Cape Cod Academy

Cape Cod Academy
Cape Cod Academy from the air
Address
50 Osterville-West Barnstable Road Osterville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°38′30.75″N 70°23′20.43″W / 41.6418750°N 70.3890083°WCoordinates: 41°38′30.75″N 70°23′20.43″W / 41.6418750°N 70.3890083°W
Information
School type	Private
Established	1976
Head of school	Thomas Trigg
Faculty	60
Grades	pre-K-12
Gender	coed
Enrollment	240
Average class size	12 students
Hours in school day	8 AM to 2:45 PM
Campus size	46 acres (190,000 m^2)
Color(s)	Blue & White
Athletics conference	Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
Mascot	Seahawk
Accreditation	NEASC, NAIS, AISNE

Cape Cod Academy (commonly called CCA) is an independent coed college preparatory school for grades pre-kindergarten through 12 located in Osterville, Massachusetts.

Mission Statement

"The pursuit of academic excellence and development of life skills in a safe, values-centered community."^[1]

Statistics

The Academy was incorporated in 1976 and functions on a school preparatory curriculum. The approximate number of students enrolled in the school is 240 with a 50:50 girl to boy ratio and a 7:1 student to teacher ratio. The school is a member of several associations: the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE), and additionally has been accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). All graduates from the Academy are accepted in college, and many are accepted into very competitive colleges.^[2]

Tuition Fees

Tuition fee approximations based on schedule of fees for academic year 2014-2015.

Pre-kindergarten tuition and tees: $11,095 Kindergarten-Grade 5 tuition and fees: $22,400 Grades 6-8 tuition and fees: $25,625 Grades 9-12 tuition and fees: $26,700

During school private tutoring fees are offered for the price of $45.00 per session (40 minutes).

Academics

Lower School

The lower school (grades preK-5) is located in a separate wing of the school containing its own classrooms, library, indoor gymnasium, and science classroom. Lower school classrooms are self-contained with their own bathrooms, sinks, refrigerators, and cubby spaces. In addition the lower school has its own separate outdoor playground and playing fields. All students in the Lower School begin taking Spanish in pre-K and continue through Grade 8. In Upper School students may choose between French, Spanish, Latin or other languages that are offered through independent studies.

Middle School

Middle school consists of grades 6 through 8. Students begin having individual schedules, moving independently between English, History, Math, Science, and Latin (the required foreign language for grades 7 and 8).

Upper School

In grades 9-12, students choose between regular, honors, and Advance Placement level courses and may choose to study French or Spanish. Seminars are available for the middle and upper school curriculum. Seminars run for one trimester and options include equine science, fashion design, beginning German, computer programming and project adventure.

Chewonki

Seventh grade students spend a week in Chewonki, Maine each Fall camping and participating in an intensive week of team building activities.

Arts

Students in pre-K through 12 can choose to participate in artistic endeavors such as plays, musicals, instrumental music, chorus, painting, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture.

Athletics

Cape Cod Academy has three outdoor playing fields and an outdoor baseball field, two indoor basketball courts and an indoor weight room. Recent highlights have included girls' varsity basketball making it into the MIAA playoffs for the first time, since joining the league, during the 2012-2013 season. Boys' varsity basketball made it to the MIAA playoffs, going undefeated in the Cape and Islands League. The sailing team, in only its second year as a varsity sport, came in second place at the ISSA National Championship in Chicago and continued on to compete for the ISSA Baker Trophy in Tampa, Florida.

Fall

Boys Cross Country Running

Girls Cross Country Running

Coed Golf

Boys Middle School, JV, and Varsity Soccer

Girls Middle School, JV, and Varsity Soccer

Winter

Boys JV and Varsity Basketball

Girls JV and Varsity Basketball

Boys Hockey

Coed Winter Conditioning

Spring

Boys Varsity Baseball

Girls JV and Varsity Lacrosse

Boys JV and Varsity Tennis

Girls JV and Varsity Tennis

Coed Sailing

Summer Camp

Cape Cod Academy opened its first day camp during the summer of 2013.^[3]

References

1. http://www.capecodacademy.org/podium/default.aspx?t=121392. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. http://www.capecodacademy.org/podium/default.aspx?t=121392. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "Cape Cod Academy ~ Seahawk Summer Camp". Capecodacademy.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

External links

• Cape Cod Academy