Curriculum | Technology | Awards | Summer Reading

Worcester Preparatory Lower School students write wonderful essays, and they've received many awards for their work. Most years students are winners in many of the local competitions sponsored by community groups. Some of these students have gone on to become state and national winners in writing.

Worcester students have received awards for their high scores in the Johns Hopkins Talent Search testing, and a large number each year qualify for the Grades 2, 3, 4, and 5 Talent Searches based upon standardized test scores. To qualify, students have to score in the 95th to 99th percentiles on nationally standarized testing.

Honors in the art, music, and sports realms are often presented to Worcester Preparatory School students. They've received awards for poster and crafts competitions and have been given leading roles in dramatic and musical productions in our community and beyond. Their musical presentations in the Christmas Candlelight Service and their artistic and musical presentations in the Spring Music and Art Festival are greatly appreciated by the community. Worcester Preparatory School students have earned many individual achievements in tennis, gymnastics, wrestling, karate, and in team sports such as lacrosse and soccer.

Technology honors have often come to Worcester Preparatory School Lower School students. Since the early 1980s, our students have presented at local, state, and national conventions and meetings; have won national awards from the Computer Learning Foundation, Apple Computer, and national multimedia competitions; and have been filmed in our computer labs by both Apple Computer and Microsoft Corporation. Worcester Preparatory School Lower School students were selected to help with the presentation of a geography software program at the National Press Club, have presented for the National School Boards Association, and were interviewed at the Library of Congress. They do excellent work in desktop publishing, graphic art and digital video and have received awards for this work.