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Brearley School
Address
Map
610 East 83rd Street

New York City
,
NY

USA
Information
TypePrivate Girls' School
MottoBy Truth and Toil
Established1884
FounderSamuel Brearley
School districtN/A
HeadmistressStephanie J. Hull
Faculty110
GradesK-12
Number of students690
Color(s)Maroon and white
MascotBeaver
NewspaperThe Zephyr
Websitehttp://www.brearley.org/

The Brearley School is an all-girl private school in New York City, USA. It is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The school is divided into the Lower School (K-4), Middle School (5-8) and Upper School (9-12). There are approximately 670 students enrolled in grades K-12, with about fifty students in a class.

Brearley, despite its relative youth, is considered the sister school of the Collegiate School, the nation's oldest independent school. The School is a member of the New York Interschool. Brearley is considered perhaps the most prestigious school for girls in the United States.[1][2]

History

Samuel A. Brearley founded the Brearley School in 1884, and he remained the head of school until 1886 when he died of typhoid. James G. Croswell would be the next head until his death in 1915. Since 1926, Brearley has been headed by women, firstly Millicent Carey McIntosh, following Jean Fair Mitchell, Evelyn J. Halpert, and Priscilla M. Winn Barlow. The current head is Stephanie J. Hull, and has been since 2003.[3]

In the early 1900s, the Brearley School outgrew its original quarters on East 45th Street, first moving to West 44th Street and then in 1912 to Park Avenue and 61st Street, where the primary program was added. The School commissioned a new building in 1929 on East 83rd Street. During the eighty years at that location Brearley has expanded its art and sciences facilities, library, and added two stories to the building. The Brearley School in the early 2000s built a Field House on East 87th Street containing regulation-sized basketball and volleyball courts and other facilities.

Academics

The Brearley School curriculum is based on the liberal arts. The School's low 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio helps the Brearley teachers be fully attentive to their students.[4] There are no classes specifically at “honors” or “AP” level, as the regular classes prepare students for a broad range of Advanced Placement examinations.[5]

Languages offered at Brearley are Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. In the fall of 2004, the school piloted a new program that incorporated the use of iPods in language classes, allowing students to download portable audio lessons.[6] The Brearley School offers art, music, and drama classes, based on their own "art floor". [7]

Students of the Brearley School have access to two large computer labs—one serving the Lower School, the other the Middle and Upper Schools. In addition, there are three smaller computer workrooms, as well as the science projects room and laptops for use in the library and classrooms.[8]

A 2008 survey by the New York Sun listed Brearley as the top private school in New York City, the only school in the survey to receive a score of A+.[9]

The school's median SAT scores were 727 critical reading and 690 mathematics.[10]

College rankings and attendance

Brearley is ranked #2 by The Wall Street Journal based on its ranking of students matriculating to eight national universities and liberal arts colleges (Chicago, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Pomona, Princeton, Swarthmore, and Williams)[11] and ranked #2 by Worth Magazine in sending students to Harvard, Yale, or Princeton.[12]

Top college destinations from 2004 to 2008
[13]
  1. Harvard University (24)
  2. Yale University (21)
  3. Princeton University (13)
  4. Columbia University (11)
  5. University of Chicago(9)
  6. Cornell University (7)
  7. Georgetown University (7)
  8. Swarthmore College (7)
  9. Brown University (6)
  10. Duke University (6)
  11. Macalester College (6)
  12. Stanford University (6)
  13. University of Pennsylvania (6)

Sports facilities

A separate building, the "Field House" on East 87th Street, has facilities for physical education and athletics including track, soccer, basketball, tennis, badminton, volleyball, lacrosse and field hockey. In 2005, both Varsity Volleyball and Varsity Cross Country won State Championships.Brearley's Junior Varsity Volleyball team remained undefeated throughout its season, and won its tournament in 2007. Brearley's Varsity Cross Country team won the New York State Championship again in the fall of 2006, 2007, and once again in 2008. The Brearley Middle School Basketball Team were the first ever AAIS Middle School Champions in 2009.

Brearley's school colors are maroon and white, and its mascot is a beaver.

Clubs and committees and CIOs (Common Interest Organizations)

  • Student Government
  • Athletics Association
  • Diversity Committee
  • Service Committee
  • Brearley Environmental Action Committee (BEAC)
  • The Zephyr (Newspaper)
  • The Beaver (Literary Magazine)
  • Yearbook
  • Model Congress
  • Model United Nations
  • Bridges to Learning (community outreach service club)
  • Asian Awareness
  • Business and Financial Awareness (BFA)
  • Flash (Photography club)
  • RADAR (Religious Awareness Diversity And Respect)
  • Robotics (Team Double X, the FIRST Competition, in conjunction with the Chapin School) website http://robotics.brearley.org
  • Political Awareness
  • Film Club
  • MATH TEAM
  • Brearley Food and Cooking Club (BFCC)
  • Art Club
  • Debate Team
  • Drama/Improv Club
  • Tech Committee
  • GASP (Gay and Straight Partnership)
  • Classics Club
  • Step Club
  • Ella
  • Umoja
  • Anime Club
  • Cryptography Club
  • The Brearley Philosophers' Club (BPC)
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Summer Heart
  • Harry Potter Society
  • US Orchestra
  • US Singers
  • B-Naturals

Notable alumnae

Affiliated organizations

External links

References

  1. ^ Brearley School Selects a New Head - New York Times
  2. ^ Stephanie Hull to Head New York's Brearley School
  3. ^ The Brearley School: About Brearley » Our History
  4. ^ The Brearley School: Academics » Academic Life
  5. ^ The Brearley School: Academics » Upper School
  6. ^ Apple - Education - The Brearley School, pg.1
  7. ^ http://www.brearley.org/student_life/facilities.aspxand
  8. ^ The Brearley School: Student Life » Facilities
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ The Brearley School- School Overview
  11. ^ Staff writer (2007-12-28). "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2008-07-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ http://www.auap.com/prepschoolclass.html
  13. ^ The Brearley School: About Brearley » At A Glance

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