Avenues: The World School

Avenues: The World School is an international system of for-profit private schools for pre-K-12th grades.[1][2] The first campus opened in September 2012 in New York City in the neighborhood of Chelsea. Avenues plans to open 20 or more campuses in other cities around the world over the next decade.[3] The system is planned to be an integrated "learning community" with a shared vision, curriculum, technology, professional development of faculty and oversight by a centralized headquarters.

Avenues: The World School
FounderBenno C. Schmidt, Jr., Chris Whittle, Alan Greenberg
Websiteavenues.org

History

Avenues was founded by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., former President of Yale University, Chris Whittle, an entrepreneur in media and education who had previously founded Edison Schools, and Alan Greenberg, who had been publisher of Esquire magazine.[4] In 2015 Whittle left Avenues and would later found Whittle School & Studios.[5]

Prior to opening its New York campus in 2012 the company raised 85 million dollars.[5] The New York campus opened after a 60 million dollar renovation of a building originally designed by Cass Gilbert.[6] The school opened with 12 of its planned 15 grades for the 2012–2013 school year, including all grades between nursery and ninth grade. The 10th, 11th and 12th grades were added over the subsequent three years. Avenues' first graduating class was in spring 2016.[7] The school was unusual among New York City private schools in offering a binding early admission option.[8]

Campuses
Campus Opening Date Enrollment
New York City 2012[5] 1753[9]
São Paulo[9] 2018[5]
Shenzhen[9] 2019[5]
Online Program 20[9]
Silicon Valley 2021[10]
Miami 2021[11]

See also

References

Notes

  1. Hechinger, John and Staley, Oliver. "Whittle Taps Exeter, Dalton Veterans to Start New York School" Bloomberg News (January 31, 2011)
  2. Banjo, Shelley. "Whittle Starts A City School" The Wall Street Journal (January 31, 2011)
  4. Anderson, Jenny (May 2, 2013). "Is This the Best Education Money Can Buy?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. Hollander, Sophia. "Education Entrepreneur Chris Whittle Resigns From Avenues School". WSJ. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. Hollander, Sophia (September 23, 2013). "Schoolhouse Architecture Gets Hip". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. Souccar, Mirian Kreinin. "New Chelsea school will cater to ages 3 to 18" Crain's New York Business (January 31, 2011)
  8. Anderson, Jenny (August 23, 2011). "A New Private School Doesn't Take Rejection Easily". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  9. Brody, Leslie. "Education Guru Chris Whittle Tries a Comeback With New School in Brooklyn". WSJ. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  10. "Manhattan-Based 'Avenues' Private School Set to Open Silicon Valley Campus". March 28, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  11. Wile, Rob (November 19, 2018). "Goodbye Little Haiti's longtime Catholic high school. Hello elite private academy". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

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