Ethel Walker School

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The Ethel Walker School
Address
230 Bushy Hill Road Simsbury, Connecticut 06070 United States
Coordinates	41°50′59″N 72°50′08″W / 41.8497°N 72.8356°W / 41.8497; -72.8356
Information
Type	Private, college preparatory, boarding and day all-girls school for grades 6 through 12, plus postgraduate
Motto	Nullas Horas Nisi Aureas "Nothing But Golden Hours"
Established	1911 (113 years ago) (1911)
Founder	Ethel Walker
CEEB code	070670
Head teacher	Dr. Meera Viswanathan
Grades	6-12 plus postgraduate
Gender	Girls
Number of students	250
Average class size	12
Student to teacher ratio	1:7
Campus size	175 acres
Houses	Suns   Dials
Color(s)	Purple and yellow
Athletics conference	NEPSAC Founders League
Website	www.ethelwalker.org

The Ethel Walker School, also commonly referred to as "Walker's", is a private, college preparatory, boarding and day school for girls in grades 6 through 12 plus postgraduate located in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Founded in 1911, the school was one of the first college preparatory schools for girls in the United States. The school sits on 175 acres (0.71 km²), abutting 425 acres (1.72 km²) of preserved land.

The Ethel Walker School was originally located in Lakewood, New Jersey, before being moved in 1917 to its present location on the former Dodge Estate in Simsbury, Connecticut.^[1]

In 1933, the school temporarily relocated to the Fishers Island Club on Fishers Island, New York after separate fires destroyed two buildings on the campus.^[2]

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• Frances Beinecke, President of the National Resources Defense Council^[3]
• Juanin Clay, actress^[4]
• Ethel du Pont, heiress and socialite^[5]
• Mimi Gardner Gates, art historian, director emeritus of Seattle Art Museum and Yale University Art Gallery
• Farahnaz Pahlavi, Princess of Pahlavi Iran, daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi^[6]
• Judith Peabody, socialite and philanthropist^[7]
• Angela "Annie" Peavy, member of the U.S. Para-Dressage Team at the 2016 Olympics^[8]
• Georgia B. Ridder, American thoroughbred racehorse owner^[9]
• Ariana Rockefeller, model and fashion designer^[10]
• Mary L. Trump, clinical psychologist, businessperson, and author^[11]
• Sigourney Weaver, actress^[12]
• Abra Prentice Wilkin, philanthropist^[13]
• Melinda Wortz, art professor, gallery director^[14]
• Basak Öztahtaci, owner & co-founder of 7.15 based in Istanbul, Turkey. Published psychology research assistant from Boston University.

• Official website