From the corner of West 25th Street in Manhattan, it takes 34 steps to cross 10th Avenue, more if it is a kindergartner dawdling, sippy cup in hand, to the private school on the other side. To get to Avenues of the World School by crossing West 25th Street takes only 16 steps, even fewer if it is a frantic 12th grader bounding to be on time for first period. “My man, Wilder,” he would call out to a 4-year-old boy. “Spider-Man,” he’d chuckle at the preschooler clutching for dear life a figurine of his favorite superhero. “Miss Seattle,” he’d address a third-grade girl, a new student from the West Coast who loyally wore a Seahawks cap every day.

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Persons: Richard Henderson, Wilder, ”, “, chuckle Organizations: World, West, Miss, West Coast, Seahawks Locations: West, Manhattan, Miss Seattle