The Gateway School | |
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Address | |
211 West 61st Street New York , New York United States | |
Information | |
School type | Independent |
Established | 1965 |
Head of school | Laurie Gruhn[1] |
Employees | 80+ |
Grades | K-8 |
Age range | 5-14 |
Number of students | 180 |
Slogan | Success Starts Here |
Accreditation | New York State Association of Independent Schools |
Website | http://www.gatewayschool.org |
The Gateway School is an independent school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan serving children ages 5–14 with learning disabilities. It currently enrolls approximately 180 students.[2]
Gateway students typically have had difficulty in mainstream classrooms due to a language-based learning disability (dyslexia, expressive and receptive language delays, reading and writing disorders); attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and/or executive function disorder.[3]
The Gateway School of New York was established in 1965 by Elizabeth Freidus and Claire Flom. Freidus was an educator at Columbia University Teachers College; Claire Flom was the mother of Gateway's first student.[4][5] The initial class consisted of five students in a space rented from Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The school remained in this location for 36 years.[6]
In 2001, Gateway moved into a converted brownstone at 236 Second Avenue near Union Square. With the decision to add a Middle School to the existing Lower School, Gateway began searching for an even larger building, and it debuted its current home on West 61st Street, near Lincoln Center, in 2008.[6]
In the 2015-2016 school year, Gateway celebrated its 50th anniversary.
2009 - LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council[7]
2010 - National Center for Learning Disabilities’ Founders Award for exceptional service to children and families[8]
2011 - Head of School Robert Cunningham named one of the top Game Changers in Education by The Huffington Post[9]
Elizabeth Freidus, Founding Director[10] (1965-1978)
Davida Sherwood, Ph.D., Director[6] (1978-2004)
Robert Cunningham, Head of School[11] (2004-2013)
Carolyn Salzman, Head of School[12] (2013–2020)
Laurie Gruhn, Head Of School (2020-present)
Gateway is a member of the following professional organizations: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Education Records Bureau (ERB), Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY),[13] International Dyslexia Association (IDA),[14] Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), National Business Officers Association (NBOA), New York Guild of Independent Schools, New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS),[2] and Parents League of New York[15]
Head of School Carolyn Salzman authored an article titled "Choosing a Special Education School" for the 2015 issue of The Parents League Review.[12]
In the fall of 2015, artwork from Gateway students was on display at the Child Mind Institute in New York City, as part of the Beginning with the Self exhibit.[16]