Each year the National Council of Teachers of English invites the English department to nominate a junior for the NCTE Award in Writing. This student is deemed by the department to “exhibit the power to inform and move an audience through a control of a large range of English language.” As the NCTE nominee, this [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 26, 2009
Meet the crew of EmmaNow!
Alyssa, Florrie, Hannah, Natalia, and Meryll (not pictured: Lydia)
Pictured here are the members of EmmaNow who have worked diligently to give you the latest updates of the events in the community. Members helped in posting on this site, making podcasts, and even painting the recording room in the basement of Maguire. Feel free to email us [...]
February 26, 2009
Ambassador for American poetry
Today’s assembly speaker was Tony Hoagland, author of three volumes of poetry: Sweet Ruin, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Donkey Gospel, winner of the James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets, and What Narcissism Means to Me. He has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment on the Arts, [...]
February 26, 2009
The end of Idol…
Tuesday, February 24, marked the final set of Emma Idol (EI) performances for the 2008–2009 school year. If you scroll around a bit on our video page you can see the last two episodes of Emma. Caroline and Chandana are featured in EI day 5 as the individual finalists. The final round for groups features a [...]
February 24, 2009
12 Tones meets Rihanna
On Friday, February 20, the 12 Tones performed for the first time at morning reports this semester. You can view their rendition of Rihanna’s “Disturbia,” complete with smoke and choreography here.
February 23, 2009
Student Athlete of the Week
This week’s My4/U.S. Army Student-Athlete of the Week is Jenny ‘10. Jenny is in her second season with the Jesters varsity basketball team, ranking in the top four in six statistical categories. A three-sport athlete, she earned all-league honors in soccer in the fall, and she’ll begin her third season of varsity lacrosse in the spring. See a [...]
February 23, 2009
Happy 222nd Birthday, Emma Hart Willard!
Who was Emma Willard? In honor of our founder’s birthday, Trudy Hanmer gives students a short history lesson about how Emma Hart Willard came to start the Troy Female Seminar. She reads an excerpt from chapter 1 of the book she is writing about the history of Emma Willard School. Hear it here.
February 23, 2009
An unveiling
Head of School Trudy Hall unveiled a portrait of Associate Head of School Trudy Hanmer at today’s Morning Reports. Since her arrival on campus in 1980, Hanmer has served the school twice as interim head, and her portrait will now hang in Lyon-Remington with the portraits of other previous heads of school. Hear Ms. Hall’s presentation [...]
February 23, 2009
A Story of Numbers
Lei ’09, student leader of the community service group EmmaGreen, explains to students that the cost of an Emma Willard education is far greater than what is covered by tuition. Electricity, heat, food, and water take a big chunk out of the school’s operating budget and have an environmental impact as well. EmmaGreen is sponsoring [...]
February 22, 2009
Chingachgook Sophomore Retreat
The sophomore class of ‘11 went on a class retreat at Chingachgook by Lake George this Saturday, February 21. The students bundled up in multiple layers of clothes, hats, and gloves to spend a fun day of bonding with their classmates outdoors. Snow tubing, playing fun games, penguin sliding on the lake, hiking, playing ice hockey, and [...]
