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The Anova School is an independent, co-educational day school in Melrose, MA serving gifted and talented students in grades K-8.

History
Anova School was founded in 2010 by Courtney Dickinson, a teacher, corporate executive and consultant. Dickinson was inspired by her own family's challenges in finding appropriate opportunties for gifted students in Massachusetts public schools

Anova leased the former Beebe School building from the Melrose School Department. The school opened in September, 2010.

Student Body
In its first year, the Anova School offered three multi-age classrooms serving grades K-6. It has announced an expansion through grade 8 for the 2001-12 school year, with further expansion through grade 12 at a pace to accommodate current middle schoolers.

The school serves "high-ability learners," including academically gifted/highly successful students, creatively gifted students, highly gifted/profoundly accelerated students, and twice-exceptional students who present both giftedness and disabilities.

Curriculum
The Anova school curriculum is individualized to each student based on readiness and interests. Subjects such as math (Singapore Math curriculum) and reading are taught in flexible cross-age groupings.

Learning is interdisciplinary and project based, with schoolwide themes built around the Museum of Science Engineering is Elementary (EiE) program. Destination ImagiNation and [FIRST Lego League]] teams are also incorporated into the regular curriculum.