Cape Cod Academy (CCA) is an independent coed

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for grades Kindergarten through 12 located in

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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 school is a member of several associations: the

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(NAIS),

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(AISNE), and additionally has been accredited by the

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(NEASC). Almost all graduates from the Academy are accepted in college, and many are accepted into very competitive colleges, including Ivy League matriculations.

Tuition fees

Tuition fee approximations based on schedule of fees for academic year 2017-2018. *Kindergarten-Grade 5 tuition and fees: $25,100 *Grades 6-8 tuition and fees: $28,550 *Grades 9-12 tuition and fees: $29,800

Academics

Lower school

The lower school (grades K-5) is located in a separate wing of the school containing its own classrooms,

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, indoor

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nasium, 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

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and playing fields. All students in the lower school begin taking Spanish in Kindergarten and continue through Grade 8.

Middle school

Middle school consists of grades 6 through 8. Students begin having individual schedules, moving independently between English, History, Math, Science, and Languages.

Upper school

In grades 9-12, students choose between regular, honors, and Advanced Placement level courses, and may choose to study French or Spanish. Seminars are available for the middle and upper school curriculum. Seminars run each trimester; options have included equine science, fashion design, beginning German, computer programming, project adventure, jewelry making, plen-air painting, and many others.

Arts

Students in 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 lacrosse and soccer fields, an outdoor baseball field, two indoor basketball courts, an indoor weight room, an outdoor swimming pool and 8 tennis courts.

Fall

:Boys

Cross Country Running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open ...

:Girls Cross Country Running :Coed

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

:Boys JV and Varsity Soccer :Girls JV and Varsity Soccer

Winter

:Boys JV and Varsity

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

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

Spring

:Boys JV and Varsity Lacrosse :Girls JV and Varsity Lacrosse :Boys Varsity

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding ...

:Boys JV and Varsity

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

:Girls JV and Varsity Tennis :Coed Sailing

Summer camps

Cape Cod Academy opened its first day camp during the summer of 2013. Seahawk Camp is offered for 7 weeks from June through August. It is open to CCA students and non-CCA students. Cape Cod Academy's campus also hosts several other camps throughout the summer.

References

External links

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