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- The Mary Erskine School is one of the oldest all-girls schools in the UK, formed in 1694 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland, with outstanding academic results and the opportunities for every girl to reach her full potential and become the best she can be. The Mary Erskine School was 1st in The Sunday Times Scottish Independent Secondary Schools League Table 2016 and was voted Scottish Independent Secondary School of the Year in 2012. Our school offers the Scottish curriculum and first-class teaching and we strongly believe in our nine school values which lie at the heart of everything we do at The Mary Erskine School. The nine values - kindness, respect, commitment, enthusiasm, responsibility, grace, appreciation, confidence, and integrity - are recognized and followed by all members of the school community and, as a result, we are confident that our girls will grow up to be, in simple terms, good people who will make a positive difference to the world in which they will live and work. Your daughter will benefit from all of the advantages of single-sex education but, as part of the ESMS family of schools, the school is closely twinned with Stewart's Melville College through: A shared House system Co-education for many activities, including trips, shows, concerts, orchestras, bands, societies, and a wide variety of clubs We also offer a co-educational Sixth Form which provides a genuine pre-University experience to prepare your daughter for University and life. For those girls who live further away from school, we offer a daily coach service across Edinburgh, the Lothians, and Fife and also offer Boarding facilities in a small boarding house for girls, with a capacity of 28, which provides a comfortable, close-knit and happy home from home for children from Primary 6 to Sixth Form. Find out more about Boarding for Girls. At The Mary Erskine School, we can offer your daughter extraordinary opportunities. Girls from the school have formed The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo choir, represented the United Kingdom in the European Youth Parliament on four occasions, performed in professional West End touring shows, gone on incredible trips to diverse locations including Malawi, Vietnam, New Zealand, and China and represented their school and country in sports from hockey to fencing and from cricket to equestrianism. At The Mary Erskine School, we are committed to single-sex education at the secondary level. Young children enjoy each other's company when they are playing and learning together in the classroom but, when they move to senior level, boys and girls can inhibit each other. With an all girls' education at The Mary Erskine School our girls: Have the opportunity to find themselves and their voices, ignore stereotypes, and become confident young women Are free to develop as girls and learn from their teachers and each other that they are capable of excellence in every aspect of their lives Feel more confident at choosing subjects which they enjoy and are good at without being influenced by their peers or thinking that certain subjects are more suited to boys than girls Have the freedom to focus academically without distractions - at The Mary Erskine School 68.2% of all Higher entries were at Grade A in the last academic session and the school was first in the Scottish Independent Schools League Table in 2016 Are encouraged to be ambitious, to set very high standards for themselves, and learn leadership skills, making them ready to take their place in society as strong leaders and role models for future generations of girls At The Mary Erskine School, we have many years of experience working with girls in one of the oldest all-girls schools in Scotland and the UK. However, we believe that it is also very much in our girls' interest to mix socially with boys to help prepare them for University and life. That is why the twinning arrangement with Stewart's Melville College, part of the ESMS family of schools, works so well. Through the shared House system, the girls take part in many activities with the boys of Stewart's Melville College such as trips, concerts, bands, and orchestras, and performing arts whilst also having the opportunity to develop as girls. Our co-educational Sixth Form year then further helps prepare them for University and the wider world. View full school
The Mary Erskine School is one of the oldest all-girls schools in the UK, formed in 1694 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland, with outstanding academic results and the opportunities for every girl to reach her full potential and become the best she can be. The Mary Erskine School was 1st in The Sunday Times Scottish Independent Secondary Schools League Table 2016 and was voted Scottish Independent Secondary School of the Year in 2012. Our school offers the Scottish curriculum and first-class teaching and we strongly believe in our nine school values which lie at the heart of everything we do at The Mary Erskine School. The nine values - kindness, respect, commitment, enthusiasm, responsibility, grace, appreciation, confidence, and integrity - are recognized and followed by all members of the school community and, as a result, we are confident that our girls will grow up to be, in simple terms, good people who will make a positive difference to the world in which they will live and work. Your daughter will benefit from all of the advantages of single-sex education but, as part of the ESMS family of schools, the school is closely twinned with Stewart's Melville College through: A shared House system Co-education for many activities, including trips, shows, concerts, orchestras, bands, societies, and a wide variety of clubs We also offer a co-educational Sixth Form which provides a genuine pre-University experience to prepare your daughter for University and life. For those girls who live further away from school, we offer a daily coach service across Edinburgh, the Lothians, and Fife and also offer Boarding facilities in a small boarding house for girls, with a capacity of 28, which provides a comfortable, close-knit and happy home from home for children from Primary 6 to Sixth Form. Find out more about Boarding for Girls. At The Mary Erskine School, we can offer your daughter extraordinary opportunities. Girls from the school have formed The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo choir, represented the United Kingdom in the European Youth Parliament on four occasions, performed in professional West End touring shows, gone on incredible trips to diverse locations including