Meeting House Hill School is located in New Fairfield, Connecticut and has approximately 750 students. Each homeroom averages about 24 students and each grade level has ten or eleven classes.
The school, with grades 3-5, is in between the primary and middle school grades. It is a bridge between the self-contained class of the primary years and the more departmentalized program typical of the middle school. Students in fifth grade will generally have several teachers, while those in third and fourth will remain with one or two teachers for most of the day.
In addition to the normal academic program, Meeting House Hill offers before and after school programs in school band, intramurals, and chorus. Children are encouraged to take part in these programs as they are an integral part of his/her education.
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