Pierrepont is one of Westport’s best-kept secrets.
The small (152 students) school has a student-teacher-ratio of 3:1.
It’s rated the #1 private K-12 school in Connecticut, according to Niche.
Yet despite being in the Mediterranean-style building on the corner of Sylvan Road and Post Road West since 2002 — Pierrepont School is hidden in plain sight.
The other day, interim co-heads Anna Alemani and Liam O’Rourke came to the Westport Library’s Verso Studios to talk about Pierrepont.
We chatted about the school’s founding, philosophy, students and staff, along with its presence in Westport, and what’s ahead.
It was a fascinating discussion, about an intriguing, important, yet virtually unknown Westport institution.
Click below to hear Pierrepont’s story.
