Academics

The academic program at CCSC is the very core of the school.  All students are expected to participate fully in the academic program—including courses in humanities, mathematics, and science in grades 7-12.  Most students also take a minimum of three years of Spanish.  Courses are rigorous, demanding daily practice in  writing, reading, discussion, note-taking, computational, problem solving, and laboratory skills.  All courses are designed by CCSC faculty who use the Massachusetts State Frameworks and the MCAS examinations to inform their course framework and texts.

Students in 7th-8th grade complete on average 1.5 hours of homework per night, and high school students complete 3-4 hours of homework per night.  All students are expected to have an outside reading book at all times, chosen in consultation with the humanities teacher.  Students must demonstrate mastery of the grade level material and, as well, must present a successful public Roundtable of their work, in order to matriculate to the next grade.  A failing grade in any core course results in the student's repeating the full grade.  Please see our promotion policy for more specifics.