By Gia Bharadwaj and Natasha Dalziel The Banner is excited to announce the commencement of Winsor’s first action research cohort, or W.A.R.C.! Denise Labieniec, a scientist and institutional researcher, introduced this cohort to the Upper School in September 2022 after years of wanting to bring an action research opportunity to Winsor. The cohort’s advisors, Ms. …
The Winsor Solar Panel Project
By Elina Suri If you happen to be flying over the roof of Winsor’s Lubin O’Donnell Center (LOC), you might see a massive span of about two-hundred solar panels glittering in the sunlight. Winsor’s solar panels are only the beginning of our community’s journey to reduce our overall carbon footprint and become more eco-friendly. The …
COP27 Climate Summit
By Lara do Rosario Last year, at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders, scientists, and chief executives rallied around a call to “keep 1.5 alive.” The saying was in reference to a goal that attending governments endorsed seven years ago in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement: to keep global …
Midterm Election Results
By Kevin Weldon and Louisa Furman The 2022 midterm elections have wrapped up with decisive results in both chambers of Congress. Across the country, as is the case every other November, every seat in the House and a third of Senate seats were up for election. Coming into the election, analysts projected that a “Red …
The Sysco Food Strike and How Winsor’s Been Dealing With It
By Audrey Wang Throughout late September and early October, hundreds of Sysco workers in New York and Boston protested against unfair labor practices and low wages in their workplaces. Sysco, a prominent wholesale food distributor, has branches across the country and is New England’s largest food supplier. On October 1, 2022, over 300 workers for …
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