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Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)

Saint Ann's School is a private school in Brooklyn, New York City. The school is a non-sectarian, co-educational pre-K–12 day school with programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences. The students number 1,012 from preschool through 12th grade, as well as 324 faculty, administration, and staff members.

Saint Ann's School
Address
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The Bosworth Building
129 Pierrepont St.

Brooklyn
,
New York

United States
Coordinates40°41′42″N 73°59′32″W / 40.695095°N 73.992278°W / 40.695095; -73.992278
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TypeIndependent, nonsectarian day school
MottoLatin: Altiora Peto
(I seek higher things)
Established1965; 59 years ago (1965)
FounderStanley Bosworth
Head of SchoolKenyatte Reid
Teaching staff164.4 (FTE) (2017–18)[2]
Gradespre-K–12
Enrollment1,031 (2017–18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio6.3:1 (2017–18)[2]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Blue
  White
  Gold
AthleticsSaint Ann's Steamers
MascotOwl on Athenian Coin
NewspaperSaint Ann's Ram
Saint Ann's Owl
Websitewww.saintannsny.org Edit this at Wikidata

2013
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The campus, located in Brooklyn Heights, includes a central 15-story building, two adjoining brownstones, and a preschool and kindergarten located near the main campus. Annual tuition as of 2022 is between $48,000 and $52,000.[3]

History

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The entrance to the Bosworth Building

Saint Ann's School was founded in 1965 with 63 students and seven teachers in the basement of the St. Ann's Episcopal Church under the aegis of the vestry of the church and several interested parents. In 1966, the church purchased the former Crescent Athletic Club House, a building designed by Frank Freeman, which has since served as the school's main building.[4]

Stanley Bosworth became its first headmaster.[5] In 1982, Saint Ann's School formally disaffiliated from the church, having been granted a charter from the Board of Regents of the State of New York.[6][7] In 2023, Kenyatte Reid became head of school.[8]

Suicide of Ellis Lariviere

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In July 2023, The New York Times ran a story about an incident in February 2021 where St. Ann's notified one of its students, Ellis Lariviere, that he would not be permitted to return to the school in 9th grade. Lariviere was noted as a talented artist though struggled with dyslexia and had issues forming language. Lariviere died by suicide three months later; his suicide note specifically requested that the school not hold a memorial assembly for him. Two years later, in April 2023, Lariviere's parents filed suit against the school, its headmaster, and its board of trustees for wrongful death. A commentating law professor, David C. Bloomfield, stated that despite how private schools are not required to retain students, the school did make an ethical commitment not to give up on students. St. Ann's declined to comment to the New York Times.[9][10]

Academic program

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The school allows its high school juniors and seniors to design their own curriculum.[11][12]

In a 2004 survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal, Saint Ann's was rated the number one high school in the country for having the highest percentage of graduating seniors enroll in Ivy League and other highly selective colleges.[13] In late 2007, The Wall Street Journal again listed Saint Ann's as one of the country's top 50 high schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities.[14] In 2012, the New York Observer ranked Saint Ann's as the number one high school in New York City.[15]

Divisions and demographics

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The school is organized into four divisions: preschool, lower, middle and high school. The vast majority of the students are from Brooklyn and Manhattan, although other boroughs are represented. Approximately 22 percent of the student body receive some level of scholarship aid (8.5 percent receive tuition remission; 13.5 percent receive financial aid). Approximately 33 percent of the student body are nonwhite.[16]

In her memoirs, Claire Dederer wrote that when she was a student at Oberlin College, "all the coolest girls" had attended St. Ann's: "They had slept with Beastie Boys when the Beastie Boys were still a punk band. They had famous parents. [...] The Saint Ann’s girls didn’t need anyone besides themselves. They ruled the school."[17]

Faculty and alumni

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The school's Farber Building at 153 Pierrepont Street

The school maintains a list called The Growing Shelf, which documents all published community members.[18]

