Our Program
At Bank Street School for Children, students build the courage and confidence to think independently, work collaboratively, and understand themselves and others more deeply. Our curriculum is designed to help children grow academically while developing their sense of community and social responsibility.
At the heart of everything we do is an understanding of what works best for children at each stage of their development. Our students are immersed in joyful learning experiences and age-appropriate challenges relevant to their lives. Our teachers know every child well and tailor their teaching to reach each learner by encouraging and facilitating student questioning, exploration, and discovery.
In our program, children’s natural curiosities are fueled through our dynamic, experience-based curriculum. Learning becomes an active, lifelong endeavor in which children and adults alike engage as careful observers, experimenters, and thinkers. Infused with vibrancy, energy, and enthusiasm, the School for Children helps students build the foundation for success in school and life.
Learn more about our program below.
Explore the School for Children
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Lower School (Preschool–Fourth Grade)
Lower School (Preschool–Fourth Grade)
Where lifelong learning begins.
Bank Street’s interconnected learning model starts in the Lower School with social studies at its core. Whether in the block area, on our enclosed play deck, at the art table, or solving problems with friends, teaching teams foster students’ social and emotional resilience, intellectual curiosity, and expanding knowledge of the world around them.
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Upper School (Fifth–Eighth Grade)
Upper School (Fifth–Eighth Grade)
Preparing for high school and beyond.
In the Upper School, students acquire the skills to thrive in high school and beyond. Homerooms are team-taught by a math/science teacher and a humanities teacher, who encourage students to ask hard questions and think critically about the world and structures around them.
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Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity & Inclusion
What potentialities in students do we want to develop?
This question inspired Bank Street founder Lucy Sprague Mitchell continues to drive the School for Children more than a century later. Our work is based on the faith that human beings can improve the society they have created.
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After School
After School
Building community and fostering 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.
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Summer Camp
Summer Camp
An enriching summer experience.
Bank Street Summer Camp is composed of fun and educational programs for children ages 4 through 16. Programs include Early Childhood, Spanish Immersion, Musical Theater, Sports, STEAM, and Travel. Each program includes the Red Cross’s Learn to Swim Program.
