NCS School History
1985 – Founded after members of Covenant Church met for a year-long season of prayer, fasting, study, and discussion about educating their children in God’s ways of wisdom and love.
1987 – Developed our “Daniel mission statement” and articulated the school’s Six Words: Courage, Humility, Respect, Integrity, Seeker of God, and Teachability.
1996 – Moved from the original classroom in Park Avenue Congregational Church to our main campus in Covenant Church.
2009 – Founded Highrock Covenant Preschool, a partnership between Covenant School and Highrock Church.
2012 – Consolidated the preschool and elementary programs into one independent 501(c)(3) corporation under the name New Covenant School, Incorporated.
2018 – Opened our Lexington Campus for our preschool program.
2020 – We reimagined school, remained open every day possible, and offered virtual options for continuity in learning for both campuses.
Philosophy
At New Covenant School we think that the purpose of “an education” is to form children in wisdom and love. An educational process that does not intentionally aim at wisdom and love is short-changing children.
We believe wisdom is not about the control or explanation of life but has more to do with the capacity to live life truly and well: cooperatively, not competitively; in interdependence instead of independence; valuing responsibility more highly than personal choice. Wisdom discerns the important from the urgent, the genuine from the counterfeit, and the long-term good from the short-term gain.
To be a healthy human being requires us to learn to live in love toward God, who is Love, and toward our neighbor. Like wisdom, love must be intentionally pursued and deliberately developed. Our students commute from many towns in the Greater Boston area. Our families come from many different religious backgrounds as well, but all are united in their allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ and to demonstrate the reality of His Kingdom in our daily lives.