Windward High School Explained

Windward High School
Streetaddress:5275 Northwest Drive
State:WA
Zipcode:98226
Country:United States
Coordinates:48.8353°N -122.5681°W
District:Ferndale School District
Principal:Kimberly Hawes
Faculty:17
Type:Public high school
System:Small schools movement
Grades:9-12
Motto:An Academic Adventure
Team Name:Wolves
Yearbook:Navigator
Newspaper:Howler
Established:2004
Feeders:Horizon Middle School
Vista Middle School
Free Label:Grants received
Free Text:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Connecting School and Community
Free Label1:Telephone
Free Text1:(360) 383-9150
Free Label2:Mailing Address
Free Text2:PO Box 428
Ferndale, WA 98248
Homepage:official website

Windward High School is the newest of two public high schools of the Ferndale School District (district 502), in Bellingham, Washington. Windward is part of the Small Schools Project, funded in part by a grant from the Gates Foundation, which seeks to establish small intimate learning environments within communities.

Windward offers courses in Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Spanish, Japanese, Technology, Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Physical Education. With a very low student-to-teacher ratio, and a project-based education model, each course emphasizes collaboration among students and with faculty in a team-approach. The school does not offer sports or many after-school extra-curricular activities; instead its students frequently participate in these functions at the nearby affiliated Ferndale High School. There are several after-school clubs run by teachers, including a Tech Club which fixes and donates old computers.

Due to financial reasons, the district shut down Windward High school at the end of the 2017–2018 school year. The last day was June 15, 2018.

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