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Collegiate School (New York City)

March 22, 2023

This article is about the New York City school founded in 1628. For other uses, see Collegiate School (disambiguation).

Collegiate School is an independent school for boys in New York City. It claims to be the oldest school in the United States.[2][3] It is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and is a member of both the New York Interschool and the Ivy Preparatory School League. It is ranked as one of the best private schools in the United States.[4] In 2020–2021, tuition fees totaled $55,900 per year.[5]

Collegiate School
Address
301 Freedom Place South

New York
,
New York
10069

United States
Information
TypePrivate, day, college prep
MottoLatin: Nisi Dominus Frustra
("Unless God, then in vain")
Dutch: Eendracht maakt macht
("In unity there is strength")
Established1628; 395 years ago (1628)
FounderThe Rev. Jonas Michaelius and the Dutch West India Company
ChairmanJonathan Youngwood ’85
HeadmasterDavid S. Lourie
Faculty104.2 (on an FTE basis)[1]
GradesK-12[1]
GenderBoys
Number of students656 (2019–2020)[1]
Student to teacher ratio6.3[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)Orange and blue   
NicknameDutchmen
NewspaperThe Journal
YearbookThe Dutchman
AffiliationsIvy Prep School League
New York Interschool
Websitewww.collegiateschool.org

History

Collegiate was chartered as part of the Reformed Dutch Protestant Church in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1628 by the Dutch West India Company and the Classis of Amsterdam.[6] Its initial incarnation was a co-ed school located south of Canal Street. The institution's location has changed seventeen times over the last four centuries.[7]

Founding date controversy

In 1984, Massimo Maglione, a historian and Upper School teacher at Collegiate, discovered a letter that Collegiate's founder—the Reverend Jonas Michaëlius, the first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in America—had written in 1628 about his efforts to teach the catechism to Indian children. Based on this letter, the school controversially moved up the year of its establishment to 1628.[8][3] While Reverend Jonas Michaëlius did arrive in New Amsterdam in 1628 and may have worked as an educator at that time, Collegiate School was not chartered until 1638,[6] placing its founding two years after the founding of Harvard University and three years after the founding of Boston Latin School.[9][10]

Location

On February 5, 2013, the Collegiate School board announced plans to move the school to a new facility in New York's Riverside South neighborhood, between West End Avenue and Riverside Boulevard and between West 61st and 62nd Streets. Board Chairman George R. Bason, Jr. '72 said the new 178,000-square-foot school would provide 30% more indoor space and more than six times more outdoor space (16,268 square feet) for its 648 students from kindergarten through 12th grade than the existing lodgings provided. He estimated the new school's construction cost at $125–$135 million.[11] On January 12, 2018, Collegiate officially opened its new location at 301 Freedom Place South.[12]

School seal and mottos

Collegiate's seal is an adaptation of the coat of arms of William of Orange, who founded the Dutch Republic and the Reformed Church in that country and led the cause of independence and of freedom for the Reformed Church against Philip II of Spain. Included in the school's seal are two mottos: Eendracht Maakt Macht, Dutch for "In unity there is strength", and Nisi Dominus Frustra, Latin for "unless God, then in vain." The History and Symbols Task Force recommended in its June 2020 report that the latter be replaced, owing to its explicitly religious nature and Collegiate's status as a secular institution.[13]

Mascot

 
The school mascot in the 1975 yearbook

The school's mascot, generally interpreted as a caricature of Peter Stuyvesant, and often called "Peg Leg Pete" by students, has been the subject of recent controversy because of Stuyvesant's lack of religious tolerance, his vision for New Amsterdam as a slave depot, and his anti-Semitism.[14][15] The school's History and Symbols Task Force, which completed its work in June 2020, concluded in its final report that the mascot be removed and a committee convened to solicit candidates for a replacement.[16] The school's Board of Trustees voted to adopt the task force's recommendation, among the others in the report.[17] In 2021, new mascots were proposed to and voted upon by the student body and faculty. While the proposed mascots were met with widespread criticism from many senior teachers and the student body, a new mascot was eventually settled upon.

