- December 4, 2025
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Lower school Student Government Association Co-Vice President John David Yock, President Aric Eagleton and Co-Vice President Lillian Hoch took a moment to celebrate their election victories with Butler, the school's mascot. It was the first time in school history there was a tie for vice president.
Rosie Veteri, a world language teacher and Student Government Association adviser, took her time looking at all the photos in the Cypress Center.
Medals and trophies were on display to show Windermere Preparatory School's athletic success over the years.
Junior Matthew Grewe has been attending Windermere Preparatory School since second grade. He said looking at all the memorabilia and photos from throughout the school's history was cool because he noticed several familiar faces of teachers who still work at the school.
Gladys Stromberg has been at teacher at Windermere Preparatory School for 17 years while Eve Griffin was introduced to the school when her daughter Caitlyn Griffin enrolled in the school 22 years ago as a kindergartner. Eve Griffin became a teacher at the school 18 years ago.
Sophomore Aarna Verma, junior Dhriti Arora and sophomore London Sandefur took a moment to look at all the memorabilia in the Cypress Center.
Interim Head of School Alex Birchenall was careful not to smudge his signature as he signed the time capsule before it was buried.
Student Government Association presidents Aric Eagleton, Gustavo Campos and Harlow Winstead watched as interim Head of School Alex Birchenall put the time capsule in the ground.
Gustavo Campos, Harlow Winstead and Aric Eagleton, who all are Student Government Association presidents for their respective grade levels, helped to bury the time capsule.
Students gathered on campus to witness the burial of a time capsule that had a Johnny Appleseed tin hat, a second-grade Greek festival T-shirt, middle school pins and more.
Harlow Winstead, the middle school Student Government Association president, put a brick over the time capsule.
Fifth grade
Butler, the school's mascot, was hyping students up with hugs and high-fives. Students chanted, "Let's go, Butler!"
Pre-K-4 students laughed and screamed with joy as they gave Butler, the school's mascots, high-fives and hugs.
Vanessa Steele pre-k 4 teacher
From the moment people walked into the Cypress Center, they saw memorabilia from throughout the school's history, including the first mascot, school uniforms and photos.
Windermere Preparatory School displayed memorabilia from throughout the years, including a photo collage from the school's April 2005 production of "Guys and Dolls," which students signed.
A shirt for Windermere Preparatory School's 25th anniversary hung next to a shirt from the school's inaugural year.
Windermere Preparatory School state championship rings were on display in the Cypress Center to show the school's athletic success over the years.
Teachers and staff members took a selfie to commemorate Windermere Preparatory School's 25th anniversary.
Yearbooks from throughout the years were on display in the Cypress Center.
Michael Reis computer science teacher in hs
Students, teachers and staff signed the register like students and staff did in the school's inaugural year.
Windermere Preparatory School students watched a documentary that commemorates the school's 25 years.
Mary Beth Davies, who was a founding staff member of Windermere Preparatory School, returned to the school for the dedication of the middle school building in her honor.
Former heads of school Dr. Mitchell Salerno, Dr. Tom Marcy and Carolyn Cappleman Karraker returned to Windermere Preparatory School to celebrate the school's 25th anniversary with current interim Head of School Alex Birchenall.
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Matthew Grewe, a Windermere Preparatory School junior, stood quietly and observed all the photos and memorabilia hanging on a wall of the lobby of the Cypress Center.
The walls held onto 25 years of the school's history.
Grewe, who has been a student at Windermere Prep since second grade, noticed several familiar faces on the wall.
"To see the whole history of it and look back at the old pictures and see the same things that I see now that have been here 25 years is cool," he said. "It's cool to see the same people that are still working here."
Students, teachers and faculty celebrated the school's 25th anniversary Friday, Sept. 5.
Besides the memorabilia in the Cypress Center, students also saw a documentary on the school's history, participated in a brick installation, buried a time capsule and more.
Alex Birchenall, the interim head of school, along with the Student Government Association president from the lower, middle and high schools, signed the time capsule before it was buried.
"We are a part of history now, too," Birchenall said.
