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Upper School Curriculum

At Wolfeboro, we know that every student's academic pathway is different. We backward design each student's course load to target the specific skills and content they will face in the upcoming year. Nothing is left to chance in their individualized summer academic program. Contact our team today to talk about how a summer at Wolfeboro  can help your student meet their goals in the classroom and beyond.

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Written Expression

Placement in the proper level of writing benefits from input from those who know the student’s writing well. Current teachers should be consulted about placement. It is usually helpful if an academic writing sample corrected by the teacher can also be submitted.

Literature

Reading

All reading courses can be taken for credit and/or skill-building purposes.

At the time of application, parents are asked to submit complete school records which should include a measure of the student’s current reading ability. All students enrolled in reading will be administered a Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test at the beginning and the end of the program.

In addition to in-class activities and out-of-class exercises for each student in the reading program, all students are expected to read a minimum of one hour per day from a book chosen in conjunction with both the reading teacher and the student. The purpose of this additional reading is to help students develop the habit of reading and to learn to read for pleasure. Books include fiction, adventure, mystery and sports stories. Informal comment is encouraged as a student progresses through the book, but no written review is demanded. Most students will read approximately 30 pages per day.

Mathematics

Courses can be taken for preview, review, skill building or for credit with permission from the student's other school. Credit courses cover the material traditionally presented in a full-year course. Frequently, a double period of course work is necessary thus leaving room for only one additional course.

Selected topics in a course can be deleted or added at the request of the student’s school. We can administer another school’s final exam, although most students take the Wolfeboro exam.

Language

Foreign language at Wolfeboro focuses on the four skill areas of writing, reading, listening and speaking. Emphasis is placed on college-prep grammar and writing as well as proper pronunciation.

Foreign language courses can be taken for credit or skill-building purposes. Course content is modified accordingly.

History

Many specific study skills are best attained using history content as a basis for practice. Study skills emphasized include outlining, note taking, interpretation of maps, charts, graphs, tables, and primary sources. The goal is to teach how to read and study a textbook, identify important information, synthesize, and respond intelligently in writing.

Science

Preview sections survey the fundamental principles with an emphasis on key vocabulary, concepts and pertinent study skills inherent in a full year course.

Credit course sections often necessitate a double period, emphasize the basic concepts of a full-year course and are modified to accommodate requirements as directed by the student’s school.

Please note: Biology, Chemistry and Physics are presented without laboratory

Test Prep

Courses can be taken for preview, review, skill building or for credit with permission from the student's other school.

Credit courses cover the material traditionally presented in a full-year course. Frequently, a double period of course work is necessary thus leaving room for only one additional course.

Selected topics in a course can be deleted or added at the request of the student’s school. We can administer another school’s final exam, although most students take the Wolfeboro exam.