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Windward recognizes that moving your child outside a mainstream educational environment to enroll them in a specialized school is a serious decision—one we don't take lightly.

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Athletics, Clubs, and Extracurriculars

Through a variety of offerings, both during and after school hours, students learn new skills, foster connections with peers outside the classroom, and find a sense of belonging at Windward.
Learn how students find belonging at Windward

Learning by doing

Outside The Classroom

Athletics, clubs, field trips, and Friday trips provide Windward students with valuable learning opportunities, enrichment, and extracurricular sports and activities that build a sense of community, belonging, and school spirit. The School offers a variety of clubs that are based around student interests, while the after-school athletics program provides a broad range of athletic opportunities for middle school students. Field trips occur throughout the school year and are planned around the topics and themes that students are learning in the classroom. Friday trips, offered to middle school students after school, help introduce students to the rich cultural opportunities in our region.

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Two girls at recess
Students putting their hands up

Connecting with peers

Clubs and After-School Athletics

During the school day, various clubs meet at recess for middle schoolers in Manhattan and Westchester under the supervision of Windward faculty members. Clubs gather one or more times per week for an 8-week session, with some spanning the school year. After-school clubs are offered to all students at Windward across all four divisions.

Through the after-school athletics program, middle school students have the opportunity to build their athletic skills, participate in interscholastic, intramural, and instructional sports, be part of a team, and learn about sportsmanship.

Offerings each year vary according to student interest. See below for current offerings.

  1. Art club
  2. Tape ball club

After-school clubs are offered to all students at Windward across all four divisions and are designed around student interests. See below for current offerings.

  1. Art portfolio club
  2. Arts and storytelling
  3. Clay club
  4. Chess
  5. Chorus
  6. Community service
  7. Crafting
  8. Dance
  9. Drawing
  10. Dungeons & Dragons
  11. Gaga
  12. Instructional tennis
  13. Interscholastic track
  14. Intramural flag football
  15. Intramural pickleball
  16. Intramural volleyball
  17. Robotics
  18. Sports and games
  19. Videography club
  20. Yoga

The after-school athletics program at Windward provides a broad range of sports for middle school students in Manhattan and Westchester. See below for current offerings.

  1. Cross-Country
  2. Dance
  3. Instructional tennis
  4. Interscholastic lacrosse
  5. Interscholastic softball
  6. Interscholastic track
  7. Intramural flag football
  8. Intramural pickleball
  9. Intramural volleyball
windward volleyball team celebrating a win

Hands-on Experiences

Field Trips and Friday Trips

Windward students across all campuses and grades participate in a number of school day field trips throughout the year. Field trips take place during the school day. Middle schools students in Manhattan and Westchester are also offered Friday trips throughout the school year, which occur after the school day. Trips vary by campus. Past trips have included:

– Local museums, aquariums, and zoos
– Outdoor activity/adventure parks
– Medieval Times
– Mets and Yankees games
– Broadway shows

More information on athletics, clubs, and after-school activities for current families can be found on the myWindward Family Portal.