Emma Willard School is a place to discover what it means to be your best self. We commend you on taking the initiative to seek out the perfect school for you. By doing so, you already show that you are ready for something more than the high school experience.
Madame Emma Hart Willard founded her school on the basis of providing girls with a first-class education that challenged, inspired, and enabled them to serve and shape their worlds.
More than 200 years later, Emma Willard School proudly continues to carry on this mission.
Emma Willard School's curriculum allows girls to focus their future aspirations, and equips them with the interdisciplinary knowledge competitive colleges are looking for.
Our academic program offers more than 140 courses, including Advanced Placement options, where girls engage in discourse that brings context to high-level concepts and understanding of the world we live in. Personalized study programs enable girls to dive deep into a topic or field of their choosing, and gain hands-on experience.
Education at Emma isn’t limited to the classroom—it’s woven into the fabric of our community. With girls from around the world and across the United States, and faculty and staff with a wide breadth of life experiences, you will broaden your perspective the moment you walk onto campus.
Bonds created between Emma Girls in the residence and dining halls, while practicing for an athletics match or arts performance, at one of our many cherished traditions, and all the little moments in between, define many girls’ Emma experience.
Team sports at Emma Willard School are part of our larger commitment to wellness, where teamwork builds not just strength of body, but also close friendships and self- confidence.
Try out a new skills or truly excel in an activity you’ve been training in for years on one of our 13 interscholastic JV and Varsity athletics teams. Emma’s take-on-anything culture means we have everything from first-time players to state and national champions playing with and learning from each other.
Last month, Emma Willard School came together to celebrate 180 Jesters across 11 Fall sports at Athletic Desserts. While all athletic celebrations bring joy to the community, this particular event was a special one, marking the first full season of play since Fall 2019. Read on for our list of Fall award winners!
Joined by family and friends, Emma S. ’22 made history on Wednesday as she became the first Division I basketball signee from Emma Willard School. The senior captain joined the nation's top talent as she officially signed a letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career next year at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Jester Pride was on full display today as a sea of red, white, and black poured into Morning Reports. For the first time in two years, Emma Willard School hosted the Fall Pep Rally, celebrating our student athletes and coaches.