| Léman Manhattan Preparatory School | |
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41 Broad Street (Lower)New York City 10004 | |
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| Type | Private, Day & Boarding School, College Prep, Internationalboarding |
| Established | 2005[1] |
| Head of school | Maria Castelluccio[2] |
| Faculty | 130 |
| Grades | PreK2–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 750(2016–17) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Affiliations | Meritas (education) Léman International School Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | lemanmanhattan |
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School is a private school located in theFinancial District, Manhattan. Students are ages two years old through eighteen years old. There are twoLower Manhattan sites.
Founded in 2005 as Claremont Preparatory, the school was acquired by theMeritas family of schools in 2011, and subsequently renamed to Léman Manhattan Preparatory School. Several Meritas schools such asCollège du Léman which locates inSwitzerland andLéman International School Chengdu which locates inChina have incorporated the name Léman.[3]
In 2011, Léman joined Meritas, an international network of college preparatory schools.[3] In 2015, Léman Manhattan was left out of a transaction that took in Léman Switzerland, and Léman Chengdu, and did not become an affiliate school ofNord Anglia Education as part of an acquisition deal. Nord Anglia currently maintains two other schools in Manhattan,Nord Anglia International School New York (ages 2-14) and the other schoolAvenues New York (ages 1-18) neither of which have an on site boarding facility.[4]
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School has students from over seventy countries. Tuition for K-12 day students and the boarding tuition is listed on their website.[5]
Léman Manhattan offers theInternational Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma.
Léman Manhattan's lower school is based at the former headquarters of Bank of America International at 41Broad Street in theFinancial District ofManhattan, New York City.[6] and was the original campus.[7] The middle and high school campuses are located nearby in theCunard Building at 1 Morris Street,[7] and opened in 2010.[8]
Both locations have amenities including swimming pools, art studios, libraries, gyms, music rooms, cafeterias and fine arts performing spaces. The lower school has a rooftop playground.
Léman Manhattan is the only high school in New York City with a residential boarding program.[9] In 2012, the school opened its boarding program, with forty students from nine countries in grades 9-12 in its inaugural program.[10] In 2015, Léman had over 100 students participating in its boarding program.[11]
Student housing is located at37 Wall Street, an apartment building blocks away from the Upper School Campus. Students in the boarding program reside in apartments, with rooms accommodating 2-4 people with a kitchen.
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School is an independent, non-sectarian school. The school is accredited until 2031, by theMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools.[12]
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