Hawken School The Sally and Bob Gries Center for Experiential and Service Learning, located in University Circle, adjacent to the Mastery School of Hawken, supports off-campus programming for all Hawken students. ACCREDITATION: Hawken School is fully accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS).
CAMPUS AND FACILITIES: The Lyndhurst campus (ToddlerGrade 8) features an Early Childhood Center, a newly designed Lower School, an Innovation Lab, two libraries, an auditorium, an ecogarden, two gyms, a musical arts center, a swimming pool, an indoor climbing wall, tennis courts, a track and multiple playing fields. The Gates Mills campus (Grades 9-12) features Stirn Hall, the main academic building that includes a fabrication lab, a media and communications lab, a science center and more. There also is a modern athletic complex with two gyms and a swimming pool, a challenge/ ropes course, a weight room, a wrestling room, eight tennis courts, grass and artificial turf fields, a stadium and a track. Birchwood School of Hawken (Preschool-Grade 8) offers families on Cleveland’s West Side access to a Hawken education. The facility celebrates Birchwood’s close-knit, diverse community and reflects Hawken’s emphasis on
the development of character and intellect. The Mastery School of Hawken campus (Grades 9-12) opened in August 2020 and is located within steps of many of the
FALL OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION: Open House (Lyndhurst): Toddler-Grade 8, 1 p.m. Nov. 21 Open House for Birchwood School (Cleveland): Preschool-Grade 8, 2 p.m. Oct. 24 Open House (Gates Mills): Grades 9-12, 1 p.m. Nov. 7 Open House for Mastery School (University Circle): Grades 9-12, 1 p.m. Nov. 14 most engaging and innovative cultural, educational, arts and medical institutions in the world. It offers students and faculty an abundance of opportunities for partnerships and real-world, problem-based learning.
EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS: Hawken School provides a breadth of co-curricular offerings, including a full range of athletics offerings, speech and debate, academic challenge, a literary magazine, dance, stagecraft, outdoor leadership, robotics and more. UNIQUE STUDY OPTIONS/ PROGRAMS: Hawken offers semesterlong “macro” courses in entrepreneurship, engineering, architecture and more. Other signature programming includes travel immersion experiences, maker space opportunities, STEMM internships, senior projects and computer science classes. FACULTY: Eighty percent of Hawken’s faculty hold advanced degrees. ALUMNI: Hawken alumni hail from every state, as well as 28 countries around the world; many return to campus for “Alumni Give Back Day” to share their career paths with students. FINANCIAL AID: Hawken distributes over $10.7 million in financial aid annually.
hawken.edu Addresses: Lyndhurst Campus 5000 Clubside Road 440-423-2950 The Birchwood School of Hawken 4400 West 140th St., Cleveland 216-251-2321 Gates Mills Campus Mayfield and County Line Roads, Gates Mills 440-423-2955 The Mastery School of Hawken 11025 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland 440-423-8801 University Circle Urban Extension Center The Sally & Bob Gries Center for Experiential and Service Learning 10823 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland Grades Served: Toddler-Grade 12 Total Enrollment: 1,500 Annual Tuition: $5,590-$36,820 Average Class Size: 12-16 Student-Teacher Ratio: 8:1 Year Established: 1915 TOP SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: • D. Scott Looney, head of school • Kathy Mitchell O’Neal, assistant head of school for enrollment management • Suzette Dyer, director of the Upper School • Charles Debelak, head of Birchwood School of Hawken • Julia Griffin, director of the Mastery School of Hawken TOP BOARD LEADERSHIP: • Charles P. Cooley, chair GRADUATION RATE: 100% COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE: 100%
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