Nurturing curious, confident children on 14 acres of natural learning spaces in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Nurturing curious, confident children on 14 acres of natural learning spaces in Bergen County, New Jersey.
For the 2023–2024 academic year, 86 new students enrolled — making our start-of-the-year enrollment 387 students. Interest in EMS from prospective families has been strong, and since the start of school, eight new students have enrolled. Our current enrollment is 395.
The Elisabeth Morrow School’s initiatives around community life, equity, and belonging (CLEB) focus on designing equity, access, and liberation for the entire community; enriching student experiences that help them to understand, value, and benefit from the diversity of our community and beyond; navigating diversity, equity, and belonging conversations, and integrating anti-bias standards in our faculty-staff professional development.
The communications and marketing team has completed a number of projects, including identifying and refining a consistent message to prospective families that aligns the school’s distinctive strengths with their priorities, continuing our magazine and newsletter, enhancing myEMS, and creating a website for new families.
Enhancements and upgrades in Chilton House for the 2023-2024 academic year include the addition of a brand new kindergarten classroom, a new music room, six new faculty members, formal implementation of the Fundations literacy program for kindergarten, expansion of our El Estudio program, the continuation of Seedlings and our Partnership Series. We are pleased to be offering multiple opportunities over the course of the year for families to join their children on campus for authentic learning experiences.
The goal of Auxiliary Programs is to provide families with quality enrichment programs while extending the school hours to accommodate families’ schedules. These programs also help children to grow and develop knowledge, skills, and interests.
The main goal of the advancement office is to help build a strong and engaged community while fundraising to meet the needs of the school. Through increased visibility, engagement, and collaboration, the team is committed to building a culture of philanthropy to support so many exciting endeavors at EMS.
Focus on innovation and design leads our students to think creatively when solving problems With an increased focus on innovation and design, our upgraded curricula, new courses, and partnerships with…
How the Hochman Method is improving our students’ writing and critical thinking skills Our elementary and middle school students learn writing through a research-based approach called the Hochman Method. It…
Meet the marathon runners of EMS To succeed in running a marathon, it takes determination, hard work, and practice. These are some of the personal attributes (of the many) that…
Our seventh and eighth graders excelled in performing on this year’s National Latin Exam and the National Spanish Exam. EMS students have a history of achieving top recognition on these…
Accustomed to a challenging academic environment, EMS students welcome the demands of competitive secondary schools and are often placed in advanced sections where they perform very well. See where our students have been accepted.
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