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The Fessenden School is a Pre-K-Grade 9 Day and Boarding School for boys located in West Newton, Massachusetts. Our mission is to teach, nurture, and celebrate growing boys; cultivating each student’s individual potential and developing in balance his mind, character, heart, and body in an inclusive and joyful community that, through rigor, friendship, and service, reflects Fessenden’s traditional values of honesty, compassion, and respect.

The Park School has offered an exceptional independent education to boys and girls in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade since 1888. Today, our diverse student body of over 500+ students comes from the Boston metropolitan area to a beautiful 34-acre campus in Brookline, Massachusetts near Boston's Jamaica Pond. At Park, students develop a passion for learning. Our outstanding teachers get to know each child through small classes and an active partnership with parents.

Welcome to Andover Public Schools (APS), a district dedicated to providing creative and quality instruction that educates the whole child so that they are prepared for success in college, career and life. We are a district known for academic rigor and excellence in arts and athletics. APS is focused on world-class child-entered excellence in early childhood, elementary and secondary education. We have one Preschool, six K-5 Elementary Schools, three 6-8 Middle Schools, and a Senior High School. We encourage all of our students to think creatively, to ask the tough questions, to delve deeply into research utilizing the latest technology, to communicate in a variety of media and to collaborate with peers and adults. We go well beyond the mandated curriculum to develop each student’s individual academic, artistic and athletic potential, while developing a moral compass that will guide him/her beyond high school. Andover prides itself as one of the highest performing school districts in the state of Massachusetts, with a current total school enrollment is 6,075. We place a high value on maintaining appropriate class sizes and our students in K-12 enjoy one of the lowest class sizes in the area. Our teachers and staff are among the best in the nation, leading the way with innovative instruction focused on preparing students for success. Andover test scores are a testament to this and are among the highest in the state, and are very competitive with top public and private schools in the nation.