Greenwich Academy

Engineering & Design Lab

Greenwich Academy's Engineering & Design Lab (EDL) was established in 2013 to encourage and foster community using creativity and new technologies across diverse curricula. It is a fully equipped, digital fabrication space with machines including 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, and CNC machines. In addition to digital manufacturing capabilities, the space offers carpentry and hand-building tools, microcontrollers, electronics, and a wide variety of materials for building. Students and faculty across divisions have access to the space and support for their projects. The lab's director, Erin Riley, is a Senior FabLearn Fellow out of Stanford University's Transformative Learning Technologies Lab .

GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM) Network

The GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM) Network was founded by Greenwich Academy in 2011 to provide an online social platform for young women with a passion for science, technology, engineering and math.^[5]Through the network girls connect with each other and with women working and studying in STEM fields to support, encourage, teach and inspire one another. Membership is open to any high school serving girls (public or private, single gender or coeducational).

Since 2015, the GAINS Conference has been held each spring in partnership with top research universities and corporations. The three-day conferences have been held at MIT (2015), Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016), Silicon Valley (2017), and New York City at the offices of Oath (2018).

Daedalus Art and Literary Magazine

Daedalus, Greenwich Academy's art and literary magazine was established in 1986 and has earned 22 Gold Medalists from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, 15 Highest Awards from the National Council of Teachers of English, and 14 Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Career Resource Center

In 2015, Greenwich Academy established the Career Resource Center (CRC) to help students and alumnae draw on the school’s vast network to explore career opportunities, seek advice from industry experts, and secure internships. In addition to working with students and alumnae individually, the CRC offers resume and cover letter writing workshops, panel discussions, and weeklong career exploration opportunities in finance, publishing and social media, medicine, marketing, STEM, and public relations.

Global Scholars

The Global Scholars program was launched in 2010 and prepares students to be active and engaged members of an increasingly global community. Greenwich Academy's Global Scholars complete at least two weeks of study or project work outside of the United States and a senior capstone project.

Institute for Public Purpose

The Institute for Public Purpose is a one-week, place-based, learning initiative designed by GA's Center for Public Purpose. The goal is to reinforce and enrich the Upper School curriculum by introducing a select group of sophomore students to the core concepts of democracy, government, citizenship, and public service while living in Washington, DC.

Expedition Courses

Expedition courses combine a general course of study with a significant immersion experience. By linking these expeditions with the traditional classroom experience, students have an immediate opportunity to apply the knowledge they have learned and the skills they have developed. Courses include Experiential Biology which includes a research expedition to the Costa Rican rainforest, US History: Civil Rights which includes a weeklong trip to key historical sites in the south, Advanced Civil Rights which includes a trip to historical sites in the Chicago-area, and English XII: New York State of Mind in New York City.

Facilities

The Raether Athletic Center is home to two full courts for basketball and volleyball, as well as five international squash courts with stadium seating. Raether Athletic Center also is home to a 2600 square foot fitness facility housing cardio and strength equipment. The fitness center overlooks an outdoor facility, which is home to field hockey and soccer in the fall, and lacrosse in the spring. These teams train on FieldTurf surfaces that are optimized for each sport. Adjacent to these fields is a 3-lane, 200 meter track, a high jump apron, long and triple jump pit and discus and shot put throwing circles.

The recently renovated Ramsing Gymnasium provides additional full-court space for basketball and volleyball, and includes studios for rowing, spinning and yoga.

GA has six tennis courts on the main campus and a natural grass field adjacent at the Ridgeview Avenue Campus. Gator sailing keeps its fleet at Indian Harbor and the crew team is housed in Cos Cob at the Brunswick Boathouse. Ice hockey teams play on two full-sized rinks at Chelsea Piers in Stamford. The swimming and diving, and water polo teams utilize the Olympic-sized pools at Brunswick and the Greenwich YMCA.

Ridgeview Avenue Campus

Pre-Connecting (pre-K) and Connecting Class (kindergarten) students are housed at our Ridgeview Avenue Campus that features four classrooms, a large playground and a soccer field.^[6]

Lower School

The Lower School includes 8 classrooms for students in Groups I-IV. There is an art studio, computer lab, music room, science lab and library. Additionally, there are support spaces for tutoring and counseling, as well as a large playground.

Middle School

Renovated in 2009, the Middle School was awarded LEED Silver certification from the US Green Building Council. Green features include photovoltaics and daylight harvesting in which lights automatically adjust based on amount of sunlight entering through windows. There are 23 classrooms, three science labs, an art studio and a computer lab in the Middle School.

Upper School

The Patsy G. Howard Upper School includes 20 classrooms, 5 science laboratories, a student center, a 20,000-volume library with space and technology to serve both the Upper and Middle Schools and various support spaces, conference rooms and offices.

Ruth West Campbell Hall

Ruth West Campbell Hall (RWC) is named after the school's headmistress from 1925 to 1955. In 1950, Greenwich Academy purchased the old Rockefeller estate at 200 North Maple Avenue, its current location, and renamed the newly acquired building Ruth West Campbell Hall. The building houses administrative offices, admissions, meeting space, and the school store.

Wallace Performing Arts Center

The Performing Arts Center (PAC) contains Massey Theater a four hundred seat theater, a choral room, a dance studio, and practice rooms. The theater complex contains a scenery shop and a costume shop. Also in the theatrical complex is a small studio theater, nicknamed the Black Box Theater. The Black Box has computerized sound and lighting systems, a sprung floor and can accommodate one hundred seats. It is usually used for dance and theatrical productions.

The Jacobs Lobby is an exhibit space for art works. Just off the Jacobs Lobby is the Luchsinger Art Gallery, the setting for exhibiting the work of students, faculty and visiting artists.

Libraries

Greenwich Academy offers students and faculty a comprehensive program of library and media services in two facilities: the David W. Wallace Library for PC through Group IV, and the Jean and David W. Wallace Library for Groups V through XII. The print collections of the two libraries number approximately 30,000 volumes. In addition, access to a broad range of carefully selected web-based resources is also provided.

Fictional

Miranda Wells, the fictional protagonist of the Dragonwyck (novel) attended the school.^[13]