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.
Posts Tagged as ‘History’
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 [...]
October 2, 2008
English and history workshop
This evening, students who take English III, U.S. History, AP U.S. History, and Nasty Wenches to N.O.W.: Historical Perspectives of Women in the United States attended a workshop that addressed the interdisciplinary use of Early American capativity narratives in the classroom. Texts discussed included Mary Rowlandson’s A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. [...]
