Fay School vs. The Bement School
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The Bement School
94 Old Main Street, PO Box 8
Deerfield, MA 01342, United States of America
Deerfield, MA 01342, United States of America
Top Rankings
Fay School ranks among the top 20 boarding schools (out of 280 schools) for:
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The Bement School ranks among the top 10 schools with 200-400 students (out of 99 schools) for:
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Student Attention
Overview
Fay School was founded in 1866 as the first junior boarding school in the United States.
Our 66-acre campus is located in Southborough, MA, just 25 miles from Boston.
Our community includes 475 students in Kindergarten through grade nine.
Of those, 150 students are boarders who come from across the United States and over 25 countries.
Fay is recognized around the world for its superior educational program, and our graduates are accepted to top secondary schools, including Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Academy Andover, Deerfield Academy, and Groton School .
In addition to the core courses of mathematics, science, English, and history, students take art, music, drama, creativity and design, and world languages.
Students also focus on the design thinking process with courses in our 3,000 square-foot .
The Bement School provides an education based on time-honored school traditions and values for children in kindergarten through ninth grade, day and boarding.
From the classrooms to the dorms, we live and learn as a family, while encouraging responsibility for our own work and actions.
Our rich, secondary school preparatory curriculum motivates and challenges students with thematically coordinated courses, a celebrated fine arts program, and diverse athletic offerings.
The student/teacher ratio is 5:1 and class size averages 12 students.
A three-week mini-term gives the entire school community an opportunity to study in-depth a common theme. Topics have included the Dominican Republic, food, diversity, the environment, medieval times, and the ocean.
Bement actively seeks an academically diverse, international, and multicultural student body.
Recent graduates have matriculated at following secondary schools: Deerfield, NMH, Williston, Andover, Milton, Suffield, Choate, Hotchkiss, Taft, Berkshire, Loomis Chaffee, Emma Willard, Lawrenceville, Peddie, Westminster, Mercersburg, Miss Porter's, Blair, and many other fine schools.
Our junior boarders, grades 3 through 9, live in eco-friendly dorms of 10 students with dorm parents who commit themselves to closely monitoring each boarder's personal as well as academic growth.
The pervasive atmosphere at Bement is that of a family, learning and living together.
Students and adults at Bement work together to create a climate of acceptance, kindness, stimulation, and challenge in which the academic, creative, physical, and emotional growth of each child is nurtured and realized and to best prepare them for secondary schools.
School Focus
College Preparatory
College Preparatory
Grades Offered
7-9
3-9
School Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
ADD/ADHD Support
No
No
Year Founded
1866
1925
Campus Size
66 acres
30 acres
Students Body
Enrollment
475
229
% Students of Color
n/a
26%
% International Students
60%
12%
% Students ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø
50%
19%
Offers Post-Grad Year
No
No
Academics and Faculty
Saturday Classes
No
No
Frequency of Saturday Classes
Less than once a month
Weekly
Classroom Dress Code
Formal
Casual
Average Class Size
14
12
Student : Teacher ratio
6:1
5:1
ESL Courses Offered
Yes
Yes
% Faculty with Advanced Degree
80%
34%
Summer Program Offered
Yes
Yes
Finances
Endowment Size
$66 million
$12 million
Tuition (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Students)
$79,400
$81,855
Tuition (Day Students)
$47,900
$32,930
Tuition (international students)
$82,990
n/a
Tuition (5 Day ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø)
$71,610
n/a
Avg. Financial Aid Grant
n/a
$14,450
Admission
Application Deadline
Dec. 15 / Jan. 15 / rolling
Dec. 15 / Feb. 1 / rolling
Accepts Standardized Application
Yes
Yes
SSAT Required
No
Yes
Acceptance Rate
n/a
45%
Director of Admissions
jennifer Weeden
Kimberly C. Loughlin
Associate Director of Admissions
Matthew Greene
Roselle Garro
List of Courses Offered
Sport
Total Sports Offered
15
20
Sports
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Wrestling
Alpine Skiing, Basketball, Cross Country, Cross Country Running, Dance, Diving, Field Hockey, Golf, Lacrosse, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Soccer, Squash, Swimming, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee, Winter Track
Extracurricular
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
16
16
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Admission Tour Guides, Dance Club, Debate Club, Drama, Fitness Club, Golf Club, Improv, Jazz Club, MathCounts, Outdoor Adventure, Quilting, Skiing, Student Government, Swimming, Yearbook, Yoga
Circus Arts, Concert Choir, Dance, Drama/Theater, Eco Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Horseback Riding, Latin Club, Literary Magazine, Math Club, Mountain Biking, Robotics Club, Rock Climbing, Skiing and Snowboarding, String Ensemble, Student Council