EW rowers display their new team banner March 30 at their boathouse on the Hudson River in Green Island. The banner is a gift from a fan of the team who wishes to remain anonymous. Photo by Julie Walsh.
Entries from March 2009
March 30, 2009
Get Emmafanoed
Two parting shots from last week’s guest artist Kim Epifano. The first is a short video from one of her classes and the second is a quick interview with Kim produced by Lydia. The interview can be found here. The video is up on YouTube and on our video page here.
March 30, 2009
Makeda and Ben Skinner Interviews
Some might say we are a bit late. We like to think that we are just spreading the goodness around slowly. This podcast features an interview with Makeda celebrating a contest win back in February. The podcast also features our second installment on Ben Skinner. This conversation features a personal discussion between Natalia and Ben Skinner about his [...]
March 30, 2009
Making a difference—no matter where you are
Mimi tells students about her trip to Kakamega, Kenya, where she volunteered at the Friends Care Center orphanage summer camp. Despite traveling so far from home, Mimi learned that we can be effective citizens by bringing vision to our own situation, breathing life into our current environment, and making where we are right now a [...]
March 29, 2009
The Sleepwalker
On Saturday, March 28, 10 fortunate Emma girls had the opportunity to travel to New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House to attend a spectacular opera show and visit the Museum of Modern Art. The opera, La Sonnambula translated into “The Sleepwalker” is a “happily ever-after” love story filled with crisis and betrayal with a touch [...]
March 28, 2009
La Table Francaise
Every Friday at lunch, the French speakers of the school gather around with some pizza to just converse in French. All the French teachers along with students from various levels of French discuss about their week so far and their plans for the weekend. Beside the French table, there is also a Spanish table and Shakespeare [...]
March 27, 2009
Kim Epifano and Dance Company
Emma Willard was fortunate to have Kim Epifano as our dance artist in residence for this week. She is an internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer from San Francisco who has been teaching all the dance students here and choreographing the Emma Dance Company’s piece for their assembly. Ms.Epifano has her own dance company called Epiphany Productions, which has been [...]
March 24, 2009
Shakespeare competitor goes to NYC
Each year since 1983, high school students have explored Shakespeare’s language through the National Shakespeare Competition, sponsored by the English-Speaking Union. Students and teachers from 60 ESU branches compete by performing Shakespeare’s monologues and sonnets at the school, branch, and national levels. This year’s EWS representative is Aaryn ’12, who competed and won at the [...]
March 24, 2009
March is National Women’s History Month
The National Women’s History Project, founded in 1980, is an educational nonprofit organization. Their mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs. This year’s theme is “Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet.” Science instructor Theresa Beeman told students about some [...]
March 24, 2009
Habitat for Spring Break
Thirteen students spent half of their spring break in Hartford, CT, with Habitat for Humanity. As the cold mornings of frozen mud gave way to warm afternoons of muddy mud, we labored away laying tiles in kitchens and bathrooms. We learned a lot about glue. For example, the kind of glue that holds tile to a floor does [...]
