Chapin School is an all-girls independent day school on

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neighborhood in New York City.

History

Maria Bowen Chapin opened "Miss Chapin's School for Girls and Kindergarten for Boys and Girls" in 1901. The school originally enrolled 78 students, who were taught by seven teachers. It developed from a small elementary school Chapin and Alice Wetmore founded in 1894 that was explicitly intended to prepare young girls for success at the

Brearley School The Brearley School is an American all-girls private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It educates approximately 770 girls in grades K–12, with approximately 50 to 65 students per grade. In addition to being a member ...

, which had been created 10 years earlier. Chapin ran the educational side of "Primary Classes for Girls" and Wetmore ran the business end. The two ended their partnership in 1901, and Miss Chapin's School was born. Chapin's first high school diplomas were granted in 1908, and the last boys attended in 1917. According to archival sources recounted in ''And Cheer for the Green and Gold'', Chapin was an early feminist and suffragette who focused heavily on character development and intended the school to offer the same classical education as was available to boys of that era. Chapin remained headmistress until 1932. At her request, the school was renamed the Chapin School after she died, in 1934. Chapin is at 100 East End Avenue, at East 84th Street. Chapin's school was originally at 12 West 47th Street. In 1905 the school moved to East 58th Street. In 1910 it moved to East 57th Street. The school has been at its current location on the

since 1928.

Heads of School

*1901–1932: Maria Bowen Chapin *1932–1935: Mary Cecelia Fairfax^§ *1932–1959: Ethel Grey Stringfellow^§ *1959–1993: Mildred Jeanmaire Berendsen *1993–2003: Sandra Theunick *2003–2020: Patricia T. Hayot *2020–present: Suzanne Fogarty :^§ joint headmistresses, 1932–1935

Academics, activities, and athletics

Chapin's 802 students are split into three divisions: Lower School (

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through grade 3),

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(grades 4 through 7), and

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(grades 8 through 12). Around sixty students start in kindergarten, where they are divided into three classes. Each K class has two teachers, with regular use of teaching specialists (e.g., reading, Spanish, art, music, science, technology, gym, etc.) There are about 265 students in the Upper School (8th through 12th grades), where they are taught by 53 faculty members. Traditionally, Chapin did not make an effort to replace students who left the school (generally for boarding and coed schools), leading to graduating classes of around 40. Class numbers have changed, so that now many grades contain 65–70 students. A few students are added every year or two, often to compensate for students leaving, and 6–10 are added in 6th grade. The number of students added in 7th and 8th grade varies, but a larger number are added in 9th grade, usually more than is necessary to compensate for the students leaving the school, increasing the class size. While the lower school program combines progressive and traditional characteristics, the upper school curriculum is considered to be a traditionally rigorous liberal arts program. There are multiple requirements, including at least one modern language and two years of

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. The Latin requirement is fulfilled in the 7th and 8th grade, and not required for those joining the school past that. The languages offered in addition to Latin are Spanish, French, and Mandarin. While Chapin used to offer AP classes, they were phased out in recent years, and the school focuses on advanced courses of their own design. Electives are called FOCUS courses, and are offered to students starting in 10th grade. Many students do independent studies or study abroad programs, particularly through Chapin's exchange programs with the St. Hilda's Anglican School for Girls (Perth, Australia) and the

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(Athens, Greece). Since 2011, Chapin has worked with the Kibera School for Girls in Nairobi, Kenya, developing curriculum ideas and visiting each other's campuses. Chapin is also a charter affiliate member of the Online School for Girls (OSG), in which students can take courses offered to more than 30 girls' schools across the country. New York Interschool courses are offered in advanced math, leadership, and ethics. Mentorship derives from multiple sources, including faculty advisors and peer leaders. While many Chapin students live on the Upper East Side near the school, others hail from other parts of Manhattan, as well as Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, New Jersey, Westchester, and Long Island. The student-to-teacher ratio is 6.8 to 1. Twenty-one percent of the students receive tuition assistance, amounting to over $5 million per year. Among the 21 Chapin activities are the

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(advisory), the

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, the literary magazine,

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, the Gay-Straight Alliance, the

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, and groups dedicated to the study and performance of

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, dance, drama, music,

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, media, the environment, and science. Students are also welcome to start up new clubs during the school year. There are 18 athletic teams at Chapin, including 15 varsity sports. The Gators compete in the Athletic Association for Independent Schools (AAIS), which is a league composed of the

, Chapin, Friends Seminary, Hewitt School, Marymount School, Nightingale Bamford School, Packer Collegiate Institute, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Saint Ann's School, and Spence School. Chapin varsity sports include badminton, basketball, cross country,

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, golf, gymnastics, indoor track,

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, soccer, squash, swimming, tennis, track and volleyball.

