The Windward School is a premier independent day school for children with dyslexia or other language-based learning disability. With two campuses in White Plains, and one campus on the Upper East Side of New York City, Windward remediates a student’s dyslexia or LBLD in preparation for a return to a mainstream school environment.
The Windward School Campuses
Westchester Lower School
Grades 1–5
Westchester Lower School is located at
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605.
Westchester Middle School
Grades 6–9
Westchester Middle School is located at
40 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, NY 10604.
The Windward School’s academic program focuses on three basic challenges faced by all students who learn differently:
- acquiring the academic strategies and skills necessary to reach their academic potential,
- developing self-confidence in their ability to achieve success,
- understanding their learning differences so they can become effective self-advocates.
Students are encouraged to take ownership of their learning and define themselves by their character and by their accomplishments, not by their learning disabilities. Most Windward students spend 3-5 years at the Windward School, and 98% of Windward students place out into mainstream schools. Our students matriculate into a broad range of schools that report back to us that two years after leaving Windward, 98% of Windward alumni are performing at or above grade level.
Reading, writing, and the content subjects are taught with a strong emphasis on language competence, skill development, and cognitive strategy. Students are grouped within their grade level according to their levels of development in language arts and mathematics. There are usually two teachers and rarely more than twelve students in each academic classroom; this provides maximum time for direct instruction by highly trained teachers and helps students achieve success. Since students progress at different rates; progress is monitored continually; academic groups are flexible; and students move among groups as their skills develop. Students are grouped heterogeneously in other content areas and special area subjects.