Type Public high school Established 2004 Grades 9-12 Phone +1 360-383-9289 Principal Jill Iwasaki | Motto An Academic Adventure Faculty 17 Education system Small schools movement District Ferndale School District | |
Address 5275 Northwest Dr, Ferndale, WA 98248, USA Mailing Address PO Box 428; Ferndale, WA 98248 Similar Ferndale High School, Meridian Senior High Sch, Evergreen Christian School, Shuksan Middle School, North Bellingham Elementa | ||
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.