Fay School
| Fay School | |
|---|---|
 Poteris Modo Velis (You Can if You Will) | |
| Address | |
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48 Main Street Southborough, Massachusetts, 01772 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°18′17″N 71°31′59″W / 42.30472°N 71.53306°WCoordinates: 42°18′17″N 71°31′59″W / 42.30472°N 71.53306°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1866 |
| Head of School | Robert J. Gustavson, Jr. |
| Faculty | 80 |
| Enrollment | 475 |
| Average class size | 14 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus | 30 acre main campus. 36 acre athletic campus |
| Color(s) | Red and White[1] |
| Mascot | Moose |
| Endowment | $45 Million |
| Website | School website |
Fay School is an independent, coeducational day and boarding school, located on a 66-acre (270,000 m2) campus some 25 miles (40 km) from Boston in Southborough, Massachusetts, and is the oldest junior boarding school in the United States.[2] It has 475 students enrolled from Pre-Kindergarten through grade 9; the boarding program (grades 7–9) enrolls 120 students from throughout the United States and more than 19 foreign countries. Fay opened its Primary School (Pre-K to Grade Two) in 2010[3][4] and moved its 6th grade into the Lower School program (now 3rd to 6th) in the 2012–13 school year.[5]
Notable alumni
- Doug Brown (1979), NHL Right Winger, 1986-2001
- Tarah Donoghue Breed (1997), Deputy Press Secretary to First Lady Laura Bush[6]
- Stephen Chao (1970), entrepreneur and media executive, former President of Fox Television, 1992; former President of USA Network, 1998-2001
- Victor Chapman (1903), First American pilot killed in World War I[7]
- Michael D. Coe (1941), Yale Professor, archeologist, Mesoamerican scholar[8]
- Robert Daniel (1949), United States Representative from Virginia, 1973-1983[9]
- Peter Fonda (1954), Actor[10]
- George Foreman III (1998), Boxer and entrepreneur[11]
- Glen Foster (1944), Olympic medalist, sailing, 1972 Summer Olympics[12]
- Topher Grace (1994), Actor[13]
- C. Boyden Gray (1956), White House Counsel, 1989-1993, United States Ambassador to the European Union, 2006-2008
- Prince Hashim Al Hussein (1996), Prince of Jordan[14]
- Heyward Isham (1940), United States Ambassador to Haiti, 1974-1977[15]
- Bruce Lawrence (1955), Religious Scholar, Duke University[16]
- Nicholas Negroponte (1958), founder and chairman emeritus of MIT's Media Lab; founder, One Laptop per Child[17]
- Robert E. Sherwood (1909), Four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright[18]
- James Jeremiah Wadsworth (1918), United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1960-61[19]
- Damian Woetzel (1981), Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet, 1989-2008[20]
- Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (1931), Golden Globe-winning Actor[21]
Additional reading
- Steward, Scott C. The Fay School: A History, 1866–1986. Southborough, MA: The Trustees of Fay School, 1988.
References
- ↑ Richard Lewis Waterfall 18'
- ↑ "Cape Cod's Highfield & Tanglewood". google.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ Evan Lips/Daily News staff. "Fay School addition ahead of schedule". MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ Evan Lips/Daily News staff. "A sense of adventure at Southborough's Fay Primary School". Wicked Local. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Fay School ~Fay Facts". fayschool.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "St. Mark's School: Tarah Donoghue ’00 Prize Day Speaker". stmarksschool.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "American Volunteers in the French Foreign Legion, 1914-1917: Victor Chapman". scuttlebuttsmallchow.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.fayschool.org/ftpimages/486/download/2010_Fay%20Magazine%20Spring%202010%20-%20low%20res.pdf
- ↑ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005". google.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Book Excerpt: Jane Fonda's Memoirs - TIME". TIME.com. 4 April 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ Fay School. "ISSUU - Fay Magazine Summer 2011 by Fay School". Issuu. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Paid Notice - Deaths FOSTER, GLEN S. - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. 5 October 1999. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Topher Grace". NewHampshire.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Prince Hashem: News and Pictures - The Royal Forums". theroyalforums.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/us/23isham.html?_r=0
- ↑ "Duke University - Religious Studies: People". duke.edu. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Nicholas Negroponte - One Laptop per Child". laptop.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners 1917 - 2000". google.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.fofweb.com/History/MainPrintPage.asp?iPin=TDEY500&DataType=AmericanHistory&WinType=Free
- ↑ "Damian Woetzel". aspeninstitute.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Bio - Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Career". MTV Artists. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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