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St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School is an independent, Episcopal day school in New York City. It is located in Morningside Heights on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The youngest students are beginners (2 or 3 years old), and students graduate when they complete eighth grade.
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Academics
Athletics
History
St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s was founded 1950 by the Reverend Mother Ruth (Ruth Elaine Younger). Mother Ruth was a biracial nun from Harlem. Due to prejudice, she was forced to pursue her vocation abroad and obtained advanced degrees in Canada. When she returned to New York, she sought to create a school that would welcome diverse groups of students and their families in an educational setting: “I hope,” she said once, “that an Episcopalian who attends our school becomes a better Episcopalian, a Jewish child a better Jew, and an agnostic a better agnostic.”
Community
Students and their families represent a variety of ethnic, religious, and socio-economic groups. In 2012, the school reported that 50 percent of its students identified themselves as ethnically diverse, according to NAIS standard..
Traditions
Students in grades 1-8 are required to wear a uniform. The uniform consists of a white shirt and blue or plaid skirt for girls, and tan pants for boys.
Upper division students (grades 4-8) attend Eucharist on Thursday, and students in grades 1-8 attend Chapel on all other days.
Community Service
Community service projects take place throughout each academic year and involve students in all grades. Among the school's more notable community service traditions is the Thanksgiving Food Chain, which takes place the day before Thanksgiving each year. Students line up and pass food donations from hand to hand down the block to Broadway Presbyterian Church, which maintains a food pantry and soup kitchen.
Global Outreach
In 2006, in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s helped to rebuild a school in Chengalpattu, India, now called CSI St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's. Enrollment now exceeds 1,000 students, many of whom are members of the Dalit community, who would not previously have had access to formal education.
In 2014, St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's began a pilot program to work with St. Pierre Community School in Madras, Haiti, a northern fishing village.
Facility
The current school building is an 80,000-square-foot self-contained campus that was constructed in 1967. Renovations have taken place since 2004 to update the facility. Building features include:
Exmission
Graduates of St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's go on to attend a variety of day, boarding and specialized public high schools.