By the Numbers
2009
Year Established
15
Maximum Class Size
6:1
Student to Teacher Ratio
70%
Students with Indexed Tuition
25 Years
Average Teaching Experience
85%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
100%
Students Accepted to First Choice High Schools
Benefits of a CELC Education
CELC Middle School is a school catering only to middle school aged students, using highly qualified specialist middle school teachers who discover and nurture the gifts of each student in and out of classroom learning environment.
- Small class sizes with highly personalized instruction offers an exciting environment that builds leadership, promotes a love of learning, and challenges students to think for themselves.
- Differentiated, social emotional education builds each student’s sense of self-esteem.
- The focus on out-of-classroom activities, including daily physical education, builds character within each student.
- Accelerated instruction as an alternative for students who need more challenge.
- Learning support for students who are disengaged and unmotivated in their current school.
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High Schools Attended by CELC Graduates
- Branford High School
- Common Ground High School
- Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School
- Daniel Hand High School
- Educational Center for the Arts
- Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
- Guilford High School
- Hopkins School
- Long Trail School
- Lyman Hall High School
- Notre Dame High School
- Renaissance School
- Sacred Heart Academy
- The Sound School
WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT CELC!
“Life at CELC is unlike any other school. There is a place for any personality or learner. Through our everyday experiences we build relationships, and we become like a family. We go out into the world together. We work together and grow together. It is the best feeling to feel like you always have a place. You can just be you and find your place at CELC. It doesn’t matter what we are doing — hard and dedicated math, out in the woods, or walking the streets in Washington, D.C. – we always have a place to learn and have fun.”
Hannah, 8th-grade student at CELC
NEWS & EVENTS
Middle School Starts with an Expedition!
Traveling is an integral part of CELC Middle School’s curriculum, having no fewer than two extended travel components during each academic year. This year for CELC’s beginning-of-the-year adventure students spend a week at Kroka Expeditions [...]
When Middle School Works – Impressions from a Middle School Specialist
So often the middle school years are considered awful. Reasons for this can vary, but most adults associate that time in their lives with a sense of precariousness, and for some, even extreme anxiety. When [...]
CELC Awarded Innovative Leader of Private Education Award for 2021
CELC Middle School Awarded "Leading Innovators of Experiential Learning Engagements - Connecticut" Private Education Awards for 2021 by LUXlife Magazine!