SUMMER EAGLE HILL SCHOOL
A snapshot of fun and discovery.
Capture the joy of learning this July.
During the month of July, Eagle Hill School offers a four-week summer session for students aged 12–16. The EHS summer session combines the excitement of a classic summer camp with our unique approach to educating diverse learners. The course offerings and activities are designed to help students have a fun-filled summer while building confidence and paving the road for academic success in the fall. There are so many reasons for families to fall in love with Eagle Hill while experiencing our summer session!
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THE EAGLE HILL SUMMER SESSION
The Eagle Hill summer session provides academic enrichment and skill development for students interested in addressing specific learning needs or maintaining progress achieved in their previous school year. Electives and sports activities are combined with academic courses to address the needs of the whole child in a camp atmosphere. This success-oriented environment gives bright, motivated students the opportunity to flourish.
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
Welcome to the Pioneer Club! Our New Student Orientation is designed intentionally and specifically for students starting their first year at EHS in September. Pioneer Club students will take a full complement of summer academic classes and enrichment courses with their future teachers, while receiving essential insights into dorm life at EHS to ensure a smooth transition in the fall. Additionally, our Student Life administrators plan orientation-only social activities that provide plenty of opportunities to make new friends with fellow Pioneer Club students and begin forming lifelong connections.
LEADERS IN TRAINING
The Leaders in Training program is the perfect opportunity for energetic, inquisitive students ages 16-18 to take on responsibility, gain valuable leadership experience, and transform summertime into a period of personal growth. The LIT program blends workshops, opportunities to lead younger summer students, off-campus trips, and community service programs with one goal in mind: helping students grow into the leaders they can be!
A MINDFUL SUMMER
During the summer session, we target the development of what are often called “executive functions” from the perspective of mindfulness by emphasizing what Israel Scheffler called “the cognitive emotions”—joy in discovery, discomfort in encountering an idea that challenges your former understanding, the surprise and satisfaction of successfully producing a new idea. This approach to executive function, integrated across the curriculum in classrooms and residence halls, avoids the pitfalls of traditional programs in which students rehearse planning, organization, and time management exercises in isolation but too frequently fail to incorporate those approaches in their school and personal lives.
Building on the mindfulness research of Harvard University professor Dr. Ellen Langer, our approach guides students to cultivate attentive awareness—the capacity for noticing novelty in the familiar. Through mindful engagement, students learn to approach academic and personal challenges as evolving problems to be explored rather than as fixed tasks to be completed. In this way, diverse learners strengthen their executive function skills by mindfully attending to their curiosity and sense of purpose.
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
The daily schedule is divided into eight periods, featuring four academic classes that emphasize reading, writing, and math, along with three enrichment courses and swimming.
Enrichment courses may include:
American Sign Language
Art
Babysitting 101
Basic Filmmaking
Basketball
Comics Making
Creative Writing and Poetry
Digital Art
Digital Design
Fitness and Wellness
Fun with Physics
Graphic Arts
History
History of WWII
Improv
Internet Research
Intro to Architecture
Intro to Beekeeping
Jewelry Making
Model Rocketry
Outdoor Adventure
Recreational Activities
Spanish
Summer Reading
Weight Training
Woodshop
Writing Workshop
“The summer session at Eagle Hill School is the perfect mix of academics and fun.”
—Cynthia R., EHS Parent
AFTERNOON/EVENING ACTIVITIES
After classes, students engage in a range of clubs and activities.
Clubs and activities may include:
Arts and Crafts
Basketball
Biking
Board Games
Chess
Dodgeball
Filmmaking
WEEKENDS
Fishing
Flag Football
Hiking
Independent Workout
Jewelry Making
Karaoke
Soccer
Swimming
Table Games
Tennis
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Wiffleball
Yoga
Weekends are all about fun and exploration! Students choose their own Friday and Sunday activities from a wide array of choices. Saturdays feature carefully planned, all-day community adventures that showcase the best of New England’s nature, history, and culture. Trips are chaperoned by Eagle Hill faculty who love spending time with students outside of the classroom.
Weekend trips and activities may include:
American Heritage Museum
Basketball Hall of Fame
Bowling
Butterfly Conservatory
Canobie Lake Park
Caving
Cookie Decorating
Day in Boston
Day in Salem
Dodgeball
Fishing
Fruit Picking
Hibachi
Hiking
Horseneck Beach
Ice Cream Stand
Kayaking
Karaoke
Laser Tag
Line Dancing
Movies
Mushroom Foraging
Musicals
Mystic Aquarium
Nature Walks
Old Sturbridge Village
Outdoor Pool
Pick-up Basketball
Picnic at the Quabbin
Rock Climbing
Roller Skating
Southwick Zoo
Sports Adventure Park
Trampoline Park
Whale Watching
Worcester Red Sox
ADMISSION PROCESS
Eagle Hill School invites applications from students who:
• Have been identified with diverse learning profiles, including dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and ADHD
• Are between the ages of 12 and 16
• Are free of any primary emotional and/or behavioral concerns
Step 1
If you have not already done so, please complete the summer inquiry form under the summer tab on our website. You will receive an email with instructions explaining how to apply.
Step 2
Submit (by e-mail) a recently administered individual psycho-educational evaluation, 504, or IEP. The evaluation or educational plan should include a cognitive assessment (WISC or WAIS) and academic achievement testing (e.g., WJ or WIAT). After reviewing the evaluation, an admission officer will contact you to schedule a mutually agreeable time for a campus visit or Zoom interview.
Step 3
Complete and submit the online application, which will be provided to you directly from the admission office.
Admission to the summer session is decided on a rolling basis. If questions arise, please do not hesitate to contact the admission office.
T: 413-477-6000 x1211 | e: admission@eaglehill.school
Eagle Hill School is the premier college preparatory boarding school for students in grades 8–12 with diverse learning pro fi les such as ADHD and dyslexia; and is an authorized IB World school o ff ering the IB Diploma Programme.
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