Weekend Activities
The activities program at CSW is open to all students, both day and boarding, and takes full advantage of the intellectual and artistic opportunities in the nearby communities of Boston.
Off-Campus Excursions
Off-Campus Excursions
Every weekend, CSW coordinates trips to the Waltham shopping district and Harvard Square. In addition, the weekend activities coordinator, working with students, organizes off-campus activities that allow both day and boarding students to come together to enjoy excursions ranging from sports games and amusement parks to theater, music, and dance performances to apple picking and ice skating.
On-Campus Programming
On-Campus Programming
CSW sponsors numerous events on campus, including band performances, dances, ice cream socials, guest performers and hypnotists, and film series. In addition, our Wilderness Program organizes four to seven trips each year during the long, module-break weekends.
Each dorm sets its own culture of social activities, which may include playing board games, watching the playoffs together, scary movie nights, holiday parties, TV marathons or dorm talent shows.
Weekend activities are open to all students, both day and boarding, and tickets for admission to most events are provided by the school.
A recent sampling of opportunities includes:
A recent sampling of opportunities includes:
- Museums (i.e. Museum Science, Peabody, DeCordova)
- Boston Sporting Events (i.e. Red Sox, Celtics, Revolution)
- Apple Picking
- Archery
- Bowling
- New England Aquarium
- Music Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- Escape Rooms
- Boston Seaport
- Ice Skating at Boston Common
- Mini Golf
- Paintball
- Mall Trips (i.e. Natick Mall, Burlington Mall)
- Multiplex cinemas
- Amusement Parks (i.e. Six Flags, Canobie Park)
- Go-Karting
- Laser Tag
- Trampoline Parks
- Skiing Trips
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.