At Meridian Academy, students are immersed in an authentic and collaborative learning environment. Students grow as problem-posers and problem-solvers as they carry out in-depth projects across a wide range of subjects. Our project-based courses mean that your child will learn in an engaged and memorable way. Meridian knows that young people are capable of truly original and sophisticated pursuits and our classes are structured to provide the opportunities and mentoring needed to reach those heights.

Located in the heart of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston with easy access to the T, Meridian provides an innovative college preparatory curriculum for students in grade 5 through grade 12.

Meridian students benefit from interdisciplinary courses that support them in making valuable connections between the subjects that they study. Each year, all students take Humanities (combining History and English), an integrated Mathematics, Science, and Technology class, and Spanish or French. Courses focused on linking ideas enable students to better appreciate and understand themselves and the world they live in. Students take studio art, music, and theater classes, and the arts are integrated throughout their subjects both as a means for understanding and communicating ideas. 

Meridian students engage in sophisticated, original investigations in all of their courses. These experiences culminate junior year with a year-long research project on a question of their posing carried out in our Junior Research Project Seminar. Students in all grades can take advanced mathematics, science, computer science and humanities electives and Advanced Placement classes are offered both in-person and online in history, literature, Spanish, French, computer science, calculus, and the sciences. The arts and writing are integrated throughout our courses. Extracurricular activities include theater, theater tech, soccer, golf, ultimate, model United Nations, yearbook, student government, social justice, and music with an award-winning teacher.

Meridian’s community is vibrant, joyful, informal, and welcoming. Students take leadership roles in many aspects of school life including peer mentoring and guiding student committees. Students share their work three times a year with the public at our Exhibition Evenings (picture a science fair, but for all subjects!). Meridian students know that they will have an interested audience in their work, so they strive for excellence in content and presentation.

All of the habits of successful grown-up life – curiosity, persistence, teamwork, initiative, communication, problem-solving, patience, creativity, and empathy – are developed in our academic, extracurricular, and social programs.