The Windward School

This article is about the school in New York. For the Los Angeles school, see Windward School.
The Windward School
Location
White Plains & Manhattan
,
New York

United States
Information
TypeIndependent Day
Established1926; 98 years ago (1926)
FounderIsabel Greenbaum Stone
Head of schoolJamie Williamson
Grades1-9
Enrollment939
WebsiteTheWindwardSchool.org

The Windward School is a coeducational, independent day school focused on teaching students in grades 1-9 with language-based learning disabilities with campuses in Westchester and Manhattan.[1] Windward is recognized across the country and around the world as a leader in providing instruction to children with dyslexia[2] and is listed among the best schools in the New York City area.[3]

The school uses the Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) reading program developed by Phyllis Bertin and Eileen Perlman, which focuses on reading, spelling and handwriting using Orton-Gillingham instruction (multisensory method developed to teach reading to children with dyslexia). Scholarships are available for students whose families cannot afford to pay the $66,900-a-year tuition. [4]

  1. ^ "A New York School Where Students Learn to Read by Sculpting Words (Published 2016)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16.
  2. ^ "YCDC Co-Directors Honored By The Windward School". The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 Best Schools in the New York City Area". Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Two boys with the same disability tried to get help. The rich student got it quickly. The poor student did not". Retrieved 5 March 2020.