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Bank Street School for Children

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The Bank Street School for Children is a private coed preschool, elementary school, and middle school within the Bank Street College of Education.[1][2] There are 451 children enrolled as students.[3]

School structure

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The school includes children in nursery through eighth grade[2], split into three divisions: the lower school, for nursery through first grade; the middle school, for second through fourth grades; and the upper school, for fifth through eighth grades.[3] The average class size is 19 students.[2] The school includes 23 classrooms for students, commonly with three adult educators in each[4]—a teacher along with associate teachers and/or student teachers.[4] The instructors are often current or past students of Bank Street's graduate school, which shares a campus with the School for Children—including more than half of the teachers who are alumni.[5] The School for Children is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.[3][6]

Curriculum

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The school follows its own developmental-interaction approach to childhood education, a pedagogy that has come to be known as the "Bank Street approach."[7][8][9] The Bank Street approach is constructivist, based on the view that children create meaning from their experiences rather than have it imparted to them from a teacher.[4][10] Children explore, create art, participate in group activities, and otherwise initiate learning experiences, with teachers serving as facilitators, helping the children to go deeper in the lessons they learn and with the goal of developing into lifelong learners.[11][7] The school experience is designed to foster the development of students not only cognitively but also socially, physically, emotionally, socially, and mentally.[12] As part of its fourth grade curriculum, the School for Children partners annually with Bank Street's Center for Children Literature to host the Dorothy Carter Writer-in-Residence, a program that invites a prominent author to work with students to craft their writing each spring. Past writers-in-residence include Kwame Alexander and Adam Gidwitz.[13]

The school's approach has influenced many other schools, including the Midtown West public elementary school in Manhattan (PS 212), The Brooklyn New School (PS 146) [14] and the Ullens School in Nepal.[10][15][8] The Trust for Learning, an organization that provides grants to promote progressive education,[16] cites the school as an example of what it calls an "Ideal Learning" program—one that emphasizes play, relationships with others, and interaction with one's environment.[17] The School for Children served as a model for the Head Start program when it started in 1965.[18][4]

Admissions

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Bank Street School for Children has an application deadline of December 1 for the following school year, with a rolling admissions process throughout the spring if spots are still available. [2] SSAT or ISEE testing is expected of children entering fifth grade or higher; for children in nursery through fourth grade, no standardized test scores are required.[19] The admissions process includes a tour, the child participating in a small-group interview, and a parent interview.[19] Admissions decisions are made by a committee of Bank Street staff members.[19]

Extracurricular activities

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Many students stay at the school after the academic day ends to participate in after-school extracurriculars.[4] Students in fifth through eighth grades are eligible to participate in interscholastic sports including running, softball, basketball, volleyball, and soccer.[2].

Notable alumni of the School for Children

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Notable faculty and staff of the School for Children

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References

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  1. ^ "A Guide to the Best Manhattan Private Schools: 2019-20". New York Family. November 6, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bank Street School For Children". Private School Review. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Bank Street School for Children". New York State Association of Independent Schools. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e Shea, Rich (November 19, 2007). "Bank Street College of Education: Hands-On Training and Mentoring Create Leaders". Edutopia. George Lucas Educational Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Lewis, Crystal (July 31, 2017). "Grooming Teachers, Bank Street Puts Stress on Basics and a Belief in Kids". The Chief-Leader. New York, NY. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Member Directory". National Association of Independent Schools. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Kolker, Robert (December 2, 2002). "Inside the Sandbox". New York. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Sam Intrator; Soyoung Park; Ira Lit (2015). "Artful Teaching and Learning:The Bank Street Developmental-Interaction Approach at Midtown West School" (PDF). Stanford, CA: Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
  9. ^ Booth, Jessica (September 5, 2019). "Charlotte and George's School Is Reportedly 'Intense'—Is That Best for Kids' Learning and Development?". Parade. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Domanico, Ray (October 15, 2019). "The South Bronx School That Outscores the Suburbs". City Journal. Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "The Definitive Glossary Of Preschool Programs, From Bank Street To Waldorf". Fatherly. March 10, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Zachry, Anne (2013). "6 Types of Preschool Programs". Parents. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  13. ^ "Kwame Alexander Named Inaugural Bank Street Writer in Residence". Publishers Weekly. March 24, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  14. ^ Ira Lit; Linda Darling-Hammond; Eileen Horng; Sam Intrator; Soyoung Park; Jon Snyder; Xinhua Zheng (2015). "The Threads They Follow:Bank Street Teachers in a Changing World" (PDF). Stanford, CA: Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
  15. ^ Rodberg, Simon (September 7, 2019). "Charter Schools May Be the Answer, But What's the Question?". EdSurge. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  16. ^ Richard L. Striner; Michelle Johnson (2020). No Size Fits All: A New Program of Choice for American Public Schools without Vouchers. Anthem Press. p. 54. ISBN 9781785272332.
  17. ^ "Ideal Learning Providers in Action: Bank Street's Children's Programs". Trust for Learning. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  18. ^ New, Rebecca S.; Cochran, Moncrieff, eds. (2007). Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 517.
  19. ^ a b c Goldman, Victoria (2016). The Manhattan Family Guide to Private Schools and Selected Public Schools (Seventh ed.). New York: Teachers College Press. pp. 63–69. ISBN 0807774588.
  20. ^ Salamon, Julie (October 26, 2003). "A Filmmaker Who Chooses to Live Behind Bars". New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  21. ^ "School for Children Alum, Ben Lerer, Featured in The New York Times". Morningside Area Alliance. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  22. ^ Brown, Dennis (February 24, 2010). "Angelica Torn, the daughter of Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, forges her own stage path". Riverfront Times. St. Louis, MO. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  23. ^ "Ally Sheedy". IMDb. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  24. ^ "Shuwanza Goff". The Post & Courier. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  25. ^ Antler, Joyce (1987). Lucy Sprague Mitchell. Yale University Press. p. 316.
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