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Bancroft empowers students to own their learning. We are a co-ed independent day school in Worcester that promotes active learning for students from pre-K to high school. Students are inspired to engage with one another at Bancroft, challenge convention, and solve problems through inquiry and insight. We empower faculty with the freedom to instruct, and we encourage families to play an integral role in their child is an exploration and discovery journey. Bancroft alumni go on to thrive as self-aware, well-versed, confident leaders in a complex world. Here, children from PreK through Grade 12 come to understand themselves not just as learners but also as artists, musicians, actors, athletes, scientists, authors, mathematicians, makers, humanitarians, and leaders. Bancroft students are all kinds of smarts. Our superb teachers and coaches take great care to foster confident, collaborative thinkers and problem-solvers. They balance high expectations with reassuring support, inspiring each child to work hard, try harder, and blossom into their full potential. As a Bancroft student, your child will have many opportunities to wonder, imagine, reflect, persevere, and triumph. They will find a diverse group of friends, teammates, allies, and mentors who have their back, and they will fill those roles for others. They will serve the community. And they will discover the world on a local and global level. Bancroft students emerge fully prepared to succeed in college and beyond. With the superior foundation of a Bancroft education, your child will become a healthy, self-assured, compassionate lifelong learner, teacher of others, and citizen of the world. That is our mission. Bancroft, an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school, prepares talented, well-qualified, and motivated college-bound students, PreKindergarten through Grade 12, to pursue and realize their academic, personal, and social potential. We provide a comprehensive, caring, and creative curricular and extracurricular program that fosters an experience of excellence for each student. Inspired students, a superior faculty, and engaged families thrive in our diverse, safe, and supportive community. We allow students to discover their passion in life and learn to embrace confidently and responsibly the moral and ethical challenges of being lifelong learners, teachers of others, and citizens of an increasingly complex global community. At Bancroft, your child will develop the skills, knowledge, and character to thrive in today’s ever-changing global community. Bancroft’s academic programs ensure that our students master subject matter fully and efficiently and perform at a consistently high level. Expert faculty, small class sizes, and an active, inquiry-based, student-centered teaching approach we call the Learning Lab Method (LLM) ensure every student engages with the subject matter on a deep level and learns to think critically. The Technology team works closely with our faculty to integrate multiple devices into the curriculum and ensure that students have the technological resources they need to stray engaged and learning from anywhere. Technology at Bancroft starts with a reliable backbone network using world-class equipment and systems from Cisco, Dell/EMC, VMware, HP, and Apple. Using Google Apps as a foundation, our systems are more accessible and secure than ever before. View full school