The Heschel School is a new $70,000,000 high-rise school whose pro- gram incorporates an early childhood center, lower school, and middle school located on a site adjacent to the existing Heschel High School on Manhattan`s West Side. Each school will maintain its own identity while establishing symbiotic relationships with the other components. The 145,000 sf building, located in a developing urban neighborhood, opened in the fall of 2012 and has attained LEED Gold certification.