If you are going through the daunting task of trying to pick a preschool or a private school for your child, we feel you, mama!
We’ve put together a great guide of private schools and preschools in Boston and beyond, brought to you by The Fessenden School. We hope it helps you figure out what is best for you and your family!
The Fessenden School
The Fessenden School is more than an independent day and boarding school for boys in pre-K–grade 9. It’s a journey. An educational playground. A family.
Located just minutes from downtown Boston, Fessenden provides an academic experience that both supports and inspires boys to venture beyond their comfort zones. By demonstrating kindness and respect, faculty and staff encourage students to strive, interact, and claim their identities with both confidence and humility. Attend an admissions event, where you and your family can experience the transformative power of a Fessenden education firsthand. Visit https://www.fessendenopenhouse.org to preregister for upcoming events, or call 617-630-2300.
Pine Village Preschool
The Pine Village Preschool mission is to educate and nurture each child’s individuality within a culturally diverse, bilingual community to develop a true passion for learning and ability to engage in any environment.
Founded in 2001, Pine Village Preschool offers Spanish immersion preschool for ages 15 months through pre-K, providing parents of toddlers and preschoolers a modern approach to child development. In our program, the seeds of creativity, acceptance, and inclusion are planted and encouraged to grow.
Pine Village has 10 locations through the greater Boston area: Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Newton Highlands, South End, Porter Square, Kendall Square, Needham, and two in Jamaica Plain.
Tenacre Country Day School
Tenacre is a welcoming, coed school and community for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 6. The school’s Wellesley location is easily accessible from many metro Boston communities. Tenacre’s mission is simple and to the point: Tenacre nurtures and challenges each child, every day. The school’s small size, its team teaching approach, and the firm commitment to the elementary years all contribute to Tenacre’s success, as does its attentiveness to every facet of every child: academic, emotional, social, and moral. Tenacre wants to do more than raise test scores — they want to expand horizons, stoke curiosity, and build character.
The Meadowbrook School
What’s the value of a great education? How about a lifelong eagerness to challenge the intellect. A spirit that’s never satisfied with “good enough.” The drive to move the world.
The Meadowbrook School is a co-educational independent day school in Weston that inspires and challenges learners in grades junior kindergarten through eight. The school’s talented teachers engage students in an advanced curriculum from the very beginning, building deep personal connections to spark the potential of every child.
Innovation goes beyond technology and engineering or even the latest curricular approach. It’s a deliberate mindset of always seeking a better way.
SolBe
Be the family that thrives. SolBe [sohl-be] is an early learning center that reimagines traditional notions of child care and nursery school. SolBe aims to create the highest quality early learning experiences. The center’s dynamic program continually adapts and improves as they nurture healthy, engaged lives.
A commitment to learning in all its forms. An emphasis on play. An award-winning, inventive design. Evening and weekend parent-child classes. A supportive partner and knowledgeable resource for bustling parents. A community of vibrant, engaged families. A place where children and adults alike want to spend time.
LINX Dance Studio
LINX Dance Studio provides award-winning recreational and competitive dance classes and camps for children age 3 through high school in ballet, tap, tumbling, hip hop, jazz, modern, lyrical, and leaps and turns. Expert dance instructors are committed to providing innovative technique-based instruction. Young dancers will learn and develop self-expression, discipline, and passion as they work to achieve excellence in performance and competition.
The Advent School
The Advent School is a premier elementary school located in the heart of Boston. Students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade are immersed in an authentic, experiential, and rigorous academic environment while learning to be critical thinkers, confident scholars, and compassionate citizens of the world. Advent students and alumni are advocates for themselves and their communities; they view the city of Boston as an extension of the classroom. Guided by the school’s expert faculty, Advent students develop a true love of learning, and a strong foundation for their progression to middle school.
Dedham Country Day School
Dedham Country Day School believes that balance matters — in learning and life. DCD combines academic challenge with support; pedagogical tradition with innovation. Strong scholastics combined with outstanding arts, athletics, and service learning create a program that is balanced and whole. Children learn who they are as diverse individuals and how to be part of something bigger. At DCD, a premium is placed on both academic and emotional intelligence. For over 115 years, DCD has been welcoming young children, passionate teachers, and committed families to its pre-kindergarten through grade 8 learning community. Visit Dedham Country Day School on its 17-acre campus, just minutes from Route 128 in Dedham.
Classroom observation: January 25, register at www.dedhamcountryday.org/admissionsevents.
Off-campus admissions coffees: December 11, RSVP to [email protected] for details.
South Shore Christian Academy
South Shore Christian Academy is an independent, non-denominational, co-ed day school educating students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Faculty and administrators strive to prepare students for college and life by integrating Christian faith and rigorous academics to create a strong foundation for success.
The pre-K program provides students a nurturing and challenging environment that prepares children to develop the framework of academic skills and social capabilities necessary to meet the rigor of today’s competitive prep school environment. Pre-K students work with a broad base of academic material and balance this academic work with opportunities for creative and social development. Teachers work with each individual student to ensure that curriculum is tailored to help each child develop and flourish.
Important Dates: 2019–2020 Admission
Pre-K decisions begin December 10, 2018, with rolling admissions until October 2019 if space is available
K-12 application deadline: February 1
K-12 decision date: March 1
Rolling admissions after March 1 if space is available
St. Joseph Parish Schools
St. Joseph Parish Schools, located in Needham, MA, offers a full day pre-K and K program through grade 8 (new preschool program beginning in Sept. 2019!). Both schools, St. Joseph Elementary School and Monsignor Haddad Middle School, attract students from more than 20 neighboring communities. Noted for its academic excellence and enrichment programs, the co-curricular activities include a STREAM (Science • Technology • Religion • Engineering • Arts • Math) program and drama classes/productions in the grade school, and visual arts and athletics in the middle school. Learn more at www.saintjoes.com.
Fayerweather Street School
Founded in 1967, Fayerweather Street School is a pre-K through grade 8 school with an emphasis on progressive education. Fayerweather strives to help students connect with their own curiosity and find joy in the learning process. The school offers a thematic, project-based curriculum, challenging academics, commitment to social justice, and an anti-bias curriculum. Fayerweather has a diverse student population, plus a co-teacher model with multi-age classroom. Offerings include Spanish, music, art, woodshop, library, and physical education. Open houses are on October 20 from 10 a.m. to noon and December 8 from 1 to 3 p.m.
