Our mission is to equip children to lead a life of becoming
– growing, thriving and flourishing –
through the development of intellect and character.
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Academic Excellence
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Effective Character Development
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The Becoming Life
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Signature Programs
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Our Teachers
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Gifted Education
Potential is a Gift
Excellence is a Habit
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“We lift the academic ceiling. Children can go as far as they can at whatever pace they can ... ”
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Visit Us
We invite you to visit us to learn more about a Birchwood education for your child.
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Developing the individual:
living a becoming life.
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99%
Iowa scores compared
to national school norms
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8:1
student-teacher
ratio
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19%
of graduates receive
National Merit Recognition
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95%
of graduates attend top
private/public high schools
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255
students qualified for National
History Day finals since 1987
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7
teams qualified for Future Problem
Solving international since 2008
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35
countries and 24 languages
represented in our family community
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2020
MathCounts Chapter Competition1st Place Winner
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2019
Top 300
Broadcom Masters Winner
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News and Events
List of 3 news stories.
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Birchwood Students, Alum Earn Top 10 National History Day Honors
Read MoreBy JOE PARRINO
5th-8th Social Studies
Dean of Teaching & Learning
School may be out but the National History Day national contest results are in! Birchwood has 10 more reasons to cheer. Ten of our students placed in the top 10 in their respective categories. That's competing against the best projects from all 50 states.Before we get to the Xfinity Center packed with cheering throngs, some more context can help. Twenty-one Birchwood students qualified for the national contest by placing either first or second in their category at the Ohio contest last April. They had several weeks to improve their paper, documentary, website, exhibit, or performance before the national event in College Park, Md., a suburb of the nation's capital and the home to the University of Maryland. -
Birchwood Student Reaches Top Four for National Handwriting Honor
Read MoreCongratulations to Birchwood School of Hawken second grader April, the Grade 2 Northeast Regional Winner in the 2025 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest!
Congrats are also in order for third grader Tara and fourth grader Mina who were judged best in Birchwood for each of their respective grade levels.Handwriting is a key to literacy development, and we see it pay off every day at Birchwood School of Hawken. April is one of the top four competitors nationwide for her grade.For each of seven grade levels – kindergarten through Grade 6 – one winner is chosen in each of four regions in the United States. Those 28 compete to be chosen as the lone Grade-Level Grand National Champion. -
Birchwood Power of the Pen Teams Shine at Districts
Read MoreSeventh and eighth grade teams from Birchwood School of Hawken competed in the first round of the Power of the Pen tournament season, held Jan. 11, at Fairview High School, and walked away with several awards, including three students who placed individually in their respective grade’s top 12 writers and a top win for the seventh-grade team.Birchwood wordsmiths were among the 180 writers from 22 schools who embraced the challenge of the Power of the Pen, an intense impromptu writing event. How intense? Students engaged in three back-to-back, 40-minute rounds of writing. That time includes hearing the writing prompt for the first time.
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Birchwood School of Hawken is a member of the Ohio Association of Independent Schools (OAIS), the Cleveland Council of Independent Schools (CCIS), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). Birchwood School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States.
