tenure as Board Chair, Windward added additional facilities, including science labs, the locker room, and the library cluster. The Annual Fund grew to $350,000 and enrollment hit 350 students. Irene’s professional background in public relations, sense of humor, and thoughtful leadership helped prepare the Board of Trustees and Windward for its first capital campaign, which began in 1998 and transformed the campus.

Irene is the proud grandmother to seven grandchildren.

She and Marvin enjoy the symphony and theater, and often travel to Portland and Connecticut to visit their children and their families.

Thank you, Irene, for always being there for Windward.

Irene’s deep affection for Windward grew over the years, thanks to her three children, all Windward graduates: Sarah ’83, Ethan ’85, and Joel ’89. As her son Ethan says, “My two siblings and I often joke that my mom has four kids: me, Sarah, Joel and Windward. She loves us all very much but she is probably proudest of Windward because it is the source of so many things we other kids do that make her proud.”

While Irene appreciates all things Windward, her passion is for the performing arts, where each of her children flourished. The Irene Kleinberg Theater was dedicated in her honor in 1997, with her Windward friends in attendance to share in the celebration and a special song and dance performed by Sarah and Joel. Irene and her husband of nearly 50 years, Marvin, still take much joy in attending Windward performances.

Marvin and Irene visit 40 Artifacts for 40 Years at Fallcoming

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The Strategic Plan 2011-17 Strategic Planning Committee

The Strategic Planning Process

Chair: Elliot Gordon Chair, Board Of Trustees, Alumni Parent, Windward Class Of 1974

Windward has made dramatic progress over the past six years in reaching its strategic goals. Based upon this success the Strategic Planning Committee has sought the input from the entire community to identify the key strategic goals for the school over the next six years.

MEMBERS Dorian Bon

Allison Mirkin

Windward Class Of 2010

Trustee, Alumni Parent

David Boxer

Michael Parks

Director Of Instructional Technology And Research

Trustee, Current Parent

Co-Director Of The Center For Teaching & Learning

Ray Friend Dean Of Faculty, Math Teacher, Alumni Parent

Tom Gilder Head Of School, Trustee, Current Parent

Nancy Grant Trustee, Current Parent

Michael Hackman Trustee, Alumni Parent

Jamie Hobson Windward Class Of 2013

Scott Jacks Trustee, Alumni Parent

Wanda Denson-Low Trustee, Current Parent

Eric Mandel Director Of Middle School

Peggy Procter Director Of Upper School

Shelby Quinn Windward Class Of 2010

Lachlan Reed Director Of Institutional Advancement

George Rosenthal Trustee, Current Parent

Tony Rubin Trustee, Current Parent

Abbe Shapiro Current Parent

Larisa Showalter History Teacher

Pauletta Washington Trustee, Alumni Parent

Alesia Young Diversity Coordinator, Dance Teacher And Choreographer

The strategic planning process has included follow-up discussions and focus groups with the faculty, the students, alumni, parents, past parents and the Board of Trustees. From this year-long intensive process, three major themes and eight specific goals relating to those themes have emerged. The Strategic Plan has been revised to incorporate the feedback received from the CAIS/WASC visiting accreditation team, and it is a pleasure to share the final report.

PROGRAM AND FACULTY THEME Educational Program Goal 1: Review the curriculum and adapt our programs as needed to prepare our students to be successful and productive students and members of the 21st century community.

Background and Rationale: Windward’s excellent college-preparatory program fully prepares our students for the rigors of the college experience.

At the same time, the school encourages teachers to remain actively involved in the most recent and effective teaching methodologies and techniques, and to be open to collaboration with fellow teachers and university professors.

The new CTL staff and facilities provide our teachers with many new opportunities for such collaboration. In the coming years there will be a number of new initiatives by our teachers in this regard, particularly in the sciences. The Edward E. Ford Foundation has made a significant grant to Windward in support of the school’s initiatives in the Studio method in teaching Physics, and in our efforts to train other teachers in this method.

Suggested implementation steps: • Research and develop active learning programs that promote collaboration and a dynamic learning environment • Spearhead an ongoing active learning studio science coalition with our university partners and committed secondary schools across the country • Partner with the nation’s top universities to develop a Windward writing and rhetoric program that dovetails with best practices at the university level

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The Strategic Plan 2011-17 (Continued) • Seek additional relationships with universities and college preparatory schools to develop cutting edge programs designed to meet the exciting new opportunities and challenges of education in the 21st century.

Suggested implementation steps: • Integrate the college counseling process with the other counseling programs, including academic advisors, student advisory, community service, parent-related programs, and other co-curricular activities • Research and promote effective strategies for teachers, parents, administrators, counselors and parents to work together to inspire our students to be responsible, caring, well-informed, ethical, prepared, and well-balanced young adults.

• Evaluate new ways to provide leadership opportunities for our students • Faculty, administrators and student leaders should work together to maintain and develop a school culture that places the highest value on academic honesty and ethical behavior between teachers and students. Since the inception of the last Strategic Plan teacher salaries have been raised significantly, and currently salaries are competitive with all of the top schools in the area. The school is able to choose from the best teachers throughout the country. The Meaningful Faculty Evaluation and faculty mentoring programs have helped the teachers to set meaningful goals for themselves, and at the same time they are fully supported by the school as they pursue their goals and continue to develop as teachers. The school recognizes the importance of these programs and the need to fully support these excellent teachers.

Student Services Goal 2: Coordinate and refine the school’s student services programs to help students to become well balanced young adults who engage actively in the life of the school and are supported in their efforts to reach their full potential.

Background and Rationale: Windward’s teachers, advisors, and counselors strive to assist students in finding their passions and maximizing their potential in the classroom, on the playing fields, and throughout their co-curricular activities. A number of exciting new programs have been added to Period 8. The dance, music, theater, and fine arts programs continue to grow, and the Student Leadership programs are being refined. Additional staffing and resources are now being allocated at the ninth and tenth grades to integrate the college counseling programs with the school’s other student advisory services. The school will be focusing on the integration of all of the student services throughout each student’s tenure at Windward.

Suggested implementation steps:

Faculty, Administration, and Staff Goal 3: Recruit and retain excellent teachers, administrators, and staff who embrace the core values of the school, and ensure that they are supported in their professional growth.

Background and Rationale: Throughout the years Windward has been noted for the excellence of its faculty and the close relationships that exist

• Build upon the effective faculty mentoring program • Evaluate and refine the Meaningful Faculty Evaluation program • Develop an ongoing outreach and networking effort to identify top level candidates for future openings and collaborative partnerships • Allocate sufficient resources to assure competitive compensation that matches our high expectations for performance and professional growth

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The Strategic Plan 2011-17 (Continued) COMMUNITY THEME Collaboration and Outreach Goal 4: Define our strengths and convey them to the local community, to feeder schools, to other local schools, to universities, and to the wider community.

• Strengthen bonds between Windward and the university community through ongoing dialog, outreach and educational partnerships • Collaborate with other premier college preparatory schools across the country and throughout the world to develop signature, forward thinking programs

Inclusive Community and Global Citizenship Goal 5: Prepare our students for effective participation in the 21st century global community through increased exposure to other cultures and communities, and make certain that Windward continues to be a welcoming, inclusive community.

deserving families. This program helps the school to offer a Windward education to students of varying backgrounds and experiences; they bring important new perspectives to the community. The school’s guidance and counseling services help to teach tolerance and sensitivity to others’ points of view. In the classroom we seek new ways to inform our students and engage them in activities that prepare them for a society that requires knowledge of and sensitivity to multicultural and international issues.

Background and Rationale: Windward’s stature and profile in the community continue to expand as the accomplishments of our students and the expertise of our teachers become better known. The addition of more than 40,000 square feet of program space has also increased the school’s profile. Our outreach to the community continues to expand, yet Windward’s identity and essence remains unclear or even unknown by many. Recent advances in the school’s communications to the wider community have helped to lessen this lack of understanding about Windward, yet it is important for the school to focus its efforts on clearly defining itself and clarifying its image in the community.

Suggested implementation steps: • Effectively communicate the qualities that make Windward a premier college preparatory school that provides dynamic programs in a nurturing, inclusive community

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Suggested implementation steps: Background and rationale: Windward has built a welcoming, inclusive community in which all members are encouraged to participate fully in the life of the school. The Diversity Program has made great progress in fostering this spirit in the school. Thanks to the efforts of the Board of Trustees and the generosity of parents, grandparents, friends, and foundations, the financial aid program provides almost $2 million annually in support of

• Promote economic diversity in our student body through a strong financial aid program, made possible by ongoing Annual Fund and endowment support • Expand the curriculum to develop multi-cultural understanding • Expand opportunities for students to interact with students and faculty from different backgrounds in our local community and across the globe • Evaluate ways to increase cross-curricular programs

The Strategic Plan 2011-17 (Continued) WINDWARD’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY THEME Building the Windward Endowment Goal 7: Provide financial resources for the future

Creating a Culture of Giving Goal 8: Work with all members of the Windward Community to further develop a strong culture of giving.

development and continued success of the school.

Background and rationale:

Alumni Community Goal 6: Develop an alumni program that strengthens the relationships within the alumni community and between the alumni and the school.

