Birchwood School of Hawken

In October of 2016, the Board of Trustees of both Hawken School and Birchwood School announced the agreement to merge our two institutions after over a year of careful consideration. Birchwood founders Chuck and Helene Debelak continue to run Birchwood, an exceptional preschool through grade 8 coeducational, independent school that has served families on Cleveland's near west side since 1984.
 
As part of this merger, Birchwood combined all assets, liabilities and contracts with Hawken. They are now a single entity, with Birchwood operating as a distinct division; its administration, faculty, staff, programming and tuition structure remain unchanged. The school is now Birchwood School of Hawken, and Birchwood families are members of the Hawken community.
 
Hawken and Birchwood share deeply aligned missions that focus on the development of both character and intellect. Both schools are forward- focused, have similar visions for the future of education, and are committed to Cleveland. The merger of these two great schools strengthens the future of both institutions without changing the Hawken our alumni know and without changing the Hawken experience our current students enjoy on both our Lyndhurst and Gates Mills campuses.
 
Birchwood has a richly diverse student body and a reputation for producing some of the most accomplished students in Northeast Ohio. Over the years, many have gone on to attend Hawken.

Through this merger, all Birchwood students are now automatically accepted to Hawken's Upper School, just as our Lyndhurst students are. Birchwood and Lyndhurst intentionally prepare students for their Hawken Upper School experience, where our focus seamlessly shifts to preparation for college and the real world.

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Official Merger Signing

Photos of Birchwood School

An independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school, toddler through grade 12

Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135 

Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106

Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106

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