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The Gateway School
The Gateway School
Address
	211 West 61st Street; New York, New York; United States
Information
School type	Independent
Established	1965
Head of school	Laurie Gruhn
Employees	80+
Grades	K-8
Age range	5-14
Number of students	180
Slogan	Success Starts Here
Accreditation	New York State Association of Independent Schools
Website	http://www.gatewayschool.org

The Gateway School is an independent school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan serving children ages 5–14 with learning disabilities. It currently enrolls approximately 180 students.^[2]

Gateway students typically have difficulty in mainstream classrooms due to a language-based learning disability (dyslexia, expressive and receptive language delays, reading and writing disorders); attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and/or executive function disorder.^[3]

History

The Gateway School of New York was established in 1965 by Elizabeth Freidus and Claire Flom. Freidus was an educator at Columbia University Teachers College; Claire Flom was the mother of Gateway's first student.^[4]^[5] The initial class consisted of five students in a space rented from Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The school remained in this location for 36 years.^[6]

In 2001, Gateway moved into a converted brownstone at 236 Second Avenue near Union Square. With the decision to add a Middle School to the existing Lower School, Gateway began searching for an even larger building, and it debuted its current home on West 61st Street, near Lincoln Center, in 2008.^[6]

In the 2015-2016 school year, Gateway celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Awards

2009 - LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council^[7]

2010 - National Center for Learning Disabilities’ Founders Award for exceptional service to children and families^[8]

2011 - Head of School Robert Cunningham named one of the top Game Changers in Education by The Huffington Post^[9]

Leadership

Elizabeth Freidus, Founding Director^[10] (1965–1978)

Davida Sherwood, Ph.D., Director^[6] (1978-2004)

Robert Cunningham, Head of School^[11] (2004-2013)

Carolyn Salzman, Head of School^[12] (2013–2020)

Laurie Gruhn, Head Of School (2020–present)

Professional Organizations

Gateway is a member of the following professional organizations: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Education Records Bureau (ERB), Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY),^[13] International Dyslexia Association (IDA),^[14] Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), National Business Officers Association (NBOA), New York Guild of Independent Schools, New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS),^[2] and Parents League of New York^[15]

Head of School Carolyn Salzman authored an article titled "Choosing a Special Education School" for the 2015 issue of The Parents League Review.^[12]

In the fall of 2015, artwork from Gateway students was on display at the Child Mind Institute in New York City, as part of the Beginning with the Self exhibit.^[16]