By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Innsmouth, MA – Innsmouth Girls’ School first opened its doors in 1942. Sixty years after its foundation, the school was floundering. Enrollment had dropped significantly from its heyday when it housed nearly 200 young women from the best families in Arkham, Innsmouth and Boston. A solution had to be found or the school would have to close. The answer? A return to tradition.

Enrollment at Innsmouth Girls’ School – located on the outskirts of the town – has spiked in the past five years, largely due to its modified curriculum and school practices, which are based on the “traditional” values once espoused – and then discarded – in the 60s and 70s, by the institution.

“Students achieve their full potential in a structured, disciplined environment,” said headmistress Helena Carter. “We strive for personal excellence and demand high-quality work from all our girls.”

The school teaches Latin and penmanship, stresses grammar and literature, and emphasizes the importance of mathematics.

“Our girls, when they graduate, go on to be accepted at top universities across the country,” Carter said.

Cassey Singh, one of the seniors at Innsmouth Girls’ School, won a full scholarship to Miskatonic University thanks to her paper on Walter Gilman, an obscure mathematician from Haverhill who died in 1931.

“This school prepares you for the real world, the new world that is coming,” Singh said. “I have nothing but good things to say about Innsmouth Girls’ School.”

Although the school charges a hefty fee and students are submitted to a rigorous entrance exam, the demand stills outweighs the supply.

“This is a learning model that has almost been lost. We preserve it and people are obviously interested in this rare schooling opportunity,” Carter said.

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