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Spence School

22 E 91st St New York, NY 101280657
310200996830
22 E 91st St
New York, NY 101280657
Upper East Side
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Whatever happened to Rebecca Sealfon, the 13-year-old home-schooled student who entertained the nation with her joyful spelling of "euonym" at the 1997 National Spelling Bee finals? Ms. Sealfon, the last New Yorker to win the national competition, went on to earn several degrees. She still lives in the city, and has some advice for the two winning New York students who will head to Washington for the finals in June. Read More »
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Alexis Tang, 11, who will be one of two students to represent New York City in the National Spelling Bee in June, has practiced her spelling everywhere she went: the dentist's office, even on the streets where signs displayed new words. Her efforts have paid off. Read More »
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Public Prep, a charter school network in New York City, said a senior member of the finance and operations staff used the organization's credit card to spend tens of thousands of dollars on personal items. The staff member has resigned, and the network said all but $1,000 should be recouped through insurance. Read More »
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By Jenny Anderson

Behind every top girls' school is ... a man? In a move sure to prompt discussion, Nightingale-Bamford, one of the city’s top all-girls’ private schools, named Paul Burke, the current head of the upper school, to be its seventh leader. Read More »
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Population 690 students
School Type K-12
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