Kennedy Education


Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.
Assumption School
Xaverian School
Boston Latin School 1901-(1908)
Harvard 1908-(1912 grad)

Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Dorchester High School 1904-(1906)
Dorchester High School postgraduate year 1906-1907
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Boston - 1907-1908
Blumenthal Academy of the Sacred Heart (Holland) 1908-1909
Academy of the Sacred Heart (later renamed Manhattanville College) 1909-(1910)
New England Conservatory of Music 1911-1913

Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.
Edward Devotion School 1921-1924
Nobles and Greenough School (later renamed Dexter School) 1924-1928
Riverdale Country School 1928-1929
Choate - 1929-(1933) London School of Economics and Political Science 1933-1934
Harvard 1934-(1938)
Harvard Law School 1939-1941 (planned to resume his studies after serving in the US Naval Reserve)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Edward Devotion School 1922-1924 (Grades Kindergarten and 1st)
Nobles and Greenough School 1924-1926 (grades 2-3)
Dexter School 1926-1927 (grade 4)
Riverdale Country School 1927-1930 (grade 5-6-7)
Canterbury School 1930 (grade 8) officially withdrawn early due to illness
Choate School 1931-(1935) (grades 9-10-11-12)
London School of Economics and Political Science 1935 (officially withdrawn due to illness)
Princeton 1935 (officially withdrawn due to illness)
Harvard 1936-(1940)
Stanford 1940 (left before end of fall quarter)

Rosemary Kennedy
Edward Devotion School (Brookline)
Neighborhood School (The Bronx)
Marymount Convent (Tarrytown, PA)
St. Coletta's School (Jefferson, WI)

Kathleen Kennedy
Riverdale Country School
CSH 1933-(1937)
Finch College 1939-1941 (end of her formal academic education)

Eunice Kennedy
Neighborhood School
Convent of the Sacred Heart, NY. and Roehampton, England (1939 grad)
Manhattanville College 1939-1941
tranferred to Stanford university 1941-(1943)

Patricia Kennedy
Convent of the Sacred Heart, NY. and Roehampton, England (1941 grad)
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA. (1945 grad)

Robert Francis Kennedy
Riverdale Country School
Gibbs School (London, England) 1938-1939
St. Paul's 1939 (withdrew after 2 months)
Portsmouth Priory 1939-1942
Milton Academy (1944 grad)
Harvard (1948 grad)
University of Virginia Law School (1951 grad)

Jean Kennedy
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Maplehurst, NY. 1939-1941 (grades 7-8)
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Torresdale, PA. 1941-1943
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Darien, CT. 1943-(1945)
Manhattanville College 1945-(1949 grad)

Edward Moore Kennedy
Gibbs School, London (grades 1-2)
Lawrence Park Country Day School (grade 3)
Portsmouth Priory (grade 4 withdrawn after a couple of months)
Riverdale Country School (part of grade 4)
Palm Beach Private School (part of grade 4 & 6
Graham Eckes, Florida (grade 5 & 7)
Fessenden, Mass. (grades 5 & 6 & 7)
Cranwell, Mass. grade 8
Milton Academy 1946-(1950 grad)
Harvard 1950-1951 (expelled after a classmate took a Spanish exam in his place)
Harvard 1953-(1956 grad)
University of Virginia Law School 1956-(1959 grad)
Ted was in and out of many schools between Mass. & Florida)

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
Sacred Heart Convent School, New York (Grades 1 - 5);
Brearly School, New York (Grades 6 - 8);
Concord Academy, Concord, MA (1975);
Radcliff College (1979);
Columbia University Law School (1988).

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.
St. David’s School, New York (Grades 1 - 2);
Collegiate School, New York (Grades 3 - 8);
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. (Grades 9 - 12) (1979);
Brown University (1983);
New York University Law School (1991).

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, Mc Lean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Putney School, Putney, VT (1969);
Harvard (1974);
University of New Mexico Law School (1978).

Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 1st half of Grade 6);
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC. (2nd half of Grade 6);
Several different boarding schools (Grade 7 - 12), graduated from Manter Hall School (1971);
University of Massachusetts (1976).

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 1st half of 5);
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC. (2nd half of Grade 5 and all of Grade 6);
Georgetown Prep School, Washington, DC. (Grades 7 - 8);
Milbrook School, Milbrook, NY. (Grades 9-12) (1972);
Harvard College (1977);
London School of Economics (1978);
University of Virginia Law School 1982);
Pace University (masters degree in Envir.Law) (1989).

David Anthony Kennedy
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 1st half of Grade 4);
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC. (2nd half of Grade 5 - Grade 8);
Milton Academy, Milton, MA. (1973);
Attended Harvard College, dropped out twice; did not graduate.

Mary Courtney Kennedy Ruhe Hill
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Milton Academy, Milton, MA. (1974);
Attended University of California at Berkley and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland;
did not graduate from either.

Michael LeMoyne Kennedy
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
St. Paul’s School, McLean, VA. (1975);
Harvard College (1980);
University of Virginia Law School (1984).

Mary Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Putney School, Putney, VT. (1977);
Brown University (1982);
Boston College Law School (1986).

Christopher George Kennedy
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Georgetown Prep School, Washington, DC. (1982);
Boston College (1986);
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. (MBA 1996).

Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Moses Brown School, Providence, RI. (1983);
Harvard College (1987);
University of California at Los Angeles (was pursuing an MBA, moved to Boston 6/98)

Douglas Harriman Kennedy
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Potomac School, McLean, CA. (1985);
Brown College (1989).

Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, McLean, VA. (Grades 1 - 8);
Potomac School, McLean, VA. (1986);
Brown University (1991).

Kara Anne Kennedy Allen
National Cathedral School, Washington, DC. (1978);
Tufts University (1983).

Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr.
St. Alban’s School, Washington, DC. (1979);
Wesleyan University (1984);
Yale University (Masters degree in Forestry Science).

Patrick Joseph Kennedy
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. (1986);
Providence University (1990).

Robert Sargent Shriver III
Phillips Exeter Academy (1972);
Yale University (1976);
Yale Law School (1981).

Maria Owings Shriver Schwarzenegger
Stone Ridge School, Washington, DC. (1973);
Georgetown University (1977).

Timothy Perry Shriver
St. Alban’s School, Washington, DC. (1977);
Yale University (1981).

Mark Kennedy Shriver
Georgetown Prep School, Washington, DC. (1982);
Holy Cross University (1986).

Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver
Georgetown Prep School, Washington, DC. (1983);
University of Miami (1987).

Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Middlesex Prep School, Washington, DC. (1974);
Also attended Tufts and Georgetown Universities. Graduated from Boston College Law School (1983)

Sydney Maleia Lawford McKelvy
Foxcroft School, Washington, DC. (1974);
Toby Coburn Fashion Institute (1978).

Victoria Francis Lawford Pender
Lycee Francais, Paris, France (1976);
Mount Vernon College (1980).

Robin Elizabeth Lawford
Unis School, New York (1980);
Marymount College (1984).

Stephan Edward Smith, Jr.
Collegiate School, New York (1975);
Harvard College (1979);
Columbia Law School (1982).

William Kennedy Smith
Salisbury School, New York (1975);
Duke (1982);
Georgetown University Medical School (1987).

Amanda Mary Smith
Spence School, New York (1985);
Radcliff College (1989).
(pursuing a PhD in special education at Radcliff College)

Kym Maria Smith
Marymount School, New York (1990);
Brown University (1994).

Sources include--
- THE KENNEDYS: A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY 1823-PRESENT" by Harvey Rachlin, World Almanac, 1986.
- EDWARD KENNEDY AND THE CAMELOT LEGACY by James MacGregor Burns, Norton 1976.
- KENNEDYS THE NEW GENERATIONS by Frank Teti.


Thanks to Danielle, Susan A., Vicki C. and Michael G. for contributing information!


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