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Every corner of Tenacre came alive today. Pre-kindergarteners set up shop at their charming farm stand, "selling" apples with enthusiasm. First graders honed their footwork on the soccer field during P.E., while second graders settled in with their reading. Meanwhile, fifth graders discovered how physics powers wind tunnels.

Yesterday, Tenacre's campus came alive with athletic competition as the Tigers hosted both a flag football game and a cross-country meet. The flag football squad faced off against Charles River School, while the cross-country runners competed in a three-way meet featuring Fessenden and Charles River School. It was an exciting afternoon for the Tenacre community to come together and support their teams.

Today was a perfect day for our first graders to try frisbee golf in Tenacre’s Phyllis Scoboria Orchard! Our new frisbee golf course made P.E. class extra special this afternoon. Nothing beats learning through play in our beautiful outdoor classroom!

The boys’ fifth- and sixth-grade soccer team hosted the home opener for Tenacre fall sports yesterday with a game against Rashi. Both teams put forth a great effort, with Tenacre coming out on top, 5-0. Go Tigers!

Sixth graders participated in their annual egg drop challenge this week. In this science project, students attempt to defy gravity by engineering a protective container that will keep a raw egg from cracking or breaking when dropped from a distance of about 50 feet. The challenge was held at the Waban arches, a short walk from the Tenacre campus. Most eggs survived thanks to ingenious contraptions devised by the students.

Sixth graders recently returned from their class trip to Cathleen Stone Island–a two-night, three-day adventure. In this highly anticipated and longtime Tenacre tradition, the class participated in various outward bound activities led by counselors from Cathleen Stone Island. In addition to beautiful weather, students enjoyed challenging activities, class bonding games, and downtime with their friends. They returned to campus a tired, but exhilarated bunch.

Last night, Tenacre brought together our community for Celebrate Tenacre, an evening dedicated to welcoming the new school year and showcasing our exciting new spaces. Members of the Tenacre community joined us for an evening of connection and celebration, exploring our beautiful new quad and state-of-the-art design center. The festive picnic atmosphere provided the ideal backdrop for launching the 2025-2026 academic year, as community members came together to reconnect, socialize, and experience firsthand the enhanced spaces that will enrich our students’ time at Tenacre.

Today's fourth-grade science class ventured to Beebe Meadow to study Impatiens Capensis, commonly called jewelweed. This 8-acre nature preserve sits directly across from Tenacre, providing an excellent outdoor classroom for plant studies. Students walked to the meadow where they carefully observed the jewelweed plants and examined their distinctive seed pods, recording their findings in field notes. Back in the classroom, they finished their observation worksheets and shared their discoveries during a group discussion.

In the second week of school, Tenacre students are settling into the rhythm of their new academic year with growing confidence and enthusiasm. As they navigate Tenacre’s hallways with increasing ease, students are mastering daily routines—morning arrival, class meetings, transitions between classes, and lunch protocols. The nervous energy of those first few days has transformed into genuine excitement about the learning adventures that lie ahead.

Fourth graders embraced this year's school theme of "Wonder" by exploring the Seven Wonders of the World and transforming into "Wonder Builders" as they tackled the challenge of constructing tall, freestanding structures with limited materials. This project required students to collaborate effectively, think outside the box, develop strategic plans, and adapt when obstacles arose. Working in teams of four, each group received identical supplies: 25 index cards, 10 drinking straws, two feet of tape, one pair of scissors, and a marshmallow that had to crown their finished structure.9/5/24
Tenacre students are getting into the swing of things during their first week back at school. Students have learned new routines, focused on academics, and connected with new and old friends.

This afternoon, third-grade students transformed apples from Tenacre's Phyllis Scoboria Orchard into vibrant works of art. Under the guidance of art teacher Molly Rosenthal, who showed them the apple-printing technique, students experimented with painting various sections of halved apples before pressing them onto paper to create unique patterns and designs. The timing couldn't have been more perfect—as the young artists worked on their colorful creations, they could gaze through the art room's expansive windows at the very orchard where their apples originated, now brimming with apples.

Welcome back, Tenacre! Students have returned to school, and we are thrilled to see the hallways filled with children. Students and staff were full of smiles as old friends reconnected and new friends were made.