History
St. David’s was originally the home of Ruth Hunter Cutting, daughter of Robert Fulton Cutting, known as a prominent financier (he and his brother William Bayard Cutting brought the sugar beet industry to the United States), philanthropist and as “the first citizen of New York.” The school officially opened on February 5, 1951, and Saint David's began with one teacher and four students. Its purpose, according to its nine founding families, was "to provide a sound substantial education for the growing boy, equal to the best, derived from institutions of a similar level." While a school in the Roman Catholic tradition, Saint David's has always been lay-run and independent.Academics
Saint David's School is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Independent Schools, and the Educational Records Bureau. Boys have largely moved onto day schools in New York City, such as Regis or Collegiate, while others moved onto boarding schools; boys have gone to Deerfield Academy, Kent School,Athletics
The school offers a sports program, including baseball, basketball, cross country running, cross-country, flag football, floor hockey, lacrosse, soccer, squash (sport), squash, and Track and field, track. They have three gymnasiums on-campus (including one that is middle school regulation size) As an after-school elective, Saint David's also offers an ice hockey program which begins in kindergarten and is available until 8th grade. In the 2018-2019 hockey season, Saint David's won its first ice hockey championship in the Hudson Valley Hockey League by defeating North Park. In early June 2019, the school was visited by Justin Tuck, formerly of the New York Giants, to speak at an athletics networking event for alumni, parents, and students.Community service
Saint David's participates in many community service initiatives, some of which include their annual Halloween candy drive, their bottle cap drive, and other fundraising projects. They work with New York Cares for their annual coat drive, the Graham Windham Mitten and Hat Collection, Project Cicero for book donations, City Harvest (United States), City Harvest for annual food drives, Ronald McDonald's Fun Run, Florence Nightingale Nursing Home and Terence Cardinal Cooke Nursing Home for nursing home visits and carols, and It's My Park Day to rejuvenate New York City Parks. In 2004, the school raised more than $10,000 for the Red Cross and their South East Asia Tsunami Fund. In 2010, they raised $36,000 for Haiti's Recovery Fund. And in 2011, they began a new initiative to raise money to build a school in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with the help of Mimi's Building Blocks and Save the Children. They raised more than $120,000 and Saint David's Kalina School opened in Ethiopia in the fall of 2013.Notable alumni
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*Thomas F. Herlihy (1951-1953) *David D. Hume (1953–1990) *Timothy Burns (1990–1992) *Dr. Donald T. Maiocco (1992–2004) *Dr. P. David O'Halloran (2004–Present)References
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