My kids have attended this school since 2019 (one started in K, one in pre-K / ECC) and we've loved it. Child-centered, creative, and interdisciplinary curriculum with loving and skilled teachers, an excellent afterschool program, and a lovely sense of place within Beacon Hill. Grownup community is warm and laidback, with a genuine shared emphasis on raising kind humans who love to learn. Proof that you can learn in an innovative, progressive way and still get great test scores! read more

The Advent School is an amazing elementary school that my daughter attended from Kindergarten until she graduated with her sixth grade class at Faneuil Hall. Throughout those seven years, she loved school - she was excited about learning and was empowered to be the confident student that she continues to be today. The teachers and administration are intentional about getting to know each child individually to ensure that each child's educational needs are met. Advent prepared my daughter to be the motivated, dedicated and responsible student that she is today as she continues to thrive at Noble and Greenough School. Many thanks to Advent! read more

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My son has been at the Advent School since preschool. He's now in the fifth grade and there isn't enough space here to convey all the positive points about the school environment, curriculum, teachers, and administration. Maybe one important example is our son has always be excited and eager to go to school. He's actually disappointed when he has a vacation day and when the school year ends. The school excels in teaching children to become excited about learning and cultivating their curiosity. They also instill a level of maturity in the students that is remarkable. read more

Both of my kids (2nd and 5th graders)have been at Advent since preschool and their experience and education has been fantastic. I am always blown away by how well the teachers know my kids--2 fully certified teachers per class makes for an excellent student-to-teacher ratio. The teachers nurture the kids into self-motivated learners with a love of learning. The outstanding curriculum has prepared my 5th grader for success at his next school (Advent goes through 6th grade). read more

Our daughter has been attending The Advent School for the past few years and we could not love the school more. The education is challenging and engaging, the teachers are highly trained and caring, and treat the students with kindness and respect, and the community is warm and welcoming. When we originally were applying to independent schools we were worried that Advent families might be snobby because of where it's located in Beacon Hill, but have found this is not the case at all. As soon as we started the admissions process it became apparent how family-like this community is. This small school is a gem that should not be overlooked. read more

Wonderful space great community of teachers and parents. Small school big things happening.

Don't go to this school! I realized this is the first review for this school. So I made a mistake to choose this school with no reviews. Except the location, nothing is good. We moved down to Brookline at the beginning of this March. There are a few good public schools nearby. I thought the classrooms there were a bit crowded. For my child to quickly get used to the new environment, I tried to contact several private schools at Newton and Cambridge and we also visited the bright horizons centers nearby which my child can attend right away. When I was contacting these private schools, most of them responded to me nicely and told me to apply for the semester starting in September. It is the mid of this semester and I might not be able to start right away. I understand that. And when I was contacting the Advent School, I thought the location was convenient for me and even though there was no reviews I still called them. That turned out to be the biggest mistake I made! Then the nightmare began!The admission director Nora Goddard is irresponsible at all. I really doubted if she likes her job or not. I could never reach her on her phone. Even though I left voicemail several times. She never returned my calls. The girl at the reception was lovely though and helped me to get her to call me back. But that was over two weeks later which was the end of March! At that time I was just going to choose the Bright Horizons Center at Brookline for my child. She responded that my child can attend Advent for this semester and told me to go for a school visit in a week's time. I agreed as I needed to go to California for business for the week so I had to wait for a week anyway. Then I visited Advent at the beginning of April and didn't feel anything special and the space there was also small except the location was good. Nora sounded nice at the meeting and told me to apply online and handed in all other paperwork. Then she would schedule a school visit for my child afterwards right away. I shouldn't trust her! It was a big mistake! To save time I filled out the numerous forms on the application on the same night and got my child's previous teacher to fill in the reference form very quickly even though it was the national holiday in China. I was able to get everything handed in a very short time. Then it was long waiting time again! I had to go to her office to check if she has received my application and the check for the application fees etc during working days!She then had us to wait for another week to get back to us with a scheduled visit which was another two weeks later! I should have stopped at that time. Thought she sounded honest and I shouldn't miss the appointment as l should keep my words. So I waited for another two weeks to take my daughter for the school visit. Then it was waiting again! After another one week I really couldn't wait any more and emailed her cos I could never reach her on the phone. Finally she responded and said they couldn't take my child in for this semester and will offer me a place for next semester! I just couldn't believe it! If you cannot take in students for this semester, you could tell me at the first place so I could make a decision for other options rather than keep waiting and waiting for almost two months! And this semester is almost finished, my child has wasted two months' time for nothing! I think my biggest mistake was to trust someone like her who is irresponsible and has no respect for other people whatsoever. If you couldn't do it, tell people right way rather than waste their time and keep them waiting. I think she just doesn't give a damn shit about us. I don't know who gives her the privilege to treat people like this. As a private school claims itself to have good reputation, how could the management let people to treat students and parents like this! I really regret my decision to choose this stupid school at the first place. And I know they don't give a damn shit about my complaint as well. But I need to warn people who don't know this situation and make the same mistakes again like me. Remember: Don't even consider this school! There are plenty of other good private schools over there. This is my honest advice for you! read more