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Dear Laker Community,
At last Friday’s Homecoming game, we invited our Laker alumni back home. This is always a special moment for our community as we reconnect with recent graduates and learn how their lives are unfolding at college and beyond. I treasure how our graduates take with them the spirit of inquiry developed at Windermere Prep as they embark on new adventures. Even though they have moved on, they are always Lakers and we continue to celebrate them.
Next time you visit the Cypress Center for the Arts, I invite you to check out the IB Diploma Program wall in the Studio U atrium. Here, we honor Lakers from the class of 2025 who earned 6s and 7s on their IB exams. Every year, this display grows. Our graduates inspire our younger Lakers, and each group of students strives to push the bar higher as they pursue their own passions to build the best versions of themselves for the global community.
That pursuit of passion fuels the inquiry mindset at the heart of a Windermere Prep education on the field, in the classroom, on the stage, in the local community, and beyond. Here on campus, we have more students pursuing the IB full diploma than ever before. We’ve added eight IB DP courses over the past two years to expand student opportunities, and in May, we will graduate our inaugural class of Laker Learner Concentration candidates.
Behind the scenes, our teachers are exploring best practices in assessment so that our students have incredible and enriching opportunities to show what they know, what they can do, and how they will help build a better world. Meanwhile, as IB Diploma Program Coordinator, I am preparing our 5-year IB DP Program Evaluation, a reflective study in which we inquire into how we deliver the DP and how we evolve to ensure that our courses connect world class content, authentic contexts, and essential skills in rich learning experiences that put our Lakers at the center of their learning.
For families of students in grades 6-10, to learn more about WPS’s high school graduation pathways, please join us for IB 201: Diploma and Laker Learner Concentration Info Night. Inquire with me into the opportunities available for our Lakers here at Windermere Prep!
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