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05/17/12
The Ethel Walker Softball team has been seeded #2 in the Class B Western New England Tournament. For the softball program, it is the second time back in three years. The team compiled a 10-3 record this season, earning huge victories over Williston-Northampton, Kingswood-Oxford and Marianapolis...
05/15/12
On Saturday, May 12, several alumnae returned to campus to participate in the annual Alumnae Perspectives Panel designed to offer career insight to the junior and senior classes. The annual event is organized and hosted by the Alumnae Board and continues to be a pride point for the school. This...
05/10/12
Ethel Walker Senior Heidi '12 and Junior Lena '13 were both selected to play in the annual Western New England Prep School All-Star Game on May 6th.For Lena, a pitcher from New Britain, CT, it was her second consecutive all-star appearance. For Heidi, a catcher from Goshen, CT, it was her first...
05/09/12
Congratulations to Janet '14 for competing in "Funds Through Fashion," an event dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the ReCONNstruction Center in Newington. ReCONN is an organization that focuses on making recycled building materials available to the people of Connecticut and creating...
05/04/12
Each year, Walker’s invites a woman who can be seen as a role model to our students to speak on campus through The Margaret Huling Bonz Women of Distinction Speaker’s Series. This year, we were fortunate to have Janet Hanson from 85 Broads speak to us during Wednesday's Chapel about “Beyond...
05/04/12
This year's ninth grade girls are working with Class Advisor and biology teacher Suzanne Piela and parent representative Leslie Silverman to provide a unique experience for a young girl battling childhood cancer. The class has partnered with a group called "Art From the Heart" a program supported...
04/27/12
Hosted by Bristol Eastern High School on April 26, the State Poetry Contest consisted of 74 schools participating with students reciting poems in 17 different languages. All participates had to memorize poems and then recite them in a language other than English to a group of their peers and...
04/25/12
Julie Yindra (EWS ’81) returned to campus today for Chapel and shared with the Walker’s community a personal and historic perspective on the Disability Rights Movement. Julie’s message was for students to speak up, and be an agent for change, whenever they see a situation that denies access for...
04/20/12
Inspired by the keynote address at Chapel during Centennial Weekend, Debby Williams MacKenzie ’55 and Terry Treman Williams ’55 are presenting a challenge:If alumnae give $125,000 in new gifts and pledges to the Annual Fund between April 1 and April 30, Debby and Terry will give an...
04/18/12
Educating, Protecting, and Empowering Middle School Girls TodayOpen to the community, please join us April 24th at 7 p.m. for an evening of learning and discussion about The Digital Lives of Tweens & Teens: Educating, Protecting, and Empowering Middle School Girls Today. The discussion...
04/13/12
Congrats to our National Latin Exam Award Winners! This year, over 150,000 Latin students from all fifty states as well as thirteen different countries (Australia, Mexico, Belgium, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, UK, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, and Mozambique) took the exam....
04/06/12
To supplement the study of World Religions with direct experience, students from Walker's have visited a variety of faith traditions. This March, Caitlin '12, Maria '13 and Tori '13 visited a Laotian temple or "Wat" in Morris, Connecticut. They received meditation instruction from a Laotian monk...
04/03/12
On Friday, March 30, The Ethel Walker School hosted a private showing of the critically acclaimed documentary Miss Representation, which exposes the disparaging portrayal of women in the media. The event, which was conceived, organized and facilitated by students, was attended by the Walker’s...
03/23/12
Our February Challenge set forth by Jim Clark P'13 and Shari and Spencer Lampert P'14 was a resounding success, raising $135,496 in new gifts and pledges from 90 parents and grandparents which far surpassed our goal of $50,000. Results more than doubled the $61,000 raised during last year's April...
03/21/12
During the summer of 2012, The Ethel Walker School’s Summer@Walker’s program will offer several unique opportunities for students of all ages and skill levels. The Global Girls Academy, a three-week, intensive summer English language and American culture immersion program, will provide girls aged...
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