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Rivers School was founded in 1915 as an educational institution for boys in Brookline, Massachusetts. Robert W. Rivers founded the school and was its first headmaster. The Country Day School for Boys of Boston merged with Rivers in 1940, and the school moved to its present location in Weston in 1960. It became co-educational in 1989. [3]
Alumni of Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. Pages in category "Rivers School alumni" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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