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Being a Spence student means being an essential and celebrated member of a learning community. With a felt sense of loving accountability, students take pride in growing their knowledge and skills as they contribute in so many ways to the joyful community that is their school.
Inspired by Spence and Baker, in 1898 Spence alumnae formed a “Miss Spence’s School Society” that engaged in civic-philanthropic work. In 1915, the focus of the Society turned solely to the care and adoption of children, work that would continue until 1942. In 1943 the society merged with another adoption service and became today’s ...
Philosophy. Student curiosity is a driving force of the Upper School curriculum that is focused on investigating the world with a confident and discerning scholarly lens. Our outstanding teachers work with students to cultivate a rich environment for exploration, taking advantage of their self-knowledge and developmental progression to make way ...
In 2003 Spence’s Lower School moved into the 93rd Street Baker and Lowe building, two blocks away from the Middle and Upper School campus. Historically significant as one of the last private residences to be erected in New York City in 1932, the building underwent a four-year renovation to transform the entire facility into a learning space for our youngest students.
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All Spence courses are designed for students planning to attend a rigorous and highly selective college. Although the formal College Counseling process begins in their junior year, college counselors are available to students and families for any questions they may have.
