DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment
Renaissance Education based in Topsfield, MA
We are a family-run academic tutoring and educational enrichment service.
We offer one-on-one and small-group tutoring to students of all ages on the North Shore of Massachusetts. We also provide educational enrichment programs for schools, home-school groups and organizations. Explore this website to learn more about us and our services, or contact us for more information.
Spring 2025 News
We have updated our Reflections page to include more writings from the DesBois family. It includes DT&E's foundational documents “Removing Obstacles to Learning" and “Thoughts on Education and Freedom," as well as reflections on a variety of subjects. We plan to post new writings regularly.
Fall 2024 News
Announcing the launch of a new educational enrichment program:
Creating a Healthful Learning Environment: A Seminar for Schools and Families on Removing Environmental Obstacles to Learning
Fall 2023 News
Announcing the launch of a new educational enrichment program:
Aesop's Fables: Exploring Storytelling Through Dance and Movement
Summer 2023 News
Upcoming Events Open to the Public:
Educational Enrichment Programs at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
V is the Valley: A Concert-Conversation
featuring New England folk songs from the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection
with singer-storyteller Jack DesBois
When:
Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 7:00pm
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 3:00pm
Learn more about V is the Valley here.
Shakespeare’s Songs: A Concert-Lecture
featuring the music of the Bard’s plays
with singer-storyteller Jack DesBois and pianist Joe Mulholland
When:
Friday, August 11, 2023 at 3:30pm
Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 3:30pm
Learn more about Shakespeare's Songs here.
All performances are at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, 257R Granite St, Rockport, MA
$30/$20 students (under 22)
Purchase tickets at windhover.org/performances
Educational Enrichment Programs at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
V is the Valley: A Concert-Conversation
featuring New England folk songs from the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection
with singer-storyteller Jack DesBois
When:
Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 7:00pm
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 3:00pm
Learn more about V is the Valley here.
Shakespeare’s Songs: A Concert-Lecture
featuring the music of the Bard’s plays
with singer-storyteller Jack DesBois and pianist Joe Mulholland
When:
Friday, August 11, 2023 at 3:30pm
Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 3:30pm
Learn more about Shakespeare's Songs here.
All performances are at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, 257R Granite St, Rockport, MA
$30/$20 students (under 22)
Purchase tickets at windhover.org/performances
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Winter 2023 News
In addition to tutoring in academic subjects, Jack is offering private voice lessons starting in January 2023, for beginner to intermediate singers, elementary school age to adult. Learn more at his website, www.jackdesbois.com/lessons.
Fall 2022 News
In September, DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment brought joy and silliness to the 2nd annual Topsfield Tomato Festival. Leo tested festivalgoers' tomato trivia knowledge, Jack serenaded the crowd with his folksongs, Margot challenged passersby to tomato juggling contests, and Andrew scouted out the local produce offerings.
Summer 2022 News
In August, we presented our educational enrichment program V is the Valley: A Concert-Conversation featuring New England Folksongs from the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection at historic Gould Barn in Topsfield. One audience member described the event as “a night of fun and entertainment that I will not soon forget!" Learn more here, and find lyrics to the folksongs here.
Promotional video for the educational enrichment program V is the Valley: A Concert-Conversation featuring New England Folksongs from the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection.
Winter 2022 News
In January, we published “Prospecting for Literature," a multimedia essay about 20th-century songcatcher Helen Hartness Flanders and her quest to preserve the musical culture of New England.
Summer 2021 News
We've launched two engaging educational enrichment programs, available for booking now:
V is the Valley, a concert-conversation with the folksongs of New England, and
Shakespeare's Songs, featuring art song and Elizabethan settings of songs from the Bard's plays.
Contact us to bring culture, music and merriment to your school, home-school group, or organization.
We welcomed a new partner to DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment. Andrew DesBois holds a BA in Biochemistry from Middlebury College and has spent eight years teaching high school chemistry. Learn more about Andrew and all of us at our Who We Are page.
V is the Valley, a concert-conversation with the folksongs of New England, and
Shakespeare's Songs, featuring art song and Elizabethan settings of songs from the Bard's plays.
Contact us to bring culture, music and merriment to your school, home-school group, or organization.
We welcomed a new partner to DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment. Andrew DesBois holds a BA in Biochemistry from Middlebury College and has spent eight years teaching high school chemistry. Learn more about Andrew and all of us at our Who We Are page.
Jack DesBois performs “The Lumberman's Alphabet," a Vermont logging song from his educational enrichment program V is the Valley: A Concert-Conversation with the Folk Songs of the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection. Learn more about the program here.