Birch Wathen Lenox School

The Birch Wathen Lenox School is a college preparatory K-12 school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Birch Wathen Lenox comprises approximately 500 students from all around New York City. The Birch Wathen Lenox School is one of 322 independent schools located in the city.

Birch Wathen Lenox School
Location
210 East 77th Street

Manhattan, New York City
,
New York
10075

United States
Coordinates40°46′21″N 73°57′27.5″W
Information
Former namesBirch Wathen School (1921)
Lenox School (1916)
TypePrivate, Coeducational
MottoIntegrity, Civility, Loyalty
Established1991 (as Birch Wathen Lenox School)
Head of schoolBill E. Kuhn
Faculty70[1]
GradesK-12
Enrollment500 (total)[2]
175 (grades 9–12)[1]
Campus sizeSingle Building
Campus typeBrownstone
Color(s)Blue and White
AthleticsAll major high school varsity sports
MascotLion
PublicationLeaves
NewspaperThe Clarion
Websitebwl.org

History

Birch Wathen Lenox was created in 1991 through the merger of the Birch Wathen School (founded in 1921 by Louise Birch and Edith Wathen), and The Lenox School (founded in 1916 by Jessica Garretson Finch).

The Lenox School had been an all-girls school until 1974, when it went co-educational.

Between 1962 and 1989, Birch Wathen was located in the Herbert N. Straus House, an ornate French-style building at 9 East 71st Street across from the Frick Collection

Sports

Birch Wathen Lenox fields teams in soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, and hockey.

Athletic teams play under the auspices of the Independent Schools Athletic League (New York) or the Girls Independent School Athletic League, which are leagues in the NYSAISAA (New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association).

Notable alumni

References
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