The world needs one-of-a-kind
THINKERS, DOERS, AND DREAMERS.
That’s where Greenhills School comes in.
Imagine a school wholeheartedly dedicated to creating a learning experience around the unique needs and passions of each student. That’s Greenhills. In intensely smart classes, our teachers push students to know the depth of what they’re truly capable of — from Jazz and 2D Design to Conceptual Physics.
A school
AS UNIQUE AS
YOUR CHILD
(well, almost).
Alumni Voices: Award-Winning Composer, Pianist, and Film Producer Stephen Edwards ’80
November 26th, 2021
Stephen Edwards is one of today’s most in-demand film and television composers. An accomplished pianist who can be heard on Hollywood's top soundtracks, Stephen has also won acclaim for his orchestral and choral compositions that have been performed at Carnegie Hall and the Vatican.
Sam Woodworth ’00 Follows Passions to Experience-Filled Career in the U.S. State Department
November 23rd, 2021
Sam Woodworth ’00 didn’t plan to end up in Afghanistan. In fact, he didn’t have a plan at all. As he went through his education and career-building, from Greenhills to Vassar College to Stanford Law School to the U.S. State Department, he wasn’t executing a career strategy he’d designed in advance.
Alumni Voices: Andrea Delbanco ’95 with Head of School Peter B. Fayroian
November 12th, 2021
Andrea Delbanco is the Editor in Chief of TIME for Kids where, in addition to managing the editorial and education staff at TIME for Kids, she is also Vice President of TIME Education. In this interview, Head of School Peter B. Fayroian and Delbanco reflect on her time at Greenhills and the journey to Brown University, the New York Times, Time Out New York, and TIME for Kids.
Class of 1994 Graduate Hanna Raskin’s Food Journalism Explores Intersection with Culture, Wins Global Grant Initiative
November 9th, 2021
Hanna Raskin ’94 offers a standard piece of advice to young writers trying to make their way into food journalism. “Go get a job as a restaurant server,” she said. “There’s no better way to learn how to describe food and to talk to people about it than to have your paycheck be contingent upon it.”
Volleyball Team Unstoppable at Senior Night, Heading Into Districts with Confidence
November 1st, 2021
It was the Volleyball team’s senior night, and for the team’s six seniors, their last game at Greenhills. So when the Gryphons took the court against Rudolf Steiner, they weren’t holding back
GREENHILLS BY THE NUMBERS
≈ 556
students in
grades 6-12
students in
grades 6-12
≈ 53%
self-identified
students of color
self-identified
students of color
≈ 18%
receive
financial aid
receive
financial aid
78
faculty
members
faculty
members
70%
of faculty hold
advanced degrees
of faculty hold
advanced degrees
14
students average
class size
students average
class size
31
average
act score
average
act score
>4
totally student-run
service learning clubs
totally student-run
service learning clubs
$2,250
every three years for
continuing education for each
faculty member
every three years for
continuing education for each
faculty member
We see the 0.1%
that makes you, well,
YOU.
And we do our very best to draw it out daily. On average, any two people have 99.9% identical DNA. That means what makes you you is what comes from that remaining 0.1%. At Greenhills, we've crafted our entire 6th- through 12th-grade experience (and our approach to teaching) to unleash the full power of that 0.1%. So you can go out into the world — uniquely and confidently you. A one-of-a-kind work of art with the ability to do anything you set your very distinctive brain to.