Organization

 
Current campus at 301 Freedom Place
 
Old Collegiate School campus

Campus

From 1892 to 2017, Collegiate occupied several buildings on 77th and 78th Streets on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The former schoolhouse on West 77th Street is, together with the adjoining West End Collegiate Church, an historic landmark in the City of New York.

In 2013, the school announced that it would move to a new location and in January 2018, Collegiate moved into a new facility at 301 Freedom Place South. It consists of an 11-story building (nine stories above ground and two below), with 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2) of classroom, athletics, theater, music, art, library, dining, and administrative space. The school has common areas dedicated to each division that provide space for independent study, social interactions, and divisional activities.

The Lower School is located on floors 2 and 3. The Middle School occupies floors 8 and 9. It has its own Maker Space, along with flexible classrooms, a Middle School Center and large, modern group study spaces. The Upper School is housed on floors 5 and 6. It is larger than the division's previous space and is next to the library. It has flexible classrooms and common areas that promote interaction among students and faculty.

Sciences for all three divisions are on floor 7. Visual arts and music occupy floor 4, with music practice spaces, art studios, and a digital photo lab. On the Lower Level is a 307-seat auditorium and a black-box theater for Collegiate's drama program. Collegiate's athletics are in the Lower Level and include a high school regulation-size gym for the basketball teams. The gym can be partitioned to provide PE classes and practice space simultaneously. An additional gym, the Alumni Gym, can accommodate wrestling competitions and half-court basketball and has a retractable batting cage.

Outdoor space consists of a large roof deck on floor 9 with a large recreation area and a ground-level, 5,000-square-foot courtyard for handball and basketball.[18]

Structure

Each grade has around 50 boys. Those who attend Collegiate for all 12 years are nicknamed "Survivors". The school is divided into Lower School (Kindergarten-Grade 4), Middle School (Grades 5–8), and Upper School (Grades 9-12). More than a quarter of Collegiate teachers have a PhD.

The school is private, and 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 Head of School.[19]

Leadership

Collegiate School was headed by Lee M. Levison from July 1, 2006, until June 30, 2020. He was preceded by W. Lee Pierson, the interim Head of School after the departure of Kerry P. Brennan in 2004.[20] Levison announced his intention to retire in December 2018, causing the board of trustees to begin a search for his replacement.[21]

On May 31, 2019, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint David S. Lourie, Head of the St. Anne's-Belfield School since 2009, as Collegiate's 29th Head of School.[22][21] He began his tenure upon Levison's retirement on July 1, 2020.

Rankings

In 2007, The Wall Street Journal ranked Collegiate first in the world in terms of percent of the senior class matriculating to eight selective American colleges.[23]

Sports and co-curricular activities

The school's athletic success has mainly been with the varsity basketball, baseball, track and field, soccer, and cross country teams. The Collegiate soccer team won the NYSAIS state championship in 2010, 2011, and 2012.[24]| The Collegiate varsity basketball team won five straight state championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.[24] The Collegiate cross country team won 25 Ivy League Championships in a row from 1990 to 2014.[24] The Collegiate wrestling team won their first Ivy League and NYSAIS titles in 2022. Collegiate also has a golf and tennis team. Students not participating in a sport take physical education. Yearly fitness tests are administered in the lower and middle schools.

The school has a number of clubs, especially in the Upper School, including The Collegiate Journal. its newspaper operating since 1932; The Dutchman, the yearbook published every year since 1906; and Prufrock. its literary magazine, first published in 1973.[25]

Notable alumni

Affiliated organizations

Notes

1. ^ The History and Symbols Task Force has recommended that this motto be removed, owing to its explicit religious nature.

