Saint Ann's School (New York City)

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Saint Ann's School
Established 1965
Type Private
Principal Dr. Larry Weiss
Grades pre-K-12
Location The Bosworth Building

129 Pierrepont Street,
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Colors Blue and Gold
Newspaper 'The Saint Ann's Ram'
Website [1]

Saint Ann's School is a private school in New York City known for its strength in the arts as well as academics. The school is a coeducational pre-K-12 day school with rigorous programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences. The school has no grades, relying instead on full-page anecdotal reports from teachers.

The school is located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. It was founded by a board delegated by Saint Ann's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights in 1965. Stanley Bosworth became its first headmaster. It disaffiliated with the Episcopal Church in 1982. In 2004, Bosworth retired and was succeeded by Dr. Lawrence S. Weiss, who is known as "Larry" to the students.

The school's program for the arts includes Costume Making and Design, Printmaking, Architecture and Design, Figure Drawing, African Dance, Modern Dance, Film Production, Intensive Acting, Technical Theater and Play Production, Puppetry, Playwriting, Voice and more. Academically, Saint Ann's is extremely strong: the school allows its high school juniors and seniors to essentially design their own curricula. Furthermore, in a 2004 survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal, Saint Ann's was rated the number one high school in the country (for having the highest percentage of graduating seniors enrolling in Ivy League and other highly selective colleges).[1]

Saint Ann's is also famous for being the choice school of many celebrities. Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Sigourney Weaver, Art Spiegelman, Peter Neufeld, Jim Simpson, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Daniel Libeskind, Willem Dafoe, Steve Reich, Norman Mailer, Barry Scheck, Peter Yarrow, Graydon Carter, Simon Kirke, Richard Avedon, Robert Rosenblum, Alfonso Cuarón, Peter Carey, Amitav Ghosh and Julian Schnabel are just a few of the many famous Saint Ann's parents.[citation needed]

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[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] Actors and Actresses

[edit] Filmmakers and Screenwriters

  • Akiva Goldsman (screenwriter)
  • Ry Russo-Young (director)[4]
  • Sabrina Tubio-Cid (producer)
  • Alissa Shipp (producer)
  • Nick Guthe (screenwriter/director)

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Writers

  • Daniel Bergner (writer, journalist)
  • Beth Bosworth (writer, editor)
  • Seth Faison (writer, journalist)
  • Sasha Frere-Jones (writer)
  • Samantha Gillison (writer)
  • Dan Goor (comedy writer)
  • Neil Gordon (writer, editor)
  • William Hogeland (writer)
  • Anne Midgette (writer, journalist)
  • Lynn Nottage (playwright)
  • Meghan O'Rourke (poet, journalist)
  • Hara Person (editor, UAHC Press)
  • John Pomfret (writer, journalist)
  • Jendi Reiter (poet)
  • John Sifton (journalist, human rights researcher)
  • Sam Sifton (writer, journalist)

[edit] Other Notables


[edit] References

  1. ^ April 2, 2004 Wall Street Journal, Cover Story (Personal Journal)
  2. ^ Lee, Linda. "A NIGHT OUT AT THE: Paramount Hotel; The Pajama Game", The New York Times, May 27, 2001. Accessed November 3, 2007. "A product of St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, Mr. Abrahams, 23, had invited a batch of friends from high school to join him. He lives in North Park Slope, exactly 41 minutes from here, he said."
  3. ^ Kalogerakis, George. "Mind Games", New York (magazine), February 18, 2002. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Connelly grew up mostly in Brooklyn Heights, the daughter of a clothing-manufacturer father and antiques-dealer mother. She attended Saint Ann's and started modeling when she was 10."
  4. ^ Amdur, Neil. "Friends Reunite for Film, but Actress’s Death Casts Pall on Premiere", The New York Times, April 14, 2007. Accessed November 7, 2007. "Lily Wheelwright and Ry Russo-Young were friends while growing up in the West Village and pursuing their artistic dreams as classmates at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn."

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