Biology Field Trip to The Wild Center

Students who take Biology left school early in the morning on November 6. They went to the Wild Center in Tupper Lake. After three hours on the bus, they arrived at the Wild Center with joy and excitement. Students learned a lot through experiencing three different activities. First, they watched a short movie that introduced them to [...]

FASO coffee house

On Friday, FASO held a fun cultural coffee house where students from different countries show their unique abilities. There were performances such as Thai dances, Chinese songs, English songs, Chinese traditional instrument, Bolivian dances, a Hong Kong skit, and fashion show. In the end, all the FASO members sang the song “It’s a Small World” [...]

What are you?

This question is more complicated than it sounds, especially for a multiracial person like Kip Fulbeck, who is  both Chinese and American. The first in this year’s Serving & Shaping Her World Speakers Series, Fulbeck, a slam poet/filmmaker/author extraordinaire came to Emma Willard today to explain his Hapa Project in which he photographed different kinds of people related only by [...]

Proctor retreat

Proctors are seniors who are selected to lead, support, inspire, and guide the student body through the academic year. As part of their training, they recently participated in a retreat where they bonded as a group and learned techniques for helping fellow students.
Photo by Maureen Harrison.

Race for Hepatitis C

On a not to hot, not too cold “perfect day for running” this morning on November 1, the Emma Willard community, along with local people and friends and family of honoree Betsy Lamoreaux, came together to race for Hepatitis C around our campus. The 5K race included race participants who ran and walked the race supported by many student and [...]

Fair Trade Chocolate Sale

On Halloween, the community service Fair Trade sold chocolate during lunch outside the dining hall. Fair Trade is a nonprofit community service that sells traded coffee, chocolate, tea, and hot cocoa to provide a way for students and faculty to help with creating an equal market. Students and faculty could also place an order [...]

Halloween at Emma

It’s the EMMA HALLOWEEN! This year was special because it happened on Thursday. Students got the chance to take a wonderful break in the middle of the academic week. The very first exciting thing was, of course, the dressing up. We had people from cartoon characters to movies stars, daily life objects to videos games, [...]

A community of caring

This morning’s inspirational speaker was Betsy Lamoureux, director of student activities, who tells her story about dealing with Hepatitis C. On Sunday, Race for a Cause, a campus community service group, will host a 5k race to raise money for research. Hear Betsy’s story here and learn more about the race in our previous post here.

Race for a Cause: Hepatitis C

Emma Willard School students, alumnae, faculty, administrators, and parents, as well as runners from throughout the Capital District, will gather on campus, at 9:30 a.m. on November 1 for Chasing the Cure for Hepatitis C. The 5k race will traverse the Emma Willard School campus and venture into the surrounding neighborhood, returning to campus for [...]

EWS presents Jorge Torres

The Dance Company at Emma Willard School, in partnership with Albany Tango Society, will present world-renowned tango artist Jorge Torres in afternoon tango workshops and an evening social. On Saturday, November 7, Jorge Torres will teach three afternoon workshops—Achieving Balance in Tango, Vals, and Milonga. The day culminates with a tango social and a performance by [...]