| "We are very excited about the vote of approval," | | | | beauty in the classroom. A classical education enables |
| said headmaster, Peggy McKenna. "We have a very | | | | students to recognize true virtue and |
| talented group of people who have been working | | | | wholesomeness as they come in contact with all that |
| very hard on this project for almost three years and | | | | is good in our culture. It allows them to develop the |
| it is rewarding to have this unanimous vote of | | | | ability to make sound judgments and decisions as |
| approval by the School Committee." | | | | they mature. The finest in every field of study, |
| Although technically a school committee's approval | | | | literature, fine arts, science and so on - sets the |
| under G.L. chapter 76, sec.1 simply means that | | | | standard in a classical education." |
| Massachusetts children attending the private school | | | | Classical education has been making a phenomenal |
| may do so without violation of the compulsory | | | | return to the field of education across the country in |
| attendance law, now the Samuel Fuller School can | | | | the last decade or two and currently there are at |
| move forward in its plan to accept applications, enroll | | | | least 205 schools with more than 29,000 students |
| students, hire teachers, and do all the other things | | | | enrolled in the Association of Classical and Christian |
| that a school must do to begin operation. The Samuel | | | | schools alone. Student in these classical schools are |
| Fuller School submitted its Articles of Organization and | | | | scoring exceptionally well on standardized tests and |
| By-laws, Curriculum Guide, Parent/Student Handbook | | | | achieving high levels of success as they further their |
| and Yearly Calendar in order to obtain approval by | | | | education at the finest schools in the nation. |
| the Committee. | | | | About the Samuel Fuller School |
| "We believe that we will be offering families on the | | | | Opening in September 2008, Samuel Fuller School will |
| South Shore the absolute best that a school has to | | | | begin with grades K through 3 and add a grade each |
| offer," said Mrs. McKenna. She continued, "We will be | | | | year thereafter. Classes will be held in the Christian |
| using classical content and classical methods that | | | | Education Building of the First Congregational Church, |
| have stood the test of time with | | | | 6 Plympton Street, Middleborough, Mass. |
| age-appropriateness, high standards and order and | | | | |