1919–1942: HELEN PARKHURST, HEADMISTRESS Poster text: Helen Parkhurst is named the first Headmistress in 1919 and continues to serve as The Dalton School’s head until her resignation in 1942. ← $ # →...
1922: EDUCATION ON THE DALTON PLAN IS PUBLISHED Poster text: The School soon receives international attention with the publication of Helen Parkhurst’s seminal book, Education on the Dalton Plan, which is translated into 14 different languages. The word...
1924: THE DALTON SCHOOLS & DALTON’S FIRST GRADUATING CLASS Poster text: The Children’s University School and High School are named the Dalton Schools. There are two members of the class of 1924. They graduate with honors and are ready for...
circa 1924: INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION Poster text: Every summer, in response to invitations from governments or educational associations, Helen Parkhurst goes abroad to lecture and to help to establish schools. The Laboratory Plan is particularly successful in...
1927–1928: CONSTRUCTION BEGINS… Poster text: “The three five-story tenement houses on a plot 75 by 100 feet at 110 to 114 East Eighty-ninth Street were sold yesterday… The property has been purchased by the Dalton Schools, Inc.” —The New York Times,...
November 1, 1929: NEW BUILDING Poster text: The Dalton School moves into its spacious new building at 108 East 89th Street. The new building is formally dedicated on Friday, November 1, 1929. Alum Miriam Tobias ’31 reports on the dedication of the new building,...
