1st Person
“I always say I’d do anything for School One, and that’s because School One would – and did – do everything for us. My son flourished there as a leader, as an intellect and as an artist. He applied to and was accepted at one of the best art schools in the country. At School One, he was challenged, respected and treated like an adult who was responsible for his own achievement.”
1st Person
“I love the community at School One. My friend came to school with me one day and I was driving her home and she said, ‘Wow, your school is great. Everyone talked to me! It made me feel really welcome.’ And I was just so proud because, yeah, that’s my school!”
 | Anna Russell
Current Student |
1st Person
“I look forward to coming to School One just about every day because I know there will be humor, intellectual stimulation, high spirits and visible academic and social progress in a population that is diverse in every possible way.”
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Cary Honig
Assistant Head of
School & Humanities Coordinator
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1st Person
“School One represents innovation in education. In 1982, long before there was Teach for America, I was allowed to become a math teacher and advisor there. The next five years taught me that ‘every flower blooms at its own rate,’ and to appreciate Mark Twain's admonition, ‘Don't let your schooling interfere with your education.’“
Atiba Mbiwan
The Zeist Foundation
1st Person
"My experience at School One was phenomenal. I loved the teachers and the variety of students, who were in a creative, free-thinking mode. I loved the freedom to explore all kinds of things, and that the teachers treated us like equals. There was a sense of 'we're all adults here,' and that democratic approach was very appealing to me."