Rhodes Preparatory School
Rhodes Preparatory School was a private school located at 11 West 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City, United States. It included a lower school with students in seventh and eighth grades and an upper school for students from grades nine through twelve. For a brief period in its history, it also had fifth and sixth grade classes. There was also an evening school for adults. Rhodes was a college preparatory school. It attracted students from all over the world. Many graduates went on to Ivy League or Seven Sisters schools, and to other prestigious institutions around  the country and the world. The now-defunct school is often referred to as "Rhodes School" or simply "Rhodes.” Signs in the classrooms read, "Every class is an English class.” The Warwick New York Hotel, located just a few doors down at 65 West 54th Street, hosted many school functions in its ballroom. Several Rhodes proms and commencement ceremonies were held at another New York Hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Rhodes was the model for the school in the novel "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, the school of last resort for ne'er-do-wells who were kicked out  of other private schools; e.g. Rick Jason (actor: "Combat"), who had been kicked out of nine other preparatory schools for outlandish behavior.