The Mission Hill School is a Boston Public Pilot School in Roxbury, Massachusetts serving 170 children in grades K2-8. The small learning community emphasizes a project-based, collaborative curriculum, inclusive of all learning abilities. MHS was founded in 1997 by educator and author Deborah Meier and is modeled on democratic principles. All major budgetary, staffing, and curricular decisions are made by both the principal and faculty council.

Changes to MHS In the fall of 2012, as part of the Boston Public Schools’ Expanding Access to Excellence plan, Mission Hill K-8 School will move to a new location, expanding to include 30 new K0 and K1 students (ages three and four). The school’s new location will be the former Agassiz School in Jamaica Plain, which will also be home to the brand new Margarita Muñiz Academy, a small dual-language high school.