Background and rationale: Recent efforts by the school to reconnect with Windward graduates have begun to achieve important results: the new Alumni Coordinator has helped many former students to reconnect via our increased outreach and through new social media. Our every five-year reunion program has resulted in more reunions and greater attendance at the reunions, and recently a new Alumni Council has been convened.

Nonetheless, more resources will need to be allocated in order to build and maintain a robust alumni program that serves the needs of Windward graduates and fosters stronger ties between the alumni and the school.

Windward’s fundraising efforts in recent years have focused upon developing the campus and facilities to meet the exacting standards of our teachers and programs. The school’s first capital campaign, completed in 2002, added new classroom buildings, the Student Pavilion, the Jackson Sports Center, new playing fields, and other enhancements. The current capital campaign, still underway, allowed the school to build the new Center for Teaching & Learning and the Science, Dance, & Music Center. To provide for the future development and continued success of the school, we need to complete the current capital campaign, retire any outstanding debt and expand the Windward Endowment.

Since its founding 40 years ago, Windward has developed and prospered thanks to the dedication and expertise of its faculty and administrators, and also thanks to many generous volunteers, notably the members of the Board of Trustees.

Parents, grandparents, foundations, and friends have given generously to support the advancement of the school. Like all independent schools, Windward continues to rely upon this support to sustain itself and develop its programs. The school seeks to foster in all community members a sense of responsibility to the institution and a commitment to its future.

Suggested implementation steps:

Suggested implementation steps: • Develop an active alumni council that teams with the Windward Alumni Coordinator to strengthen the relationships within the alumni community and between the alumni and the school • Provide opportunities for alumni to mentor fellow alumni and Windward students • Refine and develop Windward’s communications program with alumni

Background and rationale:

Suggested implementation steps: • Complete our current capital campaign • Steadily build the Windward Endowment to support the school’s strategic goals

• Develop new opportunities for parents, grandparents, alumni and other community members to mentor and support Windward students and each other • Establish additional ways for parents, grandparents, and alumni to be active members of the school community • Promote and expand a culture of giving in which all community members provide philanthropic support for the school and its strategic goals • Create an ongoing major gifts committee

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The Center for Teaching & Learning What is the CTL? 

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n 2004, Tom Gilder led a team of administrators and faculty members on a series of research trips to identify new developments in the collegiate and professional world that were changing classroom education. They traveled to

independent schools and universities across the nation including Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, Penn, Princeton, Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, Yale, Harvard, and MIT, as well as Lick Wilmerding School, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Phillips Academy Andover. Through their research, Tom and his team designed the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) to support collaborative, team-based learning environments and to provide resources and services to the Community that would enhance the School’s reputation for innovation, creativity, and excellence.

Tom’s commitment to researching the best practices at universities and adapting them to the secondary level has elevated Windward’s academic programs and encouraged our students and faculty members to reach new heights. Today, the CTL has been open for two years, and its impact on the Windward Community has been more than anyone could have imagined seven years ago.

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The CTL is a Community Space–the CTL is a gathering and meeting space for those within the Windward community, as well as those in the neighborhood, to come together in the interests of education and learning.

The CTL is Student Services–the CTL is a central hub for learning and the support of students through the services of the staff of the CTL, as well as the Media Lab, Research Center, and Reading Room.

The CTL is a Collaborative Partner with Faculty–the CTL is a team of faculty leaders who assist and seek out other faculty for collaborative work on any part of a teacher’s curriculum, from inquiry-based projects to research to all forms of assessment.

The CTL is a Think Tank–the CTL leads, coordinates and helps to form interdisciplinary, professional learning groups to engage in research and act as “policy advocates” (in the sense that they develop initiatives to further Windward’s mission to have “A dynamic education. A nurturing community.”).

The Center for Teaching & Learning (Continued) Ongoing Initiatives

Who’s Who in the CTL

Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum (WRAC)

Jim Bologna, Co-Director of the CTL, Director of Technology, and Dean of Science and Technology Outreach • Facilitates use of technology and maintains learning spaces and technology around school (particularly classrooms, lab spaces and informal learning spaces) • Consults with administrators and department chairs about enhancement projects • Assists Math and Science departments, along with STEM Coordinator, to engage in active learning • Works with Larisa Showalter to investigate curricular needs and best practices for assisting faculty

Leaders of Initiative: Daniel Gutierrez, Coordinator of WRAC; Peggy Procter, Director of the Upper School Number of Faculty Involved: 17

Larisa Showalter, Co-Director of the CTL • Coordinates and leads CTL Team in assisting faculty with collaborative curricular planning and work • Coordinates CTL’s think tank role

Eryn Hoffman, Associate Director of the CTL

The Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum Committee is composed of representatives from all departments at Windward who meet regularly to discuss best practices for the teaching of writing and other forms of oral and visual communication. The WRAC team traveled to Stanford University in 2010 to learn more about its Writing and Rhetoric Program. Since then, the partnership between Stanford and Windward has grown. Peggy shared that in a recent conversation with Dr. Julia Bleakney, Associate Director of the Hume Writing Center at Stanford, they discussed successful models of student learning, and Bleakney argued that “writing centers are places where we do it best.” In Bleakney’s words, these centers are campus hubs that “foster vibrant intellectual dialogues between students and faculty alike.” As Peggy says, “The opportunity for our students to learn best practices for what makes a su c c e s s f u l w r i t i n g t u t or from t raine d St anford

• Works in conjunction with Larisa to assist faculty on collaborative curricular planning, especially technologybased efforts

Sarah Clark, CTL Coordinator and Research Librarian • Provides support for research-based projects and information literacy curricula • Manages library collection and resources

Cielo Botello-Williams, Assistant Librarian • Provides student and faculty support within the CTL

Paula Hirsch, Coordinator of Faculty Development • Coordinates faculty betterment funds and MFEs • With CTL team, organizes in-services

Jim Bologna, Larisa Showalter and Eryn Hoffman

Daniel Gutierrez, Coordinator of Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum Program • Leads Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum group; oversees expansion to include other departments and the creation of a Center for Writing and Rhetoric • Provides support for writing-based projects Cindy Beals, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Coordinator • Coordinates integration of science, technology, engineering and math curricula Jeff Miller (Visual & Media Arts Chair) and Daphna Lapidot (Media Arts Teacher) • Develops and implements Middle and Upper School curricula in Design; Visual Rhetoric and Presentation; Sound Design; and Animation (Jeff) • Provides technical and advisory support for subject matter teachers and their classes engaged in multimedia projects (Daphna)

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Initiatives at Windward (Continued) Windward School Active Learning Colloquium

Dr. Phil Long, Dr. Robin Wright, and Dr. Bob Beichner with Jim Bologna, Tom Haglund and David Boxer in the Center for Teaching & Learning

Windward’s Active Learning Colloquium was a three-day event that brought together administrators, science faculty leaders, and educational technology professionals with Windward’s university partners. The goal of the Colloquium was to help these secondary school educators implement the active learning model that has been developed by researchers and educators at MIT, North Carolina State, and University of Minnesota at their own institutions. The event was a huge success!

Representatives from 10 schools from within California and across the country, including Branson School, La Jolla Country Day School, University Liggett School, and Scholars Academy from New York, attended Windward’s Active Learning Colloquium this summer, which included keynote addresses from Dr. Bob Beichner, North Carolina State; Dr. Phil Long, MIT & University of Queensland; and Dr. Robin Wright, University of Minnesota.

The Colloquium provided a comprehensive introduction to the active learning philosophy for many of the attendees. The sessions covered everything from concept to practice and even provided justification based on data gathered at the university level where these ideas are being implemented. Our keynote

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speakers challenged the way science is normally taught and provided an expert “case for change” of instructional practices to shift from lecture to hands-on active learning. Dr. Beichner gave an overview of active learning, including evidence of its positive impact showing that his students, taught with the active learning method, actually performed better than traditionally-taught students. Dr. Long explained how classroom design plays an essential role in implementing and achieving an active learning environment. And finally, Dr. Wright demonstrated that physics is not the only science that can improve student learning through active learning.

Tom Haglund and Jim Bologna, Deans of Science and Technology Outreach, coordinated the Colloquium and have already begun building on its success. They are creating online communities to build on the Colloquium’s efforts and several attendees plan on returning to Windward with colleagues. In fact, Dr. Long and Dr. Wright plan to participate in Windward’s Guatemala Field Research Program and the Florida Everglades Field Study.

undergraduates who are committed to this work and from a writing center that has a track record of success, will be invaluable to our program and to our young Windward scholar s. The opportunity to collaborate with the undergraduate writing tutors at Stanford will be one of the highlights of our WRAC efforts.” The WRAC group’s research and work align with goals 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the Strategic Plan (Educational Program; Student Services; Faculty, Administration and Staff; Inclusive Community and Global Citizenship).

Goals for this Year: • Launch a pilot writing center in the spring using members of the WRAC Committee as faculty tutors • Develop an 8th period class for the spring to train student peer tutors who can begin working with students the following fall • Plan and facilitate an in-service in January to disseminate the WRAC Committee’s research findings to the full faculty

Brian O’Connell, the Principal at Scholars Academy in New York, shared: “The Colloquium has revitalized my passion

and deepened my understanding of how active learning is the secret to improving pedagogy and the key to the assurance of our nation’s economic vitality. Three cheers to the Ford Foundation, Scale-Up, and Windward School on a job well done!”

