Admissions

Welcome to Our School

We are delighted that you are interested in learning more about our school! Tenacre is a coeducational elementary school, enrolling 197 children in the metro-west suburbs outside of Boston. We are situated on a beautiful ten-acre campus in Wellesley, near Wellesley College and adjacent to the Dana Hall School. Tenacre provides an academically challenging environment for students, one that nurtures their intellectual curiosity, stimulates personal growth, and fosters critical thinking. We encourage the physical, moral, and social growth of our children, and strive to prepare them for life in the culturally, racially, and economically complex world that awaits them. As you begin to explore our website, I hope you will begin to see what makes Tenacre such a special place.

On this web site, you will find information about our curriculum, calendar, our faculty, and all the many exciting activities that take place every day at Tenacre. But the best way to learn about a school is to engage with us. In light of the recent health crisis, we are not able to welcome you into our school as much as we typically would. We are creating new ways of engaging with you and allowing you to access our faculty and administrators to learn more about our incredible program. A good partnership between home and school begins when you understand our approach to education, and we recognize your expectations for your child’s education.

Our whole Admission process is designed to help you get to know our school better and to decide if Tenacre is the right fit for your family. We pride ourselves on engaging families in a process that is welcoming, warm, and personal. Like all schools, we are challenged by COVID and inevitably, it has changed our process for the coming year. We will continue to work hard to connect you with our community as you explore our school for your family. If we are able to welcome visitors to the campus in person we will let you know. We will begin the Admission process for application to Tenacre for the 2022-23 school year in October. You may reach out to set up an individual appointment by calling Elizabeth O'Connell at 781-591-7408 or emailing her at eoconnell@tenacrecds.org.

I look forward to welcoming your family to Tenacre!

Cordially,
Meg Burke
Director of Enrollment

All Admission and Financial Aid decisions are made without regard to race, religion, disability, family structure, national or ethnic origin.