References

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vain Dutch Eendracht maakt macht In unity there is strength Established1628 395 years ago 1628 FounderThe Rev Jonas Michaelius and the Dutch West India CompanyChairmanJonathan Youngwood 85HeadmasterDavid S LourieFaculty104 2 on an FTE basis 1 GradesK 12 1 GenderBoysNumber of students656 2019 2020 1 Student to teacher ratio6 3 1 CampusUrbanColor s Orange and blue NicknameDutchmenNewspaperThe JournalYearbookThe DutchmanAffiliationsIvy Prep School LeagueNew York InterschoolWebsitewww wbr collegiateschool wbr org Contents 1 History 1 1 Founding date controversy 1 2 Location 2 School seal and mottos 3 Mascot 4 Organization 4 1 Campus 4 2 Structure 4 3 Leadership 5 Rankings 6 Sports and co curricular activities 7 Notable alumni 8 Affiliated organizations 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditCollegiate was chartered as part of the Reformed Dutch Protestant Church in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1628 by the Dutch West India Company and the Classis of Amsterdam 6 Its initial incarnation was a co ed school located south of Canal Street The institution s location has changed seventeen times over the last four centuries 7 Founding date controversy Edit In 1984 Massimo Maglione a historian and Upper School teacher at Collegiate discovered a letter that Collegiate s founder the Reverend Jonas Michaelius the first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in America had written in 1628 about his efforts to teach the catechism to Indian children Based on this letter the school controversially moved up the year of its establishment to 1628 8 3 While Reverend Jonas Michaelius did arrive in New Amsterdam in 1628 and may have worked as an educator at that time Collegiate School was not chartered until 1638 6 placing its founding two years after the founding of Harvard University and three years after the founding of Boston Latin School 9 10 Location Edit On February 5 2013 the Collegiate School board announced plans to move the school to a new facility in New York s Riverside South neighborhood between West End Avenue and Riverside Boulevard and between West 61st and 62nd Streets Board Chairman George R Bason Jr 72 said the new 178 000 square foot school would provide 30 more indoor space and more than six times more outdoor space 16 268 square feet for its 648 students from kindergarten through 12th grade than the existing lodgings provided He estimated the new school s construction cost at 125 135 million 11 On January 12 2018 Collegiate officially opened its new location at 301 Freedom Place South 12 School seal and mottos EditCollegiate s seal is an adaptation of the coat of arms of William of Orange who founded the Dutch Republic and the Reformed Church in that country and led the cause of independence and of freedom for the Reformed Church against Philip II of Spain Included in the school s seal are two mottos Eendracht Maakt Macht Dutch for In unity there is strength and Nisi Dominus Frustra Latin for unless God then in vain The History and Symbols Task Force recommended in its June 2020 report that the latter be replaced owing to its explicitly religious nature and Collegiate s status as a secular institution 13 Mascot Edit The school mascot in the 1975 yearbook The school s mascot generally interpreted as a caricature of Peter Stuyvesant and often called Peg Leg Pete by students has been the subject of recent controversy because of Stuyvesant s lack of religious tolerance his vision for New Amsterdam as a slave depot and his anti Semitism 14 15 The school s History and Symbols Task Force which completed its work in June 2020 concluded in its final report that the mascot be removed and a committee convened to solicit candidates for a replacement 16 The school s Board of Trustees voted to adopt the task force s recommendation among the others in the report 17 In 2021 new mascots were proposed to and voted upon by the student body and faculty While the proposed mascots were met with widespread criticism from many senior teachers and the student body a new mascot was eventually settled upon Organization Edit Current campus at 301 Freedom Place Old Collegiate School campus Campus Edit From 1892 to 2017 