“Inspired by the Graduate Writing Fellows Program at Harvard University, we have created a forum at Windward where teachers can come together to discuss best practices for writing as well as other forms of oral and visual communication. The ability to collaborate with other faculty members has had a profound and positive impact on my classroom experience and, more importantly, on student learning.” Daniel Gutierrez, Coordinator of WRAC

Initiatives at Windward (Continued) Science and Active Learning Leaders of Initiative: Jim Bologna, Co-Director of the CTL, Director of Technology, and Dean of Science and Technology Outreach; Tom Haglund, Dean of Science and Technology Outreach; Shelley Riedel, Co-Chair of the Science & Technology Department Number of Faculty Involved: 13

The Science & Technology Department is engaged in an examination of active learning pedagogy in the classroom.

The E.E. Ford Foundation provided much of the funding for this investigation through a generous $250,000 grant. Due to the continuing expansion of active learning within the Science curriculum, the school hosted two colloquiums on this topic during June 2011. The first was a one-day event for elementary school science teachers in our region, which laid the groundwork for future collaborations between elementary and middle school teachers. The second was a three-day event supported by the E.E. Ford Foundation grant and involved high school science teachers and administrators who came from around the country to explore active learning concepts and classroom design. The upper school colloquium had three internationally recognized keynote speakers who are university

partners in our program development. This work by the Science & Technology Department connects to goals 1 and 4 of the Strategic Plan (Educational Program; Collaboration and Outreach).

Goals for this year: • Expand implementation of active learning from middle school and physics to chemistry and life science • Focus on and begin to develop authentic assessments that support active learning

“Speaking for The Edward E. Ford Foundation, The AI Team with Dr. Brad Zakarin (far left) we have been impressed by how effectively Windward School has adapted the active school, it is critical that we educate our students to be ethical learning model to secondary education. This instructional and competent members of our community.” The Task Force’s paradigm has significant implications for students and work meets Strategic Goals 1, 2, and 5 (Educational Program; their ability to make sense of multiple data points. The Student Services; Inclusive Community and Global Citizenship). collaborative nature of this model anticipates how Goals for this year: students will continue to manage the increasingly • Finalize Windward’s new Academic Integrity Policy ambiguous nature of problem solving so critical to • Choose two faculty members to serve with the Dean as learning. We will watch with care how Windward School Faculty Academic Integrity Officers develops this program, making it accessible for others • Create an Academic Integrity Advisory Board composed interested in forward looking methods of teaching.”

Robert Hallett, Executive Director, The Edward E. Ford Foundation

Academic Integrity Leaders of Initiative: Peggy Procter, Director of the Upper School; Daniel Gutierrez, Coordinator of WRAC Number of Faculty Involved: 11; Number of Students Involved: 16 The Academic Integrity Task Force is composed of faculty members from all departments who have come together to research best practices for building upon Windward’s commitment to help students mature into well prepared and ethical individuals. As Initiative Leader Daniel Gutierrez says, “The Academic Initiative rests on the twin pillars of strong ethics and sound scholarship. As a top-notch college-prep

of faculty and students, which will help educate the Windward community about the importance of sustaining a culture of sound scholarship and strong ethics

“At Windward, students often engage with others…and draw from sources (like books and websites) to gather information and find inspiration. The key, though, is that they distinguish what they find from their own thinking.

Ethical learning involves honing this capacity, and Windward’s faculty members are committed to teaching toward this goal. As ethical learners today and ethical scholars and leaders tomorrow, they will make the most of their Windward educations.” Dr. Bradley Zakarin, Assistant Dean for Academic Integrity, Northwestern University

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Initiatives at Windward (Continued) Goals for this year: • Focus on aligning math and science concepts and vocabulary across the curriculum • Investigate ways to expand student support services for Math and Science courses • Investigate creating a STEM Certificate Program at Windward for graduating students

New Initiatives School Schedule and Calendar Leaders of Initiative: Ray Friend, Dean of Faculty; Eric Mandel, Director of the Middle School Number of Faculty Involved: All While reflecting upon best practices for teaching and learning, the school recognized the need to examine the structure of the school day and to organize it so that it best enhances and supports student learning. Groups of faculty spent time in 2010-2011 researching options for structuring the school day and calendar through school visits, examining the educational literature, and talking to other schools engaged in similar work. Several model schedules were created and will be evaluated through the fall and winter. This work relates to Strategic Goals 1, 2, and 5 (Educational Program; Student Services; Inclusive Community and Global Citizenship).

Goals for this year: • Examine strengths and weakness of schedule models with departments

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• Develop and come to agreement on the best model for Windward by spring 2012 • Partner with teachers in order to implement the new schedule through examining curriculum and pedagogies • Implement the new school year calendar, which begins one week earlier for the 2012-2013 school year

Students talk with fellow students at our brother school in Afghanistan

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

Global Education

Leaders of Initiative: Jim Bologna, Co-Director of the CTL, Director of Technology, and Dean of Science & Technology Outreach; Cindy Beals, STEM Coordinator Number of Faculty Involved: 24

Leaders of Initiative: Eryn Hoffman, Associate Director of the CTL; Peggy Procter, Director of the Upper School Number of Faculty Involved: 15

Windward has formed a STEM committee comprised of the Science and Math Department chairs, the CTL Co-Directors and the new STEM Coordinator. The STEM Coordinator is charged with bridging departments and looking for ways to leverage existing STEM curricular components and identify new possibilities for growth. The STEM committee’s purpose aligns with goals 1 and 4 of the Strategic Plan (Educational Program; Collaboration and Outreach).

The Global Education Committee seeks to realize the fifth goal of the Strategic Plan - to “prepare our students for effective participation in the 21st century global community through increased exposure to other cultures and communities, and make certain that Windward continues to be a welcoming, inclusive community.” The Committee is charged with ensuring that Windward offers students cross-curricular and programwide opportunities to learn about global issues and realize their roles as global citizens.

Initiatives at Windward (Continued) Goals for this year: • Explore, understand and define the global competencies and content that should be priorities for Windward • Explore and further partnerships with other institutions and organizations around the global, utilizing, when appropriate, online technology • Develop a Global Studies Certificate at Windward to offer interested students the opportunity to pursue their passion for global issues further • Begin to develop a Global Studies course for interested students

Media Arts Leaders of Initiative: Jeff Miller, Visual & Media Arts Department Chair; Eric Mandel, Director of the Middle School Number of Faculty Involved: 6 In the “new” Visual & Media Arts Department, Windward has created a new sequence of course offerings that correlate to goals 1 and 5 of the Strategic Plan (Educational Program; Inclusive Community and Global Citizenship). The sequence begins with an introduction to media arts literacy, is followed

by sound and animation classes, and culminates with first and second year video classes. In addition to introducing students to new media that allows them to be artistically creative, the courses will also provide them with knowledge to use these tools as alternative forms of rhetoric in their academic classes. To that end, the teacher hired for the new Media Arts position is also a part of the CTL team, available to help subject matter teachers develop lesson plans that have students use these tools for their projects.

Goals for this year: • Further develop the curriculum for the sequence of new Media Arts classes • Expand the use of media arts and different forms of rhetoric across departments • Explore a more formal relationship with USC’s Institute for Media Literacy at the School of Cinematic Arts (Strategic Plan Goal 4)

“I know that most of my students will not go into artistic or visually creative careers, and for most of them my classes will be their last chance at being active producers of visual culture. But they will always be—they already are and always have been– very active consumers of visual culture. So it’s very important that we teach them how to be critically active and literate consumers of that visual culture. And when I hear them walking into my classroom arguing about the design they see out there in the world, I know they are learning how to be critically literate consumers of it.” Jeff Miller, Visual & Media Arts Chair Mobile Computing Leaders of Initiative: Jim Bologna, Co-Director of the CTL and Director of Technology; Larisa Showalter, Co-Director of the CTL Number of Faculty Involved: 37 Windward has launched a Mobile Computing Initiative (MCI), gathering a team of faculty from all disciplines to investigate

the pedagogical possibilities for using Apple iPads within the curriculum. Each member of this team has been provided an iPad 2, and team members are previewing different applications within their disciplines and grade-level teams.

Windward is also piloting their use in AP Biology and Conservation Biology classes. This initiative relates to the Educational Program Goal (1) of the Strategic Plan and the Global Citizenship Goal (5).

Goals for this year: • Identify processes and apps beneficial and unique to each discipline • Define a cohesive vision of student use across a grade level

To learn more about the CTL and all of Windward’s initiatives, scan this barcode with your Smartphone. (http://ctl.windwardschool.org) You must first download a Quick Response (QR) Code Reader and Scanner App for your Smart Phone to scan the barcode.

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Windward Celebrates 40 Years 40 Artifacts for 40 Years

A Brief History of Windward School

Want to see an original Windward diploma or the first tuition letter sent to parents in 1971? Or review Eric Mandel’s first grade book? How about Lorraine’s Founder’s Day T-shirt stencils? 40 Artifacts for 40 Years lets you walk down Windward’s memory lane. The Alumni Office, with the help of a few hard working volunteers, has put together a collection of items that represent the rich history of Windward School. The exhibit opens at Fallcoming (Saturday, October 22nd) and will be housed on the 2nd floor of the CTL for the remainder of the academic year.

Admissions Brochure from 1974

1968-1970: Shirley and Carl make definite plans to open a school. A small board of trustees is gathered and brochures are printed and mailed to 700 local families in Brentwood and Pacific Palisades.

