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  THE BREARLEY SCHOOL, which draws from all five boroughs of New York City and beyond, is the center of extraordinary intellectual energy and exuberance. Under the close guidance of devoted faculty, girls in grades K–XII develop the habits of mind and the courage and character to determine who they will be and what they will accomplish.  

  • Brearley Junior Advances to Finals of the NYC Science and Engineering Fair

    Congratulations to Sara Sakowitz (XI), on advancing to the finals round of the 2013 New York City Science and Engineering Fair. Sara presented her project on a "Novel Method to Diagnose Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Using a microRNA Signature in the Peripheral Blood" at the American Museum of Natural History on March 19. "Sara presented the intriguing results of her independent project to members of our science research seminar," says Dr. Laurie Seminara, Head of the Brearley Science Department, "and we are very happy that she had the opportunity now to share her work with a broad group of students and teachers at the NYC Science and Engineering Fair."

  • Brearley Students Attend Preview of "Makers: Women Who Make America"

    By Isabella Falla, XI, and Natasha Khimji, XI

    Members of the Global Girls CIO, a student-run Common Interest Organization at Brearley, attended the preview event and discussion of the new documentary Makers: Women Who Make America, which highlights the last fifty years of the women’s liberation movement, at an Interschool Seminar held at the Spence School in February. The film, narrated by Meryl Streep, can now be viewed in full at http://mashable.com/2013/02/27/makers-documentary-pbs-watch-online/. The preview clip of the movie featured notable figures of the women’s movement (even if they did not realize it at the time) such as Kathrin Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston marathon and Billie Jean King and her famous “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, among many others. The clip also traced the development of the women’s movement from the negative attitudes toward women in the media in the 1950s to changing attitudes about women and their valuable role in the workplace in the 1960s and 70s after the movement gained ground. We found that the movement was not truly about gaining independence for women, but instead it advocated that both genders had to be equally involved and equally committed to the same goal in order for any change to take place.

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  • Brearley Middle School Mathletes Achieve Top Scores

    Congratulations to Brearley’s VII/VIII math team, which earned an impressive 6th place finish among 28 schools in the annual MATHCOUNTS Manhattan chapter competition, in which team member Christine Yang (VIII) came in 4th overall, earning her a spot at the State Championships in Albany in March!

    The Brearley team had the second highest score among independent schools at the February 2 competition, the “annual showcase for the knowledge, skill, speed and teamwork of the top mathletes from middle schools throughout Manhattan” (http://mathm.org/). For a look at the top 12 teams and the highest scoring students in the written portion, click on http://mathm.org/2013results.html. MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide club, competition and enrichment program that motivates and rewards middle school students for mathematics achievement.

    Shown here with Maggie Maluf, Head of the Math Department (L), and Head of School Jane Fried (R) are Brearley math team members (front row) Maddie Rubin-Charlesworth (VII), Arushi Gupta (VIII), Kira Zelbo (VIII); Ella Papanek (VIII), Aditi Gupta (VII), Chiara Nilsson-Salvati (VII); (back row) Margaret Sun (VIII), Michelle Gao (VIII), Kayla Gilman (VIII), Alexa Kourepenos (VII), Christine Yang (VIII). The team was coached by Ms. Maluf and Ms. Kupka of the Brearley Math Department and by Sian Zelbo, Kira’s mom.

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