Student Activities

Fun Fridays began in the fall 2012, after a conversation with a group of day and boarding students who felt that there should be more time for them to spend time together on campus outside of academics and athletics. These events have evolved over the years but have always been held on a Friday evening each month that school is in session. Fun Fridays are open to all middle school students with permission slips being required for day students. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, all middle school day students were given dorm assignments, so they are able to stay on campus and get ready for these special events with their boarding friends. Fun Fridays vary from movie nights and carnivals to athletic games and seasonal fun!

One of the students favorite fall games is Humans vs. Zombies! It is a huge, fun nighttime game of tag...with a twist! All students bring a balled-up pair of socks. When they are a zombie, they use their socks to “tag” the humans. When they are a human, they can use the socks to “freeze” a zombie and get away. Glow sticks are used to identify the zombies. Black and orange soda floats are used as an antidote to make sure everyone goes home a human at the end of the activity!

Rectory certainly knows how to celebrate Halloween! On a weekend near October 31, faculty decorate the academic building and create a spooky haunted house. It is filled with ghosts, witches, goblins, and an occasional headmaster wielding a chainsaw! Scary stories are told as the students are escorted through the dark and creepy hallways, always needing to be on alert for what lurks behind corners and classroom doors. Once students make it through the haunted house, they enjoy a few other, less heart racing activities like trick-or-treating on campus, costume contests, and Halloween-themed games.

During the months of January and February, Rectory students have the opportunity to hit the slopes of Wachusett Mountain, in Princeton, Massachusetts, every Sunday for some skiing or snowboarding. Families receive an email at the start of November with directions on how to enroll directly on Wachusett’s website and that year’s deadline.

Around Valentine’s Day every year in February, we host the first of our school dances. All students in the 7th-9th grades are invited to dress up in formal attire and come to the dining hall for dinner. The dining hall is set for a formal occasion with tablecloths and centerpieces and classical dinner music is played. Faculty, who are also dressed for the occasion, select tables that they will serve as waiters for the evening. Once dinner is over, and the waiters have cleared the tables, the lights are lowered and the music changes to a student-made, and faculty-approved, playlist for an evening of dancing. The students always look amazing and have a great time!

While the 7th-9th graders dress up for their event and dance the night away, the 5th & 6th graders get to stay casual and head to the Wolf Den for a pizza party and games!

Upon arrival back to campus after the long winter break, it’s important for our students to have a chance to all get together and reconnect. We invite all students, day and boarding, from all grades to join us for our annual Dodgeball Tournament. We schedule a variety of different games, such as Black vs. Orange in each grade, 5th & 6th vs. 7th, 8th vs. 9th., 5th-8th vs. 9th, and 9th vs. Faculty. We also allow students to suggest their own match ups! It is a wonderful way to kick off the start of a new calendar year.

Bouncehouses, basketball, cotton candy, tennis, music, dancing, soccer, four square, sno-cones, and more...there is always something for everyone at the spring carnival! The school comes together to enjoy refreshments and games on the adored Seaward Family Pavilion one of our final times before watching the sun set on another school year.

Eric Kim, ‘19, a beloved member of the Rectory community, passed away after a hard-fought battle against leukemia. After his passing, his close friends, Aidan R., ‘18 and Jihee L, ‘18 wanted to do something to honor his memory here on campus, and so they founded the Eric Kim Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Each spring, it raises money for charity and keeps Eric’s memory alive.