1972:

1973:

1974:

The first Windward graduation which took place at the home of Robert Feldman ’73 and Rich Feldman ’77.

Six students graduated.

Windward receives its first, full five-year accreditation as a college preparatory institution.

Ray Friend, Math Teacher, joins the Windward faculty.

Liz Connolly-Van Oosbree ’76 and Autumn DeFore Moore ’77 in the Art Studio, second campus

The first school location was 3118 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica

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1968: Shirley Windward and Carl Parsons meet while working as teachers at Paul Revere Junior High School in the L.A. City School District. They discover a mutual joy of teaching, a deep interest in young people, and a desire to “open up” their classes.

1978:

1981-82:

1982: Tom Gilder,

1982-84:

1984-85:

1985-87:

Tim Corcoran named Head of School.

Ray Friend, Sr., Board Chair

Director of School Program, joins Windward. Continuing to grow and needing additional space for new programs, Windward moves to its present site, a ten-acre, multi-building campus at 11350 Palms Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Avram Salkin, Board Chair

Dvorah Markman, Board Chair

Peter Katzman.

Board Chair

Windward Celebrates 40 Years (Continued)

June 19, 1971:

Summer 1971: Shirley and

Sept 1971: Windward School opens at 3118 Wilshire Blvd. with an

At the home of Al and Joan Shaffer, more than 150 adults meet to hear Shirley and Carl present their proposals for a new school and introduce the faculty so far assembled. The meeting results in a steady stream of applications for admittance.

Erv Windward renovate a group of studios where they live into classrooms. Many new students spend hours volunteering to help renovate the studios, culminating in a special time before programming and orientation called Pygmalion Week. Shirley uses her pension from the public school system to open Windward.

enrollment of 68 students. Three founding concepts become fundamental to a Windward education:

1975:

• each student should be challenged to achieve academic excellence within a nurturing environment • teachers, parents, and administrators must work together to encourage each student to be responsible, caring, well informed, ethical, and prepared, thus promoting the fullest development of the individual • education should provide a basis for life-long growth

1976:

The Arts in 1975

The School moves to its second campus at 1414 21st St. in Santa Monica.

Liz Connolly-Van Oosbree ’76 and Autumn DeFore Moore ’77 in the Art Studio, second campus.

1987: Tom Gilder named Head of School.

First Windward Strategic Plan.

The committee is chaired by Windward Trustees Claudia Hill and Rolfe Windward.

Paul Stevens ’76, teacher Dee Stevens and Bryan Torfeh ’76 in the Music Studio, second campus.

Local media takes notice of Windward’s big move!

Teacher Rolfe Windward, son of Co-Founder Shirley, supervises students in the parking lot, a favorite lunch-time hang-out

1987: Annual Fund raises over $50,000.

Enrollment at 250 students.

Student retention rate at 90%; two applicants per opening.

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Windward Celebrates 40 Years

1987-92: James Leonard, Board Chair

1990: First gymnasium built on campus. Girls Volleyball wins Windward’s first CIF State Championship title.

1998: Mary Estrin, Warren Littlefield and Tom Hunter agree to co-chair Windward’s first capital campaign.

1992-96:

1996-2001:

Irene Kleinberg, Board Chair

Tom Hunter, Board Chair

December 2000: Leichtman-Levine Bridge opens

Tom Gilder, Mary Estrin, Tom Hunter, Jeff Mirkin, Ron Fujikawa, Karen Smith-Elstad, Irene Kleinberg, Warren Littlefield, and Lauren Leichtman on a construction tour of the 200 Building

2002: Windward successfully completes its first capital campaign for $6 million, which allows the school to add significant new facilities.

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September 2002:

Fall 2004:

Arts Center and Pavilion opens.

Windward Board of Trustees approve the school’s Strategic Plan 2004-2010.

Windward Celebrates 40 Years (Continued)

1994-1997: Science labs expanded, locker room built and library classroom cluster completed. Annual Fund increases from $200,000 to $350,000 level. Enrollment reaches 350 students.

Student retention at 94%; four applicants per opening.

October 1997: Irene Kleinberg Theater built and debuts.

Irene Kleinberg Theater

2001-2005:

July 2001:

Fall 2001:

Chris Foley, Board Chair

Lewis Jackson Memorial Sports Center opens.

New classroom building and Athletic Field opens. Student retention at 99%; six applicants per opening.

Enrollment reaches 475 students.

2004-present:

2005-2010:

Fall 2006:

Summer 2007:

Tom Gilder leads a team of Windward teachers and administrators in a series of visits to leading colleges, universities, and college-prep schools.

Scott Jacks, Board Chair

Innovation Classroom 510 opens.

Campaign pledges exceed eight million dollars. The Board of Trustees sets a campaign goal of eighteen million dollars and approves construction of the Science, Dance & Music Center and the Center for Teaching & Learning. The Annual Fund raises over $750,000.

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Windward Celebrates 40 Years

September 2009: The Center for Teaching & Learning and the Science, Dance & Music Center open.

September 2010: Alumnus Elliot Gordon ’74 is named Chair, Board of Trustees.

Elliot and Daniel Gordon

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January 2011:

Spring 2011:

September 2011:

October 2011:

Windward begins year-long celebration of its 40th Anniversary. The design for the 40th anniversary banners created by Tess McCarthy, Class of 2012, captures the founding spirit of Windward embodied in our core values.

The Strategic Plan 2011-2017 is approved. The Parent Guild Presidents Tea honors all former Parent Guild Presidents.

Tom Gilder begins his 25th year as Head of School. Enrollment reaches 540 students.

Windward celebrates the success of The Windward Capital Campaign with a dedication of the William Hayden Ahmanson Building and pavers.

Performing Arts Spring Musical “Chicago” Gets Spectacular Reviews Adapted from an article by Alison Feinswog ’13

Middle School Students Wow Audiences with Presentation of “Into the Woods, Jr.”

With the guidance of Music Teacher Bruce Eskovitz, the Advanced Jazz Ensemble released its first professional recording to rave reviews.

Sold-out audiences were raving about Windward’s Spring Musical.

Leads Tess McCarthy ’12 and Zoe Nadal ’11 blew away the audiences with their funny acting and powerful singing and dancing. The hard work and dedication of the entire cast, including Dylan Jones-Tuba ’11, Alix Masters ’11, and Adrian Young ’12, and crew combined to make “Chicago” another fantastic Windward performance.

Scan this barcode to see trailers for “Chicago” and “Our Town” The annual Coffeehouse rocked the Pavilion! Brice Green ’11 performed in every Coffeehouse since he was in 7th Grade.

He played “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” by John Denver for his final senior performance.

and this barcode to order a CD and hear a clip of “Collage.”

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“Our Town” Cast and Crew Deliver Fantastic Fall Production

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Visual & Media Arts Award-Winning Windward Bridge Newspaper Launches Magazine

The Installation Project at Windward: Edith Abeyta

Windward’s award-winning Bridge Online Newspaper staff launched Windward’s Bridge Magazine, a full-color, 24-page publication produced by the students. The students, who handle all aspects of the publication’s production, are building on the success of the Bridge Online, which was awarded a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2010.

National Art Honor Society Twenty-four Windward artists were inducted into the National Art Honor Society in 2010. The ceremony took place in the Held & Bordy Family Gallery, which featured an exhibit of their artwork. The National Art Honor Society is sponsored by the National Art Education Association, the professional organization for art teachers, college and university personnel, museum art educators, and others concerned with the quality of education in the visual arts. The organization encourages the creative abilities of students and helps them attain their highest potential in the field of art and increase awareness of art within the school environment.

Professional journalist and Windward Journalism and New Media Teacher Laura Clark has worked with the staff since 2009: “I am really proud of all the hard work and dedication that the Bridge staff has shown in creating both a fully interactive website and a compelling magazine. Moving from a newspaper to a magazine format required versatility and creativity – from writing longer-form feature articles to designing eye-catching pages – and the students all rose to the challenge.”

Congratulations to these students, recognized for their commitment to high artistic standards, leadership, service, and moral character.

Anna Atkeson Claire Benarroch Kelly Bertrando Erica Canup Mallory Chodos Zoe Cooper Katie Donahoe Camille Edwards

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Hannah Escobar Olivia Faze Jenny Feldman Amanda Glover Peter Gutman Jack Herzog Maya Himelfarb Savannah Holcomb

Skyler Johnson Sylvie Lauzon Tess McCarthy Calvin Miceli-Nelson Jasper Pakshong Quentin Ransohoff Giana Tansman Tatiana Villegas

Scan this barcode to visit the interactive version of the Bridge Magazine.

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The second annual show of the artist-in-residence program, The Installation Project at Windward, took place in the Held & Bordy Family Gallery in March 2011 with a site-specific installation created by local artist Edith Abeyta. “‘The Installation Project at Windward’ presents a unique educational opportunity for our students,” says Visual & Media Arts Chair Jeff Miller. “Students were able to visit with Edith as she worked, discussing the why’s and how’s of what they do, and gaining valuable insight into a unique art-making experience.”

Abeyta’s work, The Transversal Garment Manifestation, was comprised of donated clothing collected from the Windward School community. The clothing was woven into large intersecting forms emanating from the gallery walls. The final day of the project included a clothing swap where students were invited to dismantle the installation and take as many clothes as they like.

