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Collegiate School is a private school for boys in New York City and is considered by many to be the oldest school in the United States.[1][2] It is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and is a member of both the Interschool and the Ivy Preparatory School League.
HistoryCollegiate was founded in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1628 by the Dutch West India Company and the Classis of Amsterdam. The school’s initial incarnation was located south of Canal Street and was an academic institution for both sexes. The school's location has changed several times over the last four centuries, although the school has been at its current location, next to the West End Collegiate Church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, since 1892. Founding Date
School Seal and MottoesCollegiate's official seal is an adaptation of the coat of arms of William of Orange, who was the founder of the Dutch Republic and of the Reformed Church in Holland and led the cause of independence and of freedom for the Reformed Church against Phillip II of Spain. Included in the school's seal are two mottoes: Eendracht Maakt Macht, Dutch for "In unity there is strength," and Nisi Dominus Frustra, Latin for "unless God, then in vain." The SchoolMissionCurrently, the school teaches students in grades K-12. The school's mission is the following: Collegiate School strives to educate each boy to reach his highest level of intellectual, ethical, artistic, and physical development. Drawing on what is known about boys' growth and learning, the school offers a rigorous K-12 program rich in opportunities for cultivating individual talents and interests in a climate of collaboration and respect. Collegiate continues its historic tradition in New York City of educating a diverse and talented student body and of helping boys to become independent adults and responsible citizens who will lead and serve. CampusThe campus, located between 77th and 78th Streets and West End Avenue, consists of four separate buildings: The “Old Building,” Platten Hall, West End Plaza, and a new six-story extension that bridges Platten Hall with West End Plaza. The four-story “Old Building” is part of the original church and is home to the “Upper School,” grades 9-12. Platten Hall, originally eight stories, was extended in 1990 by two floors. It includes two gyms (in addition to the “Alumni” Gym located next to the “Old Building”), The Ann and Edgar Bronfman Theatre, the “Lower School” (grades 1-4), the "Middle School" (grades 5-8), a full-service library, music and art studio facilities, a dark room, a computer lab, a weight-lifting room, and the science department. West End Plaza is a hotel that was purchased by the school in 1977. Though it still serves in part as a residence for teachers, Collegiate has renovated several floors into administrative offices, classrooms for the Kindergarten (added in 1997), “Lower School” and the "Middle School" (grades 5-8), and a cafeteria. All four buildings border a courtyard where students of all grades play and study together. Structure
The school is private, though it functions under a New York City non-profit statute enacted in the 1940s. Collegiate is controlled by a Board of Trustees, and the school is administered by a Headmaster. LeadershipCollegiate's Board of Trustees selected Dr. Lee M. Levison to serve as the school's 28th Headmaster, replacing Dr. W. Lee Pierson, who served as interim headmaster for two years after Mr. Kerry Brennan left to become headmaster at The Roxbury Latin School, following just a three-year tenure at Collegiate. Dr. Levison, head of school at the Kingswood-Oxford School for many years, began serving at Collegiate July 1, 2006. CurriculumCollegiate's Upper School (high school) curriculum consists of English, Math, Science, History, Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish, French, or Chinese), Classics (Latin and Ancient Greek), Religion & Ethics, Music, Visual Art, Drama, Technology, and Physical Education.
Electives in English, available starting Junior year, in recent years have varied to include Modernism and the Manufacture of Form, 19th Century American Literature, 20th Century American Literature, The Art of Horror: The Horror of Art, Beyond Good and Evil, Creative Writing, Shakespeare, Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature, European Modernism, Fundamentals of Fiction, Literature of the Irrational Mind, Melville, Russian and Chinese Literature, New York City in Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Japanese Literature, The Autobiographical Self, The Eloquent Essay, The Essay: Aesthetics, Literature of the Quest, The Essay: Writing About Science, and The Romantic Movement. Collegiate School is well-known for its superb English department.
RankingsWhile Collegiate's small size precluded it from being included in an official ranking of schools' college matriculation lists conducted by the Wall Street Journal, the newspaper did note that Collegiate's college admissions percentages would have placed first on the list were it not for the school's small size.[3] Furthermore, in 2002, Worth Magazine ranked Collegiate third among the nation's independent schools in terms of percentage of graduates attending Yale University, Harvard University, and Princeton University. Sports and Co-Curricular ActivitiesThe sporting pride of the school lies in the Varsity Basketball, Baseball, and running teams (Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track). Collegiate also has Varsity and JV Soccer, Wrestling, Fencing, Lacrosse, and Tennis teams. Students not participating in a sport take either P.E. or weightlifting. Yearly fitness tests are administered to test the fitness of the students. Under the careful leadership of Coach George Calano, the school's Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track teams have become nationally recognized for their depth and strength. In 2006 Collegiate's Cross Country team was briefly ranked #4 in the nation, especially impressive considering the team's small size. The school has a considerable number of clubs, especially in the Upper School. They include:
Notable alumni
Some notable people attended Collegiate but left the school before graduation. In particular, John F. Kennedy, Jr. attended Collegiate for the first through tenth grades. As well, Serge Schmemann, former Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times and currently op-ed page editor for The International Herald Tribune, left Collegiate in 1958 when he was in 7th grade.[4] Affiliated Organizations
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