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An Independent Day School for Students in Grades 6 Through 12
Middle School
Grades 6 – 8
A Place Where It’s Cool to Be Smart
The middle school years are a crucial period for maintaining a lifelong love of learning, and at Derryfield, the Middle School is a haven for young learners.
Upper School
Grades 9 – 12
A Search for Understanding and Meaning, Not Just the Right Answer.
At Derryfield, students go beyond the importance of doing their best; they discover the joy in becoming their best. Through engaging classes, leadership education, creative arts, athletics, and real-world opportunities, students find and direct their passions toward lives of purpose. Our faculty has proven that they are committed to developing trusting relationships with students that deliver these experiences.
Belonging
I take action to help both myself and others belong in any community.
Civil Discourse
I engage in respectful discussion and appreciate diverse perspectives with a desire to learn.
Collaboration
I work with others: listening, compromising, and contributing toward shared goals.
Communication
I use the most effective tools to share my ideas with a clear purpose.
Creativity
I use a number of different strategies to generate new, original ideas.
Critical Thinking
I interpret, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to challenge my own and others’ assumptions before drawing conclusions.
Cultural Awareness
I appreciate my unique identity and perspective as well as those of others in my local and global communities.
Problem Solving
I know how to break down complex, real world problems and design creative, compassionate solutions.
Research
I ask meaningful questions and form conclusions using credible resources.
Self-Advocacy
I know what helps me learn, when to ask for help, and how to find support and resources.
Derryfield Fast Facts
16
Average Class Size
5
Bus Routes in NH & MA
$26K
Average Equitable Tuition Grant
3.0M+
College Merit Awarded
28%
Students Who Self-Identify
as People of Color
37%
Derryfield Families Who
Receive Equitable Tuition
The Faces of Derryfield
AJ
- Hometown
- Amherst
- DS Interests
- Drawing and game design; also taking care of others--I wonder what a career in social services might look like.
The Faces of Derryfield
Dylan
- Hometown
- Bedford
- Grade
- 11
- DS Interests
- Theatre and Soccer
- Discovered at DS
- I found out that it was really easy to make new friends.
At Derryfield, students are coaxed to do their best without the school feeling like a pressure cooker. The inclusivity creates comfort and growth, and that results in students who truly enjoy being at school.
Derryfield is a small school that acts big. It’s a school that encourages our students to aim high, but also instills values of compassion and empathy and hard work.
Derryfield is a school where every child is known and cared for, where the academic and co-curricular programs inspire and prepare students for college and beyond, where the character of our students is as important as their academic achievement, and where as a result every member of this community grows and thrives.
The Derryfield School does a good job of “seeing” the whole student, and frankly, the whole family.