Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan

For the high school that merged in 2006 with the Schechter Regional High School to form the Metro Schechter Academy, see Solomon Schechter High School of New York.

Private, day school

Schechter Manhattan

Location

New York City

Coordinates| 40°47′43″N 73°57′56″W﻿ / ﻿40.7954°N 73.9655°W﻿ / 40.7954; -73.9655
Information
Type| Private, Day
Religious affiliation(s)| Jewish, Progressive
Established| 1995
Head of school| Gary Pretsfelder
Grades| K-8
Enrollment| 140
Campus| Urban
Color(s)| Blue and White
Website| www.schechtermanhattan.org

Schechter Manhattan was a K-8 independent Jewish day school located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The school adheres to a progressive or constructivist educational philosophy, which espouses the value of experiential learning and self-reflection.

## History

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Schechter Manhattan opened in 1996 with Dr. S. Lorch as the founding Head of School. The first eighth graders graduated in June 2006; alumni have gone on to a wide range of excellent independent, Jewish, and public high schools including but not limited to: Bard, Beacon, Dalton, Heschel, High School of Math, Science & Engineering, Horace Mann, LaGuardia, Ramaz, SAR, Schechter School of Westchester, Stuyvesant, and Trinity.

The elementary division (K-5) and the middle school division (6–8) are each led by a Division Head.

Schechter Manhattan is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY). Additionally, the school is a full member of New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS). The school is governed by a board of trustees and advised by both an Education Committee and a Rabbinic Advisory Committee.

In January 2011, the entire school moved into a new building at 805 Columbus Avenue. Prior to that time, the kindergarten and first-grade classes met at the Park Avenue Synagogue and the rest of the school, grades 2–8, was located on the Upper West Side at 15 West 86th Street, in the building of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism.

The school announced its closure effective June 30, 2024, citing sharply declining enrollment.

## References

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## External links

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* Schechter Manhattan (Official website)
* Welcome, Schechter Manhattan!

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Upper West Side (including Lincoln Square, Manhattan Valley, Riverside South)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| 59th–72nd Sts|

* 1 Lincoln Plaza
* 1 Riverside Park
* 5 West 63rd Street
* 15 Central Park West
* 27 West 67th Street
* 50 West 66th Street
* 55 Central Park West
* 101 Central Park West
* 200 Amsterdam
* Bradford Hotel
* The Brentmore
* The Century
* Deutsche Bank Center
* The Dorilton
* Empire Hotel
* First Battery Armory
* Harperly Hall
* IRT Powerhouse
* Hotel des Artistes
* Lincoln Towers
* The Majestic
* Millennium Tower
* Park Loggia
* The Prasada
* Pythian Temple
* The Sofia
* Trump International Hotel and Tower
* Waterline Square

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72nd–86th Sts|

* 257 Central Park West
* 520 West End Avenue
* The Ansonia
* The Apthorp
* Apple Bank Building
* The Astor
* Hotel Beacon
* Hotel Belleclaire
* The Beresford
* Bretton Hall
* The Dakota
* Endicott Hotel
* The Greystone
* The Kenilworth
* The Langham
* The Level Club
* Olcott Hotel
* Public School 9
* Red House
* Rossleigh Court
* The San Remo

86th–110th Sts|

* 161 West 93rd Street
* 353 Central Park West
* 360 Central Park West
* 370 Riverside Drive
* 601 West End Avenue
* The Ariel
* Association Residence Nursing Home
* Astor Court Building
* The Belnord
* Claremont Riding Academy
* Cleburne Building
* Columbus Square
* The Cornwall
* The El Dorado
* Frederick Douglass Houses
* Hotel Marseilles
* Hotel Paris
* Isaac L. Rice Mansion
* The Manhasset
* Master Apartments
* New York Cancer Hospital
* The Normandy
* Pomander Walk
* Schinasi Mansion
* The Turin

Former|

* Apthorp Farm
* Astor Market
* Charles M. Schwab House
* Lincoln Arcade
* Somerindyck House

Culture

| Shops, restaurants|

* Asiate
* Atlantic Grill
* Barney Greengrass
* Essential by Christophe
* Jean-Georges
* Lucciola
* Murray's Sturgeon Shop
* Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto
* Zabar's

