CSW college and university acceptance list for the class of 2018 as of December 17, 2018. 

CSW was pleased to welcome 12 students and 3 teachers from The Second Foreign Language School in Shanghai. 

Eleven CSW students recently attended the Junior State of America Fall State convention, winning five out of seven debates. 

Christine Cogswell ’19 and Lev Goldman ’20 perform in Proclamation 6: Unite!, an original production through Harvard’s American Repertory Theater.

On Saturday, October 20, a group of students led by Hannah Winthrop '19 walked in the "Walk to Defeat ALS" for community service and friendship. 

Speaker Maria Ntourlia leads a session on the difference between Anti-Semitism vs. Legitimate Criticism when it comes to talking about Israel. 

CSW congratulates Theo Dillon '20, William Feng '20, and Ruby Russell '20.

English teacher Samantha Simpson has a new piece in the recently published Exhuming Alexandria.

Two talented CSW alumni/ae were recently honored at this year's Emmy Awards. 

The board of trustees has announced that Lise Charlier will become The Cambridge School of Weston’s next head of school, effective July 1, 2019. 

Congratulations to National Merit Semifinalist Tommy Shenefield '19 and Commended Student Sascha Deng '19.

Students and faculty travel to Boston to see the exhibition “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–1985.”

Seven talented CSW students currently particpate in Saturday morning programming at the New England Conservatory Preperatory School.

CSW’s Sustainability Committee partners with Black Earth Compost on a composting procedure for the school's dining hall. 

CSW is excited to welcome several new faculty and staff members to the community this fall.

Visual Arts Teacher and Thompson Gallery Director Todd Bartel has been making waves in the visual arts world. Known as a collage-based artist, Todd’s work assumes assembled forms of painting, drawing, and sculpture that examine the roles of landscape and nature in contemporary culture.

CSW senior Ilyan Lin will be co-hosting YW Boston’s Academy of Women Achievers Luncheon alongside NBC 10 Boston anchor Latoya Edwards on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Ilyan is a recent graduate of InIt, a youth leadership initiative that provides high school students with social justice education and training outside of the classroom, and supports their growth into socially responsible youth leaders. Ilyan graduated from the 10-month program in May.

Natalie Good '19 starred as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Greater Boston Stage Company over the weekend.

By Shannon Pyne '18 and the Ultimate Team

This weekend the ultimate frisbee team, Uruk-hai a berth, spent our time playing some amazing ultimate against some great teams at the Amherst invitational tournament. We played a total of 5 games over the course of 2 days. The first game was against Eagle-Brook School, where we won 13-5. A fantastic play was made by Liam Baxter-Healey, where, off the pull, he made a D block, and then proceeded to score from a throw from Henry Seiber. 

Over the weekend, CSW Director of Community Health and Counseling Jen Quest-Stern spoke at Fayerweather Street School’s 50th anniversary celebration.

On Friday, April 20, over 130 CSW students, faculty, and staff walked off campus in support of the National School Walkout for Gun Safety. The event, mirrored by more than 3,000 schools across the country was organized to maintain the momentum of national dialogue seeking stricter gun control, particularly following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy in Parkland where 14 students and 3 faculty members were murdered. CSW community members were escorted by police as they marched two miles from school to the Weston Town Green.

The CSW community observed Earth Day at its morning assembly on Thursday, April 19, with a visit from Reverend Mariama White-Hammond. Rev. Mariama was born in Boston to two preacher-doctors. She began her activism in high school and continued through college at Stanford University. More recently she has been working to bridge Boston’s racial divide with a message of unity and the environment. With environmentalism being an issue primarily highlighted by white Americans, Rev. Mariama seeks to shed light on the many people of color who also care deeply about such issues.

Five amazing student-athletes at the The Cambridge School of Weston have been named Winter Prep School All Stars by the Boston Herald. 

The Gryphons, CSW’s Robotics team, competed in their final FIRST Robotics competition of the year in Revere, MA on Sunday, and came home with the second place prize! Team members meet on a daily basis. They have been working since the beginning of January to build a robot. Their first competition was at the beginning of March. Since then, team members have worked hard to make their robot a strong contender for the 2018 PowerUp Challenge.

