The Fessenden School is an independent day (Pre-K – Grade 9) and boarding school (Grades 5 – 9) for boys, founded in 1903 by Frederick J. Fessenden as a school for the intellectually gifted, and located at 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, Massachusetts, United States, on a 41-acre (0.17 km2) campus.[1]
Patrick J. Kennedy – former United States Representative from Rhode Island.
Edward M. Kennedy – United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009.
John Kerry – Former United States Secretary of State, Former United States Senator from Massachusetts and Democratic candidate for President of United States in 2004.
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Douglas Moore – Pulitzer Prize winner, Columbia music professor, and legendary figure in American Opera for works including The Ballad of Baby Doe, The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Giants of the Earth. Moore also wrote the school song "Song of Fessenden."
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