Spence School, Private preparatory school in Manhattan, United States.
The Spence School occupies two buildings on East 91st and East 93rd Streets, offering education from kindergarten through twelfth grade for girls. The facility extends across several floors with classrooms, laboratories, a library, and spaces for arts and music.
Clara B. Spence founded the school in 1892 in a brownstone house, starting with six students. Throughout the 20th century the institution relocated several times and expanded until it occupied its current buildings.
The name honors Clara B. Spence, who redefined female education in New York and created a school that combined academic achievement with personal growth. Today visitors experience this tradition through a curriculum that combines mathematics with art and history with science.
The school sits between Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side, with buildings two blocks apart. Visitors should note this is a private educational institution with limited public access.
The Latin motto translates as we learn not for school but for life, borrowed from Seneca the Younger. This ancient philosophy appears throughout the campus and guides teaching methods that connect subjects to everyday situations.
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