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    Summer of Discovery at EXPLO

    Why Now: The EXPLO Advantage

    EXPLO is like no other summer program for middle schoolers. Try new things. Find your spark. Be ALL you.

    EXPLO students in the painting elective

    Explore your creativity

    Creative Electives + Clubs

    Dive into hands-on fun—from theater to engineering—every afternoon. 

    EXPLO students enjoying ColorFest

    Choose your adventure

    Evening & Weekend Events That Spark Community

    From on campus movie nights and talent shows to Boston trips and museum excursions.

    EXPLO friends walking to class at Wellesley

    Build your schedule

    EXPLO Atlas Helps You  Customize a Daily Schedule

    A fresh, daily roadmap of your schedule—printed as your planning companion—helps EXPLO students manage their day.

    Find your spark

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    Explore our programs

    When young people find their spark, big things happen

    We create transformational learning environments of intellectual inquiry and spirited adventure to help young people find their spark. We are a vibrant community of more than 20 Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, 70+ named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Pulitzer Prize winners, 2 Inventors of the Year, over 1,000 successful entrepreneurs, award-winning filmmakers, countless members of Peace Corps and Teach for America, stars of the arts, and leaders in industry.

    Passionate + creative faculty help you blaze your trail.

    Here are just a few of the faculty that grace our summers. Learn from engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and artists who push boundaries and maintain curiosity in their work—with a general staff to student ratio of 1:5.

    tayarish
    Tayarish Poe, Film Director + Writer Selah and the Spades
    Eran
    Eran Hodis, Ph.D Resident Physician in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital + Harvard Medical School
    py-nicole
    P.Y. Nicole Chang, MBA, JD President/Owner, Coder’s School Los Angeles + Global Business Consultant
    saul
    Saul Kassin, Ph.D Distinguished Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    2026 Summer Sessions
    at Wellesley College

    Session 1

    Overnight: June 28-July 11
    Day: June 29-July 10

    Session 2

    Overnight: July 12-25
    Day: July 13-24
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    They give you the independence to thrive, and that helped prepare me for high school… college… going abroad. Everything that EXPLO had taught me at a young age really revved up to my entire adulthood and my career on my own. I felt like I could take charge of my own life, I was responsible for myself, and it honestly just made me a better person.

    Daryn Carp, EXPLO alum
    Chief of Staff, Office of Andy Cohen & Host at Bravo, Oxygen

    Find your spark here

    Wellesley College in Greater Boston is the perfect backdrop to self-discovery. 

     

    Join us at beautiful, historic Wellesley College: a 500-acre campus with extensive academic and recreational facilities, a scenic lakefront, a botanical garden, an art museum, and so much more! Residential or Day Programs available.

     

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    “EXPLO makes me want to explore every opportunity the world offers me. At EXPLO, you learn more than just stuff in your courses. You learn about people; you learn about living on your own. It makes you feel a lot more independent and a lot more confident. I’ve always been self-confident, but here I’ve realized I really want to go out and do things I’ve never done before.”
    Matt—Student, Pennsylvania, United States
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