Founded in 1866, Fay serves 475 students in Pre-K through grade nine on its 66-acre campus in Southborough, Massachusetts.
The mission of Fay School is to educate each child to his or her full potential through a broad, balanced, and challenging program that establishes a solid foundation for a productive and fulfilling life.
Fay's admission team is available to help you with every step of the admission process. Find out more here.
Click here to read about the steps for admission to our Primary, Lower, and Upper Schools.
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A unique hallmark of Fay's program is our system of effort grades, which emphasizes focus, determination and follow-through.
Take a virtual tour of Fay's athletic facilities, which include a 36-acre athletic campus, gym, batting cages, basketball courts, and more.
Fay’s coaching staff is composed of faculty and staff as well as outside specialists, who are committed to supporting our athletes in an atmosphere of challenge and fun.
Fay students build creativity and confidence through courses in art, music, drama, and dance.
See our studios, classrooms, practice spaces, and performance venues.
Fay students learn and grow in a community that emphasizes responsibility, respect, inclusion, empathy, and effort.
Fay welcomes students from across the United States and 20 countries. Find out what it's like to be part of a global community.
At Fay, diversity is an asset, an experience, and a process. We believe that a broad range of experiences and viewpoints enhances learning and enriches life.
Fay offers an extended day program until 6:00 pm and a rich array of after-school clubs for music, art, athletics, science, and more.
Boarders at Fay enjoy busy days that are structured and well supervised, but also full of friendship, warmth, and fun.
Our dorm parents are Fay faculty, staff, and coaches - all specially trained to meet the needs of middle school boarding students.
The Fay Fund makes up 8% of Fay's annual operating budget and helps fund educational programs, facilities, and books and supplies. Give now!
There are many ways to help Fay continue to provide an extraordinary educational experience for every student
To many parents, observing a kindergarten teacher at work in a well-managed classroom is like watching a master magician conjure a baffling trick. Somehow, they can hush twelve wiggly, giggly, boisterous five-year-olds with a single phrase and get those same students to perform a series of tasks that would take the average parent an afternoon to accomplish. How do they do it?
While the fundamentals of preparing for a secondary school interview haven't changed, there's an added layer of complexity to navigate this year. With most secondary school interviews taking place virtually, students who used to worry about losing their train of thought now have to worry about losing their wifi connection as well!
However, with a little extra planning, your student can make a great impression in their virtual interview. Fay's secondary school counseling team has decades of experience preparing students for admission interviews. We gleaned their best tips and advice for turning your child's virtual secondary school interview into a real asset to their application.
by Katie Knuppel, Head of Primary School
Children’s books can be a wonderful tool for sparking conversation and introducing concepts like inequality and racism to young children.
This summer may be different from the usual routine, but one way to make those long days fly by is with a good book. At the close of each school year, Fay School's librarians curate lists for the students in each of our divisions (Kindergarten - Grade 2, Grades 3-6, and Grades 7-9). These books are designed to challenge and inform - but, most importantly, to entertain, and to reinforce the joy of reading.
With schools moving to distance learning and families stuck at home, many media outlets are ready to call a winner in the long-running screen time battle between parents and kids. You guessed it, it’s the kids!
