Students taking U.S. History visited Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts for a day. Check out Hanna’s video on the Videos page .
Posts Tagged as ‘greater community’
November 15, 2009
Quiz Team goes to Harvard!
On Saturday, the Emma Willard Quiz Team traveled to Harvard College to compete at a Quiz Bowl hosted by the college. There were about 24 teams competing intensely against one another. The Emma team did a wonderful job; they won some and lost some. In the end, the team gained experience of the game and [...]
November 1, 2009
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 [...]
October 26, 2009
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.
October 24, 2009
New Century Saxophone Quartet
On Saturday evening, Emma Willard hosted Friends of Chamber Music and a performance by the New Century Saxophone Quartet in Kiggins Hall. Although the weather was not as delightful as we would have wanted, Kiggins Hall was filled with lively music composed by Jean-Baptiste Singelée, J.S Bach, Astor Piazolla, George Gershwin, and Russell Peck.
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October 22, 2009
Dynamic duo
Congratulations to Shibani ‘10 and Mitali ‘13 for a great run at the Section II individual tournmaent. They made it all the way to the finals before dropping a highly competitive doubles match against the #1 seeded Saratoga team. They will be one of three doubles teams from Section II heading to the state tournament [...]
October 16, 2009
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 [...]
October 7, 2009
So you think you know your faculty
This morning’s assembly used a game show format to test how well the students know their teachers. Questions covered topics such as childhood pets, college majors, sports, juggling talent, and Revels parts. Students had fun matching up the answers with faculty members.
October 5, 2009
Mid-Autumn Festival
On Saturday, October 3, the community service group FASO organized an event called “Mid-Autumn Festival”. It is an Asian cultural holiday that is mainly about being together as a family, and it is believed to be when the moon is at it’s fullest. Most of the international students came to enjoy the time as one [...]
June 12, 2009
SOARing success
Natalie ’11 and Sophia ’11, next year’s co-heads of the Student Organization for Animal Respect, present a check for $1,323 to Deidre Bruce, volunteer coordinator for The Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. These are the funds raised at the spaghetti dinner on May 22.