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Museums|

* American Museum of Natural History
* Children's Museum of Manhattan
* Museum of Biblical Art
* New York Historical

Theaters/performing arts|

* Arclight Theatre
* Beacon Theatre
* Stand Up NY
* Symphony Space
* Triad Theatre

| Lincoln Center|

* Alice Tully Hall
* David Geffen Hall
* David H. Koch Theater
* Rose Hall
* Metropolitan Opera House
* Vivian Beaumont Theater
* Walter Reade Theater

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Former|

* Andanada
* Café des Artistes
* Century Theatre
* Dovetail
* Eighty One
* Metro Theater
* Mikell's
* Nicholas Roerich Museum
* A Photographer's Gallery
* Telepan

Green spaces and recreation

* Central Park
* Damrosch Park
* Riverside Park
* Sherman Square
* Septuagesimo Uno
* Verdi Square
* West Side Community Garden

Education

| Primary and secondary|

* The Anderson School PS 334
* Calhoun School
* Collegiate School
* Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
* Dwight School
* Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
* Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
* Gateway School
* Innovation Diploma Plus High School
* Manhattan Day School
* PS 9 Sarah Anderson School
* PS 166
* The School at Columbia University
* Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan
* Stephen Gaynor School
* Studio Maestro
* Trinity School

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Post-secondary|

* Bard Graduate Center
* Fordham University School of Law
* William E. Macaulay Honors College
* Yeshivat Hadar

Music schools|

* Bloomingdale School of Music
* Kaufman Music Center
* Mannes School of Music

Religion

| Churches, chapels|

* Advent Lutheran Church
* All Angels' Church
* Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
* Broadway United Church of Christ
* Christ & Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church
* Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
* Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic
* Church of the Blessed Sacrament
* First Baptist Church in the City of New York
* First Church of Christ, Scientist
* Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York
* Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church
* Holy Trinity Church
* Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
* Riverside Memorial Chapel
* Rutgers Presbyterian Church
* St. Agnes Chapel
* Second Church of Christ, Scientist
* St. Gregory the Great Church
* St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
* St. Michael's Episcopal Church
* Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Manhattan
* West End Collegiate Church
* West-Park Presbyterian Church

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Synagogues|

* Ansche Chesed
* B'nai Jeshurun
* Congregation Habonim
* Congregation Ohab Zedek
* Congregation Rodeph Sholom
* Congregation Shaare Zedek
* Congregation Shearith Israel
* Jewish Center
* Lincoln Square Synagogue
* Ramath Orah
* Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Transportation

| Subway stations|

* 59th Street–Columbus Circle
* 66th Street–Lincoln Center
* 72nd Street/Central Park West
* 72nd Street/Broadway
* 79th Street
* 81st Street–Museum of Natural History
* 86th Street/Central Park West
* 86th Street/Broadway
* 96th Street/Central Park West
* 96th Street/Broadway
* 103rd Street/Central Park West
* 103rd Street/Broadway
* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street/Central Park West
* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street/Broadway

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Streets|

* 66th Street
* 72nd Street
* 74th Street
* 79th Street
* 85th Street
* 89th Street
* 95th Street
* 96th Street
* Amsterdam Avenue
* Broadway
* Central Park West
* Columbus Avenue
* Columbus Circle
* Frederick Douglass Circle
* Riverside Drive
* West End Avenue

Other|

* New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge
* 79th Street Boat Basin

Related topics

* Central Park West Historic District
* Manhattantown
* San Juan Hill

See also: Manhattan Community Board 7

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Includes Governors Island and Roosevelt Island

