2025 In Review
海角视频 is celebrating another remarkable year filled with memorable achievements and meaningful moments. Across classrooms and campus gatherings, 2025 highlighted the strength of our community and the impact of working together. We鈥檙e excited to build on this energy as we head into the New Year!
海角视频 is celebrating another remarkable year filled with memorable achievements and meaningful moments. Across classrooms and campus gatherings, 2025 highlighted the strength of our community and the impact of working together. We鈥檙e excited to build on this energy as we head into the New Year!
Community
海角视频 community members reaffirmed our shared commitment to common trust.
- April 19 marked the 250th anniversary of the battles of Concord and Lexington. 海角视频 sponsored the special occasion, and 海角视频 students celebrated by doing original artwork and historical research commemorating the event.
- In May, construction of the new 37,000 square foot Centennial Arts Center (C.A.C.) was completed. The innovative space has provided ample new opportunities for student creativity and collaboration.
- Commencement on May 30 celebrated the accomplishments of graduating students. Former 海角视频 science faculty member Max Hall served as the Commencement speaker and encouraged students to 鈥渄elight in the hard work of becoming.鈥
- June 6鈥8, Reunion and Alum Weekend brought together over 200 alums for three days of celebration and connection in the C.A.C., around campus, and around town.
- The new school year began on September 2 with Convocation, where this year鈥檚 convocation speaker, counselor Jeff Desjarlais, spoke about the importance of togetherness.
- More than 400 families joined us for Family Weekend, experiencing student classes and performances firsthand.
Love of Learning
A love of learning drives every part of life at 海角视频.
- Last winter, students in science teacher Brad Moriarty鈥檚 Topics in Engineering course constructed cantilevers that demonstrated their understanding of structural integrity.
- In late February and early March, all ninth grade 海角视频 English classes traveled to see a new adaptation of The Odyssey at the American Repertory Theater, comparing and contrasting the performance with their reading of the classic text.
- In November, history teacher Topi Dasgupta P鈥22 鈥25 and her Making of Modern India class participated in a documentary film screening about Mahatma Gandhi as part of the United Nations鈥 Second World Summit for Social Development. Students provided feedback that was included in the U.N.鈥檚 official documentation.
- Doreen Young English Department Chair Sabrina Sadique鈥檚 British Romantic Poetry Class created inventive original artworks inspired by their close reading of poetry by Keats and Coleridge.
- Throughout the year, 海角视频鈥檚 Strive workshop series provided space for student- and staff-led conversations about culture and identity.
Arts and Athletics
海角视频 student-athletes and artists honed their craft.
- February 20鈥22, 海角视频 Performing Arts presented the winter mainstage musical Chicago, a timeless story that first graced 海角视频鈥檚 stage in 2010.
- 海角视频 Athletics celebrated successful winter and spring seasons, highlighted by a victory over Bancroft School in the fourth annual Spring Cup rivalry event.
- November 7鈥9, 海角视频 debuted its first mainstage musical, The Prom, in the Hammett Ory Theater, performing to sold-out audiences.
- Fall was another dynamic season for Athletics, culminating in a Chandler Bowl victory and a strong showing in the Eastern Independent League and New England Preparatory School Athletic Council competitions.
Heard on Campus
Assembly speakers inspired curiosity and expanded our thinking.
- On February 28, Hall Fellow Adam Geer 鈥99 took the stage in the P.A.C. to share his work as Philadelphia鈥檚 first chief public safety officer and his collaborations with community partners to strengthen neighborhoods. 鈥淥rganizations that are more diverse, in all the ways you can think of diversity, perform better,鈥 he shared.
- On April 28, Leslie Taylor Davol 鈥87 and Sam Davol 鈥88 were awarded the Joan Shaw Herman Award for distinguished service for their nonprofit Street Lab, which transforms city streets through inventive pop-up spaces.
- On October 15, the Prison Justice Project hosted its annual Wrongful Conviction Day assembly featuring presenters Lisa Kavanaugh P鈥22 鈥25, director of the CPCS Innocence Program for the Massachusetts Public Defenders Office, and exonerees Sean Graham and Steven Pina, who shared their stories and called for criminal justice reform.
- On December 5, the 2025鈥26 Hall Fellow Rayner Ramirez 鈥88 visited campus. The Emmy Award鈥搘inning journalist and co-founder of Tilt Shift Media shared his passion for documentary filmmaking.
