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Athletics
Many students are involved in our three season sports program in volleyball, basketball, or track. Participation in sports fosters school spirit, deepens the students’ social ties, and challenges them to achieve higher levels of individual skill. We offer several interscholastic sports activities for students in grades seven and eight. After-school sports teams provide an additional opportunity to teach our children about the importance of cooperation, commitment to others, graceful winning, and dignified losing. These teams also provide a forum for students who wish to train their bodies more regularly and rigorously than the physical education curriculum allows. Our school does not hold try-outs or cut students from the teams. All students are encouraged to participate in the after-school sports program, regardless of skill level or previous experience.

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Community Service

As they move into older grades, students are encouraged to directly serve the wider community. They venture to help in community centers, retirement homes and hospitals. Nevertheless, engagement in the school is always stressed: The eighth grade might stage a dramatic presentation of a fairy tale for a school-wide celebration. Students in grades 5 – 12 also help to arrange and run the Fall Fair in a variety of activities.

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