Windward School

The school's DEI team and admissions team will "work closely together to ensure that the Windward student body reflects the racial and cultural diversity of the Greater Los Angeles area and the world."

On November 13, 2020, Windward reported that its "7th Grade Introduction to United States Government classes [had] been researching and exploring issues of racial injustice." As part of the course curriculum, students read "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds.

The school has updated its Student Handbook and has a form for students to report "an expression of intolerance toward another community member's identity."

To cultivate an "Anti-Racist and Anti-Discriminatory Learning Community," the school encourages community members to "immediately report the incident verbally, in writing, or electronically." The Student handbook includes "Antiracism," "Bias," and "Microaggressions" in its "TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO HARASSMENT/DISCRIMINATION" section.

Some of the school's faculty and staff attended "the National Diversity Practitioners Institute facilitated by the Glasgow Group." The NDPI is "one of the leading workshops on how to integrate DEI work into Independent Schools and create a culture where belonging matters. "

The school's DEI team had an "Affinity Space Facilitator Training" in August. The facilitator had experience "in conversations about diversity, anti-racism, bias, privilege and power and creates environments that allow for people to discuss these difficult topics openly."

The school announced, "The DEI team also plans to use affinity groups, open spaces, faculty collaboration time, parent coffees, and alumni meetings to amplify voices and create places of belonging, and to partner with all members of the community to ensure that community members feel seen and heard." The school defines an "open space" as "'opt-in' affinity spaces that occur once a month during seminar or community time." Affinity groups provide "a 'brave space' in which its students and adults can explore issues of shared identity and experience and are afforded the opportunity to affirm their emotional and intellectual responses to being part of a distinct subset of the larger Windward community."

In 2021, the school held events, such as "Pop Culture Images and Race" and "Courageous Conversations & April 2021 Cultural Competency."

The school offered Affinity and Open Spaces in Fall 2020, where community members engage in "meaningful conversations and activities related to their identifiers" and discuss "issues that support Windward's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity goals and priorities."

The school sent representatives to the National Association of Independent Schools's "People of Color Conference" and the Student Diversity Leadership Conference.

The school provided resources, including "Understanding White Privilege," "White Fragility" by Robin J. DiAngelo, and "How to be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi.

On October 19, 2024, Windward attended the annual Pollyanna Conference which "brings together representatives from over 30 schools to explore diversity, inclusion, and equity" and "aims to equip participants with the knowledge and tools to become change agents in their communities."

Windward inspires its students to be "critical thinkers, effective communicators, resilient problem solvers, inclusive leaders, and ethical and culturally responsive citizens."

The school has a DEI initiative.

The school said, "We have created opportunities for this year for individuals to explore their own identity..."

As part of its "Core Competencies," Windward states that its graduates "engage mindfully and thoughtfully in ongoing learning about the values, experiences, perspectives, and identities of diverse cultures in order to foster respect and equity in their actions, relationships, and communities." Its students also "act as upstanders in the face of bias and prejudice."