Collegiate occupied several buildings on 77th and 78th Streets on the Upper West Side of Manhattan The former schoolhouse on West 77th Street is together with the adjoining West End Collegiate Church an historic landmark in the City of New York In 2013 the school announced that it would move to a new location and in January 2018 Collegiate moved into a new facility at 301 Freedom Place South It consists of an 11 story building nine stories above ground and two below with 180 000 square feet 17 000 m2 of classroom athletics theater music art library dining and administrative space The school has common areas dedicated to each division that provide space for independent study social interactions and divisional activities The Lower School is located on floors 2 and 3 The Middle School occupies floors 8 and 9 It has its own Maker Space along with flexible classrooms a Middle School Center and large modern group study spaces The Upper School is housed on floors 5 and 6 It is larger than the division s previous space and is next to the library It has flexible classrooms and common areas that promote interaction among students and faculty Sciences for all three divisions are on floor 7 Visual arts and music occupy floor 4 with music practice spaces art studios and a digital photo lab On the Lower Level is a 307 seat auditorium and a black box theater for Collegiate s drama program Collegiate s athletics are in the Lower Level and include a high school regulation size gym for the basketball teams The gym can be partitioned to provide PE classes and practice space simultaneously An additional gym the Alumni Gym can accommodate wrestling competitions and half court basketball and has a retractable batting cage Outdoor space consists of a large roof deck on floor 9 with a large recreation area and a ground level 5 000 square foot courtyard for handball and basketball 18 Structure Edit Each grade has around 50 boys Those who attend Collegiate for all 12 years are nicknamed Survivors The school is divided into Lower School Kindergarten Grade 4 Middle School Grades 5 8 and Upper School Grades 9 12 More than a quarter of Collegiate teachers have a PhD The school is private and 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 Head of School 19 Leadership Edit Collegiate School was headed by Lee M Levison from July 1 2006 until June 30 2020 He was preceded by W Lee Pierson the interim Head of School after the departure of Kerry P Brennan in 2004 20 Levison announced his intention to retire in December 2018 causing the board of trustees to begin a search for his replacement 21 On May 31 2019 the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint David S Lourie Head of the St Anne s Belfield School since 2009 as Collegiate s 29th Head of School 22 21 He began his tenure upon Levison s retirement on July 1 2020 Rankings EditIn 2007 The Wall Street Journal ranked Collegiate first in the world in terms of percent of the senior class matriculating to eight selective American colleges 23 Sports and co curricular activities EditThe school s athletic success has mainly been with the varsity basketball baseball track and field soccer and cross country teams The Collegiate soccer team won the NYSAIS state championship in 2010 2011 and 2012 24 The Collegiate varsity basketball team won five straight state championships in 2008 2009 2010 2011 and 2012 24 The Collegiate cross country team won 25 Ivy League Championships in a row from 1990 to 2014 24 The Collegiate wrestling team won their first Ivy League and NYSAIS titles in 2022 Collegiate also has a golf and tennis team Students not participating in a sport take physical education Yearly fitness tests are administered in the lower and middle schools The school has a number of clubs especially in the Upper School including The Collegiate Journal its newspaper operating since 1932 The Dutchman the yearbook published every year since 1906 and Prufrock its literary magazine first published in 1973 25 Notable alumni EditGeorge Axelrod 1940 playwright 26 Jason Beghe 1978 actor 27 David Benioff 1988 author and screenwriter 28 Egbert Benson 1760 a Founding Father of the United States member of the U S House of Representatives 1st Attorney General of New York and founder of