The Windward School
| The Windward School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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White Plains & Manhattan, New York United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent Day |
| Established | 1926 |
| Founder | Isabel Greenbaum Stone |
| Head of school | John J. Russell |
| Grades | 1-9 |
| Enrollment | 861 |
| Student to faculty ratio | 4:1 |
| Website | www.thewindwardschool.org |
The Windward School is a coeducational, independent day school focused on teaching students with language-based learning disabilities with campuses in Westchester and Manhattan.[1]
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).
History
The Windward School was founded in 1926 by Isabel Greenbaum Stone. The school subsequently certified with the New York State Board of Regents as a school for learning disabled children in 1976. When Dr. Judith Hochman became head of school in 1988 the school focused on language-based learning disabilities, and since it became one of the top schools in the U.S. for students with dyslexia and that’s what the school has been specializing in ever since.