Stonehill College

Your Pre-College Experience

Students in the Stonehill program will be immersed in a New England college experience, with courses, road trips, and off-campus adventures that will make for an unforgettable summer!

  • Academics: Each student will choose a fun and rewarding course to study for the week. Classes, taught by our hand-picked teachers, give students a taste of the college curriculum. But with no homework or testing, there’s plenty of time for other activities, too!
  • College Prep: Students will learn to take the stress out of preparing for college by attending our signature College Prep Seminars. Seminars take place twice each week, offer sensible, age-appropriate guidance, and include exclusive Q&A sessions with school admissions officers.
  • Daily Options: Students will have countless things to do outside the classroom. From on-campus options like movie screenings, Frisbee games, and talent shows, to off-campus options that make the most of local attractions, there are plenty of choices for every student.
  • Road Trip: This year the Stonehill program will feature a day trip to Boston, only 22 miles away. Students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of celebrated destinations in this historic New England city.

So join Blueprint and Stonehill this summer for an exciting and rewarding week on campus. We can’t wait to meet you!

About Stonehill

Stonehill is a selective Catholic college located near Boston on a beautiful 375-acre campus in Easton, Massachusetts. The Stonehill community helps students to develop the knowledge, skills, and character to meet their professional goals and to live lives of purpose and integrity.

The academic program, which includes over 80 majors and minors in the liberal arts, sciences, and business, introduces students to various disciplines and prepares them for graduate studies or professional positions in a fashion that both enriches the students and benefits society. Stonehill's academic approach challenges students to engage in rigorous courses of study; to apply their growing knowledge through research, writing, and oral presentation; and to put that knowledge to work and to service through internships, field work, and community-based learning.

Pilgrim Heights: Sheehan Hall

Pilgrim Heights is a five-building residential complex with full kitchen and laundry facilities. Sheehan Hall consists of suite-style residences and every room is fully wired for internet access, phones, and cable television.

Stonehill's Beautiful Campus

Stonehill’s beautiful, 384-acre campus features traditional landscaping, ponds, wooded trails, Georgian-style architecture, and award-winning student housing.

The Perfect Location

Stonehill College is located in suburban Easton Massachusetts between Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, New England’s largest capitals.

Top-Notch Facilities

Stonehill is dedicated to developing programs and projects that will continually improve the quality of life for everyone on campus. For example, their new, multimillion dollar Shields Science Center provides state-of the-art facilities to faculty, staff, and students of all majors, including new labs, observation rooms, research areas, and a café.

Boston, MA
United States

Once each session, we'll pack up for the day and head out to Boston... only 22 miles away! Boston is beautiful in the summer and students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of celebrated destinations, including historic Fenway Park, the New England Aquarium and the Freedom Trail.

Business and Entrepreneurship - SPACES AVAILABLE!

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own company or running a business? Learn some tricks of the trade this summer at Stonehill College. Classes will be focused on conceiving adventurous ideas, planning and executing your goals, marketing and selling strategy, how to build strong business relationships and more! Students will be immersed in all that goes on in the fast-paced business world, and special attention will be given to maintaining market value in this rapidly changing economy. This is the perfect course for the student who wants to turn his or her lemonade stand into a lemonade corporation.

Creative Writing - SPACES AVAILABLE!

Discovering your literary voice is an irrefutably rewarding experience. Students will spend their summer dissecting poetry, prose, essays, and short works by some of the great writers of our time, while diving headfirst into works of their own created here on campus. The syllabus will focus on structure, narrative, theme, and character development, as well as brainstorming and peer workshops. Boston has a rich tradition of literary excellence, inspiring many of the world’s most talented authors. It is our hope that the students in this course will embrace their love of writing and become part of that proud tradition.

Public Policy Making - SPACES AVAILABLE!

This course is an introduction to the public policy process in the United States. It examines the role that values play in the making of public policy, considers why some problems reach the public agenda, and why some policies succeed while others fail. The course will utilize cases including: healthcare, environment, education, and social welfare policy.

Catholic Studies - REGISTRATION CLOSED
Cinema - REGISTRATION CLOSED
Climate and Global Studies - REGISTRATION CLOSED