The Trevor School was established in 1930 as an Episcopalian elementary and middle school preparing fine young gentleman for entry into New York and New England college-preparatory schools. The school has grown since to become fully co-educational and prides itself on embracing cutting edge new technology and educational practices, ensuring that Trevor pupils are […]
The personal touch prevails at Town School, a small nursery through elementary institution on New York’s East Side. The school takes pride in the development of a focused and rigorous educational programme that delivers academic excellence and good all round character. ___________ Independent Private Nursery, Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle Preparatory School Established: 1913Gender: Co-educationalAges:
Riverdale is an august institution with an illustrious history having been the preferred school for the children of the wealthy denizens of Riverdale, The Bronx, Westchester and Manhattan’s Upper East Side since it’s foundation as a boys only school. Now fully co-educational, the school still regularly ranks in the upper echelons of high school
Poly Prep Country Day School is a Brooklyn college-preparatory school, formerly attached to the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute (now absorbed into the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University). The school developed a reputation for excellence in the STEM subjects in addition to a rigorous full academic programme as one would expect
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Situated in the affluent Brooklyn Heights neighbourhood, Packer was established as an all-girls college-preparatory school in 1845 but has since moved to being fully co-educational. The school included a two-year junior college for pupils until the 1970s but now sees many of its graduates offered places at leading universities and colleges across the United
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LREI, as the school is better known, is one of New York City’s oldest progressive schools, established for the expressed purpose of delivering a progressive education in 1921. ___________ Independent Private Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle and College-Preparatory Progressive School Established: 1921 Gender: Co-educationalAges: 2-18 (grades K-12)Ethos: Non-denominationalAttendance: Day schoolHead of School: Philip KassenEnrollment:
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One of New York’s better known schools, Horace Mann has a reputation for excellence, as evidenced by the school’s high success rates in placing pupils at Ivy League and other top-tier universities. Horace Mann School was originally one of the schools attached to Columbia University but has since become fully independent. The school offers
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Established at the behest of a wealthy Quaker merchant, Friends Seminary seeks to provide children with a rounded education. The school was founded in the Quaker tradition but pupils come from a diverse range of backgrounds. ___________ Independent Private Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle and College-Preparatory and Choir School Established: 1786 Gender: Co-educational Ages:
Known simply as “Fieldston”, the school was established in 1878 by Felix Adler who spearheaded the Ethical Culture Movement, himself a graduate of Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. Fieldston has long-been associated with the secular Jewish community in New York City but welcomes pupils of all creeds and none. The school is well-regarded as academically
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Originally an all-boys grammar school in the classic Latin tradition, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School (more commonly known as Columbia Prep or CGPS) was attached to Columbia University until 1864. The school turned out young gentleman for admission to the Ivy League institution until it’s merger with The Leonard School for Girls in 1956.
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