Spotlight Series: Illuminating Success Stories from Our Clients

The Fessenden School is an independent boys school near Boston and balances an expansive and challenging curriculum with character education that is rooted in their core values. Founded in 1903, Fessenden was the first boys junior boarding school in the country. The school has been on the forefront of boys education for 120 years, and remains a leader in private, independent education today. The Fessenden School cultivates each boy’s talents and develops in balance his character, mind, and body in an inclusive and joyful community. In fulfilling its mission, Fessenden:

• Instills honesty, compassion, and respect as a foundation for boys’ growth into young men of character.
• Fosters a diverse and safe environment in which students, teachers, and families value differences and similarities.
• Builds a cohesive day and residential community enriched by nurturing relationships.
• Promotes healthy mental, physical, and socio-emotional development.
• Challenges and supports students to be resilient, confident individuals who empathize with and serve others.
• Implements a demanding and innovative curriculum with the goal of inspiring enthusiastic, creative, lifelong learners.

While striving for academic excellence, Fessenden has also been a leader in providing a safe and loving educational environment for its student and staff. Through this work, we have been proud to collaborate with Fessenden on a number of school safety initiatives that have included: a Safety and Security Program Assessment, Immediate Action Response Training and the delivery of a Table Top Exercise for its executive leadership team. Mike Grossman, Fessenden’s Chief Financial Officer commented, “Throughout the years the COSECURE team has always proven to be an incredible school safety partner and we have valued their expertise and consider them colleagues and friends to the Fessenden community. I consider Robert Evans , Director of K12 Services at COSECURE and the firms Chief Executive Officer Daniel R Pascale, CPP to be national thought leaders in this important work and highly recommend them for your future school safety initiative.” We are grateful for our valued clients and look forward to continuing our partnership with Fessenden. Go bears!