Outstanding teachers work at every independent school in New York City. They have earned their degrees from the finest institutions in the country, and they teach because of their love of the profession. In this regard, the instructors at Birch Wathen Lenox are no different. However, as our teachers share a deep commitment to this School's singular mission, they succeed in offering a rigorous and traditional education without ever losing sight of the individual. Our teachers foster the creative and personal growth of their students while setting the highest academic standards. They emphasize both group work and personal achievement in and out of the classroom. They attend to the student and the citizen, preparing each member of the community for success in any environment.

The Birch Wathen Lenox School is built upon a tradition of academic excellence. We believe, above all, that our students must know how to think, how to analyze, how to synthesize, and how to communicate their ideas. To that end, we emphasize the development of writing and critical skills across the curriculum - in Science, Mathematics, History, English, Foreign Language and Art. Students study a wide range of subjects, and explore each subject in depth, through lectures, experiments, fieldwork, research and discussions.

To support its academics the Birch Wathen Lenox School maintains a newly renovated building that houses a gymnasium, auditorium, science labs, art studios, performing arts center, a library with over 20,000 volumes and a center for learning and technology.