Our mission is to equip children to lead a life of becoming 
– growing, thriving and flourishing – 
through the development of intellect and character.
  • BW HP: Academic Excellence
    Academic Excellence
  • BW HP: Effective Character Development
    Effective Character Development
  • BW HP: The Becoming Life
    The Becoming Life
  • BW HP: Signature Programs
    Signature Programs
  • BW HP: Our Teachers
    Our Teachers
  • BW HP: Gifted Education
    Gifted Education
Potential is a Gift
Excellence is a Habit




“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
  • 19% 19%
    of graduates receive
    National Merit Recognition
  • 95% 95%
    of graduates attend top
    private/public high schools
  • 255 255
    students qualified for National
    History Day finals since 1987
  • 7 7
    teams qualified for Future Problem
    Solving international since 2008
  • 35 35
    countries and 24 languages
    represented in our family community
  • 2020 2020
    MathCounts Chapter Competition
    1st Place Winner 
  • 2019 2019
    Top 300
    Broadcom Masters Winner 

News and Events

List of 3 news stories.

  • Eighteen Students Receive Regional Scholastic Writing Awards

    Eighteen Birchwood 8th grade students received Awards and recognition from the 2022 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards competition. They were selected from hundreds of local participants from area schools in seventh through twelfth grade. Four students received the Gold Award which qualifies their work to advance to the national competition. National Awards will be announced on March 17, 2022 at artandwriting.org.
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  • Patriot’s Pen Essay Winners

    Congratulations to Omar Elbadawy (1st place), Areesha Nouman (2nd place), and Benjamin Miyares (Honorable Mention) for their winning entries in the 2nd Annual Patriot’s Pen essay contest.  They submitted their essays to the Strongsville Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and have all advanced to the district competition. Participating students had to write pieces that answered the question, “How Can I Be A Good American?” Click here to see the Birchwood winning essays.
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  • Student Poems Published in National Magazine

    Congratulations to Cara Coppa, Raina Roy Augustin, and Brinley Adamich for having their poems chosen for publication by Spider Magazine. Participating students wrote poems about the tastiest kind of noodles. Their award-winning entries will appear in the January edition of the magazine. To see the winning Birchwood entries, visit https://bit.ly/3m4qLnN
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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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