Fay School Explained

Fay School
Motto:Poteris Modo Velis
Motto Translation:You Can If You Will
Streetaddress:48 Main Street
Zipcode:01772
Coordinates:42.3047°N -71.5331°W
Established:1866
Founders:Eliza Burnett Fay
Harriet Burnett
Head:Jake Sumner
Faculty:80
Grades:K–9
Enrollment:475 total (325 day, 150 boarding)
Class:14
Ratio:6:1
Language:English
Campus Type:Suburban
Athletics:Yes
Newspaper:Moosepaper
Yearbook:Pioneer
Head Of School:Susanna Whitaker Waters
Head Name:Head of Upper School (7-9)
Campus:30 acre main campus, 36 acre athletic campus
Colors: Red and white

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

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, 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]

Headmasters

List of Fay School Headmasters!Name!Years in Office
Eliza Burnett Fay1866-1896 (years)
Waldo B. Fay1896-1918 (years)
Edward W. Fay1918-1942 (years)
Harrison L. Reinke1942-1969 (years)
A. Brooks Harlow Jr.1969-1988 (years)
Stephen V. A. Samborski1988-1990 (years)
Stephen C. White1990-2008 (years)
Robert J. Gustavson Jr.2008-2024 (years)
Susanna Whitaker Waters2024-Incumbent (years)

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

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Benson, Albert Emerson. History of Saint Mark's School. Privately published for the Alumni Association. 1925.
  2. Web site: Fay School's 150th Anniversary, 1866–2016 History . August 16, 2017 . fay150.fayschool.org . en.
  3. Web site: The First Junior Boarding School in the US Fay School Traditions . August 11, 2017 . www.fayschool.org . en.
  4. Web site: Evan Lips/Daily News staff . Fay School addition ahead of schedule . February 26, 2015 . MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA . April 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100402164049/http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1685419568/Fay-School-addition-ahead-of-schedule . dead .
  5. Web site: Evan Lips/Daily News staff . A sense of adventure at Southborough's Fay Primary School . February 26, 2015 . Wicked Local.
  6. Web site: Fay School ~Fay Facts . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204214045/https://www.fayschool.org/about/factsandhistory?rc=1 . December 4, 2014 . February 26, 2015 . fayschool.org.
  7. Web site: Campus Map Fay School Private K-9 School Southborough, MA . 2023-11-09 . www.fayschool.org.
  8. Web site: Fields, Gym, Pools, Ropes Course Athletics Facilities at Fay School . 2023-11-09 . www.fayschool.org.
  9. Web site: SAGE Dining Services Fay School . 2023-11-09 . www.sagedining.com.
  10. Web site: Class Size, Enrollment, Facilities Fay School Fast Facts . August 11, 2017 . www.fayschool.org . en.
  11. Web site: 2012-07-17 . American Volunteers in the French Foreign Legion, 1914-1917: Victor Chapman . 2023-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717035122/http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/victorchapman.html . July 17, 2012 .
  12. Web site: 2016-09-09 . Singer-Songwriter Eric Chou '10 Releases Second Album . 2023-11-11 . Fay School . en.
  13. Web site: Michael Coe Department of Anthropology . 2023-11-11 . anthropology.yale.edu . en.
  14. Book: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - 2005: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the first through the one hundred eighth congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, inclusive . 2005 . US Gov. Print. Off . 978-0-16-073176-1 . Dodge . Andrew R. . 2005 ed., closing date of compilation, January 3, 2005 . House document / House of Representatives, US Congress . Washington, DC . USA . USA.

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