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Grace Church School

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Motto
  
Gratia Domini Nostri

Headmaster
  
George P. Davison

Grades
  
Jr. K–12

Founder
  
Grace Church

Established
  
1894 (1894)

Faculty
  
98

Phone
  
+1 212-475-5609

Founded
  
1894

Grace Church School

Type
  
Independent, Coeducational, and College Preparatory School

Address
  
86 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA

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Grace Church School is a private school whose original building is located at 86 Fourth Avenue between East 10th and East 12th Streets in the East Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The school was founded in 1894 by the Grace Church as the first choir boarding school in New York City. The private day school, which much resembles the school today, began in 1934. Grace Church School's High School Division opened in 2012 and is located at 46 Cooper Square. In the 2015-16 school year, the school opened for the first time as a Junior Kindergarten through 12th grade program.

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In 1947 Grace became a co-educational school and was admitted to the Guild of Independent Schools of New York City. In the following decade the school began to expand its facilities to accommodate a growing student body. From the original 16 choristers, Grace has grown to its current enrollment of more than 725 students drawn from a wide variety of ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds.

While the school has continued its close relationship with Grace Church, since 1972 it has been governed by an independent Board of Trustees, and it is a fully accredited member of the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools. In 2006, the School became a legal entity separate from the Church, and now owns the buildings at 84-96 Fourth Avenue, including the historic and landmarked church houses Clergy House, Memorial House and Neighborhood House.

The Grace Church School's high school building is located in Cooper Square. It opened in 2011.

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Notable alumni

  • David Brooks – columnist for the New York Times; contributor to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS; and author of Bobos in Paradise and On Paradise Drive
  • Nicholas Confessore – New York Times reporter
  • David Duchovny – actor, "The X-Files" and "Californication" TV series
  • Kim Walker – actress
  • Judith Warner – New York Times columnist and author
  • Matthew Yglesias – professional blogger
  • Diahann Billings Burford – Times Warner executive and for Chief Service Office for New York City
  • References

    Grace Church School Wikipedia