Symposium at Stone Ridge spotlights women’s leadership and girls’ education
More than 375 educators and students from 43 girls’ schools across the United States, Canada and Guatemala gathered Feb. 6 at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland, for a symposium examining women’s leadership, resilience and the distinctive role of girls’ education in forming young women for lives of purpose.
Held in partnership with the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS), the daylong event examined how girls’ schools cultivate confident, ethical and globally minded leaders while engaging questions many young women face about vocation, career and family life.
The symposium opened with a welcome from Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, a 2015 Stone Ridge graduate, who addressed attendees by video. Ledecky, one of the most decorated swimmers in Olympic history, has won 14 Olympic medals, including nine gold medals.