The remaining garments w e re do n ate d to th e Downtown Women’s Center.

Visual & Media Arts (Continued) Windward Student-Artists Win Four Gold Key Awards at this Year’s Scholastic Art Awards

The nationwide competition is sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers and shines a spotlight on burgeoning artists in grades 7-12 with an emphasis on graduating seniors. Categories include painting, drawing, photography, and graphic design.

Windward student-artists received four gold key awards, several silvers, and many honorable mentions from this year’s prestigious Scholastic Art Awards competition.

It was the most Gold Key Awards in the school’s history.

Visual & Media Arts Chair Jeff Miller noted that “our students’ work was chosen among thousands of entries and it really shows we can be confident in the work our students and teachers are doing.”

Gold award winners had their work passed on for judging at the national level in hopes of following in the footsteps of Windward’s past national award winners.

Gold Key Winners Kristi Hong: Still Life with Chair Marcus Klein: Surreal Sounds Tess McCarthy: Our Town Alex Nichols: Directions Poster

Miller said events like the SAAs are strong motivators for studentartists because their work is displayed to a much broader community, and entrants see how their work measures up as compared to their peers.

Silver Key Winners Mitchell Brisacher: Greatest Fear Olivia Faze: Directions Poster Amanda Glover: Portfolio Photography Cody Gomberg: Doctor Art Savannah Holcomb: Inside Out Jasper Pakshong: Architecture Laura Pfeffer: Cecilia Laura Pfeffer: Untitled Chloe Rothstein: Architecture Adam Ruth: Cubist Guitar Sasha Stevenson: T-shirt Knit Dress

Honorable Mention Sophie Berenson: Fabrication Mallory Chodos: Black and White Liliana de Czito: Eternal Gaze Katie Donahoe: Fortune Cookie Katie Donahoe: Depth of Field Joseph Dorfman: Depth of Field Hannah Escobar: Farm Hannah Escobar: Untitled Jenny Feldman: Bun Jennifer Halberstader: Glass of Wine Alayna Held: Leaves and Lips Skyler Johnson: Chase Skyler Johnson: Portraiture Skyler Johnson: Blank Canvas

“Evaluation of their work from someone who doesn’t know them personally is an excellent way to get objective feedback and reinforce the value of their work,” he noted.

Tess McCarthy, SAA Gold 2011 Marcus Klein, SAA Gold, 2011

Danielle Katz: Hands and Ears Kate Klausner: Moon Web and Reflections of a Harsh Winter Calvin Miceli-Nelson: Mitosis Brooke Pashman: Motion Laura Pfeffer: Cecilia and Origami Cranes Gabriel Schuman: Hang Ten Records Gina Segall: Color Theory Matthew Seligman: Paper and Light Morgan Shapiro: Golf Balls Sasha Stevenson: Cubist Violin Jack Taylor: Our Town Tatiana Villegas: Grandfather Samantha Wapner: Sweet Disposition Emma Weber: Fashion Wrap Alex Nichols, SAA Gold 2011

Kristi Hong, SAA Gold 2011

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The Class of 2011

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The Class of 2011 (Continued) The Class of 2011 Congratulations to the Class of 2 0 1 1 ! Yo u r m a n y t a le nt s – academic, athletic, and artistic – have left an indelible mark on Windward School and will be missed greatly. Even though you have graduated, remember that you are always a member of the Windward Community. The 55 colleges and universities in 20 states and Scotland are incredibly fortunate to count each of you among its student body.

Jonathan Loren Ackerman Chloe Rivka Azria Nikolai Aleksander Beshkov Beatrice Chloë Beugelmans Sahib Singh Bhai Mallory Camille Chodos Shea Kenneth Clark-Tieche Riley Patrick Cooper Jinsey Catherine Cox Alexander Crane Devon Jon Davidson David Max Dworsky Eleanor Alessaundra Dwyer Camille Kristen Elizabeth Edwards

Hannah Rose Escobar Adam Ross Factor Olivia Faze Jennifer Kate Feldman James Zentall Forward Jacqueline Rose Freed Rachel Gelman Jenna Elise Gilder Amanda Elaine Bass Glover Jacquelyn Pearl Goldman Hallie Golov Micah Ross Gordon Michael Gray Brice Green Danielle Collins Greenberg Miles Josef Gueno Jennifer Alyssa Halberstadter Alayna Nicole Held Aven Maxwell Helford Jack Farrell Herzog Maya Himelfarb Alexander David Hinshaw Savannah Jo Holcomb William Michael Huettner Kenady Camille Hunley Dylan Thomas Jones-Tuba Danielle Rebecca Katz Benjamin Vitemb Krueger Katherine Landry Shayna Ariel Leeds

Nicholas Austin Lehrhoff Jackson Paul Lind-LeBuffe Victoria Kate Lippman Cameron Alexander Low Connor Williams Lytle Dylan Lloyd Macdonald James Stuart Mann Nora Marie Martin-Resnick Alix Esther Masters Jacob Simon Masters Amanda Dale McCann Calvin Milledge Miceli-Nelson Samuel Seiji Miller Evan James More Zoe Grace Nadal Michelle Erin Nagler William Joseph Oliva Annabelle Ostin Hunter Epstein Owens Victoria Satenig Papalian Kunal Paryus Patel Quentin Miller Lee Ransohoff Lauren Taylor Richardson Jordan Risko Eric Brandon Rowe Alex Rugoff Young Sang Ryu Denise Yvette Sandoval Wesley Saunders Matthew Zeitman Seligman

Morgan Maya Shapiro Samantha Zoe Shapiro Logan Pardo Solomon John Henry Souza Rachel Kasten Sussman Giana Frances Tansman Milica Toskovic Tatiana Villegas Jesse Berlin Watts-Russell Emma Alexandra Weber Natalie Lynn Williams Isaac Austin Wilson Ryan Richard Winters Jenna Blair Wishman

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Class of 2011 College Matriculation The University of Alabama Bard College Barnard College Bennington College Boston College Boston University Brandeis University University of California at Berkeley University of California at San Diego University of California at Santa Cruz Carnegie Mellon University University of Chicago Claremont McKenna College

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University of Colorado at Boulder The Culinary Institute of America Dartmouth College Davidson College University of Delaware DePaul University Drexel University Elon University Emerson College The George Washington University Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Kenyon College Lehigh University

Loyola Marymount University Loyola University New Orleans University of Michigan Middlebury College New England Conservatory of Music Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College Pitzer College Princeton University University of Rhode Island University of San Diego University of San Francisco Santa Clara University

Santa Monica College Scripps College Skidmore College University of Southern California University of St. Andrews (Scotland) Stanford University Tufts University Tulane University Vassar College Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University Whitman College Williams College Yale University

2011 Commencement Address You see, I was not a good student and couldn’t get into a school like this one. Sixteen of you know I’m not being dramatic; my application for enrolment at Windward was denied in 1978. I swear I’m not bitter! (Actually, for the last eight years I have delighted in the responses of my students to this fact. It’s even better when punctuated with creepy laughter and “Now you’re mine. All mine.”)

I went to another school, another college prep that in later years lowered its sights and became a summer camp. In all fairness, I believe they offer an outstanding course in “friendship bracelets.” But in 1983, truly dedicated instructors, men and women emotionally invested in their charges, occupied the campus. I was lucky to know them. It was there that I met the love of my life, Jayne, who’s with me this morning.

One afternoon, just before mid-term exams, when I was about to fail geometry and the school’s dress code, a well-meaning teacher offered me some bad advice. The teacher’s name was Bill, and I vividly recall the look of genuine concern in his eye when he suggested, “Brendan, you’re suffering an identity crisis. Why don’t you just be yourself?”

The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

I dwelled on these words for days, looking for the sense of them. “You’re suffering an identity crisis. Why don’t you just be yourself?” And who is that? I wondered.

By the end of term, I had determined that Bill’s words were a kind of nonsense; about as helpful as saying, “You’re hopelessly lost. Why don’t you just go home?” It seemed to me, you had

Bad Advice & A Little Poetry Brendan Constantine Commencement address for Windward School June 15th 2011 Good morning.

Thank you, Shirley Windward, heads of school, distinguished faculty & staff. Thank you proud parents, family & friends.

Thank you, astonishing class of 2011. This morning’s themes are bad advice and a little poetry. First, the poetry — Henry Longfellow said, “The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”

I can’t tell you how surprised I was to discover I had been in yours. When I heard you wanted me to be a part of your graduation, I was overcome. I teach only one class at Windward and so have worked closely with only sixteen of you. However, I can tell you that it’s not only humbling to be here today; it’s the high point of a career.

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2011 Commencement Address (Continued) to do a lot of living to know where you lived. You had to be many people to know who you were.

Bill was a wise man and I believe he wanted to help. It’s very likely that at 17, I failed to grasp some larger context or qualifying semantic that completed his advice. But in the 27 years since, his words have only gotten stranger.

The “you” at 10 was like a fairytale to you at 5. And you at 2?

In that same poem Longfellow says,

Well, we all worked for you then, didn’t we?

“There are things of which we may not speak; There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, and bring a pallor to the cheek, And a mist before the eye.”

Think long on this also, as you prepare for what’s next, as you prepare for who you will be and be: you take with you not only the people you have been, but all the people we have been in the time we’ve known you.

