Chamberlain International School is a co-educational, Therapeutic Boarding School located in Middleboro, MA. Students are ages 11-22 in grades 6-12 and post graduation. We offer programming for students from life skills through college prep. Special education and content certified teachers; speech/language; OT; masters’ level clinicians; Psychiatrist and nursing are all located on-grounds. Diagnosis include: ocd; anxiety; adhd; nld; asd; attachment disorder; bipolar; depression; and learning disabilities.
Chamberlain offers a lot, to be sure, though it’s perhaps easy to understate the value of an understanding, inclusive environment. Educator Mary MacCracken wrote that “children can’t begin to learn until they feel safe, and they can’t feel safe until they are honestly and completely accepted.” For many if not all of the students that enroll at Chamberlain, that’s huge. The school supports, diagnostically and academically, learners with a wide range of academic and emotional challenges. What they all share, however, is a lived experience of exceptionality—the world can be a hard place, and these children, whether they articulate it or not, know that better than most. At Chamberlain they find a place which addresses their capabilities, is cognizant of their potentials, and where instruction is based in a very close understanding of their specific needs. Many will go on to post-secondary education, though the principle aim is to allow students to grow into a better understanding of themselves, their place in the world, and to build on their personal strengths.
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Focus | Special needs |
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Academic | Special needs |
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
Expressive | |
Disciplined |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Full-time programming is offered for all students which is exclusively focused on one or more special needs.
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
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Program | offered |
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Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: Enrichment (The main focus is on enrichment. This means that while students may work at a marginally quicker pace than public school peers, the primary aim is to study subject in broader and deeper ways.)
Program | offered |
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
In grade Gr. 12, Chamberlain students perform an average of 1 hour of homework per night.
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Chamberlain | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins | 45 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins |
Site Average | 41 mins | 53 mins | 57 mins | 69 mins | 81 mins | 98 mins | 107 mins |
Lettered or numbered grades | Gr. 6 to Gr. 12 |
Habits and behaviour reporting | Gr. 6 to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: 6
Recreational sports: 6
Chamberlain International School offers 10 clubs and extracurricular programs.
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Day (Domestic) | US $100,000 | ||||||
Boarding | US $185,000 |
Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 6 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Day | 22 |
Group 2 | Gr. 6 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Boarding | 98 |
Total enrolment | 120 |
Average class size | 10 to 12 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 5% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 8 |
Five-day boarding program offered | No |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Day Enrollment | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Boarding Enrollment | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 6 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | ||
Entrance Essay |
Day students: Rolling
Boarding students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry: N/A
Application fee: $0
Registration fee: N/A
Deposit: $40,500
complete application from website and submit with any supporting testing, grades, reports including psychological or neuropsychological if available.
This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boarding Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | N/A |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | N/A |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | N/A |
Chamberlain International School Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
This information is not currently available.Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships |
Mentorship Program | N/A |
University counseling |
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