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Headmaster's Message

Since its founding in 1883, Allen-Stevenson has been dedicated to providing the very best elementary education for boys growing up in New York City. Now we are extraordinarily fortunate to have amazing facilities that serve the educational process well. However, our most important resources are human ones: the remarkable faculty and staff who work tirelessly with Allen-Stevenson boys and their families. This personal relationship is the foundation of the A-S community, and it matters most in providing an excellent educational experience.

 

There are many ways to be a boy. An Allen-Stevenson education helps to foster a boy's natural intellectual curiosity about the world, about himself, and about the various communities of which he is a part. Here joy and delight in learning are matched by the values of hard work, self-discipline, integrity, and good sportsmanship. Just as we honor great teaching, we respect our students as creative, precious individuals within a larger whole. This attitude builds their self-confidence, their love of learning, and their respect for others.

 

As you consider Allen-Stevenson, we hope that you will share our avid belief that a vigorous curriculum - that thoughtful mix of academics, athletics, and the arts - best educates the whole boy and prepares him for the future. Over time, such experiences truly inspire boys to become scholars and gentlemen.

 

David R. Trower

Excerpted from the NYSAIS Report of the Decennial Visiting Committee
In the mission’s words “scholar and gentleman,” it is clear that the School balances academic excellence with care and compassion. It became very obvious to the Visiting Committee that the written and spoken word is held in high regard throughout the School and is readily seen in the mission statement; the curricular emphasis on books, reading, and writing; the nine words in the Allen-Stevenson Code, which the school community sees everyday as they enter the front doors of the school; and the cornice of names that surrounds the library interior.

...This lesson of three A’s coupled with care and compassion is evident in how the faculty and staff feel about their value in the life of the School. Repeatedly, they expressed their devotion to the School, its mission, and the care they receive — care in professional development opportunities, compensation and benefits, and work environment. Role modeling begins with the Headmaster and winds its way through the faculty and staff to the boys.