The Benefits of a Nursery Through Eighth-Grade Education
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Parents in New York City are fortunate to have many wonderful schools to consider during the application process. When children are young, parents have the role of deciding which school complements their values, meets the needs of their child, and provides a setting that matches their own views of education and learning.
By the eighth grade, children have grown to understand themselves both as students and as learners in terms of their learning style and temperament, so they are able to help make their own assessments. The size of the school, and its educational approach; whether it is single sex or co-ed, public or private; and the quality of its teacher-student relationships can all be important factors for adolescents when thinking about the school they want for their high school years. With a sense of who they are both as students and individuals, the eighth graders at Bank Street are able to take responsibility for their education, and part of that academic responsibility is to understand how to choose and shape a learning environment to their best advantage. It can be an empowering experience for a fourteen-year-old.
While nursery or kindergarten through eighth-grade schools have the same academic standards as the comprehensive schools (kindergarten through twelfth grade), the look and feel of a N/K-Eighth school can be very different. With the oldest children in the school being just fourteen years old, there are few direct influences on them to act older than they are. There are no older adolescents to imitate. This, in turn, allows the child in a N/K-eighth school to stay younger longer. In our fast-paced world with its high stakes and pressures, an environment that specializes in the intellectual, social, and emotional lives of children and early adolescents is an important consideration for parents.
Where do our Eighth-Grade Graduates Go?
The process of applying to high school begins in the spring of seventh grade and continues in the fall of eighth grade. The Coordinator of High School Guidance works with parents and students to discuss and formulate a list of schools that are appropriate for the child to consider. The two lists that follow - the high school list and the college list over the last five years - reflect the wide range of interests and styles of our students.
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High School Matriculation
2000-2007 |
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College Matriculation
Classes of 1999-2003 |
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Acad. of the Holy Angels (NJ) |
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Amherst College |
3 |
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SUNY Purchase |
1 |
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| Bard Early College |
2 |
Bard College |
2 |
Susquehanna University |
1 |
| Beacon |
16 |
Barnard College |
2 |
Swarthmore College |
2 |
| Bergen County Academy (NJ) |
2 |
Baruch College |
1 |
Syracuse University |
1 |
| Brearley |
2 |
Bates College |
3 |
Trinity College |
1 |
| Bronx Science |
10 |
Bennington College |
1 |
Tufts University |
1 |
| Brooklyn Friends |
2 |
Boston University |
1 |
Tulane University |
1 |
| Calhoun |
17 |
Bowdoin College |
3 |
University of Buffalo |
1 |
| Cardinal Hayes |
1 |
Brandeis University |
1 |
University of Chicago |
2 |
| Chapin |
1 |
Brown University |
7 |
University of Connecticut |
1 |
| Collegiate |
2 |
Bryn Mawr College |
1 |
University of Michigan |
6 |
| Collegiate (VA) |
1 |
Carleton College |
3 |
University of New Haven |
1 |
| Columbia Prep. |
16 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
3 |
University of Rochester |
1 |
| Dalton |
14 |
College of Wooster |
1 |
Univ. of St. Andrew's (Scotland) |
1 |
| Dwight |
7 |
Columbia University |
5 |
University of Vermont |
1 |
| Dwight-Englewood (NJ) |
2 |
Connecticut College |
2 |
University of Virginia |
1 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
1 |
Cornell University |
2 |
Vanderbilt University |
2 |
| Elizabeth Irwin |
11 |
Dartmouth College |
1 |
Vassar College |
5 |
| Environmental Studies |
1 |
Davidson College |
1 |
Washington University |
1 |
| Fieldston |
17 |
Dowling/Alfred |
1 |
Wellesley College |
1 |
| Fordham Prep. |
1 |
Drew University |
1 |
Wesleyan University |
6 |
| Friends Seminary |
28 |
Drexel University |
1 |
Wharton School of Business |
1 |
| George School (PA) |
1 |
Duke University |
2 |
Wheaton College |
1 |
| H.S. for Math, Engineering & Science |
1 |
Earlham College |
2 |
Whittier College |
1 |
| Horace Mann |
4 |
Emerson College |
1 |
Yale University |
2 |
| Hotchkiss (CT) |
1 |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
1 |
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| Kew Forest School |
2 |
Fayetteville State University |
1 |
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| La Guardia H.S. |
18 |
Franklin Pierce College |
1 |
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| La Salle Academy |
1 |
George Washington U. |
2 |
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| Lodi HS (NJ) |
1 |
Hamilton College |
1 |
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| Loomis-Chaffee (CT) |
1 |
Hampshire College |
2 |
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| Loyola |
1 |
Hampton University |
1 |
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| Marymount School |
1 |
Harvard University |
8 |
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| Masters School |
1 |
Haverford College |
3 |
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| Miss Porters (CT) |
1 |
Hobart and William Smith |
1 |
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| New Explorer HS |
1 |
Hofstra University |
1 |
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| Newton South HS (MA) |
1 |
John Jay College |
1 |
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| Nightingale-Bamford |
5 |
Johns Hopkins University |
1 |
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| Oakwood Friends Academy (NY) |
1 |
Kenyon College |
1 |
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| Packer Collegiate |
4 |
Los Andes College |
1 |
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| Phillipsburg HS (PA) |
1 |
Manhattanville College |
2 |
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| Poly Prep. |
6 |
Muhlenberg |
2 |
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| Polytechnic School (CA) |
1 |
New York University |
4 |
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| Punahou (HI) |
1 |
Northwestern University |
3 |
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| Putney School (VT) |
1 |
Oberlin College |
8 |
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| Rep. Company HS |
1 |
Occidental College |
1 |
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| Riverdale Country |
22 |
Ohio State University |
1 |
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| Rudolph Steiner |
1 |
Pace University |
1 |
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| Spence |
6 |
Pennsylvania State University |
2 |
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| St. Ann's |
3 |
Pitzer College |
1 |
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| St. Vincent Ferrer |
1 |
Pomona College |
2 |
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| Stuyvesant |
24 |
Princeton University |
2 |
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| Suffield Academy CT) |
2 |
Reed College |
2 |
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| Tabor Academy (MA) |
1 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
1 |
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| Townsend Harris |
1 |
Rice University |
1 |
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| Trevor Day School |
17 |
Roger Williams University |
1 |
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| Trinity |
14 |
Rutgers University |
1 |
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| Trinty Pawling (NY) |
1 |
Sacred Heart University |
1 |
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| Viscardi |
1 |
Sarah Lawrence College |
1 |
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| Westminster (CT) |
1 |
Suffolk University |
1 |
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| Winston Prep |
2 |
SUNY Binghamton |
1 |
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| Woodrow Wilson Sr. H.S (DC) |
1 |
SUNY Buffalo |
1 |
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| York Prep |
1 |
SUNY Buffalo |
1 |
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Young Women's Leadership |
1 |
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SUNY Morrisville |
1 |
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