At Emerson, your child’s curiosity shapes their experience enabling remarkable growth.
We focus on the unique complexity of your child to elevate their innate enthusiasm for even deeper learning. The more our team learns, the more inspired they become to provide what’s needed to keep your child’s engagement high. Emerson students realize how great school, their teachers, and they can be.
At Emerson, we believe that when a student’s curiosity, intellect, interests, and identity are allowed to shape their learning experience, a whole new level of possibility is revealed. We’ve purposefully designed an innovative approach and a specialized environment that nurtures each child’s natural talents, builds on their strengths, and elevates their enthusiasm, enrichment, and excitement to match the very heights of their potential.
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🎻 Last week’s Winter Band & Orchestra Concert celebrated the growth, collaboration, and joy of our student musicians in grades 5–8.
We’re especially proud to congratulate Emily Liang on her first concert as Emerson’s Orchestra Director. Our orchestra students shone under her leadership, and we’re excited for what’s ahead.
The evening also featured strong performances by our band students and a joyful finale that brought everyone together, including the younger siblings of some of our musicians and alumni who returned to play alongside current students.
Our Foundation students had a joyful visit from bestselling author @mariannerichmondwriter who shared her newest book, The World Is Awaiting You. Young Fives through 3rd graders were inspired by her message of courage, creativity, and believing in their own spark.
Her storytelling beautifully echoed our mission to help children discover their voice and the confidence to make their mark. We’re grateful for such an uplifting and encouraging morning.
Our 5th graders brought incredible creativity and entrepreneurship to life at their recent Open Market!
As part of their year-long economy project, students design their own “businesses,” craft products, and earn classroom credits to buy and sell with one another. The best part? Younger students, faculty, and staff stop by to shop, cheer them on, and take part in the fun.
It’s a joyful, hands-on way to learn the essentials of running a business—creativity, financial literacy, collaboration, and confidence—all in one vibrant marketplace.
Emerson alum Donald Dunbar—an award-winning poet, editor, and designer of virtual reality experiences—returned to campus this week to share his craft with Ms. Kime’s 5th graders. Alumni like Donald remind us how deeply the Emerson experience endures: the curiosity and creativity kindled here continue to shape their lives well beyond graduation, and many return with joy to inspire the next generation.
Through his playful, collaborative writing workshop, students discovered new ways to explore language and expression—proof of the lasting impact of an Emerson education and the vibrant community that keeps our alumni connected.
Our Grade 6–8 Advisory students have been busy supporting both Emerson and the wider community through our Service Learning Initiative.
They’re partnering with @washtenawpromise as pen pals to promote literacy, and they’re collaborating with @foodgatherers as part of our schoolwide food drive.
Advisory groups also visited Y5–3rd grade classrooms to read books about food insecurity—helping younger students build empathy, a core Emerson value.
Our 7th graders had an extraordinary lesson in real-world mathematics thanks to a special visit from an Emerson parent representing Construction Design Services Inc. As part of Mr. VanRiper’s ongoing effort to show students how math shapes the world around us, this hands-on experience bridged classroom learning with real industry practice.
Students began by exploring how buildings are designed and how precise mathematical calculations ensure structures are safe, functional, and built to plan. Then the class headed outdoors, where our athletic fields became an active job site. With professional tools in hand, students surveyed the land, measured elevations and distances, and mapped out the very plans they had discussed moments earlier.
Experiences like this make math come alive—and show our students just how far their learning can take them.
The mission of Emerson School is to provide a dynamic and nurturing learning environment that fosters empathy, communication, creativity, leadership, and above all, a lifelong love of learning.
We fulfill our mission with small class sizes, by providing individualized attention across a broad and rich, student-centered curriculum and through a committed, talented team of educators who help children achieve sustained academic success.
