Community Life, Equity & Belonging - Elisabeth Morrow School Summer is coming! Registration is now open for Summer Explorations: June 22–Aug. 7. Programs for Age 2 through Grade 9 • Claim your spot! Skip to content Through community-wide participation, EMS strives to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment where everyone feels welcomed and celebrated. With communitywide support, EMS strives to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment where everyone feels welcomed and celebrated. We are proud to be one of the most diverse independent schools in the country and continually strive to ensure that all families feel welcomed at EMS from the moment they connect with our Admissions Office. We embrace the diversity of our community and offer educational, celebratory, and social opportunities for families to broaden their positive understanding of diversity and the value it brings to children’s education. Representation Matters at EMS Geographic Diversity From 55 different towns in New Jersey and New York Language Diversity More than 20 languages spoken in addition to English Students of Color More than 58% identify as students of color What is diversity? Diversity encompasses the unique characteristics that shape humanity and enrich our global community. This includes a wide spectrum of differences, such as ability, age, country of origin, socioeconomic background, education, ethnicity, family structure, gender, geography, language, race, and more. Our multifaceted identities intersect, creating opportunities for connection and mutual learning that build a strong and resilient community. EMS understands that embracing diversity directly cultivates essential 21st-century success skills for our students navigating a diverse global community: perspective-taking, understanding, empathy, collaboration, resilience, and effective problem-solving. EMS prepares students for an impressive range of top-tier secondary schools. 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. YOUR CHILD WOULD THRIVE AT EMS. SCHEDULE A TIME TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT JOINING OUR COMMUNITY. Talk with Admissions Schedule a Tour Sign up for newsletter updates