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Overview

The Spence School is building an athletic and educational facility-Spence 412-at 412 East 90th Street. In collaboration with Rogers Partners Architects, Spence has combined imagination and purpose in what will be a living commitment to athletics, the arts and ecology at Spence. The facility will include a regulation-size gymnasium for volleyball and basketball; nine squash courts, including an exhibition court; a multipurpose room for the performing arts; as well an ecology center and outdoor education space.

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The Spence School is building an athletic and educational facility-Spence 412-at 412 East 90th Street. In collaboration with Rogers Partners Architects, Spence has combined imagination and purpose in what will be a living commitment to athletics, the arts and ecology at Spence.

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At the turn of the 20th century, the Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill and Lennox Hill became areas of affluence. Museums like the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Guggenheim and Gracie Mansion became landmarks of the neighborhood. The school officially moved to the neighborhood in the 1920s. In turn, this move solidified that the school would pull students from these neighborhoods budding in affluence and investing in million dollar homes along 5th avenue.

https://ny.curbed.com/2014/2/20/10141822/how-the-upper-east-side-grew-out-of-three-historic-enclaves

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Spence relies on the spirit of giving from current and former parents. Alumnae also contribute to the 6,000,000 available in financial aid for students.

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"A community as complex and vibrant as Spence does not happen by accident." 

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"A community as complex and vibrant as Spence does not happen by accident." 

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Ten years ago, The Spence School decided to specifically plan to recruit and retain more diverse students and faculty by experimenting with school policies as well as hiring and recruitment practices.

https://www.spenceschool.org/about-spence/long-range-plan

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Students continue to challenge teachers and their teaching practices. Teachers at Spence, channel Clara Spence 

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Students continue to challenge teachers and their teaching practices. Teachers at Spence, channel Clara Spence 

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This film was directed and edited by myself, Francesca Scorsese, and my best friend, Ines Barquet with the help of Alan Lowe. It was shot by Mattieu Roy, and organized by Lisa Frechette and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. Ines and I attended the Spence School together for 10 years until I left and switched high schools to the Masters School in Westchester, NY. This interview was made before I left Spence --we made it for a film festival they were holding for the students at the time in 2015. We hope you enjoy!

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Students are often put in charge of the classroom. 

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Students are often put in charge of the classroom. 

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Clara at the Tuskegee Institute's 25th Anniversary 

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Clara at the Tuskegee Institute's 25th Anniversary 

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Clara was a civil and women's rights activist yet the students at her school were mainly white. This doesn't change until 50+ years after her death. She invited Black educators like Booker T. Washington to speak to her students and she is seen below, supporting his school.
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/scott/ill11.html

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Founder, educator, philanthropist. Clara Spence lived openly with a female partner and adopted children together. She was dedicated to the education of women and care of children.

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"Not for school but for life we learn." The school has proudly continued this mission for the last 100+ years.