JED Foundation
Westover has a three-year partnership with the JED Foundation to support a school-wide culture that elevates emotional well-being by building resiliency and life skills.
- Equipping Individuals: Research shows that building resiliency and life skills, promoting social connectedness, and encouraging help-seeking and help-giving behaviors in teens and young adults supports their overall well-being, helps them thrive, and protects their emotional health, making it less likely they’ll fall into unhealthy behaviors.
- Strengthening Schools: For students, their school community is a critical part of their support network and emotional safety net. JED works directly with Westover to put systems, programs, and policies in place to create a culture of caring that protects student mental health, builds life skills, and makes it more likely students will seek help and struggling students will be recognized, connected to mental health care, and supported.
- Mobilizing Communities: JED partners with Westover to create a culture of caring, grounded in deeper understanding and reduced shame and secrecy, and to collaborate on amplifying their positive impact while minimizing potential harm. Student and teacher training on mental health issues and emotional well-being serve as a cornerstone to the JED-Westover partnership.
Be Boldly You
Westover School admits students of any race, color, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. As a gender-diverse girls school, Westover welcomes applicants and students who are assigned female at birth and/or identify as girls. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational policies, admissions and financial aid policies, and athletic or other school-administered programs.