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Athletics and Co-Curriculars

Learning at Stuart Hall goes far beyond the class day. Our mission-driven athletics and co-curricular programs create opportunities for students to explore their passions or find new ones. Each of three seasons, students have a choice of participating in an interscholastic sport or a variety of intramural, art, theatre, music, and outdoor educational offerings. Many of our co-curricular offerings include opportunities to collaborate, compete, or perform with classmates or community members.

Students learning how to fence.

Athletics

Our athletics program for 8th-12th grades offers both interscholastic and intramural opportunities that allow students to compete at a level that’s comfortable for them. Students in grades 4-7 have a variety of shorter term after-school clubs and activities that change throughout the year, and may involve working with older students as leaders or collaborators. In keeping with our Well-Being Grad Goal, both interscholastic and intramural sports focus on fitness, skills mastery, and communicating and collaborating as a team. Both types require a commitment of time, effort, sportsmanship, and teamwork. Interscholastic Sports are a larger commitment, at five to six days a week of practice/competition. Intramurals can be a one, two, or three day commitment, but all are well-organized, challenging, and designed to be fun while pushing students to grow physically, socially, functionally, and emotionally. 

In further keeping with our Well-Being Grad Goal, 8th-12th grade students are required to have at least one season each year of a physically demanding activity, whether it be a once a week commitment or an interscholastic sport. Some non-sport activities with a physical component may fulfill this requirement (Comitadas, Stage fighting, etc.).
 

Esports

One of our signature programs is our Esports team. Founded in 2019, Stuart Hall's Esports team competes against school teams from around the country in League of Legends and Rocket League, and both teams were very successful in their inaugural seasons. In line with our Well-Being STU Grad Goal, the team includes mindfulness work as part of its practice routine. Players also build connections to the community by getting involved with Greater Good Gaming, a local organization committed to using students' passion for gaming to create positive impacts in the community. Our downtown building, The Eastham Center, features an Esports arena specially designed to support spectators while the team competes with other teams around the country. 

Co-curricular programs

A student doing comitatus.

Like our athletic teams, our co-curricular programs offer students the opportunity to master specific skills, collaborate with others, enter competitions, and pursue passions while deepening understanding of the connections between activities and well-being. For students in grades 8-12, the year is divided into three sessions running concurrently with the three interscholastic sports seasons. Students select from a range of creative and/or collaborative activities that contribute to their own enjoyment and growth, to the good of the school community, or the good of the greater community or world. For 2021-22, Day Students are required to spend at least one afternoon a week in a co-curricular activity, while Boarding Students are required to participate in at least three. Everyone is welcome to participate all five days (and weekends when appropriate.)

Students in grades 4-7 have a variety of shorter term after-school clubs and activities that change throughout the year, and may involve working with older students as leaders or collaborators.  

Co-curricular offerings for all age groups are diverse, but they are all motivated by our mission to prepare students to live lives of curiosity, creativity, and contribution. 

Although specific offerings vary each year based on faculty and student interest, they may include: