Cheshire Academy

Cheshire Academy offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, a challenging, global education curriculum that is recognized throughout the world. All students take IB courses in their 11th and 12 th grade years and 35-50% of the 11 th grade class is selected each year to participate in the full IB diploma program, the most rigorous academic path a student at Cheshire Academy can choose. The Roxbury Academic Support program offers research-based practices for students to meet the demands of a secondary school education. Students work one-on-one with Master’s level learning specialists who offer executive functioning skill building and learning strategy instruction. More than 70% of the student body participates on varsity and junior-varsity teams for 14 sports, including Fencing. Over 20% of graduates each year go on to play athletics in college, compared to a national average lower than 10%. More than 35% of students participate in the performing arts (visual arts, music and theater).