
Grace Church School occupies all or portions of nine different
contiguous buildings on Fourth Avenue owned by Grace Church. Parts
of the property were built or renovated explicitly for use by the
school.
Children in Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten have a separate
entrance to the school (94 Fourth Avenue) with access to their classrooms
and a well-equipped playroof by elevator.
The school library of more than 18,000 volumes includes, in addition
to the main reading room, a non-fiction research collection for
the Upper School, Lower School collections and reading area, and
an Upper School electronic reference center with CD ROMs, full Internet
access, word processing and printing capabilities.
The dining and kitchen facilities connect to the school from the
second floor of 80 Fourth Avenue. The third floor of that building
joins the main building consolidating the Lower School in The Meg
Duchovny Learning Center, which houses classrooms, a math lab, a
computer mini-lab, rooms for learning specialists and areas for
small group activities.
Science facilities include three well-equipped laboratories and
a rooftop greenhouse. Computer facilities include a school-wide
Macintosh network, a multi-unit computer center and two computer
mini-labs. Every classroom, as well as the computer center, has
Internet access; floating wireless labs equipped with laptops for
an entire class are available for special projects.
The Robert Lehman Art Center includes two spacious studios, a
ceramics studio with potters wheels and kilns, gallery space
and a digital art center. Students have the use of a music room,
two activity rooms for dance, music and drama rehearsals, a newly renovated performing arts space, and a playground.
The newly completed athletic center includes a regulation-size gymnasium with a climbing wall and a batting cage. The gym can be easily partitioned into two sections, allowing multiple activities. A smaller gym in Tuttle Hall, used by younger children and the after school program, has recently been renovated. An outdoor play yard provides space for both recess and classes. The sports teams also use the fields of East River Park and other nearby sports facilities.
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