Special Programs

Life at Red Cedar involves an engaging and challenging mix of opportunities: academic, social, physical, artistic, inside, outside, in nature, in the local community, and far from home. Special programs augment classroom learning and ensure a balanced experience. 

A strong environmental program involves students in a range of activities that help develop a love of nature and an informed awareness of the environment. Thursday afternoons are set aside for month-long workshops in the visual and performing arts, outdoor adventure, crafts, and other hands-on ventures. Multi-day backpacking, canoeing, and snowshoeing wilderness trips are undertaken with the older groups each year. In the winter, the entire school skis each Thursday afternoon, with a choice of alpine or Nordic skiing, or snowboarding. Groups take trips out of the area to foster experiential learning. Such trips have included Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA; Montreal and Toronto, Canada; and Washington D.C. In addition to arts classes and workshops, and art experiences that are integrated into the curriculum, the entire school undertakes an annual Arts Immersion week in which the building and outdoor areas are transformed into art studios and all forms of the arts are explored.