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.

  • Birchwood Students Advance to the National Contest of National History Day

    The National History Day competition for the 2021-22 school year once again was held virtually at the regional level and the state level. In spite of the challenges that a virtual competition posed for the students, they produced some extraordinary projects and were recognized for the caliber of their historical research and the quality of their projects. 

    From Birchwood School of Hawken, 31 students advanced from the regional level of the competition to the state level competition held at the end of April. The results from the state contest were exceptional. Five projects placed first in their respective categories, qualifying them to compete at the national level in June. 
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  • Students Recognized by National Spanish Examinations

    Every year Birchwood students studying Spanish under Noemi Rodriguez who wish to push themselves take the National Spanish Examination (NSE). The test is an online standardized assessment tool for 6th-12th graders and is given by about 4,000 teachers throughout the United States. It measures performance (interpretive communication) and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language.

    This year, 15 Birchwood eighth graders testing at the first and second level (Spanish I and Spanish II) received recognition. These results are the best in our school’s history!
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  • First Grader’s Poem Published in Spider Magazine

    Eliesha Parrino’s poem will be published in the May/June issue of Spider magazine. Students were asked to submit a poem about "bragging." Her poem can be found below or on their website. 
     
    I am fast, you are slow. You don’t know how to go.
    I am faster than a cheetah. You are slower than a snail.
    I can run 20 seconds. You can run in 50 seconds.
    You can barely see my legs when I run. 
    I can finish a race before you can blink your eyes. 
    Ha, ha, I am better. 
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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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