The Village School vs. Applewild School
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School Overview
Overview
The Village School is an independent school serving children in preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1-6, in north central Massachusetts, offering a unique curriculum based on challenging hands-on academics, direct contact with the natural world, and kindness.
Applewild is a co-ed, day (18 mos - 9th grade) and junior boarding (4th 9th grade) school that offers a student-centered learning experience with high quality academics, small classes, and extensive arts & clubs on a 28-acre campus in Fitchburg, MA. Applewild's program empowers students to develop their academic abilities, discover their strengths and talents, and practice the school's core values of: respect, fairness, responsibility, compassion, cooperation, honesty, and civic-mindedness.
Applewild students learn in an inclusive global community with peers from 33 towns and several states and countries.
Applewild teaches 8th and 9th-grade students together in a thematic, interdisciplinary loop, a developmentally appropriate way to "launch" students powerfully to secondary school.
Students graduate with strong metacognition skills, with the ability to independently plan, monitor, and reflect on their performance.
Grades Offered
PK-6
PK-9
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
n/a
No
Learning Difference Programs
No
Yes
Learning Programs Supported
n/a
Dyslexia, Language-based
Year Founded
1989
1957
Students Body
Total Students
68 students
345 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
13%
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Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
12
200
Kindergarten Students
12
18
Grade 1 Students
10
12
Grade 2 Students
6
11
Grade 3 Students
11
8
Grade 4 Students
8
13
Grade 5 Students
6
16
Grade 6 Students
3
23
Grade 7 Students
-
16
Grade 8 Students
-
21
Grade 9 Students
-
7
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
7 teachers
62 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
80%
n/a
Average Class Size
12
12
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:10
1:6
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
(dress for paint and dirt!)
(dress for paint and dirt!)
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Dec. 15 / rolling
Tuition Cost
$8,750
$35,800
Tuition Notes
8750 for full time K-6th students, 4500 for half day preschool students
3916 for 1/2 time preschool students
K-3rd Day ($25,500)
4th-5th Day ($32,500)
6th-9th Day ($35,800)
Boarding 5-day ($65,500)
Boarding 7-day ($74,500)
Foundations Day Grade 1-3 (Tuition + $17,500 Fee)
Foundations Day 4th-9th ($52,000)
Foundations 5-day Boarding ($74,200)
Foundations 7-day Boarding (83,000)
% on Financial Aid
25%
62%
Average Financial Aid Grant
$3,500
$15,000
Acceptance Rate
85%
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Admissions Director
Rise Richardson
Greg Miller
Admissions Associate
n/a
Miranda Namiotka
Sports
Total Sports Offered
n/a
6
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
n/a
7
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
n/a
Alpine Skiing, Chamber Music Ensemble, Creative Arts Magazine, Equestrian, Jazz Band, Student Council, Yearbook