Birch Wathen Lenox School
Birch Wathen Lenox School | |
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Location | |
210 East 77th Street Manhattan, New York City , 10075 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°46′21″N 73°57′27.5″W / 40.77250°N 73.957639°W |
Information | |
Former names | Birch Wathen School (1921) Lenox School (1916) |
Type | Private, Coeducational |
Motto | Integrity, Civility, Loyalty |
Established | 1991 (as Birch Wathen Lenox School) |
Head of school | Bill E. Kuhn |
Faculty | 70[1] |
Grades | K-12 |
Enrollment | 500 (total)[2] 175 (grades 9–12)[1] |
Campus size | Single Building |
Campus type | Brownstone |
Color(s) | Blue and White |
Athletics | All major high school varsity sports |
Mascot | Lion |
Publication | Leaves |
Newspaper | The Clarion |
Website | bwl |
The Birch Wathen Lenox School is a
History
Birch Wathen Lenox was created in 1991 through the merger of the Birch Wathen School (founded in 1921 by Louise Birch and Edith Wathen), and The Lenox School (founded in 1916 by Jessica Garretson Finch).
The Lenox School had been an all-girls school until 1974, when it went co-educational.
Between 1962 and 1989, Birch Wathen was located in the Herbert N. Straus House, an ornate French-style building at 9 East 71st Street across from the Frick Collection
Sports
Birch Wathen Lenox fields teams in soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, hockey and roblotics.
Athletic teams play under the auspices of the
The robotics team plays in the First Robotics Competition, more commonly referred to as FRC.
Notable alumni
- Kathy Acker, writer[3]
- Hope Cooke, last Queen of Sikkim
- Barbara Costikyan, food writer
- Joel Crothers (BW '58), actor
- Viola Essen, dancer
- Robert Gottlieb, president of Knopf Publishing.
- John Katzman, edupreneur, CEO of Noodle
- Alfred A Knopf, Jr., publisher[4]
- Judith Krantz (BW '44), novelist[5]
- Murray Rothbard (BW '42), Founder of anarcho-capitalism
- Edwin Schlossberg, designer [6]
- Mary Stolz (BW '36), novelist[7]
- Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary General of NATO[8]
- Barbara Walters, journalist, writer, and media personality[9][10]
References
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 978-1-9821-1703-0.
- OCLC 908176194.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Gardiner Luttrell Tucker Obituary (2021) New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ "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.
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
- Architectural essay on the midcentury BW building.
- Architectural essay on the midcentury Lenox building.