Private Coed Kindergarten in Manhattan, New York

Mandell Nursery School & Kindergarten:
Mandell School is a private coed non-denominational school offering programs for 2, 3, 4 and 5 years olds. We are located on the Upper West side of Manhattan, New York, between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenues on the North Side of the Street. We are members of the New York Independent School Association (ISAAGNY), the Parent's League and ERB. We work hard Mandell Nursery School & Kindergarten to reach out to those around us—to model for our children that we are all citizens of a greater world. We work hard to give our children opportunities to prove their weight in the world—that they too can change their planet for the better. We work hard to teach our children to strive for learning—to become informed, intelligent decision makers. And these are but a few of our goals. The Mandell School is committed in every way to making these goals a real and constant force in your child’s life.

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The Mandell School is committed to providing a nurturing educational environment for our children and their families, which through intellectual stimulation and emotional support, enables them to become responsible active citizens of the world.

Mandell challenges each of our students and their families to use their experience with us to determine how and through what means they will pro-actively choose to have a positive and meaningful impact on their world.

In turn, it is our responsibility to provide a blueprint for learning, consistently high expectations and a dedicated and exceptionally talented faculty. We provide these in support of the emotional, social and intellectual development of our students and their extended families. This is accomplished through passion and compassion, active exploration and the collaborative use of individual talents.

"Good Citizenship" at Mandell is the first and most important element of our philosophical blueprint. It is a constant awareness on the part of our children, our families and our staff of the feelings and challenges of all other human beings as well as a heightened consciousness of our potential impact, both positive and negative, on the world around us.

Our approach to the development of "Good Citizenship" is incremental and continuous. We encourage the children to learn to solve interpersonal conflicts by helping them to integrate techniques of cooperation and compromise into their group activities. We structure our classrooms and the use of our materials in a manner that ensures the full participation of all the children. Our low student-teacher ratios and carefully designed classrooms encourage small group work and support risk-taking on the part of the students at all age levels. In this way we build the children's self-confidence as well as their belief in one another.

As the children mature, they become increasingly independent in their classrooms and in their learning. Through the modeling and practice of cooperative skills and collaborative learning, they are reminded of the importance of "citizenship" and their support of one another. We remind students of our values of Respect, Collaboration and Diversity and provide many opportunities for the development of self-control, self-esteem and consideration of classmates in the daily routine. We also give them opportunities to define for themselves and their peers what each of these values mean.

It is our belief that in order for a community to flourish, there must be a common set of values shared among all members of that community. These values are the “givens” that guide how we set our priorities and how we make every small and large decision affecting our students, their families and our community as a whole.

We are members of the New York Independent School Association (ISAAGNY), the Parent's League and ERB.

Preschool Programs; Toddlers Program; Pre-Nursery Program; Kindergarten Program; Elememtary School Program; Preparatory School Program. As part of our curriculum we place a strong emphasis on Music, Fine Arts, Foreign Languages and Wellness/Athletics.

At the Mandell School we aim to foster and develop an understanding and appreciation among students, teachers and parents of diversity. The socio-economic and ethnic composition of our nation's children is so diverse that many view this as a challenge for educators. We do not. At Mandell, we see diversity as an opportunity. A fundamental part of our philosophy is our belief that all children, regardless of their cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, can achieve high standards of learning and should be encouraged and mentored to do so. We also believe that it is our responsibility as educators to ensure that our children's educational environment accurately reflect the diversity of the world that we are preparing them to be proactive citizens of.

Individual differences in cultural or socio-economic background must not affect a child's right to nurturing and stimulating academic setting. The Mandell School feels that all children can benefit from exposure to a diverse learning environment and we encourage families from all backgrounds to apply. Our educational programs are designed to approach diversity as an asset that can be used in the preparation of our students for citizenship in an increasingly diverse society.