It's #ThrowbackThursday, and since we're focusing on Fayerweather arts this week, enjoy this blast from the past (2021-22!) of our Extended Day Band concert! See anyone you recognize?

At Fayerweather, students know that knowledge and action go hand-in-hand, especially when it comes to art! After studying the impact of zines and learning from activist artists like Keith Haring, they create their own work, from zines to graffiti, speaking to issues they care about.

Fayerweather students are a truly creative bunch! This week, we're highlighting some of their truly inspiring artistic and performative endeavors, starting with our two plays! Enjoy a look back at our two plays (The Lion King KIDS! and The Con) put on by our 3-6 and Unit students!

🎉 Staff Spotlight: Sarah 🎉 We’re continuing our summer series highlighting the people who bring the Fayerweather magic to life! Sarah is celebrating 10 years at Fayerweather. Over the past decade, she’s worn many hats: teacher, collaborator, and community builder.

🎉 Staff Spotlight: Aaron 🎉 For 15 years, Aaron has brought heart, curiosity, and joy to Fayerweather’s 3rd/4th-grade classroom. He builds trust, encourages student-led learning, and helps make the Fayerweather magic happen every day.

Fayerweather students love our relationship with @curious_creatures_ma, especially when they get a chance to get hands on with some furry, slimy, scaly, and cuddly friends! #CommunityPartners #LearningIsFun #Fayerweather

Our community partnerships are one of the ways that we make connections between the classroom and the outside world. This week, we want to highlight some of the partners we've worked with, starting with our neighbor, Evergreen Day School, who organized a visit with Victor Bradley, Jr with us!

As we close the book on the last full week of Pride Month, we wanted to take a look back at how we have spent the last year supporting and fighting for the rights of everyone to be who they are, love who they love, and to do so fully and without fear. Happy Pride!

Happy Pride from Fayerweather Street School! This weekend, Fayerweather was proud to participate in the Boston Pride for the People march to show our support for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone involved in the ongoing fight for love, acceptance, and equality. ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🤎 🖤

Congratulations to the Fayerweather Street School graduating Class of 2025! You've worked hard and inspired all of us, and we can't wait to see all the ways you'll continue to inspire and astound the world! #FayerweatherStreetSchool #Graduation #BeTheSunshine

On Monday evening, some of the 3/4 students spoke at the Cambridge City Council meeting in support of a policy order regarding the opportunity to install green and gray infrastructure following the demolition of the MBTA garage at Alewife. We are so proud of our student activists!

Happy Pride! Tuesday, Fayerweather celebrated an important & joyfully necessary tradition: our annual Pride March. We marched to demonstrate the need for love, acceptance, and standing up for the rights of everyone to love and be loved. Join us next Saturday at Boston's Pride for the People March!

What do sushi making, nail art, kickball, capture the flag, lock picking, camping, teddy bear picnics, and Catan have in common? They're all just some of the projects - organized by FSS staff -- that Fayerweather students got to try their hand at during our annual Project Day!

Fayerweather students participate annually in Community Service Day, engaging in projects for social good. This year, they visited Neville Place residents, collected food bank donations, picked up litter, made soup for shelters, removed invasive plants , and wrote for Letters Against Isolation.

Congratulations to our Ultimate Frisbee team (The Discos!) for the culmination of a great season! The team crushed it this season, coming together to become a true force on the field. Three of our players were also nominated to join a local all-star team. Way to go, Discos!

Our Unit students brought curiosity and joy to NYC! From rainbow bagels in Central Park to Harlem, the Apollo, Stonewall, and Times Square—they were engaged, inquisitive, resilient, and vivacious every step of the way. 🗽🌈🎭 #Fayerweather #PlaceBasedLearning

Students in 5/6 explored the science of bread! 🧪🍞 We tested acid/base reactions with baking soda & buttermilk, learned how yeast produces CO₂, and even inflated balloons! After collecting natural materials at Fresh Pond, we captured wild yeast and used it in our final bakes, shared with families.

Our Unit students are currently taking a bite out of the Big Apple on their annual Unit Trip! While they're away, let's take a little road trip of our own -- down memory lane! Enjoy these moments from Unit Trips past to NYC and Martha's Vineyard! #Fayerweather #PlaceBasedLearning #FieldTrip

As part of their Humanities unit on immigration, our Unit students had the privilege of hearing first-hand the stories of members of the extended Fayerweather community who have experienced what it's like to immigrate to the United States. Thank you to our panelists for sharing your experiences.

Storyteller Valerie Stephens brought Anansi the Spider to life for our PreK and Kindergarteners! With laughter and wonder, they learned how Anansi got his tiny waist. Thank you, Valerie, for sharing your magic! 🕷️📚✨ #PreK #Kindergarten #FayerweatherMagic #Storytime

Our commitment to justice goes hand-in-hand with our focus on place-based learning. Recently, our 3-4 students visited Mystic Lake as part of a lesson on watershed and ecolories as well as a student-led project to raise awareness about the importance of the Mystic River Watershed to the area.

Fayerweather had the pleasure of bringing back the Boston Educators of Color gathering. Designed to provide BIPOC educators a chance for growth, networking, self-care, and community, we're already looking forward to the next one! Huge thanks to Rodney Eric Lopez for joining us & sharing his wisdom!

