Fayerweather Street School vs. Shady Hill School
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School Overview
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Overview
Fayerweather Street School is an independent, progressive school that provides a child-centered approach to learning from PreKindergarten through 8th grade.
Fayerweather educates children to become self-confident and self-directed learners, critical and reflective thinkers, explorers of ideas, and risk-takers.
We are respectful of individual learning styles. Our integrated and thematic curriculum is designed to spark questions and concerns about the world while providing a structure in which strong academic skills are developed.
Fayerweather supports educational research, professional development, and engagement in community action.
Fayerweather strives to build and sustain a community with varied backgrounds of race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
We are committed to preparing students to engage in an interdependent and diverse world.
Shady Hill is an all gender Pre-K through 8th Grade day school on 11 acres in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Our unique village-style campus is a collection of child-scaled buildings set around courtyards and greens with a web of connecting pathways, play spaces, athletic fields, and wildlife areas.
Founded in 1915 on the back porch of Harvard Professor Ernest Hocking and his wife, Agnes Hocking, the goal was for children to experience an education enriched by the same kind of open-mindedness, inquiry, intellectual rigor, and passion for learning that they valued in their own experiences.
The curriculum is built around Central Subject-a year-long, in-depth study of a people, period of history, an idea or movement-and stresses the interrelationships of many disciplines and the use of original sources.
Through exploration and discovery, rigorous and engaging activities, the mastery of skills, purposeful dialogue and meticulous guidance, our students develop into independent, critical thinkers and life-long learners.
Our beliefs in a diverse and inclusive community, cooperation and collaboration, self reflection, and individual responsibility help students grow into confident, ethical citizens of the school and the world beyond.
Grades Offered
PK-8
PK-8
Blue Ribbon School
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Offers Post-Graduate Year
No
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Year Founded
1967
1915
Students Body
Total Students
205 students
531 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
23%
46%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
12
36
Kindergarten Students
20
44
Grade 1 Students
16
44
Grade 2 Students
18
45
Grade 3 Students
21
51
Grade 4 Students
21
51
Grade 5 Students
24
60
Grade 6 Students
25
70
Grade 7 Students
26
65
Grade 8 Students
22
65
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
50 teachers
100 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
87%
91%
Average Class Size
20
16
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:4
1:5
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
Jan. 14 / rolling
Jan. 10
Tuition Notes
Tuition ranges from $$29,450-$38,550 for the 2022-2023 school year.
2023-2024 tuition ranges from $32,750 for Beginners to $49,600 for Grade 8.
% on Financial Aid
30%
18%
Average Financial Aid Grant
$21,000
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Acceptance Rate
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18%
Admissions Director
Karina Davis
Sarah Wooten
Admissions Associate
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Sandra Zuckerman
Sports
Total Sports Offered
3
12
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
12
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Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Afterschool Band, Basketball Club, Build It Yourself/ Lego Robotics, Chorus, Drama, Glee Club, Math Olympiad, Middle School Play, Parkour, Private Music Lessons, Soccer Club, Young Scientists Club
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