Academic Life

Welcome to Avenues
A New York City Private School

Ty Tingley (L) and Skip Mattoon (R), co-heads of Avenues, have known each other for many years and often worked together when they were at Exeter and Hotchkiss.

The first day in a new school, especially a brand new school, is always exciting. For the next 18 months we will be working to get the school facility, faculty and staff ready to welcome you. We have already brought together an unparalleled leadership team—the heads of Avenues’ Early Learning Center, Lower School, Middle School and Upper School, whose qualifications you will read on this site.

Avenues is in a vibrant neighborhood, the heart of the art district in New York City. You can walk to school on the Manhattan High Line and look across the roofs of art galleries to Chelsea Piers, where, as well as in our own state-of-the-art gymnasium, Avenues students will play sports. New York City is charged with energy, and Avenues will add to that energy.

School is about learning useful habits of mind, and Avenues will teach many of those. The school will make you a confident player on a world stage, fluent in more than one language, prepared for academic achievement, and with a special capacity to engage in independent exploration and study.

School is also about learning important habits of the heart, and these are some of the most important lessons in life. At Avenues you will find friends, both in your neighborhood and all over the world. You will learn to overcome barriers of language and geography and enjoy service that benefits others. You will develop confidence in your own strengths and learn to challenge yourself. And you will develop the values to help live your life as a happy and productive citizen of our world.

Setting forth on this journey is exhilarating. Welcome to Avenues!

Tyler Tingley co-head of school

Robert “Skip” Mattoon co-head of school