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Emma Willard School

Emma Willard School
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Address
285 Pawling Avenue
Troy, New York 12180
United States
Information
Type Private, College-prep, Day & Boarding
Motto Gaudet Patientia Duris
(Patience Rejoices in Adversity)
Religious affiliation(s) Nonsectarian
Established 1821
Faculty 59
Grades 912
Enrollment 359 (2015–16)
Average class size 12
Student to teacher ratio 6:1
Campus size 137 acres (55 ha)
Campus type Rural
Color(s)             
Black, red, and white
Team name Jesters
Accreditation NYSAIS
Website
Emma Willard School
Emma Willard School is located in New York
Emma Willard School
Emma Willard School is located in the US
Emma Willard School
Location Pawling and Elmgrove Aves., Troy, New York
Area 55 acres (22 ha)
Architectural style Georgian, Other, Jacobethan Revival
NRHP Reference # 79001625
Added to NRHP August 30, 1979

The Emma Willard School', originally called Troy Female Seminary and often referred to simply as "Emma", is an independent university-preparatory day and boarding school for young women, located in Troy, New YorkCoordinates: 42°42′43.85″N 73°39′49.49″W / 42.7121806°N 73.6637472°W / 42.7121806; -73.6637472 on Mount Ida, offering grades 9–12 and postgraduate coursework. The first women's higher education institution in the United States, it was founded by women's rights advocate Emma Willard in 1821, and has an endowment of $83 million.

Emma Willard is an independent college-preparatory day and boarding school enrolling students in grades 9–12 and post-graduate studies. Class sizes are kept at a 16-student maximum; the typical student to teacher ratio is 6 to 1. Advanced Placement preparation is offered in all disciplines. Students also may enroll in courses at neighboring Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Most students take five courses each semester. Classes meet four or five times each week for fifty minutes, though lab sciences, seminars, and AP sections meet for varying lengths of time. An ESL program offers intermediate and advanced-level curriculum for international students. Core requirements for graduation include a minimum of four units of English; three units of history, foreign language, mathematics; two units of lab science (one each in biology and physics), two units in the arts, and one-fourth unit in health. All students must fulfill a community service requirement and take physical education or its equivalent each semester in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades. Seniors must take at least ten weeks.

Emma Willard offers inquiry-based classes across all disciplines. In the fall of 2005, Emma Willard began its Physics First program for all incoming ninth-grade students, which has students take a basic physics course in the ninth grade rather than the biology course that is standard in most public schools.


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