Announcing a Major New Italian Educational and Cultural Center in New York

NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- La Scuola d'Italia, the 38-year-old independent, bi-lingual Pre-K through 12 private school, has acquired a building at 432 west 58th Street from the Mount Sinai Health System, to consolidate its two locations enabling the school to expand from 300 to up to 700 students from nursery, pre K through 12 from September 2016.

Renovations will include the creation of 28 flexible use classrooms, a full gymnasium, an ultra modern 220 seat auditorium, media center, library, exhibit space, specialized labs, performance and art studios, nursery facilities, adult education facilities, an outdoor garden, and exceptional dining facilities for students and for culinary arts instruction.

Comm. Stefano Acunto, Chairman of the Board of La Scuola, stated that the School's Board of Trustees took a bold, historic step in the advancement of Italian presence in education in the US by acquiring the facility. "La Scuola is singular in the United States and will now advance to a new level of competitiveness and desirability among New York's independent private schools. Our bi-lingual emphasis, together with an outstanding, challenging curriculum, high standards of academic credibility, outstanding faculty and administration and dedicated parents and students have created a formula for success. We will be expanding in several ways, from the implementation of additional internationally recognized degrees and a strong emphasis on science and math to the addition of French and other new courses of study to support our graduates' placements in top American and European colleges. We are charting a course that will set La Scuola firmly among the leading schools of its type in New York and in the US."

Acunto added: "We will be selling our 12 East 96th Street building, will be offering three floors for rental at the new facility with a separate entrance and elevator, and we will begin a Capital Campaign to raise funds.

According to Mr. Carlo Mantica, COO of the School and project leader for the transaction, the School's outlook as an institution is very positive. "We have already received expressions of support from Italian and American leaders who believe that this unique, new facility will prove to be among the most important Italian educational and cultural institutions outside of Italy, easily the one with the largest body of students studying Italian in the US," he stated, adding, "We selected the neighborhood strategically for its transportation access, its proximity to major cultural and educational institutions, and its ideal location is situated in a major residential growth area."

The school is led administratively by Mr. Carlo Mantica, Chief Operating Officer and Dr. Maria Palandra, PhD Rector of the School.

ATTACHED:  Architect's rendition of the school - DMR Architects: https://app.box.com/s/mrvg7d616alfhlsl7sheobq4r8pi0845

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT CARLO MANTICA 212 369 3290 or E-MAIL.                    

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