Sara Pratt '18 has had a busy senior year. In addition to being involved with soccer, basketball and lacrosse at CSW, she has also managed to train 4 days a week for her first Boston Marathon!

Over the weekend six students attended the Asian American Footsteps Conference held at Deerfield Academy. The conference was a daylong series of empowering workshops, activities and networking opportunities. 

Junior Emily Bendremer ’19 and the members of her a cappella group, Trills ’n Chills were recently selected as a finalists in the new PBS talent search, “Celebration of Music.” A segment about each finalist was aired on PBS Rhode Island on March 28. The show will be broadcasted again on Wednesday, April 4 at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. on PBS Rhode Island.

We are excited to announce that four CSW students have won National Medals from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Congratulations to Melissa Dee '18, Kexin (William) Feng '20, Eliza Gallo '18, Emily Murdock '18, and Lily Wollheim-Martinez '18. 

Dancers delighted audiences with Untold, an evening of dances choreographed and performed primarily by students on March 8, 9, and 10, 2018.

Two students from CSW performed on March 3 at Symphony Hall as part of the Massachusetts Music Educators All-State Festival. Bri Alper '19 was selected to sing bass in the chorus and Leo Weisskoff '19 was selected to play string bass in the jazz band. Both were chosen for their respective parts after a highly competitive audition. They spent three days in Boston at the Seaport Hotel/World Trade Center preparing for the performance. The All-State festival features Massachusetts' top student musicians performing band, orchestral, jazz and choral works. The jazz band will also perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in August.

Congratulations to Bri and Leo!

The internationally acclaimed folk band Windborne — featuring CSW alum Jeremy Carter-Gordon ’07 — visited campus this week to perform in assembly and lead a workshop with The Gryphtones (CSW’s acappella group) during lunch.

The Cambridge School of Weston is among the country’s first schools to join a new national campaign to mobilize middle and high schools to prepare young people to be constructive community members and citizens who create a better world. Led by Harvard’s Making Caring Common project, the Caring Schools #CommonGood campaign aims to motivate schools to take action to help mend our country’s fractures and strengthen democracy.

Six CSW basketball players have come away with league honors this season. Five players were selected as All-League competitors in the independent Girls Conference (IGC) and the Mass. Bay Independent League (MBIL), and Alaina Hauber '20 has been named a NEPSAC Class D/E All-Star. 

Hosted each spring by Boston University's Boston Playwright's Theatre, the Massachusetts Young Playwrights' Project Festival known as New Noises, gives high school students the chance to write and present 10-minute plays to be directed and performed by professional actors and directors. As part of the program, participating schools like CSW are provided with the opportunity to collaborate with a playwriting mentor. CSW's mentor is actor and playwright Richard Snee.

CSW’s Boys' Varsity Basketball team finished in the top spot of the Massachusetts Bay Independent League (MBIL) Division I this past week, going 9-1 in the league and 10-4 overall. Their efforts on the court have earned them a first round bye in the league championship tournament. The Gryphons will host the winner of the Boston University Academy and Brimmer & May quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday, February 13 at the Fit.

Natalie Good '19 competed in the regional semi-finals for the National Shakespeare Competition on Saturday, February 3, and was one of just eleven performers selected to advance to the regional finals on February 24 at Mt. Ida College. The winner from the regional finals will advance to the National Competition on April 23, 2018 at Lincoln Center in New York City.

CSW students, faculty, and staff joined together on Thursday, January 25 for CSW’s annual Diversity Day celebration, a full day of performances, community discussions, and student-generated workshops dedicated to the topic of diversity. Led each year by the student Diversity Committee, Diversity Day is a beloved CSW tradition that allows participants to share personal experiences and engage in exercises promoting awareness, equity, and inclusion.

CSW Head of School Jane Moulding announced today that she will retire in June 2019, at which time she will have spent 17 years at the school's helm. Jane shared the news with faculty, staff, and students at a special assembly on Wednesday morning. A letter from Jane to Board of Trustees Chair Sue Vogt P'14, and a response letter from Sue, were shared with the greater community. These letters are included below.

This weekend, for the fifth consecutive year, CSW faculty member Mark Santa Maria will be attempting to stay awake and listen to Moby Dick for 25 straight hours at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.