THE SPEYER LEGACY SCHOOL

Embeds SEL into daily routines and classroom instruction to develop empathy, resilience, courageous conversations, and emotional depth. Structured SEL is co-taught in literacy, humanities, and math, with advisory support in Middle School.

Implements individualized learning plans in collaboration with a Student Support Team and produces narrative report cards that detail student strengths, growth areas, and development across academic and social-emotional domains.

Provides a K–8 independent school program tailored to intellectually advanced students, featuring an interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates humanities, science, math, and the arts, with instruction designed to foster intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and collaboration. The school serves over 300 students in a dedicated 85,000-square-foot campus in Midtown Manhattan.

Provides differentiated math instruction using co-taught classrooms in Lower School and advanced coursework in algebra, number theory, and combinatorics for exceptional learners. Students build competence in rational numbers and geometry by fourth grade and participate in math competitions such as Noetic Math and Mathematical Olympiads.

Implements a structured writing curriculum beginning in Lower School with creative writing, narrative nonfiction, and historical fiction, progressing to analytical essays using primary sources in Middle School. Instruction includes grammar, organization, transitions, and advanced verbal expression.

Provides leadership opportunities for Middle School students through mentoring, Student Council, peer teaching, Speyer Ambassadors, club organization, and student-led social action and service learning initiatives.

Supports sustained, self-driven student inquiry through project-based curricula, including in-depth studies on self-chosen topics, long-term interdisciplinary projects, and culminating presentations to the school community. The approach accommodates evolving interests and promotes complex thinking and innovation.

Provides a required Elective Program and specialty classes in Middle School allowing students to explore interests such as robotics, rock band, film studies, literary magazine, ethics, game theory, debate, and financial literacy. These programs support student choice, creativity, and leadership.

Offers a progressive science curriculum from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade emphasizing hands-on experimentation, the scientific method, engineering design, and field-based research. Topics include life cycles, ecosystems, chemistry, space science, robotics, and environmental data analysis, including participation in the Hudson Data Jam competition.

Delivers a progressive Spanish curriculum from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade that revisits and deepens language skills annually. Includes cultural studies, research on Spanish-speaking countries, analysis of Latinx art and history, and engagement with social justice topics in Spanish.