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Darrow School

Name: Darrow School
Address: 110 Darrow Road , New Lebanon , NY 12125
Phone Number: (518) 794-6000 or (877) 432-7779
Fax: (518) 794-7065
Web site: www.darrowschool.org
Email: admission@darrowschool.org
Head of School: Nancy Wolf
Type of school: Co-ed College Preparatory Boarding & Day School, Grades 9-12
School Size: 125 students
Classroom Size: Average class size: 9
Student/Teacher ratio: 5:1
Tuition:
Day: $22,000
Boarding: $ 38,500
Financial Aid: Need Based Scholarships are available
% of Graduating class to continue education: 99% College Placement
Departments: Art, English, Mathematics, Language, History, Science, ESL
Support Services: Tutorial Program, College Counseling, Faculty Advisors, Residential Life Program
Computer Capabilities: DarrowNet, a campus-wide computer network links all teachers, staff, and students, with a computer in every classroom as well as a complete computer lab in Wickersham and a resource computer bank in Heyniger Memorial Library. Dorm rooms are wired for telephones which provide connection to Darrow Net and the Internet (through outside Internet providers
Notable Graduates:
Captain Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. '49
Third Man to Walk on the Moon
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo '78
Radio Sports Personality
William Hudnut '50
Politician and Public Servant
School Setting

Darrow is located on Mount Lebanon in the central Berkshires in New Lebanon, New York. Darrow occupies the site and buildings of an original Shaker village that has been designated a National Historic Landmark. On the expansive 365-acre campus, adjoining the Pittsfield State Forest , are 26 buildings (most are original Shaker structures), playing fields, tennis courts, extensive hiking and cross-country ski trails, ponds, sheep pastures, orchards, marshlands, and an expansive forest.

The newest addition to the campus is the 12,000 square-foot Joline Arts Center , which houses studios for painting, drawing, ceramics, and woodworking, a photography lab, a multimedia graphics lab, and gallery space. The Samson Environmental Center houses the Living Machine, the first all natural wastewater treatment center at a school. The gymnasium, fitness center, theater, student center, and dining room are in the Dairy Barn, the site of the original Shaker dairy barn. The Meeting House, built in 1824, houses the 15,000-volume library.
Information

"At Darrow School, we are dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's individual talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life."

This quote is our Mission Statement, a guiding force in all we do at Darrow. We are mission-driven, and we take pride in living up to that charge. Darrow provides the right mix of challenging classes, structure, encouragement, and strength of community, for students to reach their full potential as motivated, thriving, college-bound learners.

Darrow is distinctive among independent schools, thanks to its historic site, its integration of sustainability themes across the curriculum and in daily life, programs like Hands-to-Work, and the belief that learning can happen in and out of the classroom. All of these features contribute to our success. Because of our small, close-knit community and unique approach to teaching, our students flourish.

No other school has what we have here.

The theme of our recent and successful capital campaign was Changing Lives: A Campaign for Darrow . Lives of students have been changed for nearly 75 years at Darrow School through rigorous academics, close relationships with faculty, an abundance of individual attention, life-long friendships, hands-on learning, and the special spirit of the Shaker mountainside.