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More than a college, Wellesley is a force for change in the world. Every day, we prove Wellesley’s founding radical idea—that educating women leads to progress for everyone.
A Wellesley education prepares students to realize their own highest ambitions and aspirations—and they do. Widely acknowledged to be one of the nation’s premier colleges and the top women’s college, we are unparalleled in educating path-breaking women in every arena.
At Wellesley, students learn more, do more, and achieve more than they ever thought possible. Often this means exploring and excelling in fields where women are traditionally underrepresented, including STEM, economics, physics, and political science. That’s why our alumnae are a who’s who of trailblazers who rose above society’s expectations—and sometimes even their own.
Our high-caliber faculty are at the forefront of their fields, receiving more research funding than their peers at any other college. They are drawn to our mission of women’s leadership, and their commitment to teaching our students is unmatched.
Since 1875, Wellesley graduates have been a powerful force for good in the world—pioneering scientists, environmental revolutionaries, U.S. secretaries of state, civil rights activists, investment trailblazers, network news producers, and genre-defying artists. They are a community of changemakers fiercely dedicated to helping each new generation of students succeed. When it comes to finding a job or changing the world, our students never have to do it alone—they have a community to lift them up every step of the way.
North Shore School District 112 - Located off the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan just 25 miles north of downtown Chicago, we are a public elementary district with nine distinguished schools. Our proud tradition of providing excellence in education for the communities of Highland Park, Highwood and Fort Sheridan began more than one hundred years ago. Today, there are more than 3,800 students in our district, served by 600+ staff members.
School-opening timeline
1869: Elm Place School opens
1897: Ravinia School opens
1909: Lincoln School opens
1916: Oak Terrace School opens
1929: Braeside School opens
1953: Edgewood School opens
1956: Indian Trail School opens
1958: Red Oak School opens
1958: Wayne Thomas School opens
1959: Northwood School opens
1961: Sherwood School opens
1993: District 112 is created
The mission of North Shore School District 112, a community partnership committed to a world-class education, is to nurture every child to become an inspired learner, a well-rounded individual and contributing member of a global community by striving for excellence within an environment that fosters innovation, respect, engagement and intellectual inquiry.