Birch Wathen Lenox School
40°46′21″N 73°57′27.5″W / 40.77250°N 73.957639°W
| Birch Wathen Lenox School | |
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210 East 77th Street New York, NY 10075 United States | |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Integrity, Civility, Loyalty |
| Established | 1991 (as Birch Wathen Lenox School) 1921 (as Birch Wathen School) 1916 (as Lenox School) |
| Head of school | Frank J. Carnabuci III |
| Faculty | 70[1] |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 500 (total)[2] 175 (grades 9–12)[1] |
| Campus size | Single Building |
| Campus type | Brownstone |
| Color(s) | Green, White, and Gold |
| Athletics | All major high school varsity sports |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Lower School Newspaper | The Upbeat |
| Middle School Newspaper | The Black and White Ledger |
| Upper School Newspaper | The Clarion |
| Literary Magazine | Leaves |
| Website | bwl |
The Birch Wathen Lenox School is a New York City college preparatory K-12 school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. BWL comprises approximately 500 students from all around New York City. The Birch Wathen Lenox School is one of 322 independent schools located in the city.
History
Birch Wathen Lenox was created in 1991 through the merger of The Birch Wathen School that was founded in 1921 by Louise Birch and Edith Wathen, and The Lenox School founded by Jessica Garretson Finch in 1916. The Lenox School was an all-girls school until 1974. The combined school has 500 students from kindergarten through twelfth grade.[citation needed]
Before its merger with Lenox, Birch Wathen was situated for decades in an ornate French-style building on East 71st Street across from the Frick Collection. Built in 1933 by architect Horace Trumbauer, it was purchased as a private residence in 1992 by financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Extracurricular activities
Birch Wathen Lenox offers teams in a variety of different sports: soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball, softball, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, and hockey. Athletic teams fall under the Independent Schools Athletic League (New York) or the (Girls Independent School Athletic League), which are leagues in the NYSAISAA (New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association). In 2004, the boys' varsity basketball team won the New York State Championship (the "Independent" title of the New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association). In 2009 they returned to glory winning the ISAL championship. Now the ISAL is now split into two divisions, and BWL is in the Big Apple Division.
Notable alumni
- Alfred A Knopf, Jr., publisher[3]
- Barbara Walters, journalist, writer, and media personality[4][5]
- Brooke Shields, actress and model [6]
- Joel Crothers (BW '58), actor
- Judith Krantz (BW '44), novelist[7]
- Murray Rothbard (BW '42), Founder of anarcho-capitalism
- Edwin Schlossberg, designer and husband of Caroline Kennedy[8]
- Mary Stolz (BW '36), novelist[9]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b The Birch Wathen Lenox School – School Overview. Peterson's. March 12, 2007.
- ^ "New York State Association of Independent Schools: Birch Wathen Lenox School". Nysais.org. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ Claridge, Laura (2016). The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire (First ed.). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 68. ISBN 9780374114251. OCLC 908176194.
- ^ "Can Barbara Walters's Career Survive Rosie and Donald's War?- New York Magazine". Nymag.com. March 5, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ "And Now Back To You, Barbara". New York Times. March 25, 1990. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Ruark, Liz (February 13, 2001). "Person of the Week: Judith Krantz Archived September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine". Wellesley College.
- ^ "Caroline Bouvier Kennedy To Wed Edwin Schlossberg". New York Times. March 2, 1986. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ Mary Stolz Biographical Sketch Archived July 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Birch Wathen Lenox School website
- Birch Wathen Lenox School at Private School Review
- The Birch Wathen Lenox School listing in the Bunting & Lyon Blue Book
- Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation
- Architectural essay on the midcentury BW building.
- Architectural essay on the midcentury Lenox building.