Academics

A CSW Education

Designed for What's Next

Because education shouldn't stand still.

As the world rapidly changes, traditional educational models have struggled to keep pace, and the gap between what students are taught and what the future demands continues to widen. At CSW, our progressive model utilizes a modern, dynamic framework that gives us the flexibility to address the specific needs of each generation, equipping students with the skills to thrive in a future that's still being written. 

Through our intensive Module System, students are able to lead their own learning, focusing deeply on a few subjects at a time and exploring ideas that actually matter to them, making for an experience that is as intellectually demanding as it is personally meaningful. The result is a student body prepared to navigate complexity, ask bold questions, and take ownership of their place in the world.

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  • The Mod System

    In place of a traditional semester or trimester model, the CSW calendar year is divided into six, six-week modules in a framework we know as the Mod System. During each mod, students take three blocks of academic classes that meet every day, usually for  90 minutes. This setup allows for breadth, depth, and curricular agency you won't find at any other school.

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John R.P. French, CSW Head of School 1930 – 1947

The progressive school teaches students to think for themselves instead of passively accepting stereotyped ideas. It keeps always in mind the fact that each child is different from every other, and that what makes an educated person useful in their particular walk of life, what makes them interesting, what makes them an individual, is not their resemblances to other people but their differences.
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.