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McGehee At A Glance

  • Small by Design Small by Design
    Thanks to our small class sizes, our students learn that there is enormous potential and power in being in an all girls’ environment. McGehee is a school of girls for girls. Our students understand that they can do anything because here girls fill every role.
  • Affordability Affordability
    We know that choosing an independent school comes with a large financial commitment. A significant portion of our student body receives financial assistance to help cover the cost of tuition; we work hard to make our offerings accessible and inclusive.
  • Student Engagement Student Engagement
    Our low student to teacher ratio encourages girls to question, participate, lead and excel. At McGehee, each girl finds her voice, strives to meet her potential and deliver her best. Our extraordinary faculty respects the way girls learn and teaches with a curriculum that goes beyond the walls of the classroom.
  • Unique Programs Unique Programs
    Academically qualified seniors may pursue a rigorous independent course of study and upon completion of this mentorship, graduate with distinction on their McGehee diplomas.
  • Service Learning Service Learning
    Beginning in Pre-K, service takes many forms during a student’s tenure at McGehee and permeates everything she does. No young woman leaves McGehee without knowing that her place in the world involves service to others.
  • Honor Code Honor Code
    McGehee’s Honor Code is the oldest in the city, adopted in 1921 along with its essential partner self-government. The Honor Code is one of the defining elements at McGehee and serves as a moral compass with an emphasis on self-accountability.

Leading Women

  • Rosie Odem '19 Rosie Odem '19
    Rosie Odem’s goal was to make McGehee more sustainable as a school and to encourage a sustainable lifestyle amongst the McGehee community....
  • Grace Perret '16 Grace Perret '16
    I was taught at McGehee to speak my mind, to articulate myself and to write well, which I think made my transition to college much easier than some of my peers here...
  • Lucy Bryan '19 Lucy Bryan '19
    Lucy Bryan’s motivation for her mentorship was to answer the question: why does sexism still exist despite the fact that most people in our country agree no one is superior to others simply because of their sex?...
  • Melanie Sheen '02 Melanie Sheen '02
    Dr. Melanie Sheen is a board certified hematologist/medical oncologist with a special interest in the treatment of breast cancer...
  • Julia Beery '19 Julia Beery '19
    Julia Beery ‘19 explored the idea of Nature-Deficit Disorder: that our distance from nature in our everyday lives has impacts on our own physical and mental health as well as how we treat the environment....
  • Bonita Robertson '02 Bonita Robertson '02
    McGehee’s school motto of Noblesse Oblige was a big influence on Bonita Robertson’s career path in philanthropy...
  • Marion Strauss '15 Marion Strauss '15
    Marion Strauss is a rising senior at NYU Tisch School of the Arts pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama. During her first two years of college...
  • Maria Espinoza '14 Maria Espinoza '14
    During her senior year mentorship at McGehee Maria designed a house to fit a specific site in Peru, her ancestral home...

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