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Good Shepherd School is dedicated to providing a quality education that prepares critically thinking, socially capable, spiritually sensitive and culturally aware individuals, who can use all the academic disciplines and the latest technology for personal and professional success and service to others in the 21st century.
Good Shepherd School has and continues to serve as a spiritual anchor to all who have passed through its doors.
The school is located at the most northern tip of Manhattan across the street from beautiful Inwood Park.
We offer a Catholic education to students in grades pre-kindergarten (3 years old) to eighth grade.
Club or Organization: Homework Help, Robotics Club, Student Council, Tutoring, Yearbook
Arts and Music Programs: Arts and Crafts Club, Choir, Dance Club, Theater Program
School Notes
Good Shepherd School has been an academic anchor of Inwood, NYC
since 1925. Our graduates and alumni remain closely tied to GSS and
continue to support our school and our students.
Good Shepherd School follows the NYS curriculum and offers a
wide variety of extracurriculars and athletics.
Dodgeball, basketball, baseball, and track clubs are very
popular with our students, and on a given day after-school, you
will find students from the Theater Program rehearsing a play or
musical onstage.
Students in the past have taken part in clubs like Harry Potter
Club, Homework Help, Arts & Crafts, Tutoring, Yearbook, and Student
Council.
Our school has out-performed other charter and private schools
on both ELA and Math State Tests.
We take pride in our academic resources and facilities,
featuring: SmartTVs in every classroom, interactive Chromebook
program, newly upgraded computer labs, library, gymnasium, and fine
arts room.
At graduation, Good Shepherd School students are
well-positioned to succeed in high school. Our graduates have
masteredcore academic skills and are problem-solvers,
critical thinkers, innovators, multi-taskers, and collaborators.
Our administration, faculty, and counseling staff are
actively involved in the high school selection and enrollment
process. Whether meeting one-on-one with families to
determine what high school is the "best fit" for a student, to
writing letters of recommendation, we are committed to helping our
students take the next step in their academic careers.
Here are some of the schools our students have been accepted
to, with scholarships: Academy of Mount St. Ursula, All Hallows,
Archbishop Stepinac, Cardinal Hayes, Cardinal Spellman, Fordham
Prep, High School of American Studies Lehman College, La Salle,
Mount Saint Michael, Notre Dame, Regis High School, Saint Jean
Baptiste, Saint Vincent Ferrer, and Xavier High School.
At Good Shepherd School, we celebrate our Catholic faith
together. Each morning, the entire school gathers in the
auditorium for morning prayer.
The school community ends the week every Friday afternoon by
celebrating Masswith family, friends, and parishioners of
Church of the Good Shepherd. Students receive age-appropriate
religious education on a daily basis.
Students in 2nd Grade prepare for and receive the sacraments of
Reconciliation and First Eucharist. Students in 7th and 8th Grade
prepare for and receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Through service projects, students put their faith into action
to benefit those in need. Recent projects have included:
Pennies for Patients benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
and Lenten Offering benefitting the Church of Good Shepherd`s
weekly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Quick Stats (2025)
Grades: Prekindergarten-8
Enrollment: 293 students
Yearly Tuition: $5,200
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: Verified school update
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