Notable faculty

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Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for St.Ann's School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tuition and Financial Aid". Saint Ann's School - Brooklyn. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Gray, Christopher: "129 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights; 1906 Building, Once an Athletic Club, Now a School", The New York Times, August 13, 2000.
  5. ^ Richardson, Lynda (April 22, 2004). "PUBLIC LIVES; Eccentric? Sure, but His Students Succeed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Rauma Ann. "Friends College Gets a Bill", The New York Times, December 13, 1981. "When Dr. Larry Weiss, a 31-year-old China scholar, became president of the college a year and a half ago, the institution was struggling with a growing deficit, a 65 percent dropout rate and a falling enrollment."
  7. ^ Hoffman, Claire (March 31, 2004). "St. Ann's Picks A Successor To Headmaster". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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  10. ^ Holmes, Helen (July 3, 2023). "Parents Suing Saint Ann's School After Son's Death by Suicide". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  11. ^ Saint Ann's School (2020). "Saint Ann's School High School Course Catalog 2020-2021" (PDF). saintannsny.org. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  12. ^ Saint Ann's School (2019). "Saint Ann's School High School Course Catalog 2019-2020" (PDF). saintannsny.org. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  13. ^ April 2, 2004 Wall Street Journal, Cover Story (Personal Journal)
  14. ^ Staff writer (December 28, 2007). "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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  16. ^ "Demographics of our Student Body and Faculty/Staff". Saint Ann's School - Brooklyn. August 29, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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  20. ^ Voisey, Robert. "Jonathan Elliot". www.voxnovus.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  21. ^ Green, Adam. "Inside the High-Drama Life of Hamilton Impresario Oskar Eustis" Vogue, February 24, 2016
  22. ^ Del Signore, John. "Playwright Melissa James Gibson Discusses What Rhymes With America", Gothamist, December 26, 2012. "I was a college counselor for many years at a private school in Brooklyn, St. Ann's. It's a wonderful school, really cool school. I was there pretty much since graduate school, other than two fellowship years."
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  26. ^ a b Midgette, Anne. [1], Washington Post. "He’s also a committed and inspiring teacher, including an early stint at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn where, full disclosure, he directed me in the high school musical."
  27. ^ Williams, Heather Andrea (June 3, 2009). Self-taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom: Easyread Comfort Edition. ReadHowYouWant.com. ISBN 9781442995239.
  28. ^ Lee, Linda. "A NIGHT OUT AT THE: Paramount Hotel; The Pajama Game", The New York Times, May 27, 2001. Accessed November 3, 2007. "A product of St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, Mr. Abrahams, 23, had invited a batch of friends from high school to join him. He lives in North Park Slope, exactly 41 minutes from here, he said."
  29. ^ Aleksander, Irina. "Private-School Poppets Welcome Ferrell, Hugh Grant, Reality-Show Cameras", The New York Observer June 16, 2009.
  30. ^ Kalogerakis, George. "Mind Games", New York, February 18, 2002. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Connelly grew up mostly in Brooklyn Heights, the daughter of a clothing-manufacturer father and antiques-dealer mother. She attended Saint Ann's and started modeling when she was 10."
  31. ^ a b Levy, Ariel. "The Devil & Saint Ann's", New York. "And certainly, many a bright-eyed youth has passed through the halls of Saint Ann’s and come out the other end an artiste of one sort or another (Zac Posen, Jennifer Connelly, Paz de la Huerta, et al.)"
  32. ^ a b Carr, David. "Young Filmmaker’s Search for Her Worth Is Rewarded", The New York Times. "Ms. Dunham grew up in SoHo, went to St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn and graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in creative writing in 2008."
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  40. ^ Amdur, Neil. "Friends Reunite for Film, but Actress’s Death Casts Pall on Premiere", The New York Times, April 14, 2007. Accessed November 7, 2007. "Lily Wheelwright and Ry Russo-Young were friends while growing up in the West Village and pursuing their artistic dreams as classmates at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn."
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  45. ^ "Mixtapes: Simone's Dinnerstein's Teenage Turning Points from Stravinsky to Hendrix", WQXRWQXR-FM, June 10, 2015. "I was going to St. Ann's School at the time and taking an English class called "Towards Modernism" and I wrote a term paper on the quartet which I still have!"
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