In "Advanced Writing Workshop," students study the impact of audience, motive, and method on one’s writing and writing experience, exploring the differences between writing for yourself, for your peers, and for publication.
The Cambridge School of Weston was saddened to learn of the loss of author and illustrator Ian Falconer ’77, creator of the children’s book character Olivia, “the energetic piglet.” Ian had a wide ranging career, spanning the worlds of publishing, opera, ballet and fine arts.
A total of 15 Gold Key awards, 18 Silver Key awards, and 27 Honorable Mentions were presented to CSW students across 12 different categories, making for a total of 60 awards. Gold Key winners will go on to be considered for national awards, which are announced later in the spring. Click here to see the full list of winners and review the winning submissions!
Organized and run by students and open to all members of the community, the event was designed to celebrate the talent and beauty of the Black community, featuring speakers, performances, art, and music. Attendees were also treated to an address by guest speaker Dr. Geralde Gabeau, Ph.D., MPH of the Immigrant Family Services Institute, and Cornell William Brooks, 18th President of the NAACP. View photos from the event.
Opera unMet, a Boston community-based opera company run by former CSW music teacher Marshall Hughes, offered a moving performance at CSW's all-school assembly. The group performed excerpts from Ragtime, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Bizet’s’ Carmen, and Verdi’s Aida. Here is a short recording from the morning.
CSW first connected with Africano Waltham (African Cultural Services, Inc.), an organization that helps to provide a safe space, education, mental health assistance and cultural connections to African immigrant youth, through the CE portion of the PACE program, with students in the "Immigrant and Refugee Assistance" group helping to develop an informational pamphlet. In celebration of Black History Month, CSW invited its friends from Africano to perform and engage with students during assembly. See photos from the visit.
Last week, six CSW faculty and staff (including Head of School Lise Charlier) joined over 7,600 attendees from 10 different countries in San Antonio, Texas for the People of Color Conference (PoCC)—The National Association of Independent School’s first in-person PoCC since 2019.
The Cambridge School of Weston is a progressive high school for day and boarding students in grades 9–12 and PG. CSW's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning, meaningful relationships, and a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community and the world.