Welcome from the Head

Welcome to Emma Willard School!

As we approach our bicentennial in 2014, we stand on the strength of our remarkable traditions and success as we look with anticipation to what lies ahead.  Everything about Emma Willard School always has been and always will be about and for girls.  Period.  Our Web site offers a guide into that rich history, our mission and values, and our exciting future.

Our stunning collegiate gothic campus, which is on the National Historic Register, hums with the purposeful energy of our unique cosmopolitan community.  Girls come to Emma Willard from twenty-two states and thirty-two countries.  We are intentionally diverse.  It is our belief that surrounding girls 24/7 with role models who are life-long learners are the secret ingredients in a school culture that is affirming and aspirational, global and intimate, joy-filled and girl-centric.  Our community is, quite simply, our home; and we live together in ways that permit the safe exploration of necessary risk-taking so important to building resilient young women.

Emma is a strong healthy brew of intellectual curiosity, bold ideas, smart innovation, commitment to high ideals and---always, every day---fun.  Our girls believe it is their responsibility to “serve and shape” their world, both today and throughout their lives.  Our faculty and staff are committed not only to the individuality of each girl---her special talents, her drive, and her focus---but to the health and wellness of her mind and body.  This combination guarantees an environment in which the word “amazing” is frequently heard.

Come breathe the stimulating and provocative air on Mount Ida with us.  I can promise a memorable experience that will amaze and delight as you, too, feel what I feel every day: the pulse of smart, curious, cosmopolitan girls.

Trudy E. Hall