Congratulations to Fayerweather alum Milo ('23) (rear left) who is one of six Somerville High School student musicians to win a tuition scholarship to world-famous Berklee School of Music Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive program! Congratulations, Milo -- way to go!

Through our focus on place-based learning, students learn deeply by connecting knowledge to physical space. Recently, our 5-6 students visited the Old State House & Old South Meeting House to learn about the historical sites where our current government was tested and formed. #Fayerweather

Our Unit students wowed at the @metg_theatre Festival this weekend! 🏆 They earned a Gold Medal, Stage Manager’s Award, Excellence in Props & Costumes, Performance for The Band, and 3 Acting Awards! 👏🎭 #FayerweatherProud #METGFestival #TheatreKids

Several Fayerweather students have taken part in the 5th annual Poetry on the Farm installation at Gaining Ground Farm! Take a swing by the farm in Concord to get a look at the poetry!

Fayerweather started off the week with a splash at our 2025 Fayerweather Regatta! Students have been hard at work designing sea-worthy and visually stunning vessels who are cheered on by crowds in our Big Yard! Take a look at some of this year's fun, and as always: Go Boats! #Regatta #Fayerweather

Last Friday, our 5th and 6th graders became historical figures in a Living Wax Museum, spanning from 69 BCE to today. Each student researched, wrote a biography, and portrayed a historical person, answering visitors' questions with confidence. Swipe to see the remarkable figures they embodied!

Our middle school students have been studying immigration, and on Wednesday they had a powerful opportunity to visit the Moakley Courthouse to witness a naturalization ceremony. They proudly led the Pledge of Allegiance, asked thoughtful questions about the citizenship process, and handed out cards.

Happy Throwback Thursday! In honor of the upcoming Fayerweather Regatta and Boat Expo (on April 28!), we wanted to show you a few fun shots from Regattas past. Enjoy! #Fayerweather #Regatta #TBT

Our PreK and Kindergarteners teamed up this morning at Fresh Pond with Ranger Tim to help clean up the woods where they love to learn. Stewardship, community care, and place-based social justice in action! 🌿💚 #FayerweatherForward

Fayerweather’s Ultimate Frisbee team is putting in the work! 💪🏽🥏 They’ve been practicing hard and showing incredible teamwork as they gear up for their upcoming game against ISB. Come cheer them on Tuesday, April 15 at 3:30 PM at Rafferty Park in Cambridge! Let’s go FSS! 💛💙 #UltimateFrisbee #GoFSS

Unit students built a prototype of a picnic bench and table for the loading dock. They have expressed interest in more options for lunch spots, so with help from Rob & Junior they're simply making one come to life! With this prototype, they're also exploring basic physics, measurement, etc.

ALUM UPDATE! 📚 FSS alum Lily is studying abroad in Italy & visiting sites across Europe she first learned about as a student! From the Irish Potato Famine museum in Dublin to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, she’s connecting her travels to her time at Fayerweather. 🌍 #FSSAlum #FayerweatherForever

It’s National Library Month! To celebrate Fayerweather students and staff dressed up as some of our favorite children’s book characters in an All School Meeting organized by Zoan, our librarian extraordinaire! Can you identify some of these characters? 📚📖 #Fayerweather #NationalLibraryMonth

🎲✨ Laughter, strategy, and friendly competition filled the air at Fayerweather’s recent BIPOC Game Night! Families came together for an evening of board games, video games, puzzles, sports and more—building community one game at a time. 🏀🎮♟️ #FayerweatherCommunity #GameNightFun

This week, our Unit students created advocacy art based on the International Declaration of Human Rights, analyzing articles on current human rights topics like book bans, restricted education, voting restrictions, equal pay, vaccinations, and more.

Today, the 3/4 students shared powerful family stories with classmates and loved ones at our Family Story Share! Each story came to life with a handmade wampum belt they made that illustrated the story. #Fayerweather #StoryTelling #LearningInCommunity

Our Unit students are deeply exploring Macbeth, crafting fictional travel brochures for Shakespearean England. From Elizabethan science to 16th-century fashion, their work animates the Bard's world. Stay tuned for more play depictions and a stage fighting lesson! #Fayerweather #Macbeth #Shakespeare

🏀👏 Shoutout to our amazing Fayerweather basketball teams for an incredible season! Your hard work, teamwork, and sportsmanship shined bright on the court. We're so proud of you! #GoFayerweather #Teamwork #BeTheSunshine #GoodSports #FayerweatherStreetSchool

🚜🐓 Off to Farm School! 🥕🌳 This morning, our 5/6 students set off to Farm School--a Fayerweather tradition!--for a hands-on learning experience. They'll swap classrooms for barn chores, team-building games, feeding animals, and exploring nature. #Fayerweather #FarmSchool #FayerweatherOnTheFarm

Despite a shortened week due to conferences, we packed in plenty of fun and learning. From maple tree tapping and pajama days to making wampum and a variety show, plus kicking off with Decision Day, it was a memorable week. We're excited to do it all again next week! #Fayerweather #WeekInReview

Last week, Fayerweather's Unit students heard from alum Jessica Lander about her book "Making Americans," discussing how students navigate education and immigration systems and how schools can aid newcomers' belonging. Thank you, Jessica! #Fayerweather #FayerweatherAlum