Learning is a life-long joyous adventure

The MacJannets made learning a joyous adventure by modeling that excitement - taking their students to locations of astonishing beauty in order to  awaken aesthetic awareness and to historic sites that open curiosity.

Introduction - MacJannet Foundation on Social Media

Donald and Charlotte MacJannet were 20^th-Century teachers who inspired many people through a revolutionary concept: Education should be exciting.

The celebrity link - What attracted so many famous people to the MacJannets’ humble orbit?

By: Dan Rottenberg (Les Entretiens - Spring 2014)

What did Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jawarlahal Nehru, Risë Stevens and Audrey Hepburn (above) have in common?


All were world-famous figures of one sort or another. And all— not to mention dozens of other notables, including corporate executives, diplomats, generals, admirals and writers— entrusted their children to the egalitarian and frugal hands of two educational revolutionaries, Donald and Charlotte MacJannet.

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MacJannet Foundation Amis du Prieure Traveling Scholars

2009 Venez partager notre expérience à la Tufts University et partons à la découverte de l'Amérique. Each year the association "Les amis du prieuré de Talloires" gives 2 scholarships to students from Lachenal's prep school. Each scholarship

Fernand Bise

Members of the MacJannet Foundation are saddened to learn of the recent death of Fernand Bise, after a brief illness. The funeral took place on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Both Fernand Bise and his father maintained a friendship with the camp director, Col. Woodworth, as well as the MacJannets. Fernand’s was a camper at the

One 2009 MacJannet Prize Winner's Documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGruK-5Dz88

MacJannet Prize Award Ceremony 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX_iIbL3PIA

Schoolmaster of Kings by Herb Jacobs

6/24/2009 A 200 page manuscript history of the MacJannets lives is linked to the MacJannet.org website "Schoolmaster of Kings"

Over 700 Photos at Tufts site "The MacJannet Legacy"

6/24/2009 Tufts University library maintains an internet site that has over 700 MacJannet historic photos plus actual audio recordings of the MacJannets commenting on various topics.

http://dca.lib.tufts.edu/features/macjannet/index.html