The Fessenden School – Head of School – Position Statement
with truly innovative and motivated
educators, the iLab is busy all the time. It
is superbly equipped but the real energy
comes from ideas, not from hardware.
Teachers from every grade in the school
are finding ways in which their students
can use the iLab.
The school is organized into three
divisions: Lower School, grades PK–4;
Middle School, grades 5 & 6; and Upper
School, grades 7–9. Each division has a
particular style and approach that is
appropriate for the grade levels. The
Lower School is organized around
homerooms, and Middle and Upper
Schools have departmentalized
subjects. The Upper School teaches
high school level courses for those up
to the challenge, with the option for
honors sections. Graduates often
receive credit for these courses in their
next schools.
Athletics
There is a long tradition of first-class
sports at Fessenden. An excellent
physical education program in the Lower
School feeds team sports in the Middle
and Upper Schools. Middle school teams
don’t have try-outs; everyone plays. By
the time boys reach the Upper School,
there are several levels of play in many
sports, from recreational, to JV and
Varsity. Fessenden has won many
championships in interscholastic
competition and many of its graduates
have gone on to play highly competitive
varsity sports in both secondary school
and college.
The facilities are first rate. In addition to
the gymnasia, fields and courts, the
school has a weight room and training
staff and is about to add squash courts.
The roster of available sports is too long
to list here, but can be found on the
school’s website: www.fessenden.org.
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