Cape Cod Academy

Mission Statement

"The pursuit of academic excellence and development of life skills in a safe, values-centered community."

Statistics

The Academy was incorporated in 1976 and functions on a school preparatory curriculum. The approximate number of students enrolled in the school is 240 with a 50:50 girl to boy ratio and a 7:1 student to teacher ratio. The school is a member of several associations: the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE), and additionally has been accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). All graduates from the Academy are accepted in college, and many are accepted into very competitive colleges.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fee approximations based on schedule of fees for academic year 2014-2015.

Pre-kindergarten tuition and tees: $11,095 Kindergarten-Grade 5 tuition and fees: $22,400 Grades 6-8 tuition and fees: $25,625 Grades 9-12 tuition and fees: $26,700

During school private tutoring fees are offered for the price of $45.00 per session (40 minutes).

Lower School

The lower school (grades preK-5) is located in a separate wing of the school containing its own classrooms, library, indoor gymnasium, and science classroom. Lower school classrooms are self-contained with their own bathrooms, sinks, refrigerators, and cubby spaces. In addition the lower school has its own separate outdoor playground and playing fields. All students in the Lower School begin taking Spanish in pre-K and continue through Grade 8. In Upper School students may choose between French, Spanish, Latin or other languages that are offered through independent studies.

Middle School

Middle school consists of grades 6 through 8. Students begin having individual schedules, moving independently between English, History, Math, Science, and Latin (the required foreign language for grades 7 and 8).

Upper School

In grades 9-12, students choose between regular, honors, and Advance Placement level courses and may choose to study French or Spanish. Seminars are available for the middle and upper school curriculum. Seminars run for one trimester and options include equine science, fashion design, beginning German, computer programming and project adventure.

Chewonki

Seventh grade students spend a week in Chewonki, Maine each Fall camping and participating in an intensive week of team building activities.

Arts

Students in pre-K through 12 can choose to participate in artistic endeavors such as plays, musicals, instrumental music, chorus, painting, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture.

Athletics

Cape Cod Academy has three outdoor playing fields and an outdoor baseball field, two indoor basketball courts and an indoor weight room. Recent highlights have included girls' varsity basketball making it into the MIAA playoffs for the first time, since joining the league, during the 2012-2013 season. Boys' varsity basketball made it to the MIAA playoffs, going undefeated in the Cape and Islands League. The sailing team, in only its second year as a varsity sport, came in second place at the ISSA National Championship in Chicago and continued on to compete for the ISSA Baker Trophy in Tampa, Florida.

Fall

Boys Cross Country Running Girls Cross Country Running Coed Golf Boys Middle School, JV, and Varsity Soccer Girls Middle School, JV, and Varsity Soccer

Winter

Boys JV and Varsity Basketball Girls JV and Varsity Basketball Boys Hockey Coed Winter Conditioning

Spring

Boys Varsity Baseball Girls JV and Varsity Lacrosse Boys JV and Varsity Tennis Girls JV and Varsity Tennis Coed Sailing

Summer Camp

Cape Cod Academy opened its first day camp during the summer of 2013.