Public schools|

* 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School
* Bard HS Early College Manhattan
* Baruch College Campus HS
* Beacon
* Murry Bergtraum HS
* Chelsea CATE HS
* City-As-School HS
* Clinton
* Columbia SS
* East Side Community HS
* HS for Environmental Studies
* HS for Health Professions and Human Services
* HS for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
* HS of Art and Design
* HS of Economics and Finance
* HS of Fashion Industries
* HS of Graphic Comm Arts
* Humanities Prep Acad
* Hunter College HS
* Innovation Diploma Plus HS
* Washington Irving Campus
* Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus
* Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS
* Institute for Collaborative Education
* Leadership & Public Service HS
* Lower East Side Prep HS
* Gregorio Luperón HS for Math & Sci
* Manhattan Ctr for Sci and Math
* Manhattan Village Acad
* Harvey Milk HS
* Millennium HS
* NEST+m
* NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
* NYC Museum School
* NY Harbor School
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for Int'l Careers
* Pace University HS
* Professional Performing Arts
* Julia Richman Education Complex
* A. Philip Randolph Campus HS
* Edward A. Reynolds West Side HS
* Eleanor Roosevelt HS
* Bayard Rustin Educational Complex
* Quest to Learn
* School of the Future
* Shuang Wen School
* Special Music
* Stuyvesant HS
* Talent Unlimited HS
* Urban Academy Lab HS
* George Washington Educational Campus
* Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning
* Young Women's Leadership of E. Harlem

Charter

* Harlem Village Academies
* Opportunity Charter School

| Closed|

* P.S. 135
* Grammar School No. 35
* Haaren HS
* Manhattan Trade School for Girls
* Manhattan Voc and Tech HS
* Norman Thomas HS
* Wadleigh HS for Girls

Charter

* Ross Global Acad

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Private schools|

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York schools

* Cathedral HS
* Convent of the Sacred Heart
* Cristo Rey HS
* Dominican Acad
* La Salle
* Loyola
* Marymount
* Notre Dame
* Regis HS
* Saint David's
* St. George Acad
* St. Jean Baptiste HS
* St. Vincent Ferrer HS
* Xavier HS

Other

* Abraham Joshua Heschel
* Allen-Stevenson
* Brearley
* Birch Wathen Lenox
* British Int'l School of New York
* Browning
* Buckley
* Calhoun
* Chapin
* Child School and Legacy HS
* City and Country
* Collegiate
* Columbia Grammar & Preparatory
* Dalton
* Dwight
* The École
* Ethical Culture Fieldston (Ethical Culture Campus)
* Friends Seminary
* Stephen Gaynor
* Grace Church
* Hewitt
* Kennedy Int'l
* La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi
* Léman Manhattan Prep
* Little Red School House
* Lycée Français de New York
* Manhattan Country
* Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem
* Nightingale-Bamford
* Park East
* Professional Children's School
* Ramaz
* The School at Columbia University
* St. Bernard's
* St. Luke's
* St. Thomas Choir
* Solomon Schechter
* Spence
* Marsha Stern Talmudical Acad
* Town
* Trevor
* Trinity
* United Nations Int'l (Manhattan Campus)
* York Prep

| Closed|

Former archdiocese schools

* Bishop Dubois HS
* De La Salle Institute
* Mother Cabrini HS
* Power Memorial Acad
* Rice HS
* St. Agnes Boys HS
* St. Ann Academy
* St. Michael Acad

Other

* Anglo American
* Baldwin
* Fourteenth Ward Industrial
* Franklin
* McBurney
* New Lincoln
* New Walden Lincoln
* Walden

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Tertiary/Other schools|

City University of New York

* Baruch
* Public and International Affairs
* Manhattan
* City College
* Medicine
* Graduate
* Journalism
* Labor and Urban Studies
* Professional Studies
* Public Health
* Guttman
* Hunter College
* Nursing
* John Jay Criminal Justice

State University of New York

* Fashion Institute of Technology
* State University of New York College of Optometry

Independent

* American Musical and Dramatic Academy
* Bank Street College of Education
* Boricua College (Manhattan Campus)
* Cooper Union
* Columbia University
* Barnard College
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* Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus)
* Juilliard School
* The King's College
* LIM College
* Manhattan School of Music
* Marymount Manhattan College
* Metropolitan College of New York
* The New School
* Parsons School of Design
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* New York Institute of Technology
* New York Law School
* New York University
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* Pace University
* Yeshiva University

| Closed|

* New York School of Applied Design for Women

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New York Public Library|

* Main Branch
* branches
* Heiskell Braille and Talking Book
* Performing Arts
* Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
* 53rd St
* 115th St
* Hamilton Grange
* Jefferson Market
* Ottendorfer
* Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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