A school with a long memory and a long view.
Founded in 1897, Beacon Country Day School has grown from a small neighborhood day school into an independent PK–12 community known for the seriousness of its scholarship and the warmth of its culture.
Educating the whole child.
Beacon exists to develop curious, capable, and ethical young people. We pursue academic excellence in the company of arts, athletics, and service, and we ask each student to bring their full self to the work of learning together.
We believe that a great school is small enough to know every student and large enough to offer them a world. We hold both tradition and change in careful balance.
Four commitments we make to every student.
We teach students to ask better questions, read more carefully, and follow evidence wherever it leads.
Honesty, kindness, humility, and courage are not add-ons at Beacon — they are how we do our work.
Every student deserves to feel known. Advisory, small classes, and traditions make that possible.
Of place, of community, and of one another — we take good care of what we have been given.
A brief history of Beacon.
Beacon opens as a small primary school with twelve students and one teacher, in a converted farmhouse.
The Middle School is added, and the campus expands to include the original Wellington Hall.
Beacon becomes a fully coeducational PK–12 institution and dedicates the first Emerson Theater.
The Athletic Center opens, home to indoor courts, a natatorium, and a training facility.
The Whitcomb Center for Science and Innovation is completed, housing labs, a maker space, and observatory.
Beacon serves roughly 900 students across three divisions, with alumni in every profession you can name.