the New York Historical Society 29 George Platt Brett 1911 chairman of MacMillan Publishing 30 Peter Bogdanovich 1957 filmmaker and author 31 Benjamin Bronfman 2000 entrepreneur and musician 32 Edgar Bronfman Jr 1973 CEO of Warner Music Group 33 Dan Cogan 1987 producer and director 33 Jeff Cowen 1984 American photographer 34 Joseph Cullman 1930 businessman and CEO of Philip Morris cigarette company from 1957 to 1978 35 Matthew Daddario 2006 actor 33 Christopher d Amboise 1978 An American dancer choreographer writer and theater director 36 Samuel Dickson c 1820 member of the U S House of Representatives from New York 37 David Duchovny 1978 Golden Globe winning actor and director 38 Nabil Fahmy 1968 Egyptian diplomat and politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013 2014 39 Douglas Fairbanks Jr 1926 actor and World War II naval officer 40 William Finley 1958 actor 41 Edward Glaeser 1984 economics professor 42 Matt Haimovitz 1989 cellist 43 John Hermann 1980 musician in Widespread Panic 44 Paul Hodes 1968 U S Representative from New Hampshire 39 Robert Hollander 1951 American academic Zachary Karabell 1985 businessman and writer contributing editor for Politico 45 Bill Keenan 2004 professional ice hockey player 46 Douglas Kennedy 1972 novelist 47 John F Kennedy Jr class of 1978 left after 10th grade son of President John F Kennedy 48 John Kosner 1978 writer 49 head of espn com Bill Kristol 1970 Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States 1989 1993 for Dan Quayle and founder and editor of The Weekly Standard 50 Christopher Krovatin 2003 author and musician 51 John Langeloth Loeb Jr 1940 businessman and United States Ambassador to Denmark 52 Nicholas M Loeb 1993 businessman and actor Ben Lyons 2000 film critic and TV personality Ian McGinnis 1997 NCAA Division I men s basketball leading rebounder 53 Taylor Mali 1983 poet and humorist Walter Murch 1961 Oscar winning editor sound designer and filmmaker referred to as the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema 54 James M Nack 1825 poet 37 John Bertram Oakes 1929 journalist known for his early commitment to the environment civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War creator of the modern op ed page 55 Alexander Olch 2003 designer Jeffrey Orridge 1978 commissioner of the Canadian Football League 56 Bill Perkins 1968 New York State Senator 2007 2017 and member of the New York City Council 39 Dan el Padilla Peralta 2002 classicist 57 Alex Prud homme journalist 58 Ben Rhodes 1996 Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication and speechwriter for President Barack Obama 59 David Rhodes 1994 President of CBS News 59 Jack Richardson 1951 essayist and playwright known for existentialist drama 60 John A Roebling II 1867 1952 engineer and philanthropist 61 Cesar Romero 1926 actor 62 Mark Ronson 1993 Grammy winning producer and DJ 63 Andrew Rossi 1991 documentary filmmaker 64 Alex Rubens 1996 writer for Key and Peele and Rick and Morty 65 John Rubinstein 1964 actor 66 Jack Schlossberg 2011 only male surviving descendant of John F Kennedy 67 Serge Schmemann 1963 writer and editor for the International Herald Tribune Pulitzer Prize winner with The New York Times 68 Wallace Shawn 1961 actor 69 Michael Shnayerson 1972 contributing editor Vanity Fair 70 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr 1969 former publisher The New York Times 71 Anthony Shorris 1974 first deputy mayor of New York City 72 Sam Sifton 1984 The New York Times restaurant critic 73 Robert F X Sillerman 1966 media entrepreneur 74 Vivek Tiwary 1991 writer and theater producer 75 Luis Ubinas 1981 former president of the Ford Foundation 76 Stephanus Van Cortlandt c 1655 member of the Board of Deacons 1672 Mayor of New York City 77 Cornelius Vanderbilt II 1859 son of William Henry Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt 78 Andrew Wagner 1981 filmmaker 79 Kenneth Webb 1902 film director screenwriter and composer 80 John Weidman 1964 playwright 72 Paul Weitz 1983 filmmaker and playwright 81 James Warren 1971 journalist Washington Bureau chief for the New York Daily News 82 Billy Wirth 1980 actor and director 83 David Wise 1972 screenwriter 72 Alex York pop singer songwriter 84 J Peder Zane 1980 journalist and