Emma Willard has an exchange program with The Red Maids’ School in Bristol, England, the oldest surviving all-girls school in that country. This year, Louise and Louise (top left and right in photo) visited Emma Willard for two weeks in October and were hosted by Mary Leigh and Emily (far left and far right), who [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 26, 2008
Red Maids’ Revisited
November 25, 2008
Emma co-Sponsors SPAC’s Nutracker Tea
Every holiday season SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) holds a “Nutcracker Tea”—something the Emma Willard community was lucky enough to be a part of this year. Held this year in the magical-looking ‘Hall of Springs’, the Nutcracker Tea attracted many wide-eyed little girls and their mothers who gathered together this past Sunday afternoon to drink [...]
November 25, 2008
EWS Fashion
Check out the latest merchandise on the online school store, where Emma girls model the latest fashions. There are many clothing items to choose from, including the rugby shirt shown here, sweatshirts, tees, hats, scarves, and mittens. Besides clothing, there are many gift items including mugs and glasses, tote bags, keychains, Revels pins, Twelve Tones [...]
November 20, 2008
Weird on the Heights in Chicago
Alumnae, parents, and friends of Emma Willard School met at Chalkboard, a restaurant owned by the daughter and son-in-law of Michal Colby Wadsworth ‘65, for tea and a book reading by Associate Head of School Trudy Hanmer. We had a great time hearing Trudy read from the first chapter of her book on the history [...]
November 19, 2008
40 Years of Service
During today’s assembly, Trudy Hall honored Armand Herald, who came to the facilities department in 1968 and who is retiring next week. Armand was presented with a replica of the Chapel tower with working clock, hand-carved by Ken McGivern, assistant director of facilities, who spent at least 130 hours on the project. Armand has wound [...]
November 17, 2008
Face Your Fears
Houseparent and director of community service Stacey Dodd gave this morning’s inspirational speech. Not a fan of public speaking, Ms. Dodd was working through her own fear even as she encouraged students to explore and reach, not allowing fear to prevent them from growing and experiencing new things. Listen here.
November 17, 2008
A Piece of My Heart
This past weekend, students performed Shirley Lauro’s A Piece of My Heart, which follows six American women, their experiences during the Vietnam War, and their journeys since. The setting of the play bounces between 1982, when the Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated in Washington, to the Vietnam War era itself.
Submitted by Natalia.
November 17, 2008
EmmaNow Podcast 6!
An excellent podcast this week. An original composition by Cate and a fine cello piece by Natalia bookend a mini celebration of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Time to celebrate.
November 16, 2008
Wild Center Field Trip
Check out the video of the recent biology field trip to the Wild Center in the up in the Adirondacks. It is the first feature on our new “In the Classroom” page at EmmaNow.
November 14, 2008
Hawaii or New York?
On Wednesday evening, students volunteered their time and efforts at Emma Willard’s first student phonathon of the academic year. The event was held in the Laundry building with a Hawaiian luau theme. Twenty-four student callers secured 157 gifts totaling $19,805 for the EWS Annual Fund. All gifts to this year’s Annual Fund will go towards [...]
