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18-518: Nightingale's Lower School includes grades K-4. Middle School includes grades 5–8, while Upper School includes grades 9–12. As of 2021, Nightingale enrolls 686 students, the student-faculty ratio is 6:1, and the average class size is 12 students. Nightingale is ranked among the best all-girls private schools in the United States, and, like many private schools in Manhattan, is ranked as one of

36-785: A modern science lab and a paneled library, a gift from the Bell family, were added. Allen-Stevenson's school song was composed by Rolande Maxwell Young in 1968, the year she joined the A-S faculty as a lower-school music teacher. In 1974, Desmond Cole (previously the head of UNIS ) became Headmaster and served in that capacity for 16 years. During his tenure, he created the Middle School division. In 1983, The Allen-Stevenson School celebrated its first 100 years and published The Allen-Stevenson Centennial Album. Around that time an East 77th Street addition, designed by A-S parent Alfredo De Vido ,

54-731: A new schoolhouse and moved to its present location on the Upper East Side . In 1939, Mr. Allen retired at the age of 80, after 56 years of service. In 1947, Mr. Stevenson retired after 43 years of service. His son, Robert "Huck" Alston Stevenson Jr., who had taught at the School, succeeded him as Headmaster. In 1950, Joseph C. Rennard became Headmaster of Allen-Stevenson and served for nine years. The School introduced team sports at Randall's Island and required boys to wear navy blue blazers and gray flannel pants. In 1959, Henry Dyer Tiffany Jr. became Headmaster until 1974. Under his leadership,

72-400: A tutor, who by chance had taken a room at 509 Fifth Avenue, where the School was then located. In 1904, Mr. Allen and Mr. Stevenson joined forces and then moved to 50 East 57th Street with 100 students. By 1918 enrollment exceeded 200. The School published its first newspaper, The Spotlight , and introduced an exercise program and team sports. In 1924, the School purchased two brownstones for

90-404: A valuable example of skillful management. House Design: Art and Practice is a step-by-step overview of all the nuts-and-bolts, human factors, and numerous intangibles that must be successfully orchestrated to produce a good house. The Ten Houses series makes the most important elements of architectural design available to a large and varied audience. Each infinitely useful volume presents one of

108-634: Is a leadership development program that offers promising students of color access to a private school education based in New York City. Nightingale-Bamford has no official partner or brother school. However, the school has activities with St. David's and Allen-Stevenson (both boys schools) and is a member of Interschool, which organizes programs and activities for eight New York City independent schools: Trinity, Dalton, Collegiate, Brearley , Chapin , Spence , Nightingale-Bamford, and Browning. Allen-Stevenson School The Allen-Stevenson School

126-512: Is a private boys school for kindergarten through 8th grade in New York City . It opened in 1883 and has been as its present location since 1924. The Allen School was founded in 1883 by Francis Bellows Allen at a home on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. Its first class enrolled only three boys. In 1885, the school moved to rented rooms at Madison Avenue and 44th Street with an enrollment of 20 boys. In 1904, Mr. Allen met Robert Alston Stevenson,

144-566: Is built on the three A's – Academics, Athletics & the Arts. Spanish is taught in all grades. Fall - Soccer , Flag Football, Cross Country, and Intramurals Winter - Basketball , Wrestling , and Intramurals Spring - Baseball , Lacrosse , Track , and Intramurals There is also a wellness program. Allen-Stevenson offers art, shop, music and theatre programs for grades K-8. These include Art and Shop, Orchestra, Chorus, and Technical Theatre programs. A key part of their theater program,

162-409: Is the annual Gilbert and Sullivan musical performed by members of the sixth through ninth grades. The musical in question is alternated, and potential options include: H.M.S. Pinafore , Iolanthe , and Pirates of Penzance . Alfredo De Vido Alfredo De Vido is an architect and author in New York City . He is known for his residential projects. His work also includes the 1993 renovation of

180-761: The Queens Theatre in the Park . Musician Mitch Miller hired him for the Green Briar development in the town of Somers, New York . De Vido's design work was part of the Weekend Utopia: The Modern Beach House on Eastern Long Island, 1960-1973, exhibition at Guild Hall in East Hampton. The book Alfredo De Vido (Ten Houses) by Michael J. Crosbie, Richard J. Wertheimer highlights some of his residential work. De Vido

198-511: The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for LEED Gold Certification for Existing Buildings (EB). This made Allen-Stevenson the very first elementary school in the United States to achieve LEED-EB Gold status. In 2015, Allen-Stevenson filed an application to New York City's Board of Standards and Appeals to build two new buildings behind the facades of existing brownstones for expansion of classroom, arts and athletics space, and cap them with an 18-foot rooftop greenhouse. Allen-Stevenson's program

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216-509: The Upper East Side Historic District. In 2008, the school completed a year-long celebration of its 125th anniversary. The Board of Trustees approved Allen-Stevenson and Its Community, a policy statement about inclusion and community life. In 2009, Allen-Stevenson was twice recognized for its work on energy and the environment, first with a coveted Energy Star rating by the U.S. Department of Energy, and then by

234-476: The 2020–2021 school year, 20% of the student body received financial assistance with $ 5.9 million in grants being awarded. Over 30% of the student body of Nightingale-Bamford are students of color. The school has a program called Cultural Awareness for Everyone, or informally CAFE. CAFE touches on the basis of not only race, but also class, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and age. Nightingale recruits from an inner-city program called Prep for Prep. Prep for Prep

252-506: The School endowment was $ 74.9 million. Paul Burke has been head of school since July 2012. He succeeded Dorothy Hutcheson, who was head of Nightingale for the prior 20 years. In April 2013, a team of five upper school students won first place at Technovation Challenge, the world's largest tech competition for girls. The $ 10,000 prize was used to develop and market their winning app. Nightingale-Bamford's admissions process has received media attention for its strict, high-stakes nature. As of

270-402: The most expensive. Only very few selected students are allowed to enroll each year as the tuition is very high and there is limited space. Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford founded the school in 1920. NBS was originally named Miss Nightingale's School , officially becoming "The Nightingale-Bamford School" in 1929. Since 1920, NBS has graduated nearly 3,000 alumnae. As of 2008,

288-687: Was an attendee at the 1939 World's Fair (held at the same site) as a little girl. De Vido's addition of four floors to the Brinckerhoff Carriage House in 1992, a victorian architecture building, was somewhat controversial for destroying the mansard roof . The work was done for the Allen-Stevenson School . A collection of residential projects that is part of the 'Master Architect Series'. Features 45 richly illustrated, well-researched case studies of houses, stores, and public buildings, each chosen to provide

306-507: Was built onto the school. In 1990, the Board of Trustees appointed David Trower as Allen-Stevenson's seventh Headmaster. In 2001, Allen-Stevenson launched its first website to improve communication about the School. In 2007, a total renovation-expansion of the school interior was completed, which preserved the school's Classical Revival brick and Victorian brownstone facades according to New York Landmarks Preservation Commission guidelines for

324-491: Was the architect for the renovation of the circular Theaterama at Queens Theatre in Park, originally part of Philip Johnson 's New York State Pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair . The theatre was once decorated with the artworks including those of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana . The circular theater was converted according to De Vido's plans into the 476-seat Queens Theater in the Park, a wonderful success according to Borough President Claire Shulman of Queens, who said she

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