New City School prepares children for success by giving them a strong academic foundation coupled with a strong personal foundation. New City School graduates love learning. They know themselves as learners and they are thoughtful, interesting and empathic individuals who are leaders in their secondary schools and universities, as well as in their chosen professions and communities.
“The education I received as a three year old at New City is the most important education I have received to date. New City encouraged me to be an inquisitive life-long learner, to see the complex world around me, and to try and work with diverse groups to find understanding and achieve common goals. These New City values have been guiding principles in my life. ... I believe in hard work, in relationships, and bettering the world outside my front door.”
-David Hamsher, lawyer in San Francisco, CA
Graduate of New City School, John Burroughs, Brown University, Northwestern Law School