Greenfield Center School vs. The Bement School
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School Overview
School
Overview
Rigorous Education for Deep Thinkers and Creative Spirits. The Center School is a loving community that celebrates each child`s unique personality, intelligence, and passion.
Our school is a responsive learning environment, offering rigor and play in balanced abundance.
Students emerge from our program with the skills and self-possession to be reflective, empathetic, and engaged citizens of our world. Preschool through 8th grade, since 1981.
The Bement School provides an education based on time-honored school traditions and values for children in kindergarten through ninth grade, day and boarding.
From the classrooms to the dorms, we live and learn as a family, while encouraging responsibility for our own work and actions.
Our rich, secondary school preparatory curriculum motivates and challenges students with thematically coordinated courses, a celebrated fine arts program, and diverse athletic offerings.
The student/teacher ratio is 5:1 and class size averages 12 students.
A three-week mini-term gives the entire school community an opportunity to study in-depth a common theme. Topics have included the Dominican Republic, food, diversity, the environment, medieval times, and the ocean.
Bement actively seeks an academically diverse, international, and multicultural student body.
Grades Offered
PK-8
K-9
Blue Ribbon School
n/a
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
No
No
Learning Difference Programs
n/a
No
Year Founded
1981
1925
Students Body
Total Students
132 students
229 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
15%
12%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Nursery Students
9
-
Pre-K Students
19
-
Kindergarten Students
9
16
Grade 1 Students
11
12
Grade 2 Students
17
20
Grade 3 Students
18
17
Grade 4 Students
14
17
Grade 5 Students
8
18
Grade 6 Students
9
32
Grade 7 Students
10
36
Grade 8 Students
8
40
Grade 9 Students
-
21
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
19 teachers
45 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
85%
34%
Average Class Size
15
12
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:7
1:5
Matric. DataMatriculation Data
n/a
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
(Friday dress is khaki skirt/pants with blue blazer, tie with collared shirt)
(Friday dress is khaki skirt/pants with blue blazer, tie with collared shirt)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
Feb. 1 / Sep. 1 / rolling
Dec. 15 / Feb. 1 / rolling
Tuition Cost
$21,000
$32,930
Tuition Notes
Preschool tuition on different scale, depending on 3, 4 or 5 day enrollment: $8,000 to $14,500.
Tuition for K-4th (24-25): $20,908
Tuition for 5th-8th (24-25): $23,651
Tuition assistance available for K-8th grades
Kindergarten: $24,236
Grades 1-2: $24,236
Grades 3-5: $25,280
Grades 6-9: $32,930
Boarding: $81,855
% on Financial Aid
72%
36%
Average Financial Aid Grant
$4,000
$14,450
Acceptance Rate
60%
45%
Admissions Director
Lauren Obreg贸n
Kimberly C. Loughlin
Admissions Associate
n/a
Roselle Garro
Sports
Total Sports Offered
n/a
17
Sports
n/a
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
n/a
15
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
n/a
Circus Arts, Concert Choir, Dance, Drama/Theater, Eco Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Horseback Riding, Literary Magazine, Math Club, Mountain Biking, Robotics Club, Rock Climbing, Skiing and Snowboarding, String Ensemble, Student Council