The new community service group, Catabile (pronounced: can-ta-bil-e), had a fundraising concert for the Unity House in Kiggins on Friday, April 17. This group consists of musicians playing the piano, violin, cello, viola, and flute. Cantabile also performs outside of campus to benefit other communities. The concert was packed with 15 pieces of music including solos, duets, and trios, played [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 15, 2009
Students chosen in national drawing competition
Congratulations to sophomore Yeon and junior Ann, whose drawings were selected for the New Hampshire Institute of Art national drawing exhibition in Manchester, NH. Ann was also given a merit scholarship. Read the full press release here.
April 15, 2009
Oh the fun you can have at the Gym!
Some members of the faculty put on their tennis shoes for a game of volleyball in the gym on Monday evening! This game was planned behind the scenes by the faculty to have some fun on the court with other faculty members. With the many new additions to the gym this year including the new machines and the Wii fitness [...]
April 13, 2009
A Morning with Greg Mortenson
Emma Willard students, faculty, alumnae, and friends filled RPI’s EMPAC for a morning with Greg Mortenson, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea and founder of the Central Asia Institute, which builds new schools, primarily for girls, in mountain villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan. As of 2008, over 78 schools have [...]
April 11, 2009
Want to be an Astrophysicist?
Twenty Emma girls were very fortunate to visit the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The trip took place April 8–10 and was made possible through the generosity of Emma Willard alumna Carla Smith ’74. The girls enjoyed talking to scientists and engineers about the upcoming servicing flight [...]
April 8, 2009
EW gets hypnotized!
This past Saturday, a busful of Emma girls went to Trinity Pawling School to attend what was earlier mistaken for a dance; a hypnotist show. The show began with a few mind tricks and then Hypno Lorenzo started calling volunteers from the audience to go up on stage. Hypno Lorenzo hypnotized the volunteers on stage [...]
April 8, 2009
May Day Count-Down: 23 Days
The first of May marks a very important tradition on the Emma Willard calendar, but also the calendar of other places in the world. May Day is believed to have originated in the British Isles, and was there thought to have been the day that divides the year into two halves. It is [...]
April 7, 2009
Dance at Emma
Emma Willard provides many different dance classes during the day and afterschool. There are beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels for both ballet and Contemporary dance. Jazz dance and the Emma Willard Company also add to the list of the dance classes offered here. Throughout the year, the students learn about different techniques and style and perform for [...]
April 7, 2009
Day Student Sleepover!
From Friday to Saturday all the freshmen Day Students, a few freshmen boarders, and their Day Student Proctors had a sleepover in the Student Center. The group went into the Library to play Manhunt and Sardines while some more boarders came down and hid in the Music Practice Rooms to try and scare everyone more [...]
April 6, 2009
Who was Jack Betterly?
Science instructor Jon Calos spoke to students at this morning’s inspirational speech about how the four-year high school cycle limits students’ abilities to really get to know one another. He encouraged students to know their own stories and pass them on so that we all become a part of Emma Willard history. Hear him here.