author 85 Affiliated organizations EditIvy Preparatory School League National Association of Independent Schools New York State Association of Independent Schools InterschoolNotes Edit1 The History and Symbols Task Force has recommended that this motto be removed owing to its explicit religious nature References Edit a b c d COLLEGIATE SCHOOL Private School Universe Survey National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved February 9 2023 Colligiate s Arithmetic Makes it the Oldest School The New York Times May 5 1985 Retrieved November 29 2016 a b Gifted Parents Help Collegiate School The New York Times May 24 1988 Retrieved November 29 2016 The concert celebrated what Collegiate calls its 360th anniversary Which year the school was actually founded 1628 1633 or 1638 has created disputes among the nation s oldest schools that seem as enduring as the schools In 1984 Collegiate moved its date from 1633 to 1628 because officials discovered a letter written in 1628 by the Rev Jonas Michealius of the Dutch Reformed Church describing his efforts to teach catechism to Indian children To Collegiate officials that sounded as much like a preparatory school as anything operating in early 17th century America The change puts Collegiate in the position of marking its 360th anniversary 55 years after it celebrated its 300th anniversary in 1933 It was all thrashed out around 1910 the headmaster Cornelius B Boocock told The New York Times in 1933 The case is now settled Nolan Caroline March 1 2016 The top 25 private high schools in the U S TheStreet Retrieved October 23 2018 Tuition amp Financial Aid at Collegiate School in New York www collegiateschool org Retrieved February 16 2021 a b Collegiate School in NY The Oldest Independent School in the US www collegiateschool org Retrieved April 15 2020 Anderson Jenny February 6 2013 School Plans Its 17th Move but Its First Since 1892 The New York Times Retrieved June 25 2022 Colligiate s Arithmetic Makes It Oldest School The New York Times May 5 1985 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved April 15 2020 History Harvard University Retrieved April 15 2020 Boston Latin School American secondary school Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved April 15 2020 Anderson Jenny February 5 2013 Collegiate School New York s Oldest Private School Plans 17th Move The New York Times Collegiate School Private Boys K 12 Day School in NYC www collegiateschool org Archived from the original on November 16 2018 Retrieved February 15 2019 The Report of the History and Symbols Task Force PDF collegiateschool org pp 56 57 Retrieved January 1 2021 Otto Paul Peter Stuyvesant in American National Biography volume 21 99 100 New York Oxford University Press 1999 The Report of the History and Symbols Task Force PDF collegiateschool org p 35 Retrieved January 1 2021 The Report of the History and Symbols Task Force PDF collegiateschool org pp 39 40 Retrieved January 1 2021 History and Symbols Task Force Report Released Collegiate School June 18 2020 Retrieved January 1 2021 Collegiate s New Home Facts About Our New Home Archived from the original on November 22 2016 Retrieved January 8 2018 Collegiate School All Boys K 12 in NYC School Facts collegiate school Retrieved November 19 2018 Collegiate School About Us History Retrieved October 9 2019 a b Collegiate School Head of School Search Retrieved October 9 2019 St Anne s Belfield School Senior Administration Retrieved October 9 2019 Gamerman Ellen November 30 2007 How to Get Into Harvard The Wall Street Journal Retrieved December 29 2008 a b c New York State Association of Independent Schools Past Champions PDF NYSAIS org Collegiate School History collegiateschool org Retrieved June 14 2020 Pat McGilligan 1997 Backstory 3 Interviews with screenwriters of the 1960s George Axelrod p 50 Retrieved October 26 2010 https www thedailybeast com jason beghes life after scientology i was in a cult He attended the Collegiate School an elite private prep school for blue blooded New York City boys where his two best pals were John F Kennedy Jr and David Duchovny Collegiate Yearbook auction David Benioff Retrieved October 26 2010 N Y Collegiate Church School New York Dunshee Henry Webb February 15 1883 History of the