Fayerweather is known for our unique culture, which helps students connect with their own curiosity to find joy in the learning process. Our vibrant classrooms are filled with passionate teachers and engaged learners. We hope our website inspires you to come see for yourself how we are igniting confidence by truly knowing each child, engaging their intellect, and awakening their imagination.
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Commitment to Social Justice
Fayerweather is committed to developing a strong sense of community in which every member feels valued.
Fully Knowing Each Child
Our educators are committed to forging connections with students and are empowered to respond to students’ passions and curiosity in the classroom.
The Potential for Joy in All Learning
Honoring the pace of childhood and nurturing joy is key to a fulfilling educational experience.
Learning in Community is Powerful
Students at Fayerweather learn in collaboration, building their classroom communities by finding commonalities and valuing differences.
Addressing The Themes and Issues of Our Time
The heart of progressive education is imperative to respond to the world around us.
We Are All Global Citizens
Part of being a responsible citizen is taking care of the environment and understanding our behaviors' impact on the earth.
At Fayerweather we are committed to keeping our school affordable to families of different economic means, believing that socio-economic diversity is an important component of our mission. We work closely with each family to do our best to make tuition and a Fayerweather education within reach for as many applicants as possible. Extracurricular activities and extended care are pro-rated at approximately the same level as tuition. In the 2020-2021 school year, Fayerweather allocated more than $1,200,000 to a program of need-based tuition assistance. This year 30% of the student body will receive tuition assistance. The average aid amount is approximately $21,000.
FSS News
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Human Rights & Current Events
Turning on the news lately can be challenging. There is so much change happening all at once, I find it challenging to wrap my head around the daily events, both in the US and around the world. I often find myself wondering how to teach current events with my students, particularly when I am having difficulty keeping up not only with what is happening, but how I feel about it all. When events from the outside world come up in class, there is a wide variety of student awareness and interest. Some students are passionately following politics and what is happening, and others never look at the news. I spent a couple of months trying to figure out how to appropriately teach students to be aware of what is going on without introducing my personal beliefs or politics.Read More -
Meet Anna, Fayerweather's New PreK-4 STEM Specialist
Read MoreMy name is Anna Grant and I am the new PreK-4 STEM teacher! The opportunity to build this program with the support of the Fayerweather community has been nothing short of a dream come true.I am originally from the Philadelphia area, where I began my career in science education as a staff educator and exhibit manager at a natural history museum. I enjoyed encouraging visitors of all ages to embrace their curiosity for the natural world through themed events, tours of the collections, and teaching classes for visiting schools. But, after a few years of the one-off educational experiences, I realized that I wanted to turn my focus to teaching a more in-depth science curriculum to the same students over time in a school community. Learning and growing with my students as a lower school science specialist teacher for the past 5 years has been incredibly rewarding and I am just so thrilled to share my passion for science education here at Fayerweather. -
Meet Garrett, Fayerweather's New Marketing & Communications Manager
Read MoreHello! My name is Garrett, and while you may have seen my name around, I’m excited to introduce myself as Fayerweather’s new Marketing & Communications Manager. I joined the FSS community this summer, and it’s been a truly joyous whirlwind learning about Fayerweather and its traditions, practices, and history. I’ve had quite the fun time meeting all of my new colleagues, the Fayerweather families, and of course, the absolutely delightful students who roam the halls. (I’ve also had the distinct honor of having the nickname “Garrett the Carrot” bestowed on me by the precocious Kindergarten class, a name I wholeheartedly embrace, since it’s one that’s actually followed me from my youth as a ginger-headed kiddo. The class was excited to learn that I even have socks with a carrot emoji embroidered on them!)My personal and professional journey to joining the Fayerweather family is anything but direct. I grew up nowhere near here in a small mountain town in North Idaho, raising pigs for 4-H and wandering the woods on my family’s tree farm. I have lived, studied, and worked in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, Seattle, and Massachusetts. I’ve held a wide range of jobs, including Forest Service timber crew member, substitute teacher, psychosocial rehabilitation specialist, professional student, tenured writing professor, and communications director. One of my favorite “through-lines” in this timeline is the constant reconnection to education and learning, so when the opportunity presented itself to combine my interests in communications and education in a progressive environment like Fayerweather, I enthusiastically said "Yes!" -
Meet the Assistant Head of School
Read MoreDear Fayerweather Community,My name is Andrew Lee and I am the new Assistant Head of School at Fayerweather. Over the course of 15 years in education, I have served as a teacher, Chief DEI Officer, and Chief Academic Officer. I am thrilled to bring my unique story to Fayerweather and to honor the unique story of every student by working with our teachers to fully know each child through affirming, motivating, and inspiring. -
Rafferty Park Renovation Project
Read MoreExciting news! The City of Cambridge will begin renovating Rafferty Park to give it a much needed update, including refreshing some of the existing equipment and introducing new features.
Coming Up at FSS
List of 5 events.
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Big Night Out - Fayerweather Experience: Pool Party for the Kids
The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer when you just want to lounge by the pool. Come bring the kids to Julie E's home in Arlington Heights! Julie's pool is 3 1/2 feet deep everywhere, good for splashing and swimming, with no deep end! Perfect for independent splashers and swimmers in rising grades 1-7, each child must have an adult with them (no drop-off, no lifeguard on duty). All that and a popsicle, too! Saturday, July 19, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (raindate Sunday, July 20). Maybe you can dip your feet in, too. Two Spaces still available. Reserve your spot here. -
Big Night Out Fayerweather Experience: Ceramics
Join potter extraordinaire and Fayerweather's own Lauren Mueller at Indigo Fire in Belmont for a group wheel-throwing workshop. Lauren will orient the participants and give a demonstration on the pottery wheel. You will then be given a set of tools, clay, and the go-ahead to start throwing. Lauren will be on hand to assist you along the way, and an abbreviated follow-up demonstration will happen partway through. You can expect to have about an hour and a half of throwing time on the wheel. Workshop participants may keep up to two pots each and will choose a glaze at the end of the workshop. Lauren will trim, glaze and fire your pottery in the following weeks and your creations will be available for pick-up at Fayerweather in about a month. Open to adults and students entering seventh grade and above with an adult (child and caregiver must have their own ticketed spot). This was sold out, but we do to schedules, we still have 4 spots available. Reserve your spot here. Questions? Contact Lauren (lauren@fayerweather.org). -
Big Night Out Fayerweather Experience: Retro Game Night (sold out)
A first night of playing video games in our basement just like you used to! Come play on a variety of video game systems, some dating back to the 1970s -- Intellivision, Atari 2600, Nintendo, and SNES... and even Rockband! Good for all ages. No experience necessary, but high tolerance for blocky graphics and minimal plot lines will serve us well on our journey. Good for up to 6 guests (so everyone gets adequate turns!), Night 1 date July 27, 2025. At the Z's home in Harvard Square, from 5:00 - 8:00 pm (pizza included, natch!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-BQems5kWo This experience is sold out, but there are still spaces available for the second offering on September 6. Reserve your spot for 9/6/25 here.
Fayerweather Street School | 765 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617-876-4746
Fayerweather is a private PreK, kindergarten, elementary and middle school. We engage each child’s intellect.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
Fayerweather Street School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin (ancestry), or disability in administration of its educational, admissions, and financial aid policies, as well as, athletic and other school-administered programs.