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Summer
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New England offers the perfect backdrop for
a summer of learning, friendship and fun at Cushing Academy.
The region offers a unique combination of natural beauty,
historical sites, recreational activities and cultural events.
During each week of the session, we offer a
special all-school activity. Some are held on campus. For
others, we transport the entire student body and faculty off-campus
for a day or evening of fun.
| Week I - High Meadow |
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High Meadow, in Granby, Connecticut is a private resort
complete with swimming pool, horseback riding, baseball
diamonds, basketball courts, shuffleboard and a variety
of indoor and outdoor games. During this special day,
Cushing's Summer Session has the exclusive use of the
entire facility.
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| Week III - International
Evening |
International
Evening is a celebration of the rich cultural diversity
present at Cushing during the summer session. During
the first week of classes, students and advisors begin
rehearsing songs, skits and dances representative of
their cultures. Planning also gets underway for food
preparation and exhibits of costume and objects of art.
On International Evening bright posters
and flags, tables of cultural artifacts, strains of
exotic music and the vibrant elegance of dozens of students
in traditional dress transform Cushing's dining hall
into an international bazaar. Students and faculty view
displays, sample food and ask questions about each other's
cultures. The evening concludes with a student-created
variety show featuring instrumental music, skits, singing
and dancing representative of the participants' cultures.
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| Week IV - Summer Fling |
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The Summer Fling transforms the campus
into a playground for teens, with giant blow-up toys,
a human gyroscope, loud music and a cookout. A perennial
Cushing summer favorite.
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| Week V - Dinner/Dance
on the Odyssey |
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This is an evening for dining, dancing
and enjoying the company of friends aboard the Odyssey,
the premier cruise ship in Boston Harbor. |
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| Week VI - Graduation
Dinner |
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The Cushing Graduation Dinner brings the
entire summer session community together for a very
special and festive evening. Gathering in the dining
hall for this formal dinner, students are presented
with certificates recognizing their academic accomplishments.
Student speakers, the awarding of academic distinction
for each class and a performance by the chorus round
out this summer tradition. The evening culminates in
a dance where students have the opportunity to spend
time with each other and to exchange addresses with
friends made during the summer at Cushing. |
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| Weekend Excursions |
Excursions
add fun, cultural enrichment and intellectual stimulation
to the summer session experience. For example, there
are weekend trips to Quincy Market, Red Sox baseball
games at Fenway Park or shopping on world-famous Newbury
Street. Visits to amusement parks, shopping malls and
cinemas on Saturdays and Sundays are interspersed with
off-campus trips for hiking, biking or canoeing. We
send buses to L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine and to the
theater district in Boston.
To ensure our students' safety and enjoyment
on trips away from campus, all weekend excursions are
chaperoned by faculty members who oversee off-campus
activities. On all excursions, Prep for Success students
are supervised in small groups by faculty chaperones.
So come to Cushing expecting to experience
an exciting, challenging academic program and also to
enjoy the riches of New England, one of the world's
great intellectual, cultural and recreational centers.
Weekend excursion options include:
12 Cinema Theatre - Searstown
Mall*
Basketball
Hall of Fame*
Boston
Red Sox Baseball*
Cambridgeside
Mall
Canobie
Lake Amusement Park*
Copley
Place Mall
Deep Sea Fishing*
Harvard Square
Horseneck
Beach
L.L.
Bean and Outlet Shopping
Martha's
Vineyard
Mt.
Monadnock*
Mt.
Tom Waterslide*
New England
Patriots Football*
New England Whale Watch*
Quincy
Market
Six
Flags New England*
Rugglers
Mine*
Touring Broadway Musicals*
Water
Country Fun Park*
York Beach, Maine
*There is a charge for ticketed events.
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