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.
Friday Nights | On- and Off-Campus Saturday and Sunday Activities |
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A cappella concert | 99 Asian Market Festival |
Battle of Lexington and Concord (sports rivalry) | Apex Entertainment |
Bingo | Apple picking |
Campus Block Party | Baking and cooking (crepes, dumplings, scones, apple pies, cinnamon buns, empanadas, and more) |
Chandler Bowl pep rally | Blue Man Group in Boston |
Club expo | Boda Borg quest |
Community Quilt with Fashion Club | Coffee House (talent show and skits) |
Dance Project performance | Formal and Semiformal (school dances) |
Fall Festival | Gardening projects |
Firepits and s’mores | Great Brook State Park |
Food trucks with firepits | Harvard Square trips (movies, restaurants, and shopping) |
Holiday music concert | Harvard vs. Yale women’s soccer game |
Inflatables on the quad | Jewelry making |
Movie nights | Kimball Farm (ice cream, mini golf, driving range, and bumper boats) |
Music Café | Learn to sew |
Oktoberfest | Level99 escape room |
Open gym tournaments | Medieval feast |
Pool time | Mill #5 in Lowell, Mass. |
Quad games | Minado Restaurant |
Scavenger hunts | Museum of Science |
SHAC night (open gym) | New England Aquarium |
Spikeball tournament and pizza | NFL playoff tailgate |
What’s On Your Mind New Play Festival | Purgatory Chasm hike |
White Out Dance | Service trips (local farms, food pantries, Groundwork Lawrence, Cradles to Crayons) |
Winter Market | Snow 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 |