It’s why so many of us are crying today; you’re leaving a nd ta king with you teachers planning their own families, teachers desperate to jazz up an old study plan, teachers who said, “I’m not smiling at anyone until Winter Break.”

None of us —especially in our youths— none of us stays one person for the length of a hug. We’re someone else every week and our long, long thoughts are considered by all of them. To ask, “Why don’t you just be yourself?” is like asking, “Why do you insist on playing the wrong lotto numbers?”

If that seems a stretch, consider this: Are you who you were in September? Your teachers probably aren’t.

The “you” at 17 has little to discuss with you at 16; even less with 15. Chances are, if you’re anything like I was, you wouldn’t be caught dead spending time with you at 13.

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You’re taking coaches with hopes for new banners and rings. (Coaches who got them!) And so, you’re taking the other teams, as well.

Some of you are even taking your underclassmen. You’re taking brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents and grandparents and grandparents.

You’re taking a group of men and women who said only this morning, “I can’t believe it’s graduation.” And another couple who said, “Look at how he’s grown,” and “I can’t believe she’s 15 – I can’t believe he’s 14 – I can’t believe she’s 10 - I can’t believe he’s 5 – I can’t believe we have a child.”

You’re taking a man and woman who said, “Let’s have a child.”

You’re taking all of us. (Wow, that sounds like a lot pressure!

But it isn’t, really.)

And perhaps this is one such admission: We go with you gratefully. The people we have been guide us to the people we are. We’re all still carrying the people with whom we left home. Now you carry us. Don’t worry; we don’t weigh much.

We fit easily into the heart with room for lots more. This is how it works, how we bear and share these long, long thoughts.

Class of 2011, if I have any advice, that is, if I have better advice, it’s this: We all suffer identity; go and be everyone you can.

Poem: My Lost Youth, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - (1807-1882)

2011 Senior Honor Awards CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Shea Clark-Tieche Eleanor Dwyer Hannah Escobar Jennifer Feldman Brice Green Danielle Collins Greenberg Alayna Held Amanda McCann Kunal Patel Youngsang Ryu Samantha Shapiro

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Shea Clark-Tieche David Dworsky Eleanor Dwyer Hannah Escobar Adam Factor Jenny Feldman James Forward Amanda Glover Jacquelyn Goldman Hallie Golov Brice Green Danielle Collins Greenberg Jennifer Halberstadter Alayna Held Aven Helford Jack Herzog Maya Himelfarb Savannah Holcomb Kenady Hunley Danielle Katz Benjamin Krueger Kit Landry Jackson Lind-LeBuffe Victoria Lippman Dylan MacDonald

INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY

Alix Masters Jacob Masters Calvin Miceli-Nelson Zoe Nadal Michelle Nagler Kunal Patel Youngsang Ryu Matthew Seligman Morgan Shapiro Samantha Shapiro Logan Solomon Giana Tansman Tatiana Villegas Jesse Watts-Russell Isaac Wilson

Ella Dwyer Jenna Gilder Jackie Goldman Hallie Golov Alexander Hinshaw Savannah Holcomb Dylan Jones Tuba Alix Masters Zoe Nadal Quentin Ransohoff Savannah Holcomb

SOCIETE HONORAIRE DE FRANCAIS

SERVICE HONOR SOCIETY Chloe Azria Shea Clark-Tieche Alex Crane David Dworsky Camille Edwards Adam Factor Jacqueline Freed Rachel Gelman Jenna Gilder Hallie Golov Micah Gordon Brice Green Jennifer Halberstadter Alayna Held Alexander Hinshaw Savannah Holcomb Michael Huettner Kenady Hunley Danielle Katz Kit Landry Nicholas Lehrhoff Jackson Lind-LeBuffe Connor Lytle Alix Masters

Calvin Miceli-Nelson Evan More Zoe Nadal Hunter Owens Victoria Papalian Kunal Patel Lauren Richardson Kitty Risko Youngsang Ryu Denise Sandoval Matthew Seligman Morgan Shapiro Logan Solomon Giana Tansman Jenna Wishman

SOCIEDAD HONORARIA HISPANICA David Dworsky Eleanor Dwyer Adam Factor Jacquelyn Goldman

Hallie Golov Brice Green Danielle Collins Greenberg Jennifer Halberstadter Alayna Held Aven Helford Michael Huettner Kenady Hunley Danielle Katz Victoria Lippman Michelle Nagler Kunal Patel Kitty Risko Youngsang Ryu Samantha Shapiro Tatiana Villegas

NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY Mallory Chodos Camille Edwards Hannah Escobar

Olivia Faze Jenny Feldman Amanda Glover Jack Herzog Maya Himelfarb Savannah Holcomb Calvin Miceli-Nelson Quentin Ransohoff Giana Tansman Tatiana Villegas

James Forward Hallie Golov Micah Gordon Brice Green Alix Masters Jacob Masters

Zoe Nadal Lauren Richardson Youngsang Ryu Jesse Watts-Russell Isaac Wilson Jenna Wishman

Beatrice Beugelmans Shea Clark-Tieche Jenny Feldman James Forward Amanda Glover Savannah Holcomb Amanda McCann Zoe Nadal Giana Tansman

JAPANESE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Maya Himelfarb Benjamin Krueger Dylan Macdonald William Oliva Hunter Owens Jesse Watts-Russell

TRI M MUSIC SOCIETY Alex Crane

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2010-11 Athletics Program

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2010-11 Athletics Program (Continued) 2010-11 was a banner year for Windward Athletics. With six league titles, two CIF titles, and two State Championships, Windward Athletics is blossoming into a notable powerhouse in Southern California athletics.

Windward brought home league titles in Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Boys Soccer, Golf, Girls Track, and Boys Volleyball. Each of the 17 varsity sports reached the playoffs with Football and Girls basketball clinching CIF titles.

The Girls and Boys Basketball teams both won CIF Division IV State Titles, the first for the girls and the second in four years for the boys. Only seven other schools in CIF history have captured this unique double title and Windward is the first school to achieve this feat in CIF Division IV history.

Not only were teams successful, but athletes were recognized for their individual achievements receiving 77 all-league honors, four league MVPs, 13 All CIF honors, four CIF Players of the Year, and two State Players of the Year awards.

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2010-11 Middle School Athletics Program Windward middle school sports again enjoyed much success bringing home Pacific Basin League titles in 8th grade Football, Girls Basketball, 8th grade Boys Basketball, Girls Soccer, Softball, and Baseball.

“2010-11 was a great year for Windward Athletics,” remarked Athletics Director, Steve Smith. “Windward teams were very successful, but most importantly, our student athletes competed to the best of their abilities and demonstrated sportsmanship and represented Windward with class.”

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Class of 2011 Collegiate Athletes Nine Athletes from the Class of 2011 to Play Collegiately Miles Gueno, Basketball, Oberlin College Jackson Lind-Lebuff, Baseball, University of Chicago Cameron Low, Golf, Carnegie Mellon University Nora Martin-Resnick, Softball, Kenyon College Sam Miller, Football, University of Delaware Kunal Patel, Baseball, Washington University in St. Louis Wesley Saunders, Basketball, Harvard University Samantha Shapiro, Gymnastics, Stanford University Milica Toskovic, Basketball, Dartmouth College

Sami Shapiro

Nora Martin-Resnick

Wesley Saunders

Kunal Patel

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Alumni Elliot Gordon ’74 and Emily Kovner Moss ’91 have agreed to serve as Co-Presidents for the Alumni Association.

We are pleased to thank the following alumni for their active participation in the creation of the Alumni Association:

2010-11 was a very exciting year for the Windward Alumni Program. With reunions, alumni sports matches, and special events, more alumni than ever are participating actively in the Windward community. In fact, we held our first Alumni Picnic on campus in June and over 100 alumni attended!

This increased alumni engagement is all thanks to the hard work of a small group of dedicated alumni who have spent the last two years focused on how best to reinvigorate the Alumni Program. Under their leadership, we are pleased to announce the official formation of the Windward Alumni Association. With approval from the Board of Trustees, the Alumni Association will implement the goals of the Alumni Strategic Plan, designed to provide opportunities that strengthen relationships among alumni and with Windward. We are pleased to announce that

Darius Morris ’09 Drafted by Lakers Darius Morris ’09 led Windward to its first CIF State basketball championship in 2009 and was drafted in the second round by the hometown Los Angeles Lakers. He became the first Windward player to ever be drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Elliot Gordon ’74, Co-President Emily Kovner Moss ’91, Co-President Hillary Gordon ’77 Diana Currie ’80 Jorge Flores ’84 Leslie Katzman Wallach ’84 Rob Pasnau ’85 Greg Simon ’85 Ken Salkin ’86

Jennifer Shankman Gibgot’87 Rob Solomon '87 Karen Loewinger Sraberg ’87 Chip Robertson ’90 Michael Sugarman ’92 Taos Huskey ’93 Josh Lippman ’95 Stephanie Mirkin ’03 Michael Sugarman ’05

Be sure to visit our re-designed alumni Web page at www.windwardschool.org/alumni to keep up-to-date on the alumni events we will host this year. We aim to provide a variety of activities to fit the interests of our entire alumni community. We strive to make sure you have all the latest news and events, so help us keep in touch and send your updated address and email to Alumni Coordinator Vanessa Nygaard at vnygaard@windwardschool.org.

