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The Speyer Legacy School

Now entering its 11th year, Speyer is New York's only independent school for gifted learners, K-8. It began with 26 students in a two-classroom space on West 61st street and has grown to more than 300 students in a breathtaking campus in Midtown Manhattan.

Led by an academically fearless faculty, administration, and staff, students are inspired to be intellectually curious and to pursue their passions. Math, music, languages, arts, sciences, humanities, and technology spill out of the classrooms. Smiles light up the already sun-drenched space. Laughter and discourse bounce off the walls. It's the school you wished you had went to.

You don't have to be here long to learn this is a collaborative community committed to excellence, ethics, and action. And once you're here, you won't want to leave.

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Speyer Snapshots

Friends

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Code Buddies

Inspiring the next generation of the brightest minds

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Cubin'

Downtime at Speyer

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Welcome!

We're happy to be here.

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Bring the Beat Back

Mixing arts and academics.

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On the Boulevard

Learning will not be confined by the boundaries of the classroom.

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Soar

What are the limits when you have wings to fly?

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Up for discussion

Or, up for debate?

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Affirmation

Students leave spontaneous notes of friendship and support.

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Bonjour / Hola / Annyeonghaseyo / Zdravstvuyte / Nin hao / Konnichiwa

Hi.

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Bee-Bot

Buzzing around the Makers Lab.

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Laugh long, laugh hard

Laugh together.

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Flower power

This kind of thing is everywhere.

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We love books

Lots and lots of books.

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Mr. D

Head of School

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YEEEAAHHHHHHH!!!

Never turn down an invitation to let loose.

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Beautiful

Like a rainbow.

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Create

This is what potential looks like.

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Working or playing?

It's all the same.

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Ms. Rindfuss

The way to teach gifted students is to raise yourself up to their level.

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Meta

Living and learning in all dimensions.

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Grimm's Rainbow

Who are you calling square?

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#inspeyered

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