• Celebrating Excellence

    Convocation honors students
    We recognize students who have shown exemplary academic success or exemplary service and dedication to Emma Willard School.
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  • Reunion

    Welcome home!
    Relive old memories and make new ones!
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  • Working Together

    to strengthen our community
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  • Emma Celebrates

    what makes us who we are
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  • Discovering Emma

    and the world within our walls
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Our Mission

Honoring its founder’s vision, Emma Willard School proudly fosters in each young woman a love of learning, the habits of an intellectual life, and the character, moral strength, and qualities of leadership to serve and shape her world.

Our Campus, Our Home

More than a school, a thriving community
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    Emma Willard School is located atop Mount Ida in Troy, New York—in the heart of New York’s Capital Region.

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  • The Bollywood Dance at the AAPI Heritage Month Assembly.

    ASU’s AAPI Heritage Month Assembly 2023

    May is a celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in the United States. Last Friday at Emma Willard School, we gathered at an assembly full of important, entertaining, and informative programming from the Asian Student Union (ASU) to recognize AAPI culture in our country and institution.
  • Neris, member of the May Court, and one of the many campus dogs, Maple.

    One of 360: Neris G. '23

    We wrap up our One of 360 series for this school year with a member of the senior class, Neris G. ’23. Read on to learn more about Neris’s four years at Emma and her passion for helping refugees in Turkey.
  • Apollo 2023 on the lawn.

    BLSU Presents Apollo 2023

    Last Friday, Apollo, the annual talent show inspired by the Apollo Theatre held festival-style on the inner campus, took place on the lawn outside Dietel Library. Put together and pulled off by the Black Latinx Student Union (BLSU), the event is a chance for members of the community to show off their talents, share food, and enjoy a spring evening on the inner campus.

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  • 31

    different countries are represented in our student body

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  • 8,000+

    Alumnae in the Emma Network

  • 10

    Average Class Size

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  • 119

    Different course offerings

  • 13

    Different Interscholastic Sports

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  • 46%

    of Our Students Receive Financial Aid

  • 50+

    Different Student Clubs and Organizations

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  • 355

    Students

  • 1st

    Fair Trade High School in the United States

  • 21

    States represented in our student body
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Staying Social

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