Fifth Avenue Campus
East 82nd Street Campus
Marymount’s Lower and Upper Schools occupy three adjoining Beaux Arts buildings built around the turn of the twentieth century: the Vanderbilt Mansion, the Pratt Mansion, and the Milbank Mansion. These buildings have landmark status as part of the Metropolitan Museum historic district. The Fifth Avenue facilities include four state-of-the-art science and technology laboratories: the physical sciences lab, the life sciences lab, the physics and advanced math center, and the general sciences lab; the buildings also house technology classrooms, art studios, a math center, a computer center, a reading center, a foreign language center, a gymnasium, an auditorium, a courtyard play area, a chapel, and a library complex. Most classrooms are equipped with SmartBoards. As well as a print collection, the library offers an on-line catalogue and computerized reference materials.
Since September 2002, the Middle School is housed in another Beaux Art townhouse at 2 East 82nd Street. In addition to general purpose classrooms and common areas, this campus has dedicated facilities for library, art, and science, and offers a 1:1 laptop program for students in Classes IV-VII.
East 97th Street Campus
In September 2011 Marymount expanded its facilities to East 97th street, where the School renovated a gymnasium, cafeteria, and three floors of classrooms. The fourth floor of 116 East 97th Street features several science classrooms and laboratories as well as a media-production lab, and a “fab lab” where students can design, engineer, and fabricate an array of objects and solutions using 3-D printers, laser cutters, and other fabrication tools. The additional campus also offers additional classrooms for humanities classes, space for visual and performing arts, and a fitness room.
As part of a schoolwide digital network, each student in Classes VI through XII is provided with her own email account. Lower and Middle School students access the school network and the internet through classroom accounts. Remote network access enables students to access school materials from home. Computers are used across the curriculum as everyday tools for gathering data, sharing information, and completing assignments.
Metropolitan Museum as classroom
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located directly opposite the School, offers resources that are central to our program. Its voluminous and priceless collections of art and artifacts provide a dynamic focus of study. Students from Nursery to Class XII regularly visit the Museum’s galleries. Students in Classes III through VII meet twice a month for studio art class in the Museum’s Carroll Classroom, and the integrated humanities program for Class IX includes weekly visits to the Met, including gallery visits and seminar discussions in the Carroll Classroom.
Nearby Central Park, a hands-on science laboratory, provides acres of woods, ponds, and fields for exploration. It also offers athletic facilities for physical education classes, team sports, and field days.
Central Park as classroom