Brearley School
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610 East 83rd Street New York City, NY United States |
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| Type | Private girls' school, non-denominational, college preparatory day school |
| Motto | By Truth and Toil |
| Established | 1884 |
| Founder | Samuel Brearley |
| Headmaster | Jane Foley Fried |
| Faculty | 120 |
| Grades | Kindergarten – grade 12 |
| Enrollment | 706 |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Beaver |
| Website | Brearley.org |
The Brearley School is an all-girls private school in New York City. It is located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. The school is divided into the Lower School (kindergarten – grade 4), Middle School (grades 5–8) and Upper School (grades 9–12). There are approximately 50 students to each grade.
The school is considered a sister school of the all-boys Collegiate School, the all-girls Spence School and the nearby all-girls Chapin School, with which it shares an after-school program, some classes, and the robotics team. Brearley is a member of the New York Interschool Association.
Samuel A. Brearley founded The Brearley School in 1884, and he remained the head of school until 1886 when he died of typhoid fever. James G. Croswell was the next head until his death in 1915. Since 1926, Brearley has been headed by women, first by Millicent Carey McIntosh, and 4 more women. In June 2011, headmistress Stephanie J. Hull resigned for undisclosed reasons. Recently, the school hired Jane Foley Fried to be the new head of school.
In the early 1900s, it transferred from East 45th Street to West 44th Street and then in 1912 to Park Avenue and East 61st Street, where the primary program was added. The school then moved to a new building in 1929 on East 83rd Street.
The school's curriculum is based on the liberal arts. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6:1.
Languages offered 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. The school offers art, music, and drama classes, each based on their own floor.
Students have access to two computer laboratories — one serving the Lower School, the other the Middle and Upper Schools. In addition, there are three smaller computer workrooms, one for middle schoolers and two for upper schoolers, as well as the science-projects room and laptops for use in the library and classrooms.
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