Fessenden School
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BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN BOYS
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| Type | Private boarding/day school |
| Established | September 1903 |
| School district | West Newton, Massachusetts |
| Headmaster | David B. Stettler |
| Faculty | 81 |
| Enrollment | 475 |
| Athletics | Yes |
| Website | Fessenden School |
The Fessenden School is an independent day and boarding school for boys, founded in 1903 by Frederick J. Fessenden, and located at 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, Massachusetts, United States, on a 41-acre (0.17 km2) campus.
The Fessenden School, located ten miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest all boys, junior boarding school in the country. In addition to intellectual diligence, a Fessenden education is based on high standards for personal behavior. Core values underscore a strong academic, athletic and arts program designed specifically for boys. After 108 years, Fessenden continues its focus and commitment to the education of boys and the curriculum, facilities, and programs are designed with the necessities of boys in mind. The Fessenden program encourages boys to become responsible young men of character who are interested in contributing to a vibrant school community both in and outside of the classroom.
Facilities on the tree-lined campus include a central academic building connected with dormitories, dining hall, library, administrative offices and an arts wing housing a performing arts center, woodworking shop, and music and fine arts classrooms. Additionally, the campus is home to a state-of-the-art athletics facility, numerous sports fields, outdoor pools and tennis courts and an ice hockey rink.
The mission of The Fessenden School is to teach, nurture and celebrate growing boys; cultivating each student’s individual potential and developing in balance his mind, character, heart and body in an inclusive and joyful community that, through rigor, friendship and service, reflects Fessenden’s traditional values of honesty, compassion and respect.
As of June 30, 2011, The Fessenden School's endowment stands at $34 million.
[edit] Prominent Fessenden alumni
Prominent alumni include:
- Lex Barker – American actor best known for playing Tarzan in Tarzan of the Apes.
- Hugh DeHaven - American professor at Cornell University and considered the "Father of Crash Survivability".
- James Franciscus – American actor who appeared in movies and television programs in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Edward Hallowell – Physician and international authority on attention deficit disorder.
- Howard R. Hughes – American aviator, industrialist and film producer/director. He attended the school in 1921.
- Porter Goss – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006, United States Representative from Florida from 1989 to 2004.
- Patrick J. Kennedy – United States Representative from Rhode Island.
- Edward M. Kennedy – United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009.
- John Kerry – United States Senator from Massachusetts, Democratic candidate for President of United States in 2004.
- Ben Kurland - American actor who has appeared on television and in the feature film "The Artist (film)"
- Christopher Lloyd – Three-time Emmy Award-winning actor. Best known for the Back to the Future trilogy.
- Douglas Moore - Pulitzer Prize winner, Columbia music professor, and legendary figure in American Opera for works including The Ballad of Baby Doe, The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Giants of the Earth. Moore also wrote the school song "Song of Fessenden."
- Matt Nathanson, Singer-songwriter
- William Scranton – Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963–1987 and United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977.
- Gerardo Torrado – Mexican soccer player currently playing for Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México.
- Sheanon Williams - Member of the U20 U.S. national soccer team. Current member of MLS, Philadelphia Union
- Alex Oriakhi - Currently member of UConn Huskies basketball team
[edit] Notes
- Peterson's, Private Secondary Schools 2008, page 1278. ISBN 9780768923995.
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