Veltin and Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith were the school's principals.
It prepared girls for education at Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Barnard and other colleges.
In addition to classrooms, it had an art department, study rooms, an auditorium, a library and a gymnasium.
[6][7] It was particularly noted for its French language and art instruction[9] and advanced classes, like physics, astronomy, and physiology.
[11] Lillian Link, a graduate of the school, led an effort to raise the funds among other alumni for the construction of the Veltin Studio at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1912 in honor of Louise Veltin's role as an educator and philanthropist.