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Dexter was attended by Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, along with other notable figures. The school developed a strong bond with many of Boston's leading families with ties to the leading preparatory and Ivy League schools.
Kennedy attended Dexter School, which was founded by a group of trustees, including his father, after a decision had been made to sell land from Noble and Greenough School.
- Massachusetts Elementary School Years
- JFK’s New York Education
- JFK at Choate: A Member of The “Muckers Club”
- Choate’s Influence on JFK
- JFK’s Academic Record and Harvard Application
- Resources and Further Reading
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, JFK attended the local public school, the Edward Devotion School, from his kindergarten year in 1922 until the beginning of third grade. Some historical records state he left earlier, though school records show that he studied there until third grade. He suffered from occasional poor health, partly...
After moving to New York, the Kennedys set up their house in Riverdale, an upscale section of the Bronx, where Kennedy attended Riverdale Country School from 5th through 7th grade. In 8th grade, in 1930, he was sent to Canterbury School, a Catholic boarding schoolfounded in 1915 in New Milford, Connecticut. There, JFK assembled a mixed academic rec...
For his high school years, starting in 1931, JFK eventually enrolled at Choate, a boarding and day school in Wallingford, Connecticut. His older brother, Joe, Jr., was also at Choate for JFK’s freshman and sophomore years. JFK tried to get out of Joe’s shadow, sometimes by carrying out pranks. While at Choate, JFK blew up a toilet seat with a firec...
There is no doubt that Choate left a significant impression on Kennedy, and the release of recent archival documents shows that this impression may have been greater than previously understood. Kennedy’s famous speech that includes the line “Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country” may have reflected a Choate h...
Kennedy’s academic record at Choate was unimpressive and placed him in the third quarter of his class. Kennedy’s application to Harvard and his transcript from Choate were less than spectacular. His transcript, released by the Kennedy Library, shows that JFK struggled in certain classes. He earned a mark of 62 in physics, though Kennedy earned a re...
Finnegan, Leah. “Would JFK Get Into Harvard Today?” HuffPost News, 15 Jan. 2011.“JFK's Iconic Speech Inspired by Ex-Headmaster?” CBS News, 3 Nov. 2011.- Blythe Grossberg
Kennedy first attended the Dexter school in Brookline. In 4th-6th grade, he attended the Riverdale Country Day School, in New York. From 1931 to 1935, he attended the Choate Academy, were he was an average student.
May 25, 2017 · Once healthy again, JFK attended the Edward Devotion School, a public school in Coolidge Corner. Then, he would attend the Dexter School, a private school elsewhere in Brookline. He...
- Greg Wayland
Bradlee attended Dexter School, a private boys school in Brookline, Mass., which had the motto “Our Best Today, Better Tomorrow.”
Mar 17, 2012 · In the hours remaining to him during this period (1942-1948), Nabokov taught Russian literature at Wellesley College, played with his son (who attended Dexter School in Brookline, where JFK had...
