Saint Ann's School (New York City)
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| Established | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Type | Independent School |
| Principal | Dr. Larry Weiss, Ph.D. |
| Grades | pre-K-12 |
| Location | The Bosworth Building 129 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York, USA |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Newspaper | 'The Saint Ann's Ram' |
| Website | [1] |
Saint Ann's School is an independent school in New York City known for its strength in the arts as well as academics. The school is a coeducational pre-K-12 day school with rigorous programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences. The school has no grades, relying instead on full-page anecdotal reports from teachers.
The school is located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. It was founded by a board delegated by Saint Ann's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights in 1965. Stanley Bosworth became its first headmaster. It disaffiliated with the Episcopal Church in 1982. In 2004, Bosworth retired and was succeeded by Dr. Lawrence S. Weiss, who is known as "Larry" to the students.
The school's program for the arts includes Costume Making and Design, Printmaking, Architecture and Design, Figure Drawing, African Dance, Modern Dance, Film Production, Intensive Acting, Technical Theater and Play Production, Puppetry, Playwriting, Voice and more. Academically, Saint Ann's is extremely strong: the school allows its high school juniors and seniors to essentially design their own curricula. Furthermore, in a 2004 survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal, Saint Ann's was rated the number one high school in the country (for having the highest percentage of graduating seniors enrolling in Ivy League and other highly selective colleges).[1] In late 2007, the Wall Street Journal again listed Saint Ann's as one of the world's top 50 schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities.[2]
Saint Ann's is also famous for being the choice school of many celebrities. Val Ackerman, Richard Avedon, Dan Aykroyd, Ellen Barkin, Robert Bartley, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Carey, Graydon Carter, Alfonso Cuarón, Willem Dafoe, Donna Dixon, Amitav Ghosh, Simon Kirke, Daniel Libeskind, Norman Mailer, Peter Neufeld, Peggy Noonan, Steve Reich, Tim Robbins, Robert Rosenblum, Susan Sarandon, Barry Scheck, Julian Schnabel, Laurie Simmons, Jim Simpson, Art Spiegelman, Whitley Strieber, Sigourney Weaver, Peter Yarrow, and Dan Zanes are just a few of the many famous Saint Ann's parents.[citation needed]
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[edit] Notable Faculty
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Actors
- Jon Abrahams (actor)[3]
- Eva Amurri (actress)
- Jennifer Connelly (actress)[4]
- Alexis Dziena (actress)
- Josh Hamilton (actor)
- Paz de la Huerta (actress)
- Michelle Hurd (actress)
- Monica Keena (actress)
- Joie Lee (actress, sister of director Spike Lee)
- Stephen Mailer
- Mia Sara (actress)
[edit] Filmmakers and Screenwriters
- Akiva Goldsman (screenwriter)
- Ry Russo-Young (director)[5]
- Sabrina Tubio-Cid (producer)
- Alissa Shipp (producer)
- Nick Guthe (screenwriter/director)
[edit] Musicians
- Barbara Brousal
- Michael Diamond (aka Mike D, founding member of the Beastie Boys)
- Simone Dinnerstein (pianist)
- Erika Nickrenz (pianist)
- Nicholas Eanet (violinist)
- Lucy Wainwright Roche singer-songwriter
- Ben Yarmolinsky composer
[edit] Athletes
- Katherine Healy (figure skater)
- Meredith Rainey (U.S. Olympic Team track/field athlete)
[edit] Writers
- Thomas Beller (writer, editor)
- Daniel Bergner (writer, journalist)
- Beth Bosworth (writer, editor)
- Seth Faison (writer, journalist)
- Sasha Frere-Jones (writer)
- Samantha Gillison (writer)
- Dan Goor (comedy writer)
- Neil Gordon (writer, editor)
- William Hogeland (writer)
- Anne Midgette (writer, journalist)
- Lynn Nottage (playwright)
- Meghan O'Rourke (poet, journalist)
- Hara Person (editor, UAHC Press)
- John Pomfret (writer, journalist)
- Jendi Reiter (poet)
- John Sifton (journalist, human rights researcher)
- Sam Sifton (writer, journalist)
- Joseph Wallace (writer)
[edit] Other Notables
- Adam Bosworth (software)
- Tobias Frere-Jones (typographer)
- Bernadette Meyler (law professor)
- Zac Posen (designer)
- Vito Schnabel (gallerist/socialite)
- Joseph Sigelman (business)
- Daniel Weinreb (software)
[edit] References
- ^ April 2, 2004 Wall Street Journal, Cover Story (Personal Journal)
- ^ Staff writer (2007-12-28). "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-COLLEGE0711-sort.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
- ^ Lee, Linda. "A NIGHT OUT AT THE: Paramount Hotel; The Pajama Game", The New York Times, May 27, 2001. Accessed November 3, 2007. "A product of St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, Mr. Abrahams, 23, had invited a batch of friends from high school to join him. He lives in North Park Slope, exactly 41 minutes from here, he said."
- ^ Kalogerakis, George. "Mind Games", New York (magazine), February 18, 2002. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Connelly grew up mostly in Brooklyn Heights, the daughter of a clothing-manufacturer father and antiques-dealer mother. She attended Saint Ann's and started modeling when she was 10."
- ^ Amdur, Neil. "Friends Reunite for Film, but Actress’s Death Casts Pall on Premiere", The New York Times, April 14, 2007. Accessed November 7, 2007. "Lily Wheelwright and Ry Russo-Young were friends while growing up in the West Village and pursuing their artistic dreams as classmates at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn."
[edit] See also
- Education in New York City
- Saint Ann's School
- New York Magazine article on former headmaster Stanley Bosworth
