The mission of the Framingham Public Schools, a system that understands and values our diversity, is to educate each student to learn and live productively as a critically-thinking, responsible citizen in a multicultural, democratic society by providing academically challenging instructional programs taught by a highly qualified and diverse staff and supported by comprehensive services in partnership with our entire community.
FPS Core Beliefs
Learning is the central purpose of schools
Human differences are to be respected
Collegiality and professionalism characterize the school community
Individuals are responsible for their behavior
Milton Academy cultivates in its students a passion for learning and a respect for others. Embracing diversity and the pursuit of excellence, we create a community in which individuals develop competence, confidence and character. Our active learning environment, in and out of the classroom, develops creative and critical thinkers, unafraid to express their ideas, prepared to seek meaningful lifetime success and to live by our motto, "Dare to be true."
Milton Academy is an independent college preparatory K–12 school, boarding and day in grades 9–12, located eight miles south of Boston.
Northfield Mount Hermon is a coed, independent boarding school of 630 students in grades 9 to 12 plus a postgraduate year. NMH is known for its College-Model Academic Program, which balances academic, extracurricular, and residential experiences. You’ll find us in the heart of New England, on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts.