Manhattan Country School Through the Years
Manhattan Country School opened its doors on September 21, 1966. This timeline highlights key moments in the school's 50-year history. To share your MCS memories, visit http://www.manhattancountryschool.org/share-your-mcs-story
MCS Hosts Second Conference on Multicultural Education
"Models That Work," MCS' second conference on multicultural education, co-sponsored with the Lab School, draws more than 300 participants. The event opened with children from MCS and the Creative Learning Community in East Harlem presenting a hand-sewn "Gorgeous Mosaic of Children's Lives and Dreams" quilt to Mrs. Joyce Dinkins, wife of New York City's first black mayor.
MCS Acquires a Second Farm Property in the Catskills
To support a student enrollment growth plan, Manhattan Country School acquires a second farm property in the Catskills featuring a six-bedroom, four-bath farmhouse, a barn and 36 acres of land for agricultural and nature education.
MCS' 30th Anniversary
MCS' 30th anniversary event celebrates Gus and Marty's retirement and honors Pete Seeger with the Living the Dream Mentor Award.
MCS Founder Gus Trowbridge Publishes the School's First Principles
Children's Workshop School Opens, Co-Founded by Former MCS Sixth Grade Teacher Jean Finnerty
Sliding-Scale Tuition Plan Adopted
First Graduating Class
MCS graduates its first class—eight eighth-graders. From Director Gus Trowbridge's graduation remarks to the graduates: "You have had the pride and pleasure of knowing that your place here has been unprecedented and unrivaled, that the path you have traveled has been over fresh ground, you have suffered from having no one ahead of you, no one older to lead the way, no one to take the blame or to warn you of the good places and the hard places that you have had to travel."
MCS' 45th Anniversary
MCS celebrates its 45th anniversary with a Big Night Out! gala celebration at the Museum of the City of New York. The Living the Dream Mentor Award is presented to former MCS trustee Frank Roosevelt and MCS alumna Michele Hatchette '01.
MCS' 25th Anniversary
MCS' 40th Anniversary
MCS celebrates it's 40th anniversary with a gala at the International House. The event's theme was "Children of The Movement Salute Young Activists." Living the Dream Mentor Award recipients include President Bill Clinton and The Clinton Foundation.