School of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York from 1633 to 1883 Print of the Aldine Press Retrieved February 15 2019 via Google Books GEORGE P BRETT IS DEAD AT 91 HEADED MACMILLAN COMPANY The New York Times Wolfgang Saxos https www nytimes com 1984 02 15 obituaries george p brett is dead at 91 headed macmillan company html Miriam Jordan 2006 Illegal at Princeton Wall Street Journal WSJ p 1 Retrieved October 26 2010 The Bed Stuy Bronfman Joe Pompeo The Observer a b c Wikipedia Source May 2010 The Collegiate School Alumni ISBN 9781155286402 Peter Bogdanovich 2005 Who the Hell s In it Conversations with Legendary Actors Random House p 7 ISBN 9780307757838 Retrieved October 26 2010 Kluger Richard Ashes to Ashes America s Hundred Year Cigarette War pg 137 accessed from Google Books http movingstory org wp content uploads 2013 12 Chris DAmboise Resume pdf bare URL PDF a b History of the School of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York Webb Dunshee page 229 accessed from Google Books Duchovny David March 12 2011 What a Good Coach Does Wall Street Journal Retrieved February 15 2019 via www wsj com a b c Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on April 29 2016 Retrieved June 7 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Screen World 1997 Google Books https books google com books id Z7JzuND1xFIC amp pg PT277 amp lpg PT277 amp dq Laurence Fairbanks Jr Collegiate School amp source bl amp ots u3aTyjQBo1 amp sig 5FuNkRLjV7QqAt24n85 QPAokwQ amp hl en amp sa X amp ved 0ahUKEwjL9aDdlsHbAhVlHzQIHUvtDQ4Q6AEIcjAP v onepage amp q Laurence 20Fairbanks 20Jr 20Collegiate 20School amp f false Slotnik Daniel April 17 2012 William Finley Actor in De Palma Films Dies at 71 The New York Times Retrieved October 2 2021 via www nytimes com Economist Edward Glaeser 84 Speaks to Upper School at Adams Lecture https www collegiateschool org page news detail pk 597180 https oxingalerecords com matt haimovitz Haimovitz studied at the Collegiate School in New York and at the Juilliard School in the final class of Leonard Rose after which he continued his cello studies with Ronald Leonard and Yo Yo Ma The Dutchman the Collegiate School yearbook 1975 edition page 33 Collegiate Book Fair Festival a Success https www collegiateschool org page news detail pk 519524 Odd Man Rush 2016 Bill Keenan Entertainment Books Delight and the world according to Douglas Kennedy https www independent ie entertainment books delight and the world according to douglas kennedy 31264658 html Heymann C David 2008 American Legacy The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy Atria Books ISBN 0743497392 pp 145 146 John Kosner head of ESPN com building one the largest sites online Meetup Weekly Standard Editor Always Stood Out as a Conservative The Harvard Crimson Jacquelyn Newmyer https www thecrimson com article 1998 6 2 weekly standard editor always stood out After graduating from the private all male Collegiate School Kristol headed to Cambridge Kickin Out Old School Puffed Up Prepsters Wolf Alumni have paid homage to the campus in films including House of D by David Duchovny class of 77 and The Talent Given Us by Andrew Wagner 81 as well as the novel Heavy Metal and You by Chris Krovatin 03 Collegiate Book Festival a Great Success https www collegiateschool org page news detail pk 519524 Schad Joe January 24 1999 A LOOK AT THE LOCALS McGinnis Tops in Rebounding Newsday Retrieved February 15 2019 October s Featured Sound Designer Walter Murch The Art and Technique of Sound Design Miguel Isaza He went to The Collegiate School a private preparatory school in Manhattan from 1949 to 1961 http www columbia edu cu lweb digital collections nny oakesjb transcripts oakesjb 4 1 337 html Columbia University Libraries Oral History Office At Collegiate School which I went into from first grade in 1918 to last in 1929 as my son did too 50 years later Winter Convocation Hears Jeffrey L Orridge 78 https www collegiateschool org page news detail pk 528484 Undocumented A Dominican Boy s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League 2015 Dan el Padilla Peralta Book Festival kicks off with Authors Night Collegiate School October 28 2013 Retrieved February 15 2019 a b Ben Rhodes The Washington Post The