District Posts

Winnetka Voices is a podcast hosted by The Winnetka Public Schools, featuring candid conversations on issues relevant to education and shared resources to support our students and families.

View the episodes here.

Our District’s Portrait of a Graduate outlines the unique characteristics, skill sets, and mindsets we strive to develop in every student over time in the District:

Empathetic
Resilient
Global Citizens
Effective Communicators
Lifelong Learners
Collaborative

We are launching a series called “Painting our Portrait,” highlighting each of these areas along with examples of how the Portrait of a Graduate is coming to life in our schools. Follow along in the Winnetka Wire, on our website, and on social media to learn more about how our educators infuse these competencies into our students’ learning experiences.

Visit the Painting Our Portrait Page

Registration is now open for incoming Kindergarteners and new students for 2023-2024

Please visit the Registration page for online registration.

In alignment with our Strategic Plan Goal focused on Positive Culture and Well-Being, we strive to support connection and belonging in The Winnetka Public Schools as a catalyst for continual growth. This includes the District adoption of @RULER, a research-based approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) conceived at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. RULER is intended to foster the following values in school communities:

• Understanding the importance of emotions

• Increasing the skills of emotional intelligence

• Developing and maintaining a positive school climate

RULER emphasizes four anchor strategies as a means to proactively or reactively respond to social or emotional needs, which we are in the process of implementing in our schools. We look forward to parent learning opportunities on RULER this fall so that parents also have the chance to share in these approaches and vocabulary where it makes sense at home.