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Weekend Activities

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Your Choice of Activities

For boarding and day students alike, weekends at Concord Academy are a time to recharge, explore, and have fun. The Student Life Office and student-led Entertainment Committee plan an incredible variety of activities. You might stay on campus to attend a friend’s performance, enjoy a cookout, or join a pickup game of basketball. You might bike over to Walden Pond or take in the natural beauty of New England on a local trail. Or you might take an excursion into Boston or Cambridge, Mass., to watch a game or a show.

Several times a year, Community Weekends gather the entire student body, increasing interaction among students of all ages and backgrounds. There’s always something going on that brings students together.

Here’s a Sampling of our Weekend Activities

Friday NightsOn- and Off-Campus Saturday and Sunday Activities
A cappella concert99 Asian Market Festival
Battle of Lexington and Concord (sports rivalry)Apex Entertainment
BingoApple picking
Campus Block PartyBaking and cooking (crepes, dumplings, scones, apple pies, cinnamon buns, empanadas, and more)
Chandler Bowl pep rallyBlue Man Group in Boston
Club expoBoda Borg quest
Community Quilt with Fashion ClubCoffee House (talent show and skits)
Dance Project performanceFormal and Semiformal (school dances)
Fall FestivalGardening projects
Firepits and s’moresGreat Brook State Park
Food trucks with firepitsHarvard Square trips (movies, restaurants, and shopping)
Holiday music concertHarvard vs. Yale women’s soccer game
Inflatables on the quadJewelry making
Movie nightsKimball Farm (ice cream, mini golf, driving range, and bumper boats)
Music CaféLearn to sew
OktoberfestLevel99 escape room
Open gym tournamentsMedieval feast
Pool timeMill #5 in Lowell, Mass.
Quad gamesMinado Restaurant
Scavenger huntsMuseum of Science
SHAC night (open gym)New England Aquarium
Spikeball tournament and pizzaNFL playoff tailgate
What’s On Your Mind New Play FestivalPurgatory Chasm hike
White Out DanceService trips (local farms, food pantries, Groundwork Lawrence, Cradles to Crayons)
Winter MarketSnow sculpture contest
Social Justice Learning Institute Conference
Surfing in Newport, R.I.
Theater performances in Boston
Trampoline park
Wachusett Mountain hike
Water balloons and Slip ‘N Slide
Witch’s Woods

On one of the first warm days of spring my first year, I remember everyone gathering on the quad, playing games, laughing, and listening to music. I felt such a strong sense of togetherness, and I knew I was in the right place!

Lynn, ’24

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