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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Museum of Science |
| Quad games | New England Aquarium |
| Scavenger hunts | NFL playoff tailgate |
| SHAC night (open gym) | Purgatory Chasm hike |
| Spikeball tournament and pizza | Service trips (local farms, food pantries, Groundwork Lawrence, Cradles to Crayons) |
| What’s On Your Mind New Play Festival | Snow sculpture contest |
| White Out Dance | Social Justice Learning Institute Conference |
| Winter Market | Surfing in Newport, R.I. |
| Theater performances in Boston | |
Trampoline park | |
| Wachusett Mountain hike | |
Water balloons and Slip ‘N Slide | |
| Witch’s Woods |