EXPLO at St. Mark’s: courses, activities, trips, and friendships that open your eyes to things new and different.

Located on the picturesque campus of St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Massachusetts, EXPLO at St. Mark’s is the perfect place for students entering grades 4+5 and 6+7 to gain independence, explore new interests, and tackle new ideas and subjects in a fun, pressure-free summer environment.

Combining the best aspects of traditional camps — close friendships, activities, and adventure — with intellectual inquiry and discovery, EXPLO at St. Mark’s has thrived by focusing on the fact that children can be good decision makers and that by making choices about their daily schedules, children build self-confidence, independence, and maturity. Students from more than 35 states and a dozen countries come to EXPLO at St. Mark’s each summer because they are interested in learning.

At EXPLO, our courses are ungraded and pressure-free, so students are encouraged to try academic fields and extracurricular activities that are new and interesting to them. This is the place to try marine biology for the first time, or to solve a crime using forensic science, or to learn how to play wall ball, or to perform a swing dance in front of an audience. Students feel comfortable trying new things and expanding their horizons at EXPLO at St. Mark’s, because everyone here is trying new things and expanding their horizons.

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