Birch Wathen Lenox School


The Birch Wathen Lenox School is a college preparatory K-12 school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Birch Wathen Lenox comprises approximately 500 students from all around New York City. The Birch Wathen Lenox School is one of 322 independent schools located in the city.

History

Birch Wathen Lenox was created in 1991 through the merger of the Birch Wathen School, and The Lenox School.
The Lenox School had been an all-girls school until 1974, when it went co-educational.
Between 1962 and 1989, Birch Wathen was located in the Herbert N. Straus House, an ornate French-style building at 9 East 71st Street across from the Frick Collection.

Sports

Birch Wathen Lenox fields teams in soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball, softball, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, and hockey.
Athletic teams play under the auspices of the Independent Schools Athletic League or the Girls Independent School Athletic League, which are leagues in the NYSAISAA.

Notable alumni