Washington Post Callens Johan Double Binds Existentialist Inspiration Page 1 accessed from Google Books Lohrer Fred E John A Roebling II 1867 1952 Builder of the Red Hill Estate 1929 1941 Lake Placid Florida Archived April 2 2018 at the Wayback Machine Archbold Biological Station October 2 2006 last updated July 17 2017 Accessed October 24 2018 https www biography com people cesar romero 9542350 Archived June 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine Romero was first introduced to acting while attending Collegiate and Riverdale Country schools where he starred in a stage production of The Merchant of Venice Phull Hardeep January 17 2015 6 things to know about breakout star Mark Ronson nypost com Retrieved February 15 2019 Ivory Tower documentary puts a spotlight on the student loan crisis Mark Stucker https schoolmatch4uproducts com ivory tower documentary puts a spotlight on the student loan crisis Meet The Man Behind Key amp Peele s Keanu Complex Magazine Eric Abbriss Santa Fe Chamber Music Artist Spotlight Actor John Rubinstein https www santafechambermusic com artist spotlight actor john rubinstein Oppenheimer Jerry February 27 2013 JFK s heir apparent nypost com Retrieved February 15 2019 Matushka Juliana Ossorguine Schmemann Orthodox Church in America https livre fnac com mp16751579 The Collegiate School Alumni Peter Bogdanovich Wallace Shawn John F Kennedy JR Jason Beghe Mark Ronson Bill Kristol David Duchovny bare URL Miss Stuart Weds Michael Shnayerson The New York Times The bridegroom graduated from the Collegiate School and Dartmouth College Notable New Yorkers www columbia edu Retrieved February 15 2019 a b c Miller Tom December 27 2016 Daytonian in Manhattan The Collegiate School 241 243 West 77th Street daytoninmanhattan blogspot com Retrieved February 15 2019 Kickin Out Old School Puffed Up Prepsters Warily Eye Collegiate s Modern Move Jonah Wolf The Observer I will always remember the school s red door and the tumult of running up its narrow stairs to English class New York Times national editor Sam Sifton 84 wrote in an email I still have nightmares where I awaken in one of those classrooms at the start of a test I didn t know was coming Board Members Viggle Retrieved February 15 2019 https thefifthbeatle com team vivek j tiwary Vivek is a magna cum laude graduate of both the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania s College of Arts and Sciences and a cum laude graduate of the Collegiate School in New York City Spring Convocation Features Luis Ubinas 81 https www collegiateschool org page news detail pk 601114 Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders John N Ingham CITY INTELLIGENCE The New York Times October 27 1859 p 4 ProQuest 91489327 Kickin Out Old School Puffed Up Prepsters Warily Eye Collegiate s Modern Move Jonah Wolf The Observer Alumni have paid homage to the campus in films including House of D by David Duchovny class of 77 and The Talent Given Us by Andrew Wagner 81 as well as the novel Heavy Metal and You by Chris Krovatin 03 Rhodes Gary D 2001 White Zombie Anatomy of a Horror Film Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company p 84 ISBN 978 0 7864 2762 8 Retrieved December 4 2017 Money Changes Everything New York Magazine https www poynter org search James 20Warren permanent dead link New York City native graduate of Collegiate School Amherst College and Roosevelt University Married to Cornelia Grumman dad of Blair and Eliot National columnist U S News amp World Report Former chief media writer The Poynter Institute The Dutchman the Collegiate School yearbook 1975 edition page 33 An American Boy Lost in Japan The Daily Rind December 18 2012 Archived from the original on August 28 2018 Retrieved February 15 2019 J Peder Zane and Granata granta com Retrieved February 15 2019 permanent dead link External links Edit New York City portal Schools portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Collegiate School Official website Coordinates 40 47 00 N 73 58 52 W 40 78333 N 73 98111 W 40 78333 73 98111 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Collegiate School New York City amp oldid 1139343955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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