The Kew-Forest School is an independent college preparatory school, located in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, United States, for students in grades Preschool to Grade 12.
History What is today the neighborhoods of Forest Hills and Kew Gardens were both created in 1909 as housing developments. The only public school servicing the new developments was P.S. 101, however, it only ran from kindergarten to third grade. A group of wealthy locals engaged with Louis Durant Marriott and Guy Hinman Catlin, both teachers at the private St. Paul's School, to become co-headmasters of the new Kew-Forest School. A 2-acre plot of land was then purchased and three buildings constructed with the school openings its doors on September 25, 1918, offering education from kindergarten through high-school. Unlike many other private schools at the time, the Kew-Forest School started life co-educational.
Headmasters Guy Hinman Catlin (co) 1918-1933 Louis Durant Marriott: 1918-1941 James L. Dixon: 1941-1960 Wilson M. Johnson: 1960-1973 Philip V. Rogers, Jr.: 1973-1999 Peter S. Lewis: 2000-2009 Mark Fish: 2009-2014 Eric G. Ruoss: 2014-2017 Carla MacMullen: 2017-2022 Tiffany D. Trotter: 2022-present
Notable alumni Hank Azaria, actor Maryanne Trump Barry, United States Appellate Judge and eldest sister of U.S. President, Donald Trump Peter Brant, industrialist Margaret Wise Brown, author Derek Bryson Park, Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Donald Trump, 45th and 47th president of the United States Katharine Weber, author and professor Gideon Yago, journalist James Gray, director
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External links Official website