Travel off-sight to participate in Cross Country Skiing. Students will be outfitted with rental gear and set up on the first day. Due to travel time, this course will return by 5:30 in time for the late bus.

Our golf program is recommended for beginners with some golf exposure to intermediate golfers. Students will receive instruction from a local golf professional one day per week, and practice driving and putting on the other. Proper golf attire is required at most local golf facilities.

Are you ready to move and groove and dance yourself into shape? That’s exactly what our Move to the Beat! program is all about. This exciting, effective, accessible dance fitness party is open to participants of all skill levels.

In our Pilates class, students are introduced to beginner level Pilates mat and reformer exercises, with emphasis placed on learning proper Pilates breathing, and developing “core” connection, strength, flexibility, and proper alignment. The class learns how to access their “powerhouse” muscles and how to maintain that engagement throughout movement. Students also become familiar with beginning safe ranges of motion and how to determine when they are ready to increase the challenge by increasing their range of motion.

This self-defense course is open to all students. This course is brought to CSW students by IMPACT Boston, an organization that teaches practical self‑defense skills that give students the experience of facing their fears and finding their power. In this class, students are taught how to avoid altercations, resist intimidation, communicate assertively, and escape potential assaults. Students learn how to set verbal boundaries and de‑escalate potentially dangerous situations. The course will also teach ways to physically defend against a number of threatening scenarios including front confrontations, attacks from the rear, attempted sexual assault, and ground fighting. Scenarios will be empowering, practical, and useful. For more info on IMPACT Boston visit http://impactboston.com/hs/

In the strength and conditioning class, students are encouraged to define one or more training goals for the Mod. What is strength and conditioning? Strength is the ability to produce FORCE, and it is a more durable adaptation than Conditioning, which is comparably transient, and is more concerned with WORK CAPACITY- how much physical work can be done in a given time period. These two very different physical adaptations require different types of training. You can do either or both, but you must have a plan to improve them. The most important aspects of your goal-setting to consider are Specific, Measurable, and Timely. . Students are expected to come to class in exercise clothing, ready to train.

Students practice tennis skills and play competitively against peer schools.

Students participating in Tennis travel off-campus to courts. Due to bus space, only a limited number of students can participate in this program. Tryouts will be held at the start of class. Students who are not selected for the Varsity Tennis Team will have the option to either join a different team sport (Baseball, Boys' Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee, Track) or engage in on-campus recreational athletic activities (Yoga, Pilates, Badminton, etc.).

Students practice tennis skills and play competitively against peer schools.

Students participating in Tennis travel off-campus to courts. Due to bus space, only a limited number of students can participate in this program. Tryouts will be held at the start of class. Students who are not selected for the Varsity Tennis Team will have the option to either join a different team sport (Baseball, Ultimate Frisbee, Track) or engage in on-campus recreational athletic activities (Yoga, Pilates, Badminton, etc.).

Experience the natural environment just beyond campus. Students will walk off campus to explore nearby trails. Hiking outdoors promotes a healthy lifelong habit and appreciation for our beautiful surroundings in the Springtime.

Experience the natural environment just beyond campus. Students will explore nearby trails, while admiring our avian neighbors. In addition to hiking local trails around campus, students will learn to identify some of the common birds and small mammals that frequent eastern Massachusetts. Students will create lists and charts to identify birds and their behaviors. Hiking outdoors promotes a healthy lifelong habit and appreciation for our beautiful surroundings in the Springtime.

There are three module‑break trips per year: a fall hiking trip, a winter skiing/snowshoeing/mountaineering trip, and a spring canoe or sea kayaking trip. During these trips, eight to ten students learn outdoor and survival skills, engage in group cooperation, and experience personal challenges and limitations. There is an extra charge for wilderness trips. 

Trip participation awards 0.5 athletic credits.

"Micro  Wilderness Trips" include hikes, bikes, and climbs offered over various weekends and breaks throughout the year. Completion of two Micro Wilderness Trips earns half an athletic credit. 

Yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices and disciplines that arose in the Vedic age of Northern India, 1500-500 years before the Christian era. The word, “Yoga” is related directly to the word, “yoke,” meaning “to join”. Yoga helps us join together often disparate parts of self and society. Its methods, to help still the mind, and yoke mind to body, enable the practitioner to detect and correct inner dysfunctions, release suffering and find inner peace.

What we call Yoga is typically a Westernized version of Hatha Yoga (pose-based yoga) that emphasizes physical strength and flexibility.  At CSW, our yoga class takes inspiration from various schools of modern Yoga, including Iyengar,  Ashtanga style Vinyasa Yoga, Forrest Yoga , Jivamukti Yoga, Power yoga, and Body-Mind Centering.