Chris Zuraw offers tutoring and private lessons to students in Fairfield and the surrounding areas. 

Fairfield Country Day School, a private day school for boys in kindergarten through ninth-grade, is located on a…More 25-acre campus in Fairfield's Greenfield Hill neighborhood.</p> <p>FCDS was founded in 1936 and originally was located on Unquowa Road in downtown Fairfield. In 1949, FCDS needed more space and acquired the Bronson estate on Bronson Road, which is the current home of the school. The school's historic main building was originally the home of Timothy Dwight, who was a minister at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church and then president of Yale University. A public elementary school in Greenfield Hill that was built in 1962 is named after Timothy Dwight.</p> <p>Fairfield Country Day School is incorporated in the state of Connecticut and is governed by a 22-member board of trustees. Tuition at the school, in 2009-10 was $28,200 a year for kindergarten through third-graders, $29,000 a year for fourth- through sixth-graders, and $30,200 a year for seventh- through ninth-graders. Financial aid is available.</p> <p>The school's mascot is the crusader.</p>

The Fairfield School of Music offers educational programs for all ages, including infants, preschoolers, kids,…More teens, adults and seniors. Its focus is in musical education. Its instructors are disciplined in guitar, piano, bass, ukulele, cello, viola, violin, fiddle, drum, percussion, saxophone, tuba, French horn, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and trumpet, among others. Private and group lessons are available for all styles, including classical, rock, pop, jazz/blues and folk. </p> <p>It offers a program called Simply Music Rhapsody, which is for infants through age 5 and allows children to be creative and musical in an age-appropriate setting. Another program, Simply Music Piano, is a playing-based method that allows students to play beautiful music at their first lesson.</p> <p>The school additionally hosts birthday parties and recitals. Its instructors are represented in musical education from such prestigious institutions as Julliard, Berklee, Yale, NYU, New School, Bard and others. To attend a free informational session, be sure to call the number provided.</p>

Camille Bertram Educational Consultants helps families and students analyze and choose a school that best fits their…More academic, extracurricular and social needs. The consultants work with children from junior and secondary boarding schools to college and graduate schools. Camille Bertram Educational Consultants also provides assistance in picking schools for average, gifted and talented students as well as underachievers and students with special needs.</p> <p>Please call for more information.</p>

Fire Station 3 at 400 Jackman Ave. is one of five fire stations in town and is also home to the Stratfield…More Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Station 3 is staffed by three career firefighters at any one time and includes an engine company of the Fairfield Fire Department and the department's hazardous materials and foam units.</p> <p>The Fairfield Fire Department provides emergency services to citizens, businesses and industries in the town of Fairfield and fire safety education, inspection and investigative services for code enforcement. The Fire Department also determines the origin and cause of fires and is designated by the state Department of Emergency Medical Services as first responders to all medical emergencies within the town.</p> <p>In 2009, Fairfield firefighters responded to 8,946 calls for help throughout Fairfield's 30 square miles.</p> <p>The Fairfield Fire Department is a founding member of the Fairfield County Hazardous Materials Response Team, and firefighters also are trained for specialized rescue operations. Their non-emergency work includes smoke detector surveys, fire safety education at public and private schools, fire inspections, pre-fire planning, OSHA-mandated training of firefighters, police officers, public works' employees and school maintenance staff, and training related to homeland defense missions.</p> <p>The Fire Department employs 97 people full-time, including a fire chief, deputy fire chief, two fire marshals, a fire inspector, a training director, four assistant fire chiefs, 20 fire lieutenants, 64 firefighters, a master mechanic, mechanic and secretary. The department also employs a part-time secretary, part-time training center assistant and part-time clerk in the Fire Marshal's office.</p> <p>The Fire Department's budget in 2009-10 is $12.2 million.</p>