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Our mission is to equip children to lead a life of becoming 
– growing, thriving and flourishing – 
through the development of intellect and character.






“We lift the academic ceiling. Children can go as far as they can at whatever pace they can...”


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Developing the individual:
living a becoming life.
  • 99% 99%
    Iowa scores compared
    to national school norms
  • 8:1 8:1
    student-teacher
    ratio
  • 15% 15%
    of graduates receive
    National Merit Recognition
  • 95% 95%
    of graduates attend top
    private/public high schools
  • 229 229
    students qualified for National
    History Day finals since 1987
  • 5 5
    teams qualified for Future Problem
    Solving international since 2008
  • 35 35
    countries and 24 languages
    represented in our family community
  • 2019 2019
    Continental Mathematics League 
    1st Place Winner Grade 5
  • 2019 2019
    Top 300
    Broadcom Masters Winner 

News and Events

List of 3 news stories.

  • Birchwood Students’ Creative Writing Wins Big at Power of the Pen

    On Saturday, February 8, Birchwood’s 7th and 8th grade teams competed at the district level Power of the Pen creative writing tournament. The 7th grade team placed 2nd and the 8th grade team placed 4th out of 21 teams. Individually, James Mamone placed 10th and Sebastian Boyer (7th grade of Cleveland) won “Best of Round” for his piece entitled “Heart of Silver.”
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  • Birchwood MathCounts Team Wins 1 st Place

    Birchwood School’s MathCounts team won 1st place at the regional Chapter Competition held at Cleveland State University on February 15th. They also placed 2nd in the Speed Round. Additionally, several team members placed individually: James Mamone (8th grade of Parma) placed 2nd; Manan Raina (7th grade of Brecksville) placed 3 rd; and Carter Fleming (8th grade of Bay Village) placed 9th. This is the second consecutive year that the team has won this competition and in the last 10 years Birchwood has won seven first-place titles.
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  • Two Birchwood Alumni are Named Questbridge Scholars

    Congratulations to Jocelyn Chin (’16) and Jake Wei (’16) for being named Questbridge Scholars. These seniors matched with a college that will provide them 100% financial aid in the form of scholarships to cover the full cost of tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and travel expenses for four years of undergraduate study.

    Jocelyn Chin has matched with Duke University and Jake Wei with The University of Chicago.
     
    Questbridge is a nonprofit college match program for high-achieving students in need of financial aid that partners with 40 of the nation’s top colleges to provide highly qualified students – many of them first generation college students – access to affordable higher education.
     
    These two students were among the 1,127 scholarship recipients for 2019 that were selected from a field of over 14,926 applicants. They will join a worldwide network that includes over 16,000 current Questbridge college students and graduates.
     
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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.



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