Fay School

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Fay School
Fay School logo.png
Fay School's logo
Address
Fay School
48 Main Street

Southborough
,
Massachusetts
01772

United States
Coordinates 42°18′17″N71°31′59″W / 42.30472°N 71.53306°W / 42.30472; -71.53306
Information
Type Junior boarding school
MottoPoteris Modo Velis
(You Can If You Will)
Established1866
FoundersEliza Burnett Fay
Harriet Burnett
Head of Upper School (7-9)Jake Sumner
Faculty80
GradesK–9
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment475 total (325 day, 150 boarding)
Average class size14
Student to teacher ratio6:1
LanguageEnglish
Campus30 acre main campus, 36 acre athletic campus
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)   Red and white
AthleticsYes
Athletics conference New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference
Mascot Moose
NewspaperMoosepaper
YearbookPioneer
Website www.fayschool.org

Fay School, founded in 1866 by the Fay sisters, is an independent, coeducational day and boarding school located in Southborough, Massachusetts.

Contents

History

Founding and early years

Fay School was founded in 1866 by sisters Eliza Burnett Fay and Harriet Burnett in a former parsonage of the Unitarian church, across from St. Mark's School, where Fay students traditionally attended secondary school. [1] In its first school year, the school had only seven students: five day students and two boarders.

Expansion

Under Eliza Fay's son, Waldo B. Fay, the school grew sizably, adding a new dormitory, school room, and library. In 1922, the school was officially incorporated, [1] and the ownership of the school was transferred from the Fay family to the newly formed board of trustees. [2] The school became fully coeducational in 1977, having previously implemented a pilot program for girls in 1972. Girls had previously attended the school as day students through the late 19th century. [3] The Root Academic Building, the main academic building of the campus, was constructed in 2001. Fay opened its Primary School (pre-K to 2nd grade) in 2010 [4] [5] and moved its 6th grade into the Lower School program (now 3rd to 6th grade) in the 2012–13 school year. [6] [3]

Headmasters

List of Fay School Headmasters
NameYears in Office
Eliza Burnett Fay1866-1896 (29–30 years)
Waldo B. Fay1896-1918 (21–22 years)
Edward W. Fay1918-1942 (23–24 years)
Harrison L. Reinke1942-1969 (26–27 years)
A. Brooks Harlow Jr.1969-1988 (18–19 years)
Stephen V. A. Samborski1988-1990 (1–2 years)
Stephen C. White1990-2008 (17–18 years)
Robert J. Gustavson Jr.2008-2024 (15–16 years)
Susanna Whitaker Waters2024-Incumbent (0 years)

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Campus facilities

The school is situated on a 30-acre main campus, with a 36-acre athletic campus 1.5 miles away in Marlborough. Apart from the Root Academic Building, there are multiple other buildings at Fay: the Center for Creativity and Design, the Picardi Art Building, the Reinke Building, and the Harris Event Center, which contains the theater. [7] Below the theater is the Harlow Gymnasium, which contains the locker rooms, four basketball courts, an indoor rock climbing wall, and a fitness room. In addition, there are six soccer fields, four tennis courts, two swimming pools, a football field, and the multi-purpose MacAusland Field. [8] For meals, students go to the Camp Family Dining Hall, which is currently operated by SAGE Dining. [9] There are currently seven dormitory buildings: two boy dorms and five girl dorms, housing its 150 boarding students from 7th to 9th grade. [10]

Notable alumni

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