PS 6
The Lillie Devereaux Blake School (P.S. 6) | |
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Public | |
Established | 1894 |
Founder | Katherine Blake |
School district | 2 |
Principal | Lauren Fontana |
Grades | K-5 |
Mascot | Pale Male, the Redtailed Hawk |
Website | http://www.ps6nyc.com |
P.S. 6, The
Overview
P.S. 6 has about 800 students in grades K-5. Average class sizes are 23-28. The school is popular with families on the Upper East Side who often choose to send their children there rather than to private school. The school's former Principal, Carmen Fariña, claimed that the acceptance rate for out of district students was 1/7, lower than that of many top-tier Universities.[2]
History
P.S. 6 was founded in 1894 and named after the feminist author and reformer
The school's first principal Katherine Blake, the daughter of the school's namesake, served in that capacity for 34 years and demanded that the pacifist hymn I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier be sung at every assembly.[1]
Academics
P.S. 6 is a
Special events
Peter Yarrow has played a special benefit concert in the school's auditorium for many years to raise money for the school.[3]
In popular culture
The school is featured in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, which won five Academy Awards.[4][5]
Notable alumni
- Richard Avedon, Photographer
- Phoebe Cates, Actress
- Chevy Chase, Actor
- Peter Cincotti, Jazz Singer/Songwriter
- Miguel Condé, Artist
- Damon Dash, Hip Hop Mogul
- Jose Feliciano, Guitarist
- William Hurt, Actor
- Robert Iler, Actor
- Jonathan Katz, Actor/Comedian
- Lenny Kravitz, Musician
- Michael Kurland, Author
- Tina Louise Actress (Gilligan's Island)
- Lorna Luft, Actress, Singer, Daughter of Judy Garland
- Erin Moriarty, Actress
- Tony Roberts (actor), Actor
- J.D. Salinger, Author of The Catcher in the Rye
- Andrew Schulz, Comedian
- Tschabalala Self, Artist
- Herbert Solow (journalist), Writer, Editor of Fortune magazine
- Mark Sourian Film Producer
- Andrew Stein, Former President NYC Council, Former Manhattan Borough President
- Robert F. Wagner Jr., Mayor of New York and Ambassador to Spain
- David L. Wolper, Producer
- Peter Yarrow, Singer
References
- ^ a b Michael, By (August 24, 1994). "ABOUT NEW YORK; A School To Mark A Century Of Success - New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Hartocollis, Anemona (February 24, 1999). "In School; A principal with a will of steel makes a public school as prestigious as a private one. - New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ "Playing In The Neighborhood: UPPER EAST SIDE;Peter Yarrow's 'Puff' Piece for P.S. 6 - New York Times". New York Times. February 4, 1996. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ "Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) / PS 6 the Lillie Devereaux Blake School - MovieTrip". Archived from the original on 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "New York Magazine". 1987-05-04.