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1947 The Dalton School New York City
Senior High School Yearbook
Girls School
Hardcover
95 Pages
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Dalton School
The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool. The school is located in four buildings within the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In the 2024–25 academic year, tuition rates totaled $64,300.[4]
Dalton School
Middle & High School:
108 East 89th Street
First Program:
53 East 91st Street
New York City, NY
United Independent college-preparatory day school
Motto
Go Forth Unafraid
Religious 106 years ago
Founder Helen Parkhurst
Head of school José De Jesús
Faculty Approx. 250
Grades K–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment Approx. 1300
Campus type Urban
Colors Blue and white
Athletics conference
Ivy Preparatory School League
Mascot Ivan the Tiger
Nickname Tigers
Newspaper The Daltonian
Tuition $67,480 (2025-26)
History
91st Street "Little Dalton"
The Dalton School, originally called the Children's University School, was founded by Helen Parkhurst in 1919. After experimentation in her own one-room school with Maria Montessori, Parkhurst visited other progressive schools in Europe including Bedales School and its founder and headmaster John Haden Badley in England. She developed what she called the Dalton Plan, which encouraged teachers and students to work together toward individualized goals. The Laboratory Plan was first put into effect as an experiment in the high school of Dalton, Massachusetts, in 1916. The estate of her benefactor Josephine Porter Boardman, was also near the town of Dalton and from this beginning the Laboratory Plan and school eventually took their names.
In 1919, Helen Parkhurst relocated to New York City, where she opened her first school on West 74th Street. Larger facilities soon became necessary; the Lower School was moved to West 72nd Street, and the High School opened in the autumn of 1929 in the current building at 108 East 89th Street. Eleanor Roosevelt admired the work of Helen Parkhurst and played an important role in expanding the population and resources of the school by promoting a merger between the Todhunter School for girls (founded by Winifred Todhunter) and Dalton in 1939.[6]
Enlarged and modified through the years, Dalton still celebrates many traditions like lighting candles before winter break and holding a Greek Festival.[citation needed] Academically, the school still subscribes to the Dalton Plan, which Parkhurst helped to create. Over the years, the Dalton Plan has been adopted by schools around the world, including schools in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Japan, and the Netherlands.