Malawi, Vietnam, New Zealand, and China and represented their school and country in sports from hockey to fencing and from cricket to equestrianism. At The Mary Erskine School, we are committed to single-sex education at the secondary level. Young children enjoy each other's company when they are playing and learning together in the classroom but, when they move to senior level, boys and girls can inhibit each other. With an all girls' education at The Mary Erskine School our girls: Have the opportunity to find themselves and their voices, ignore stereotypes, and become confident young women Are free to develop as girls and learn from their teachers and each other that they are capable of excellence in every aspect of their lives Feel more confident at choosing subjects which they enjoy and are good at without being influenced by their peers or thinking that certain subjects are more suited to boys than girls Have the freedom to focus academically without distractions - at The Mary Erskine School 68.2% of all Higher entries were at Grade A in the last academic session and the school was first in the Scottish Independent Schools League Table in 2016 Are encouraged to be ambitious, to set very high standards for themselves, and learn leadership skills, making them ready to take their place in society as strong leaders and role models for future generations of girls At The Mary Erskine School, we have many years of experience working with girls in one of the oldest all-girls schools in Scotland and the UK. However, we believe that it is also very much in our girls' interest to mix socially with boys to help prepare them for University and life. That is why the twinning arrangement with Stewart's Melville College, part of the ESMS family of schools, works so well. Through the shared House system, the girls take part in many activities with the boys of Stewart's Melville College such as trips, concerts, bands, and orchestras, and performing arts whilst also having the opportunity to develop as girls. Our co-educational Sixth Form year then further helps prepare them for University and the wider world.- Institutional Effectiveness raises the unit of analysis by assessing student learning, support services, and administrative services at the unit level to the institution level via LinkedIn levels of institutional planning, linked levels of reporting on results, and linked processes of planning, assessment, and resource allocation. Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service by pursuing undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education. The mission of Erskine College is to equip students to flourish by providing an excellent liberal arts education in a Christ-centered environment where learning and biblical truth are integrated to develop the whole person. Erskine Theological Seminary supports God's Mission in the world by educating, from a Biblically Reformed perspective, persons for service in the Christian Church. College students are expected to communicate and learn through academic writing in all disciplines. Encouraging cooperation and coordination between students and faculty and among faculty members take an active effort, especially when the needs of the students are a priority. QEP's writing approach supports Erskine's mission to equip students to "flourish as whole persons" through "an excellent liberal arts education." At Erskine College and Theological Seminary, the IRB serves a regulatory function that is essential to ensuring both ethical and legal standards regarding data and research at the institution as a whole. As a vital part of this Christian community, it is essential that the process of maintaining the highest standards be evident to all individuals. Erskine offers opportunities for foreign study with the University of St. Andrews at St. Andrews in Scotland with the OSAP program at Oxford University in England with the Institute of American Studies in Avignon and in Aix-en-Provence, France with Tandem Escuela Internacional in Madrid, Spain with the Universidad de Alicante in Alicante, Spain and with the Universidad Veracruzana in Jalapa, Mexico. In 2014, Erskine celebrated 175 years as a Christian academic community. Erskine College was founded by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church in 1839. Before this time, the church had established an academy for men in 1835 and a seminary in 1837. This academy became Erskine College, the first four-year denominational college in South Carolina. By the mid-19th century, Erskine had become a thriving regional college. Following the Civil War, loyal supporters rebuilt the endowment wiped out by the conflict. They also financed the Erskine Building's construction and established chairs in chemistry and English literature under widely respected professors. These professors helped Erskine establish a reputation for academic excellence as the college moved from the classical to the liberal arts. Enhancing this reputation were the Erskine literary societies, as old as the college, which trained championship debaters and supplemented speech and academic training. The large auditorium constructed in 1892 offered an improved venue for hosting renowned speakers and enhanced Erskine's continuing role as a cultural and educational center of the South Carolina Piedmont. Erskine also played a leadership role in women's education in the state. The Due West Female College (later Due West Woman's College) was founded independently by ARP ministers and laypeople in 1859 and came officially under the control of the ARP Church in 1904. Erskine College first began admitting transfer students from the women's college in 1894 and became officially coeducational in 1899. A planned merger of the college, the SeminarySeminary, and the Due West Woman's College paved the way for accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges in 1925. By 1927 the three schools had merged into one institution called Erskine College, with the SeminarySeminary serving as its graduate theological school. During World War II, Erskine served as a cadet training school for the United States Army Air Corps. A substantial enrollment effort in the late 1950s brought Erskine's undergraduate enrollment to over 700 students throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. Enrollment has remained between 500 and 600 for the past several decades. To share its heritage and resources with the broader church, Erskine Theological Seminary began offering courses outside of Due West in the 1980s and arranging class schedules to accommodate commuting students. Since that time, students from many other