This is a very exciting time to be a Windward alumnus. If you would like to be involved or have any suggestions, please contact Vanessa.

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Remembering Dan and Gabe It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of two members of the Windward family.

Daniel Tan ’08 passed on January 12 after a long battle with the neurological disease Neuromyelitis Optica. Dan was an intelligent and dedicated student who never allowed the growing limitation of his disease to hinder his learning experience. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and his unwavering passion, support, and encouragement of the Windward varsity boys basketball team, who dedicated their 2010-11 State Championship to Dan. Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir ’99, was slain in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 8. Gabe was an outgoing, friendly student at Windward, who was involved in all aspects of our community. He played on the varsity boys basketball team as a senior and contributed to the team through hard work and desire. He also discovered a love of music at Windward that he carried on to Kenyon College and later to a successful career as a music and post-production coordinator at MTV. They will both be missed by the entire Windward community.

Special thanks to the classmates of Gabe, who made contributions in his honor to the Annual Fund in support of the Music Program at Windward.

Ben Colman ’99 Evan Greenberg ’99 Daniel Kramer ’99

Justin Nasatir ’99 Smitha Srinivasa ’99 William Wright ’99

Alumni (Continued) Alumni Picnic 2011

Young Alumni Luncheon 2010

Head of School Tom Gilder, Alex Papalian ’10, Alex DeAngelis ’08, and Ben Lerman ’10 John Manoogian ’08, Dorian Bon ’10, Nicky DePaul ’09, Michael Munoz ’08 and Jeff Gilder ’08

Erin Buckelew ’05, Samantha Friedman ’09, Jennifer Kim ’09, Madelyn Ross ’09, Lily Gordon ’08 and Daniel Gordon ’10

Chloe Azria ’11, Giana Tanzman ’11, Sarah Benzel ’09 and Director of Middle School Eric Mandel

Head of School Tom Gilder, Dean of Faculty Ray Friend, Christian Sandberg ’06, Jason Tan ’06, Adam Frank ’06, Michael Sugarman ’05, Grant Friedman ’06, Morgan Burns ’06, Director of Middle School Eric Mandel, and Nicky Eliafan ’06

Greg Simon ’85 and Rob Pasnau ’85 register alumni for the picnic

Eliot Dreiband ’08, Annabelle Ostin ’11, Baraneh Kazemi ’08, nd Emily White ’08

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Alumni (Continued) Alumni Baseball and Soccer Games

Congratulations to Windward Reunion Classes

2011 Windward Baseball alumni game

The Class of 1990 celebrates its 20th Reunion

2011 Windward Boys Soccer alumni game

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Jesse Weiss ’09 brought his fastball to the alumni game

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The Class of 1981 celebrates its 30th reunion

The 2010-11 Windward School Faculty

The Fortieth Year of Windward School: A Celebration

Congratulations!

Each November, faculty and staff are recognized for their years of service at the annual Faculty/Board Dinner. Employees marking their five-year anniversary receive a $10,000 interest-free loan, and those celebrating other significant anniversaries receive a $3,000 milestone award. Thank you to the following faculty and staff members who were recognized in November 2010 for their years of distinguished service!

30 Years

15 Years

Ethel Gullette Gail Holmes

Steve Kierman Jim Bologna Hannah Freed 10 Years Graciela Leslie Munoz Makow Bud Pell Chinda David Unger Wongngamnit

25 Years Pattie Nix

20 Years Bill Josephs

7 Years

5 Years Bruce Eskovitz Juan Carlos Hernandez Michelle McGuire Wayne Northrup Tony Potter Julie Zemel

A poem by Shirley Windward

October 15, 2011

Almost a half a century has passed full of wild wonders no one can deny, through fractured, exciting times that hold us fast with learning that loves expansion. And the sky’s the limit for us all who wish to learn.

I do confirm this from my happy tower, maturing in tandem and in sure return with our school Windward, slowly testing power, holding her own in focused growth and form, keeping that focus in dark days or kind, fashioning fine harbors out of storm, pledging a fulsome strength of heart and mind -and always, in the course of many flights, managing to keep balance on the heights!

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Spring Event 2011: Windward Celebrates 40 Years Spring Event 2011: Windward Celebrates 40 Years

Erica Tukiainen ’06: Thank you!

A heartfelt thank you to Spring Event Co-Chairs Lisa Kelton and Debbie Markiles and their volunteer team; all the parents, Trustees, faculty and staff in attendance; guest speakers Tony de los Reyes and Erica Tukiainen ’06; and especially Shirley Windward for making this year’s Spring Event such a special celebration of Windward’s 40th Anniversary.

“I graduated from Windward with the Class of 2006 and went to UCLA where I played on the women’s basketball team. I majored in French and Francophone Studies while completing my Pre-Medical studies. In fact, I’m taking MCAT in two weeks and in the process of applying to Medical Schools.

Hopefully, I’ll be Dr. Tukiainen soon!

The sold-out crowd mixed and mingled with old friends and new, creating a warm and welcoming evening typical of Windward School. Tom Gilder saluted Shirley for dedication to this wonderful community over the last 40 years, which inspired a standing ovation from the audience. That enthusiasm and energy carried through the entire evening.

Shirley’s wonderful spirit, Erica’s touching remarks, and the anniversary video reminded everyone in attendance what a difference their generosity has had on generations of students and teachers. That tradition of support continued at this year’s Spring Event: over $150,000 was raised for the Financial Aid and Faculty Betterment Funds. Thank you!

The celebration capped-off with a surprise performance from American Idol contestant Stefano Langone, making it a Spring Event no one will soon forget!

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“I was born and raised in Finland and moved to Los Angeles with my mother and brother in 2000. My mother was the only provider, and we did not have the financial means of paying for a private school education.

However, Windward chose us and gave us the most precious gift anyone could ever ask for...a first-class education and preparation for my future with life-long lessons. Windward nurtured and supported me, bringing out the best of me.

Teachers, students, coaches and parents became like an extended family, working together to guide me and my fellow students through our toughest teenage years.

“It was not until I started college, that I truly saw the value of my Windward experience. Especially when I was in an intimidating and tough chemistry class with 200 other extremely competitive pre-medical students, I had no problem connecting with my professor and working with my fellow students. In addition to focusing on academics, I was also an athlete at Windward. With the support and help of my coaching staff, I learned how to balance my schedule and manage my time.

“I was so prepared that although I had many responsibilities as the captain of the UCLA women’s basketball team, I could still focus on my academics and take a biology midterm in

the hotel room of Marriott Knoxville, three hours before a nationally televised game against one of the toughest opponents in college basketball, the Lady Vols of Tennessee.

That’s how strong the years of preparation at Windward had made me!

“The reason why I am standing here tonight, is to show you that I’m a living proof of how a young person’s life was changed with your kind generosity to Windward School. It’s you who have made it possible for me and other students to attend this amazing school. Without your help, I would have never had the opportunity to get where I am today and pursue my dreams. One of these days, I will be doing what you are doing right now because I understand how important giving is. The children, whom you help to get through Windward, will grow up to be adults, who make better decisions and therefore, a better world for all of us!

“From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank you for your generous support of the Financial Aid Program.”

Transcript of Erica’s speech delivered at Spring Event 2011.

Spring Event 2011: Windward Celebrates 40 Years (Continued) Event Sponsors 1971 FOUNDERS: $5,000

Elliot Gordon and Carol Schwartz Peter and Tara Guber H. Jane Gutman Bruce and Jan Helford The 1970s: $2,500 George Rosenthal and Karen Sharp Rosenthal John Inn and Laura Hong Michael and Michelle Katz Lisa Kelton Amy Klimek and Joshua Roth Lee and Jill Kort Audrey Lavin Ron Low and Wanda Denson-Low Michael and Jamie Lynton Jonathan and Debra Markiles William Masters and Gail Masters Robert and Kerry Morris Gary and Jeanne Newman Michael Parks and Judith Hayward Stephen Solomon and Ellen Pardo John Prindle and Gleam Davis Adam and Angie Rosen Bennett and Allison Rosenthal Steven and Elisa Rubin Tony Rubin and Linda Bernstein Rubin Alan Sanders and Barbara Kreitzer Ron Segall The 1980s: $1,000 Brian and Kirsten Shirken Mark and Ellen Simmons Sam Surloff and Joanne Van Emburgh Patrice Ablack Perrie and Candice Weiner Michael Abrams and Randye Soref Howard and Debra Wollitz Brian and Mae Appel Russell and Sofia Wolpert Jacques and Maria Beugelmans The 1990s: $500 Tristan Bickman and David Ribakoff Steven and Linda Brown Suzanne Boone Joel Hirsch and Bonnie Bogin Eric and Ann Capogrosso Jeffrey and Debi Pomerantz Eric and Deborah Diamond Steven and Lori Ransohoff Joe Earley and Adrian Alvarez Steven and Jenny Savitsky Bryan and Quinn Ezralow Steve and Marilyn Smooke Jody Foster and Cydney Bernard Armand and Marie Marciano Pejman and Daphna Salimpour

