Emma Willard School is an all-girls boarding school located in Troy, New York, only three hours away from New York City, Boston, and other surrounding cityscapes. Emma Willard offers a capstone program for juniors and seniors that allows girls to explore a personal passion and work on a project for two semesters and share the project in a presentation to the school community. Emma Willard also offers a practicum program where students have mentors that guide them to learn and explore their personal interests to gain experience on and off campus. Through Emma Willard's study abroad program students have the opportunity to take trips with a centralized focus. Examples of trips are to France (Immersion Experience and Homestay), Italy (Young Women's Leadership), Kenya (Care Center in Kakamega), and many others. Emma Willard has 13 interscholastic athletics teams and many activities on campus during the week and weekend to make students feel at home and comfortable on campus.