denominations — Presbyterian, Baptist, AME, Methodist, Pentecostal, and non-denominational — have joined students from the ARP Church to receive ministry training. The SeminarySeminary launched its distance education program (now Erskine Virtual Campus) in the 1990s. In 2010 the Columbia campus was approved to offer complete degree programs. Additionally, Erskine partners with local churches to serve students in Augusta, Charleston, Greenville, and Florence. In recent years, Erskine has been consistently ranked nationally among the best liberal arts colleges by various listings, including U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. Additionally, these rankings reflect Erskine's placement among the top colleges in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), NCAA Division II, and the State of South Carolina. Erskine College has become known for providing excellent preparation for graduate and medical schools, boasting exceptional acceptance rates for students pursuing graduate studies — nearly 100 percent for some programs. View full university
Institutional Effectiveness raises the unit of analysis by assessing student learning, support services, and administrative services at the unit level to the institution level via LinkedIn levels of institutional planning, linked levels of reporting on results, and linked processes of planning, assessment, and resource allocation. Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service by pursuing undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education. The mission of Erskine College is to equip students to flourish by providing an excellent liberal arts education in a Christ-centered environment where learning and biblical truth are integrated to develop the whole person. Erskine Theological Seminary supports God's Mission in the world by educating, from a Biblically Reformed perspective, persons for service in the Christian Church. College students are expected to communicate and learn through academic writing in all disciplines. Encouraging cooperation and coordination between students and faculty and among faculty members take an active effort, especially when the needs of the students are a priority. QEP's writing approach supports Erskine's mission to equip students to "flourish as whole persons" through "an excellent liberal arts education." At Erskine College and Theological Seminary, the IRB serves a regulatory function that is essential to ensuring both ethical and legal standards regarding data and research at the institution as a whole. As a vital part of this Christian community, it is essential that the process of maintaining the highest standards be evident to all individuals. Erskine offers opportunities for foreign study with the University of St. Andrews at St. Andrews in Scotland with the OSAP program at Oxford University in England with the Institute of American Studies in Avignon and in Aix-en-Provence, France with Tandem Escuela Internacional in Madrid, Spain with the Universidad de Alicante in Alicante, Spain and with the Universidad Veracruzana in Jalapa, Mexico. In 2014, Erskine celebrated 175 years as a Christian academic community. Erskine College was founded by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church in 1839. Before this time, the church had established an academy for men in 1835 and a seminary in 1837. This academy became Erskine College, the first four-year denominational college in South Carolina. By the mid-19th century, Erskine had become a thriving regional college. Following the Civil War, loyal supporters rebuilt the endowment wiped out by the conflict. They also financed the Erskine Building's construction and established chairs in chemistry and English literature under widely respected professors. These professors helped Erskine establish a reputation for academic excellence as the college moved from the classical to the liberal arts. Enhancing this reputation were the Erskine literary societies, as old as the college, which trained championship debaters and supplemented speech and academic training. The large auditorium constructed in 1892 offered an improved venue for hosting renowned speakers and enhanced Erskine's continuing role as a cultural and educational center of the South Carolina Piedmont. Erskine also played a leadership role in women's education in the state. The Due West Female College (later Due West Woman's College) was founded independently by ARP ministers and laypeople in 1859 and came officially under the control of the ARP Church in 1904. Erskine College first began admitting transfer students from the women's college in 1894 and became officially coeducational in 1899. A planned merger of the college, the SeminarySeminary, and the Due West Woman's College paved the way for accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges in 1925. By 1927 the three schools had merged into one institution called Erskine College, with the SeminarySeminary serving as its graduate theological school. During World War II, Erskine served as a cadet training school for the United States Army Air Corps. A substantial enrollment effort in the late 1950s brought Erskine's undergraduate enrollment to over 700 students throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. Enrollment has remained between 500 and 600 for the past several decades. To share its heritage and resources with the broader church, Erskine Theological Seminary began offering courses outside of Due West in the 1980s and arranging class schedules to accommodate commuting students. Since that time, students from many other denominations — Presbyterian, Baptist, AME, Methodist, Pentecostal, and non-denominational — have joined students from the ARP Church to receive ministry training. The SeminarySeminary launched its distance education program (now Erskine Virtual Campus) in the 1990s. In 2010 the Columbia campus was approved to offer complete degree programs. Additionally, Erskine partners with local churches to serve students in Augusta, Charleston, Greenville, and Florence. In recent years, Erskine has been consistently ranked nationally among the best liberal arts colleges by various listings, including U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. Additionally, these rankings reflect Erskine's placement among the top colleges in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), NCAA Division II, and the State of South Carolina. Erskine College has become known for providing excellent preparation for graduate and medical schools, boasting exceptional acceptance rates for students pursuing graduate studies — nearly 100 percent for some programs.
