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Algebra Training Workshop at The Taft School

Watertown, United StatesSummer at Taft

Latest published dates
Jul 13 – 24, 2026
Duration
12 days
2026 price

$2,750

Per week on a 2-week stay

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A two-week residential summer course at The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, for students entering grades eight and nine, training them in the fundamentals of algebra. Four blocks of classroom activity a day are balanced by athletics, cultural and recreational activities and trips off campus. Open to residents of the United States only.

Language

English

Program type

Science / STEM Camps

Accommodation

Campus

About

About the Course

A two-week residential course intended for students entering grades eight and nine, focused on training in the fundamentals of algebra. Participants engage in four blocks of classroom activity each day, and class sections are limited to twelve students. Enrolment is open to residents of the United States only.

What’s Included

The fee is all-inclusive: tuition, books, room and board, and school-wide trips and activities. A non-refundable application fee and an enrolment deposit are payable separately. A minimum deposit is also required to open a personal spending account, which can be used at the school store. Financial aid is not available for the two-week programmes.

Accommodation

A residential course: participants live in the residential halls used during the summer, with dormitory faculty and interns in the buildings and structured evening study halls. Because the campus buildings stand close together, students live where they learn.

Meal Plan

Full board on campus. The dining facilities serve a daily variety of fresh menu options, with breakfast before the first class, lunch in the middle of the day and dinner after afternoon sports.

Activities & Excursions

Participants take part in a daily athletic programme alongside their classes, as well as cultural and recreational activities and off-campus trips. Afternoon athletics are recreational; typical offerings include soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, squash, running, weight training, aerobics and ultimate frisbee. The arts programme covers theatre, photography, pottery, studio art and video.

Facilities

The campus covers 226 acres. Facilities used by the summer programme include two residential halls, a science and mathematics centre, a 53,000-volume library, a language lab, a black-box theatre, photography dark rooms and an art studio, a 24-hour health centre, dining facilities and a student union with pool and table-tennis tables, an athletic fieldhouse with indoor tennis and basketball courts and an indoor track, an all-weather track, twelve all-weather tennis courts, eight squash courts and multiple playing fields.

Camp Experience

Classroom sections are limited to twelve students, and faculty are present through the day and in the dormitories in the evening. Four blocks of classroom activity each day are balanced by athletics, the arts and trips off campus.

Language Camp prices

Algebra Training Workshop

20 Lessons · All levels

2026 price

A two-week course training students entering grades eight and nine in the fundamentals of algebra, in a boarding-school setting.

Four blocks of classroom activity each day, with sections limited to twelve students. Alongside the classroom work participants take part in a daily athletic programme and in cultural and recreational activities.

Fundamentals of algebra for students entering grades eight and nine.

Daily Schedule

  1. Breakfast

    07:00–08:00

  2. Classes

    08:30–12:30

  3. Lunch

    12:30–13:30

  4. Dinner

    18:30–19:30

  5. Evening activities

    20:00–22:00

  6. Lights out

    22:30

Included items

  • Small groups
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Basketball
  • Drama Workshop
  • Excursions
  • Cafeteria
  • Games area
  • Medical Centre
  • Outdoor fields

Optional Extras

Mandatory fees1

School

Summer at Taft logo

Summer at Taft

Summer@Taft is the summer programme of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, offering academic courses and enrichment for middle and high school students on the boarding school campus, with residential and day options.

www.taftschool.org/summer

Location

Map showing camp locationThe Taft School, 110 Woodbury Road, Watertown, CT 06795, United States, Watertown

More about this camp

The Algebra Training Workshop is a two-week residential course for students entering grades eight and nine who want to build a solid foundation in algebra before the school year. Sections are limited to twelve students and the day is built around four blocks of classroom activity, balanced by a daily athletic programme, cultural and recreational activities and trips off campus. Students live in the residential halls used by the summer programme, with faculty in the buildings and structured evening study halls. The fee is all-inclusive and covers tuition, books, room and board, and school-wide trips and activities. Enrolment is open to residents of the United States only, and financial aid is not offered for this course.