David Garfinkle and Maira Suro Jon and Nancy Glaser Steven and Vilborg Golin

The 2000s: $250 Gregory and Laura Applegate Bijan and Robin Armandpour

Steven Bersch and Jennifer Justman Glen and Elizabeth Friedman Howard and Cambria Gordon David and Nancy Grant Jung U Hyun and Mi Reon Baek Ruth Jones Ron and Pamela Mass Stephen Mick and Christine Torre Robert and Kathy Pashman Paryus and Nita Patel Michael Sales Alan Sanders and Barbara Kreitzer Brent and Abbe Shapiro Baker and Kristin Smith Adrian and Diana Stephens David and Mindy Weiner

Faculty Sponsors Anonymous Michael Abrams and Randye Soref Kenneth and Carole Adashek Brian and Mae Appel Wesley and Irene Baba Steven and Frances Berman Joel Hirsch and Bonnie Bogin Donna Castorino Thomas Coben and Jennifer Blum Gary Fleck Jon and Nancy Glaser George Gomberg and Susanne Bennett Cuba and Sara Gooding Jr. David and Nancy Grant Gordon Greenberg and Patricia Collins Gordon Greenberg and Patricia Collins H. Jane Gutman Doug Herzog and Noreen Farrell-Herzog Scott and Andrea Holtzman Jung U. Hyun and Mi Reon Baek Stephen and Erica Jamieson Michael and Michelle Katz Robert and Fori Kay Ken and Julie Klausner

Josh and Lena Kleinberg Keith Klevan and Betty Goodwin Klevan Lee and Jill Kort Jeffrey and Wendy Krieger Fred and Paula Kuhns Leon LeBuffe and Julena Lind Jared Levine and Lucy Stutz David and Jody Lippman Robert and Jamie Madden Dick and Jennifer Manoogian Charles and Millicent Marburg J. David Marks and Cynthia Cidre Marks Bayard and Hilary Maybank William and Leslie McMorrow Jeffrey and Allison Mirkin Richard and Dawn Papalian Jeffrey and Karen Paris Michael Parks and Judith Hayward Robert and Kathy Pashman Thomas Pfeffer Jeff and Suzy Pion Tony Rubin and Linda Bernstein Rubin Mark and Diane Rudolph Edward Rugoff and Renee Tondelli Cynthia Rust Alan Sanders and Barbara Kreitzer Steven Schwartz and Natalie Blake Kevin and Rosemary Sellers

Brent and Abbe Shapiro Steve and Marilyn Smooke Stephen Solomon and Ellen Pardo Michael and Melanie Spiller Jeff Strauss and Mindy Schultheis John and Barbara St. Thomas Adrian and Diana Stephens Howard and Debra Wollitz

General Sponsors Mike Bennett and Keli Kastrup Richard Best and Joanna Stingray Rocco C. de Ry Mario Franco and Nancy Cordova Jose Garcia and Crecencia Martinez Jeffrey and Linda Glaser Patrick Goldstein and Sonja Bolle David Himelfarb and Tali Nesher Brian and Lisa Kessler Jim and Jane Klein Damon and Marian Lawrence Thomas Mackey and Saheli Datta Gail Benun-O’Byrne and Tom O’Byrne Mahryar Parsee and Afsaneh Astani Jeffrey Robinov Michael Sales Adrian and Diana Stephens Ardie and Tania Tavangarian Denzel and Pauletta Washington

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Spring Event 2011: Windward Celebrates 40 Years (Continued) Thank You, Spring Event Volunteers!

Lisa Kelton, Spring Event Co-Chair Debbie Markiles, Spring Event Co-Chair Andi Holtzman, Auction Co-Chair Abbe Shapiro, Auction Co-Chair Renee Benjamins, Party Book Co-Chair Ellen Simmons, Party Book Co-Chair Becci Smith, Party Book Co-Chair Gloria E. Aguirre Allison Arkin Mae Appel Laura Applegate Robin Armandpour Betsy Berenson Steve and Frances Berman Nancy Bertrando Laura Cohen Veronica Dawson Nancy Freeman Carolyn Gross Michael Hackman Judith Hayward

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Robin Jameson Ruthie Jones Debra Krizman Linda Rubin Jenifer Sackler Mare Smooke Lorrie Stone Rebecca Smith Mandy Stein Kelli Tabb Mindy Weiner Mindy Weiss Rebecca White-Ennis Richard Wilks

Reverse Auction for Financial Aid Donors A very special thank you to the following donors for their support of the Reverse Auction for Financial Aid. Proceeds from the Reverse Auction – over $40,000! – are directed to the 2011-12 Financial Aid Program, which will award over $2,000,000 in support to students this year.

Reverse Auction Donors Michael Abrams and Randye Soref Brian and Mae Appel Daniel and Kym Begel Steven and Frances Berman Steven Bersch and Jennifer Justman Michael and Nancy Bertrando Eric and Ann Capogrosso Rob and Ellen Deutschman Joe Earley and Adrian Alvarez Rebecca Ennis White Miguel Escobar and Marlene Greenberg Kiloh Fairchild and Lyn Hoge Ken and Michele Feinswog Glen and Elizabeth Friedman Tom and Lori Gilder George Gomberg and Susanne Bennett Elliot Gordon and Carol Schwartz Howard and Cambria Gordon Gordon Greenberg and Patricia Collins H. Jane Gutman Michael and Caroline Hackman Edward Harshberger and Sharon Novey Scott and Marsha Jacks John and Robin Jameson Steve Kierman Marvin and Irene Kleinberg Amy Klimek and Joshua Roth

Mark Landry and Judy Boasberg Melissa and Kuo Lian Peter and Hannah Liguori Greg and Meg Lipstone Duane and Tracie Lyons Eric Mandel Charles and Millicent Marburg Stephen Mick and Christine Torre Mark and Andie Miller Jean-Baptiste and Julie Nadal Jeffrey and Ellen Nagler David and Liz Ondaatje Richard and Dawn Papalian Michael Parks and Judith Hayward Peggy Procter Bruce Resnick and Robyn Martin Tony Rubin and Linda Bernstein Rubin Randy and Jacqueline Schnitman Jim Slemaker and Pam Cunningham Arturo and Barbara Sneider Stephen Solomon and Ellen Pardo Ardie and Tania Tavangarian John Taylor and Angela DuRoss Steven and Amy Wayne James and Leslie Weinberg Howard and Debra Wollitz

Spring Event 2011: Windward Celebrates 40 Years (Continued)

More Parties, More Fun! 2011 Party Book Hosts Mae Appel Dana Baer Renee Benjamins Suzanne Boone Kimberly Clark Laura Cohen Bridgid Coulter with Romy Phillips Ellen Deutschman Denise Doyen Leanne and Hayley Frankel Carli Greenebaum Jane Gutman Noreen Herzog Andi Holtzman Jackie Katz Lisa Kelton Rana Kirkland Barbara Kreitzer Damon and Marian Lawrence Julena Lind Mary Dorothy Line Jonathan and Debbie Markiles Leslie McMorrow Michael Parks and Judith Hayward

Lisa Platt Suchi Ramesh Susan Reiner Michelle and Dani Rosenbach Cindy Rust Jenifer Sackler Todd and Chindaree Senturia Hilary Siegal Abbe Shapiro Ellen Simmons Kirstin Smith Rebecca Smith Mandy and Mark Stein The Feinswog Family The Khaleghi Family The Schnitman Family The Smith Family The Webster Family The Uhley Family Candice and Perrie Weiner Luann Williams Lori Zuckerman

Save the Date: Spring Event 2012 Spring Event 2012 will be held Saturday, May 5th, at the Beverly Hills Hotel and will honor Tom Gilder on his 25th Anniversary as Head of School. See you there!

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Ways to Give Cash, Check, or Credit Card An outright cash donation is a fully tax deductible gift in the tax year given, within the guidelines established by the IRS. Cash gifts can be made by check or can be charged to your Visa or MasterCard. Credit card gifts can be made over the phone at 310.391.7127, ext. 283, or online at www.school.org/donate.

Pledges Windward welcomes your gift through a pledge – a formal statement of intention to make a gift to the School. With a pledge, you may complete your gift by making regular payments over time. All pledges to the Annual Fund must be completed by the end of the fiscal year, June 30th.

Securities A gift of appreciated securities entitles the donor to a charitable deduction for its full current market value, without paying the capital gains tax on the appreciation, which would be required if the securities were sold for personal gain. Contact the Advancement Office for stock transfer instructions.

Matching Gifts Many companies will match gifts that their employees (and sometimes spouses of employees) make to secondary schools. Please send your company’s matching gift form along with your gift.

Planned Giving Donors may wish to consider giving through such means as wills, life insurance, bequests, or charitable trusts. Windward recommends that you contact your financial planner for information about how planned giving can earn valuable incometax deductions and reduce your estate taxes.

For more information on any of the above ways to give, please contact the Advancement Office at 310.391.7127.

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Windward School Magazine & Annual Report 2010-11 Shelly Schroth Director of Advancement Stephen Johnson Director of Communications & Marketing Vanessa Nygaard Alumni Coordinator Samantha Lyon ’04 Alumni Intern Carina Sanchez Advancement Assistant Chuck Brittenham Design and Production Sumi Printing and Binding Printing Jen O’Sullivan Selected Photography Windward School gratefully acknowledges all of our donors.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. If, however, you discover an error, please accept our sincerest apologies and notify the Advancement Office at 310.391.7127, so that we can correct our records. The fiscal year covered in this report is from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. Gifts received after June 30, 2011, will be acknowledged in next year’s Annual Report.

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