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New York City’s Leading Nursery-8th Grade Progressive School

Lower School

Ages 3-6

Lower School

Middle School

Ages 6-10

Middle School

Upper School

Ages 10-14

Upper School

The World Is Our Classroom

Bank Street students connect with the world beyond our campus every day—from expeditions in New York City to explore big ideas to the use of technology to explore the richness and diversity of other cultures.

From our labs to our classrooms, learning is hands-on at Bank Street
Our youngest students learn math through cooking
A teacher works with middle schoolers to explore geography
Each student has an opportunity to learn through instrumental music classes
Students explore architecture and engineering in our woodshop

A View With A View

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Javaid Khan, Upper School Division Head, with students

The Power of a Story

Posted on April 17, 2019

A number of years ago, at an assembly at my previous school, we invited an engineer to share her career path. In her speech, she told a story of when a speaker came to present in an assembly at her high school years before. That speaker was a female engineer, and the woman telling the […]

Middle School student playing chess in the Afterschool Program

After School Programs

Extended day programs that build community and foster learning.

Children from different classrooms and age levels come together in extended-day programs that offer hands-on activities such as music, dance, cooking, drama, and outdoor play. There’s so much to do—from tap dance to chess, coding to karate, woodworking to cooking, pottery to Super Science.

After School

Campers run on the grass wearing their lime green camp shirts

Summer Camp

An enriching summer experience.

Between June 18 and August 31, Bank Street offers developmentally appropriate recreational programs for children between pre-k and 8th grade, including Spanish Immersion, STEAM, Theater, and Sports. Each program includes the Red Cross’s Learn to Swim Program.

Summer Camp

The Family Center

Providing warm and inclusive child care services.

Bank Street’s Family Center and Home & Community Based Program offers a range of services for families of children aged 6 months to 5 years. Our programs include: a full-year, on-campus child care center offering both part- and full-time enrollment, parent and child playgroups, Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) services, and a preschool evaluation site.

Family Center Programs

School for Children At A Glance

465

Students
48%

Students of Color
7:1

Student/Faculty Ratio
65%

Teachers Hold Bank Street Graduate Degrees

Headlines

Lea Cook, artist-in-residence, works with the 11/12s

Lea Cook, Laura Adasko Lenzner Artist-in-Residence 2019

School For Children Alumna Sydney Ireland ’15, Breaks Gender Barriers in the Boy Scouts of America

Gavin Grimm visits the School for Children

Gavin Grimm Visits Bank Street School for Children Students

Dean Jed Lippard gives the State of the School Address as the School for Children

Jed Lippard Gives State of the School Address to School for Children Parents

Meet our alumni

The acts of creation and sourcing information to invent new ideas have really influenced the way I think about making dance and educating others to think outside of the box.

Sidra Bell

Bank Street School for Children '93

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