Traditions

The school's

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is ''Fortiter et Recte'' (Bravely and Rightly). The wheel on the school's seal was chosen by the school's founder because it is the symbol for

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, the patron saint of philosophers, thinkers, and educated women. The students leave assembly in a wheel pattern. Chapin has had a tradition of green/gold competitions since at least 1912. Throughout the year, but especially on the annual Field Day, these green and gold teams fiercely compete until a winner is announced at the end of each school year. Students join their team in 4th grade—when applicable, joining the team of their mother or grandmother—and remain on the same team throughout their time at Chapin. Commencement ceremonies have remained unchanged for a century. Students wear white dresses and stand together with no differentiation made. No academic awards are given, and there has never been a Chapin valedictorian. Chapin has long stood in athletic rivalry to the neighboring

, with which it shares some classes, after-school programs,

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, and a robotics team. The school is divided into sections. The lower school, for students in grades K-3, is centered around a class of 20 students with two teachers and specialists in various areas such as music and PE. In middle school, grades 4–7, students begin to travel around the building to different classes with different students and peers, but the whole grade shares a teacher in one subject area and takes the same curriculum. The high school at Chapin starts in 8th grade.

Facilities

All Chapin programs exist under one roof.

Annenberg Library

The building features the two-story Annenberg Library with over 45,000 volumes and rooms for

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and

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. The library also contains a

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and vinyl cutting room, three student study rooms, a student conference room, multiple lounge and table areas amongst the bookshelves, and a multi-media room. There is a separate lower-school library.

Classrooms and gyms

As of 2015, Chapin featured 49 classrooms, eight science laboratories, four art studios including a photography

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and a

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studio, two music studios, a

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, a dance studio, two computer laboratories, four gymnasiums and a greenhouse.

Additional facilities

In 2008, construction at Chapin provided new facilities for art, language, science and the greenhouse via expansion of the fifth and sixth floors and addition of the seventh and eighth floors. A further round of construction began in May 2015. The new Lower Level Dining Room, a dining space for classes K-5 and multipurpose room, was completed in 2016. With the project completed, Chapin now has eleven stories and a top-floor regulation-size gymnasium to complement its four previous gyms, a rooftop turf practice field and fitness center, expanded performing arts facilities, much larger dining facilities, and additional classrooms to provide more flexibility and experiential learning. Chapin's construction project drew opposition from neighbors, who have objected to its scale, its length, and the noise level, among other issues.

College placement and rankings

Chapin is typically ranked among the top private schools in the United States. An article in ''

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'' ranked Chapin's college placement as third best in the country. Another organization ranked private high schools from around the world based on matriculation to Ivy League colleges, plus MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge; they bundled groups of schools, and the top 5 schools were all in NYC (Chapin was joined by Brearley, Collegiate, Saint Ann's School, and

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). A different 2024 survey ranked Chapin as the #1 best girls' school in the country, and the 4th best K-12 private school in the country. During the last five years (2020-2024), the approximately 250 graduates have matriculated to over 90 colleges and universities. The most commonly-attended universities: Cornell (24), University of Pennsylvania (13), Harvard (11), University of Chicago (10), Duke (10), Columbia (9), Georgetown (9), and Northwestern (8).

Notable alumnae

For students who left Chapin early, the year below refers to the anticipated graduation year. * Theodora Mead Abel, 1917. Psychology professor. Author, ''Culture and Psychotherapy''. * Mary Abbott, 1939. Painter. Member, New York School of

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. * Amy Bach, 1986. Lawyer, civil rights journalist. Author, ''Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court''. * Elizabeth Bailey, 1956. Economist. John C. Hower Professor,

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. Member,

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. * Lake Bell, 1998. Model. Actress, ''

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'', ''

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.'' Filmmaker, ''In a World....'' * Barbara Bennett, 1924. Stage and film actress. Dancer. Literary representative. *

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, 1922. Stage, radio, television and film actress. Star of '' What Price Hollywood?'', '' Topper'', and '' Two-Faced Woman''. * Joan Bennett, 1928. Stage, film, and television actress. Star of '' Man Hunt'', '' The Woman in the Window'', and ''

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''. * Tonya Bolden, 1976. Author of children's non-fiction such as ''Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls'' *

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''. * Elizabeth Mills Brown, 1934. Architectural historian. Author, ''New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design''. * Jacqueline Bouvier, 1947.

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. Editor. * Sunny von Bülow, 1950. Socialite, legal catalyst. * Doris Caesar, 1910.

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sculptor *

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, 1962. Actress: stage, film, television * Frances Sergeant Childs, 1919. Historian. Founding faculty member,

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. Author, ''French Refugee Life in the United States, 1790–1800: An American Chapter of the French Revolution'' (1940). * Hope Cooke, 1958.

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. Journalist, urban historian, lecturer *

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, 1964. Board member, medical and Republican causes * Cusi Cram, 1985. Model. Actor, ''

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''. Writer, ''

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'', '' The Big C'', '' The Octonauts''. *

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, 1909. "Literary godmother" to the

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in Paris. Co-founder, Black Sun Press. Inventor, the bra. *

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, 1967. Actress: stage, film, television * Fernanda Eberstadt, 1978. Novelist, essayist, critic. Author, ''Isaac and His Devils,'' ''Rat,'' and ''The Furies.'' * Julie Nixon Eisenhower, 1966. Editor. Author, ''Pat Nixon: the Untold Story''. *

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, 1939. Socialite. "Poor Little Rich Girl" * Alix M. Freedman, 1975.

