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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Founded in 1896 by a prominent Quaker educator and attracting the children of established non-conformist Protestant and Jewish families, Calhoun is a famous progressive school in New York’s Upper West Side. ___________ Independent Private Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle and College-Preparatory School Established: 1896 Gender: Co-educational Ages: 2-18 (grades K-12) Ethos: Progressive Attendance: Day school Head of School: Steven L. Solnick
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The leading Catholic girls school in New York City, if not the United States, Sacred Heart has firmly established itself as the school of choice for the Catholic society in the North East. A member of the global Sacred Heart network, the school shares close relations with other elite schools such as Woldingham School in England
A highly regarded and extremely reputable all-boys middle school preparing boys for entry into the leading college-preparatory schools. The Buckley School, located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, is a powerhouse institution that has educated United States Presidents and titans of industry alike. ___________ Independent Private Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle Preparatory School Established: 1913 Gender: Boys Ages: 2-15
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Two venerable institutions, The Birch Wathen School (founded in 1921) and The Lenox School (founded in 1916) merged in 1991 to consolidate their expertise and endowments in order to continue to serve the young men and women of New York City with the provision of a college-preparatory education from ages 2-18. The school competes in
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Spread across a number of sites in the well-to-do Park Slope area of Brooklyn, Berkeley Carroll is a K-12 co-educational institution with a particular reputation for STEM subjects including maths and engineering. The school’s estimable alumni list includes a number of accomplished actors, authors and journalists amongst a glittering coterie of mathematicians and scientists. The
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A well-regarded private day school for boys located on the Upper East Side, Allen-Stevenson (formerly The Allen School) was founded in 1883 for the purposes of providing a classic education to young men and for preparing them for entry into some of the country’s elite college-preparatory schools. ___________ Independent Private Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle
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Formerly attached to the Episcopalian Trinity Church, Trinity School is a non-denominational, co-educational college-preparatory school and is one of the leading private schools in the United States. Established in 1709, Trinity is also one of the oldest schools in North America and has been instructing pupils in the classical tradition since. The school competes in
