This is a school that is dedicated to educating students not only in academic fields but also character buildings The strong focus on athletic program is also an important illustration of discipline and building stigma.
Cushing的艺术非常强。Emily Fisher Landau Center for Visual Arts 提供:陶艺和雕塑工作室:九个布伦特轮、板辊、挤压机、电窑和拉库窑。 摄影工作室:用于冲洗黑白胶片的实验室,以及一个配有十台放大机的集体暗房,供学生制作照片。Mac 电脑、Adobe Photoshop 和专业爱普生打印机支持数码摄影。 艺术工作室(40' x 80'):用于绘画和素描 金工工作室:收藏了一批历史悠久的金工工具,其中一些是 1880 年代的工具。 玻璃工作室:用于切割玻璃、处理铅箔和铜箔、焊接、在玻璃上绘画以及制作玻璃首饰
Cushing的艺术项目非常优秀,学生会在当地和国家的展览上展示他们的作品。每年,学生都能通过Scholastic Art & Writing awards获得地区性奖项。近年来,学校多名学生在全国竞赛中脱颖而出,分别获得2018-19年度金奖、银奖和2019-20年度金钥匙奖。我们的一些校友继续在著名的艺术学校学习,并在艺术领域发展了职业生涯。
Cushing Academy 建于1865年,位于美国马塞诸塞州的Ashburnham市,距离波士顿1小时车程,在大雪初晴的今天显得格外精致。学校的视觉艺术和体育很强,尤其珠宝设计,绘画和玻璃制作。今天正好有幸参观了他们的珠宝设计工坊,遇到一位很和蔼的老爷爷正在制作珠宝。学校的曲棍球很强,达到了大学水平,admission 办公室里挂了很多学生们参加曲棍球比赛的照片。而且体育设施既豪华又非常人性化,有很大的室内篮球场和gym,不仅运动完会给学生洗衣服,还有专门给学生修补衣服的地方以及运动后理疗的地方。学校的图书馆有专门供学生自习的地方,很宽敞。不仅如此,这两年的大学走向也非常好。走在脚下的每一块砖都会刻着已经毕业学生的名字。
Cushing Academy 建于1865年,位于美国马塞诸塞州的Ashburnham市,距离波士顿1小时车程,距离伍斯特市半个小时,该校获得了新英格兰独立学校联合会以及美国寄宿制学校联合会的认证,提供9-12年级课程,校园环境美丽,交通便捷;课程设置丰富,一共开设了130多门课程,其中包括19门荣誉课程与20门AP课程,以及12门高级课程;该校老师教学经验丰富,学历高,70%的老师拥有高等学历,师生比为1:8;在体育方面,曲棍球运动特别受欢迎也比较强,水平达到了大学运动员的水平,冰球和足球都很出色。
学校位于美国马塞诸塞州的Ashburnham市,从波士顿向西开大约一小时车程即可到达,从伍斯特市向北开大约要30分钟。学校坐落的小镇约有6000多人,有着宁静祥和氛围。学校从1899年就开始就招收国际学生。中国最早一批远渡重洋到美国留学的学生就有在Cushing就读的。因此Chusing的国际化教育历史是非常悠久的。并且也有着非常丰富接收国际学生的经验。一共开设了130来门课程。其中有19门荣誉课程与19门AP课程,以及12门高级课程。学校为了帮助学术弱的孩子提高学习能力,特意开设了Academic Support Program 学术支持,不过项目是额外收8千美金的费用,会由老师,Advisor,家长或者孩子自己来决定是否参加。该校的艺术很不错,学生毕业有选修三门艺术课程的要求,学校的艺术大楼是校园的最新建筑之一,里面涵盖了摄影、绘画、服装设计、首饰设计、玻璃等等。
Cushing Academy is located in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, about 1 hour's drive west of Boston and 30 minutes north of Worcester. It is a beautiful, large campus in a small, traditional New England town. Its bucolic location belies the forward thinking in education that is happening here. The school has over 150 years of history and has been accepting students from China for nearly that whole length of time. In fact the Admissions Director, Ms Aulenback, told us that on the head of school's visit to China in 1995, he was met by a woman whose grandfather was among those earliest of Chinese students to attend the school. Cushing is very much interested in maintaining these old connections with China and expanding upon them in the coming years. Our tour guide Miss Jiang, a junior from Guangzhou, absolutely loved her school and seemed very happy with the myriad of choices she had been provided with to explore new curricular activities. In her case, although a trained clarinet player back home, she was given a chance to pick up the saxophone on arrival and is now playing in the jazz combo, a completely new form of music to her. She also got the chance to play volleyball and tennis competitively.
Very strong academically, a given for a prep school of this caliber, Cushing also puts high emphasis on the arts and music. Advanced painting, ceramics, photography, many musical courses and computer design are all offered. They even have art classes that teach students how to make stained glass and works in silver, something almost unheard of at even the finest of prep schools. What might be even most impressive is that a great academic school like Cushing actually has 3 level of ESL and are truly committed to building each class with the best possible students they can, not just choosing people solely based on their TOEFL scores. Ms. Aulenback also told us that they offered a spot to someone with a TOEFL score of 80 while denying admission to a person with a TOEFL score over 100 that same year. The person with the 80 score was a much more gifted student in all other areas and would go on to be much more of a great fit to the school, from total academic breadth of interests, and musically. Cushing was willing to see past the slightly lower level and take the lower TOEFL score because they saw a student who would contribute more to the entire school environment. They also have the English language support system to make this student a great success at the school. This is really seldom seen in a school of Cushing's caliber! I very much applaud this idea and wholeheartedly recommend this school!