Welcome to Fayerweather Street School!
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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5/6 African Country Study Project
In the beginning of the school year, fifth and sixth graders listed all that they knew about the continent of Africa. There was a range of responses, however, many listed ideas and images that are stereotypical: poverty, exotic animals, disease, and war. Later in the year, their studies turned to the effects of colonialism in Africa and how the United States’ own colonial roots continue to perpetuate negative stereotypes of Africa.Read More -
Unit Data Experiments
The Unit science class has been exploring how to show data through graphs in a spreadsheet. In order to collect enough data to do this, all Unit students carried out the same experiment at home on their families and compiled the data into one Google Sheet.Read More -
Building a 'Feeling Toolbox'
During these times where we are stuck at home, our patience is being tested, and we're feeling a little sad, it's important to have strategies and tools to help manage our feelings.Read More -
Fantastic Physics
Grade 1-2 have begun a number of experiments designed around learning principles of force and motion.Read More -
The Adventures of Snoogledorf
Aaron and Diana's 3/4 class has been working on creating their own character with local award-winning children's book author and illustrator, Jef Czekaj.Read More -
1/2 Publishing Party!
Read MoreThis week, ½ students held their publishing party! They’ve been hard at work on creating their own characters and bringing them to life. -
Lights, Camera, Sounds!
Every other year the 3/4 grade music classes embark on a Film Scoring project. Students begin by choosing a short film, the basic criteria being that it is essentially non-verbal and would lend itself well to a variety of sound effects.Read More -
Support LGBTQ+ Youth!
Two of Fayerweather's affinity groups, the Rainbow Lunch and Q&A Students, designed and made beautiful "Positivity Bracelets" as a fundraiser for the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY).Read More -
Wee the People
On Wednesday, February 26th, Fayerweather welcomed Wee the People for an engaging evening discussing issues of racism, equity, and social justice in children’s literature.Read More -
Kindergarten Post Office
The Kindergarten Post Office will open this week and we welcome you to be part of this grand FSS tradition! Simply write letters and pop them into one of the four mailboxes in the hallways of the school.Read More -
Authentic Leadership
We are deep in the process of looking for a new school leader. I am asking myself, as well as my school partners, which includes teachers, parents, students, and administrators, what are those important leadership qualities we want to see in our next Assistant Head of Curriculum and Instruction? How will we know when we see it?Read More -
19th Century European Colonization of Africa
Fifth and sixth grade is learning about European colonization of Africa in the later part of the 19th century.Read More -
Coronavirus Information and Resources
Read MoreAs the news continues to break, we want to reach out today on the topic of coronavirus, and to immediately pass on some useful resources from the Cambridge Public Schools. -
Best Beaks
Part of our study of birds has been learning about different animal adaptations. While all birds have beaks not all beaks are used the same way!Read More -
FSS Welcomes Esther Adler
Read MoreThe Unit had a special visitor on Friday, February 14; author and Holocaust survivor Esther Adler. -
Is Diversity Represented in Games and Toys?
Special Friends TA 1/2 and CA 5/6 gathered together to survey whether diversity was represented in the board games they play at school.Read More -
AISNE Middle School Students of Color Conference
Centering voices and stories is a tradition that exists across cultures and beyond recorded time. Institutions now carry on this responsibility. What’s the story inside your box?Read More -
Time to Parent - PA Book Discussion
Read MoreLast week, the PA held their first book group session led by Head of School, Kim Ridley. -
February DECC Meeting Recap
At the February DECC meeting we discussed concrete ways that, as white people who care about anti-racism, we can work to mitigate the "invisible tax" on educators and families of color.Read More -
Kindergarten Soup!
Kindergarteners made soup this week! Inspired by several books we read recently about soup making, as well as our 'Chip Chop' song, Kindergarteners created their own recipe for a "Kindergarten soup."Read More
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.