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Avenues: The World School

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Avenues The World School
Avenues New York Campus
The company's New York campus in May 2013.
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Coordinates40°44′58″N 74°00′12″W / 40.74941°N 74.00327°W / 40.74941; -74.00327
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FounderBenno C. Schmidt, Jr., Chris Whittle, Alan Greenberg
Websiteavenues.org

Avenues The World School is an international system of for-profit private schools for toddler-12th grade.[1][2] The first campus opened in September 2012 in New York City in the neighborhood of Chelsea.

History

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Avenues was founded by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., former President of Yale University, Chris Whittle, an entrepreneur in media and education who had previously founded Edison Schools, and Alan Greenberg, who had been publisher of Esquire.[3] In 2015 Whittle left Avenues and would later found Whittle School & Studios.[4]

Prior to opening its New York campus in 2012, the company raised $85 million dollars.[4] The New York campus opened after a $60-million renovation, led by Perkins Eastman Architects,[5] of the R.C. Williams Warehouse, a building originally designed by Cass Gilbert in 1928.[6] The school opened with 12 of its planned 15 grades for the 2012–2013 school year, including all grades between nursery and ninth grade. The 10th, 11th and 12th grades were added over the subsequent three years. Avenues' first graduating class was in spring 2016.[7] The school was unusual among New York City private schools in offering a binding early admission option.[8]

Avenues and several students from the school were heavily featured in the 2015 documentary film Class Divide, which explores the topic of gentrification.[9]

In October 2023, Avenues New York and Avenues São Paulo were acquired by Nord Anglia.[10] Plans to open an additional campus in Miami were canceled in March 2024.[11] As of 2023, the newest school in Silicon Valley is occupying temporary space at Mission College in Santa Clara until its newly designed campus opens in San Jose.[12]

Campuses

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Campus Opening Date Enrollment
New York City 2012[4] 1753[13]
São Paulo[13] 2018[4] 1170[14]
Shenzhen[13] 2019[4]
Online Program ≥1[13]
Silicon Valley 2022[15] 70[16]

See also

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References

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Notes

  1. ^ Hechinger, John and Staley, Oliver. "Whittle Taps Exeter, Dalton Veterans to Start New York School" Bloomberg News (January 31, 2011)
  2. ^ Banjo, Shelley. "Whittle Starts A City School" The Wall Street Journal (January 31, 2011)
  3. ^ Anderson, Jenny (May 2, 2013). "Is This the Best Education Money Can Buy?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Hollander, Sophia (March 5, 2015). "Education Entrepreneur Chris Whittle Resigns From Avenues School". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Avenues: The World School of New York". Architect Magazine. March 7, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  6. ^ Hollander, Sophia (September 23, 2013). "Schoolhouse Architecture Gets Hip". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Souccar, Mirian Kreinin. "New Chelsea school will cater to ages 3 to 18" Crain's New York Business (January 31, 2011)
  8. ^ Anderson, Jenny (August 23, 2011). "A New Private School Doesn't Take Rejection Easily". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  9. ^ Gold, Daniel M. (April 12, 2016). "Review: 'Class Divide' Shows the Extremes Hypergentrification Creates in a Neighborhood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Elite Avenues Schools in NY, Sao Paulo to Be Sold to Nord Anglia". Bloomberg.com. October 10, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  11. ^ Kallergis, Katherine (March 21, 2024). "Plans for Avenues elite private school in Miami "indefinitely suspended"". The Real Deal. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  12. ^ Tucker, Jill (November 14, 2023). "An elite private school in Silicon Valley charges $60,000 for tuition. This is what it's like". San Francisco Chronicle.
  13. ^ a b c d Brody, Leslie (November 14, 2019). "Education Guru Chris Whittle Tries a Comeback With New School in Brooklyn". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Avenues | São Paulo – Admissions". Avenues. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  15. ^ Tucker, Jill (November 14, 2023). "An elite private school in Silicon Valley charges $60,000 for tuition. This is what it's like". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  16. ^ "Avenues The World School, Silicon Valley". TeenLife. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

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