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Summer camp listings — we’ve got over 50 in Wellesley and beyond

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SummerTech, Regis College, Weston
SummerTech, Regis College, Weston

It’s time to sign your child up for the summer camp experience of a lifetime. Whether they’re into coding, arts and crafts, sports, or nature, there’s a camp out there for them. The Swellesley Report’s Summer Camps page is now updated with over 50 camps in Wellesley and beyond. Thanks to SummerTech, our Camps Page sponsor, for their swell support.

Check out other great camps like Centaurs Rugby, Code Ninjas, Fay Summer, Gymnastics Express, iCode, Club Kidville, LINX, Tenacre Day Camp, Wellesley Theatre Project, and more.

Want to advertise YOUR summer camp? Contact us at [email protected]

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US News & World Report 2019 rankings: Wellesley HS #19 in state, #600 in US

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Wellesley High School, sunsetAccording to the yearly US News & World Report Best High Schools rankings, Wellesley High School this year came in #19 out of over 300 public high schools in the state of Massachusetts. In 2018 Wellesley took the #20 spot.

On the larger stage, Wellesley fell nationally from #487 last year down to #600. US News & World Report says that schools are ranked based on their performance on state-required tests and how well schools prepare students for college.

In the ranking of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) high schools, Wellesley came in #38. Massachusetts Schools that came ahead of WHS in the STEM rankings: Brookline HS at #30, and Lexington HS at #37.

Among factors taken into consideration when ranking schools:

  • student-to-teacher ratio: (13:1 in Wellesley’s case, same as last year)
  • math proficiency: 96%, up from 94% last year, but down from 97% in 2017
  • reading proficiency: 100% (Wellesley has hovered in the 99% area for years)
  • percentage that participate in AP exams: 58%, down from 60% in 2018
  • percentage that pass AP exams: 93%, down from 96% last year
  • graduation rate: (a steady 98%).

In 2014, WHS reached the dizzying heights of #4 out of more than 300 on the US News & World Report ranking of public high schools in Massachusetts, and was considered by the Report to be #164 in the country.

Click here to see Wellesley’s High School’s profile and here for the full list of top schools in Massachusetts.

Here’s who came in 1, 2, 3 in top Massachusetts high schools:

Boston Latin took the #1 spot, as it did in 2018.

Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School located in Marlborough came in #2, as it did in 2018.

Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis came in #3, unseating Mystic Valley Regional Charter School which this year dropped to #11.

Need to be #1?

In case you’re interested in uprooting your family to chase after what the Report says is the #1 high school in the country, you will be off to North Charleston, South Carolina to enroll your kids in Academic Magnet High School. According to the Report, Academic Magnet is a place that “aims to challenge each student, teacher and parent with high academic expectations. Almost all courses offered at Academic Magnet High School are either honors or Advanced Placement courses, and every student completes an independent research project over their junior and senior years. Students’ work has been published in multiple academic and professional journals. Students can stay connected with Wi-Fi access in the cafeteria and three computer labs.”

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Summer camp listings — we’ve got over 50 in Wellesley and beyond

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SummerTech, Regis College, Weston
SummerTech, Regis College, Weston

It’s time to sign your child up for the summer camp experience of a lifetime. Whether they’re into coding, arts and crafts, sports, or nature, there’s a camp out there for them. The Swellesley Report’s Summer Camps page is now updated with over 50 camps in Wellesley and beyond. Thanks to SummerTech, our Camps Page sponsor, for their swell support.

Check out other great camps like Centaurs Rugby, Code Ninjas, Fay Summer, Gymnastics Express, iCode, Club Kidville, LINX, Tenacre Day Camp, Wellesley Theatre Project, and more.

Want to advertise YOUR summer camp? Contact us at [email protected]

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Summer camp listings — we’ve got over 50 in Wellesley and beyond

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SummerTech, Regis College, Weston
SummerTech, Regis College, Weston

It’s time to sign your child up for the summer camp experience of a lifetime. Whether they’re into coding, arts and crafts, sports, or nature, there’s a camp out there for them. The Swellesley Report’s Summer Camps page is now updated with over 50 camps in Wellesley and beyond. Thanks to SummerTech, our Camps Page sponsor, for their swell support.

Check out other great camps like Centaurs Rugby, Code Ninjas, Fay Summer, Gymnastics Express, iCode, Club Kidville, LINX, Tenacre Day Camp, Wellesley Theatre Project, and more.

Want to advertise YOUR summer camp? Contact us at [email protected]

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Summer camp listings — we’ve got over 50 in Wellesley and beyond

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SummerTech, Regis College, Weston
SummerTech, Regis College, Weston

It’s time to sign your child up for the summer camp experience of a lifetime. Whether they’re into coding, arts and crafts, sports, or nature, there’s a camp out there for them. The Swellesley Report’s Summer Camps page is now updated with over 50 camps in Wellesley and beyond. Thanks to SummerTech, our Camps Page sponsor, for their swell support.

Check out other great camps like Centaurs Rugby, Code Ninjas, Fay Summer, Gymnastics Express, iCode, Club Kidville, LINX, Tenacre Day Camp, Wellesley Theatre Project, and more.

Want to advertise YOUR summer camp? Contact us at [email protected]

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Summer camp listings — we’ve got over 50 in Wellesley and beyond

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SummerTech, Regis College, Weston
SummerTech, Regis College, Weston

It’s time to sign your child up for the summer camp experience of a lifetime. Whether they’re into coding, arts and crafts, sports, or nature, there’s a camp out there for them. The Swellesley Report’s Summer Camps page is now updated with over 50 camps in Wellesley and beyond. Thanks to SummerTech, our Camps Page sponsor, for their swell support.

Check out other great camps like Centaurs Rugby, Code Ninjas, Fay Summer, Gymnastics Express, iCode, Club Kidville, LINX, Tenacre Day Camp, Wellesley Theatre Project, and more.

Want to advertise YOUR summer camp? Contact us at [email protected]

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Dana Hall School earns CompSci diversity award

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Dana Hall School is among the inaugural group of institutions to win a College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A course. Out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, Dana Hall School is one of only 685 to accomplish this.

Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have either 50% or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population. 

AP Computer Science A students learn to design and implement computer programs that solve problems. 

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Wellesley STEM Expo: Snakes, robots, plants, and lots of budding techies & scientists

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From the green vehicles clustered in the Wellesley High School parking lot to the lizards, mice, 3D printers and robots inside, excitement over science and technology bubbled over at Saturday’s Wellesley STEM Expo. The event drew a huge crowd of kids and adults excited to get their eyes and hands on the latest developments.

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Summer camp listings — we’ve got over 50 in Wellesley and beyond

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SummerTechThanks to SummerTech, our Camps Page sponsor, for their swell support. Don’t miss their Open House on Sunday, April 7, 10am – 3pm, at Regis College.

It’s time to sign your child up for the summer camp experience of a lifetime. Whether they’re into coding, arts and crafts, sports, or nature, there’s a camp out there for them. The Swellesley Report’s Summer Camps page is now updated with over 50 camps in Wellesley and beyond.

Check out other great camps like Centaurs Rugby, Code Ninjas, Fay Summer, Gymnastics Express, iCode, Club Kidville, LINX, Tenacre Day Camp, Wellesley Theatre Project, and more.

Want to advertise YOUR summer camp? Contact us at [email protected]

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