Ms. Lisa Wint (Photo: Mr. Michael Aldridge)
Ms. Wint was born in Oswego, New York. She grew up in Queensbury, New York, which is about 80 miles south of Lake Placid. She loves living in the Adirondack because she loves outdoor activities such as hiking and camping, mountain biking, gravel and road cycling, kayaking/canoeing, and skiing.
Ms. Wint is Northwood’s Learning Center Coordinator and Team Dean. She joined the faculty in the fall of 2015, when the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, where she had previously taught, closed. When Ms. Wint joined Northwood, she taught Spanish 2 and Spanish 3. The next year, she worked with Brenda Cotton, who was a former teacher at the National Sports Academy, to create the learning center. Her primary role now is as a full-time learning coach in the learning center. She has had many roles at Northwood: a Spanish 2 and 1 teacher, a class dean for every grade except senior, the team dean for the independent group, and the faculty advisor for the CARE co-curricular.
Ms. Wint has a son who attends Northwood. Johnathan, better known as JT, is a junior at Northwood. He enjoys NOC, Recreational skiing, and CARE. Ms. Wint loves being in school with JT because she gets to help him with work and gets to see what he does in his school day.
Ms. Wint is the faculty leader of CARE, which is a community service co-curricular that has been highly active in our local community. CARE has several fundraisers this year to support two local food pantries, the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department and the Tri-Lakes Animal Shelter. “CARE has helped with a winter coat and gear drive, made hundreds of holiday cards for the residents at a local nursing home,” said Wint. “We have many projects planned for the spring, such as roadside clean up after the snow has melted, a bottle and can recycling initiative to help the environment and put the 5 cent per can deposit to good use, and we are cleaning up the unused books on campus for donation and resale.”
Ms. Wint most enjoys her time in the learning center and teaching. “I have found my purpose,” she said. Helping students become successful and independent learners is an amazing reward. Ms. Wint says, “Even though at times it can be frustrating, it is amazing to be part of the student journey.”