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-winning journalist. Ethics editor,

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, 1976. Entrepreneur, writer. Co-owner, WNBA's

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. Olympic silver medalist in rowing. Author, ''Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX'' * Neva Goodwin Rockefeller, 1962. Economist. Series editor, ''Evolving Values for a Capitalist World.'' Philanthropist. * Isabella Greenway, 1904. Rancher, businesswoman, politician. First Arizona congresswoman. *

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, 1970. Venture philanthropist *

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, 1924. Journalist, editor, administrator * Deborah Hautzig, 1974. Writer. Author, ''Hey, Dollface'' and the ''Little Witch'' series for children * Amanda Hearst, 2002. Fashion model, socialite, activist, magazine editor,

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. *

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, 1974. Physicist. Dean, Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,

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, 1903. Sculptor. Author, '' Heads and Tales''. * Helen Hooker, 1923. Sculptor, painter, national tennis champion, philanthropist * Alexandra Isles, 1963. Documentary filmmaker, ''Porraimos: Europe's Gypsies in the Holocaust.'' Actress, ''

'' * Theodora Keogh, 1937. Dancer, novelist, adventurer. Author, ''Meg: The Secret Life of an Awakening Girl''. * Alexandra Kotur, 1988. Journalist. Style Director, '' Vogue''. Creative Director, '' Town and Country''. * Nicola Kraus, 1992. Writer. Co-author, '' The Nanny Diaries''. *

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, 1988. Businesswoman. Creative director, Estée Lauder. Co-author, ''Beauty at Home''. *

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, 1991. Businesswoman. Global director, Estée Lauder. * Ruth du Pont Lord, 1939. Psychotherapist, arts patron. Author, ''Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter's Portrait''. *

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, 1924. Writer, aviator. Author, '' Gift from the Sea'' and ''

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''."Anne Morrow Lindbergh."
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''. Author, ''The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British''. * Emma Fordyce MacRae, 1905. Representational painter. Member, the Philadelphia Ten * Abby Rockefeller Mauzé, 1921. Philanthropist * Neylan McBaine, 1995. Writer. Author, ''How to Be a Twenty-First Century Pioneer Woman''. Editor, ''Mormon Women Project''. * Cynthia McClintock, 1963. Professor,

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. Author, ''Revolutionary Movements in Latin America.'' * Lynden B. Miller, 1956. Public garden designer and author * Maud Morgan, 1921. Abstract expressionist painter *

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, 1980. Journalist, documentary filmmaker. '' The Other F Word'' * Sheila Nickerson, 1960. Writer. Poet laureate,

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. Author, ''Disappearance: A Map'' and ''The Song of the Soapstone Carver.'' * Galt Niederhoffer, 1994. Producer, director, novelist, screenwriter. '' Prozac Nation'', ''

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''. *

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(Lisa Halaby), 1969. Activist, writer. President,

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* Jennifer "DJ" (Berinstein) Nordquist, 1985. Government, international organization, and think tank executive. * Maud Oakes, 1922. Ethnologist, artist, writer. Author, ''The Two Crosses of Todos Santos: Survivals of Mayan Religious Ritual''. * Sister Parish (Dorothy May Kinnicutt), 1928. Interior designer *

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, 1918. Abstract painter, art collector, art dealer * Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli, 1985. Socialite, philanthropist. * Joan Whitney Payson, 1921. Art collector. Co-owner, Greentree Stable. Owner, the

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. Philanthropist. * Georgia Pellegrini, 1998. Hunter, chef, writer. * Adela Peña, 1981. Violinist, founding member of the internationally known Naumburg Award-winning Eroica Trio. * Rosamond Pinchot, 1922. Actress. "Loveliest woman in America." * Lilly Pulitzer, 1949. Fashion designer *

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, 1951. Socialite and interior designer. * Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, 1927. Philanthropist. President,

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. * Eileen Rockefeller, 1970. Philanthropist. *

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. Author, ''I Read About My Death in Vogue Magazine''. * Louise Serpa, 1943. Rodeo photographer *

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* Nancy Tuckerman, 1947. Social secretary for Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, 1963–1994. Co-author, revised edition of ''Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette''. * Anne Walker, 1991. Architectural historian. Co-author, ''The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich'' and ''The Finest Rooms in America.'' * Challis Walker, 1930. Sculptor, painter *

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* Betty Wei, 1949. Historian. Author, ''Old Shanghai'' and ''Liu Chi-Wen: biography of a revolutionary leader.'' *

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References

*Noerdlinger, Charlotte Johnson. ''And Cheer for the Green and Gold: An Anecdotal History of the Chapin School''. New York: The Chapin School, 2000.

External links

The Chapin School
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapin School, The Girls' schools in New York City Upper East Side Private elementary schools in Manhattan Private middle schools in Manhattan Private high schools in Manhattan Delano & Aldrich buildings