Student Life
A community built on small, honest moments.
The best parts of school are the parts that don't show up on a transcript — advisory check-ins, hallway conversations, the tradition of everyone standing when a first-grader recites the class pledge.
Advisory
Every student is known by an advisor from day one. Advisories meet regularly and are the first line of academic and personal support.
Service
Service is woven into the year at every grade level, culminating in Upper School partnership projects with community organizations.
Traditions
From opening chapel to senior chapel, from the all-school picnic to the winter solstice concert — traditions carry the year.
Clubs & Activities
80+ student-led clubs and organizations.
Students propose, lead, and sustain most of Beacon's clubs. If it doesn't exist yet, start it.
Model United NationsDebate SocietyRobotics — Team 4189Ethics BowlEnvironmental CouncilInvestment ClubChess ClubLiterary MagazineYearbookThe Beacon NewspaperCommunity KitchenHabitat for HumanityPeer TutorsGender & Sexuality AllianceAsian Students AssociationBlack Students UnionLatinx Students AllianceJewish Students AllianceMuslim Students AssociationChristian FellowshipOutdoors ClubSki & Snowboard ClubPhotography ClubFilm SocietyImprov TroupeA CappellaJazz EnsembleString QuartetCoding ClubMath Team+ 50 more
A day in the life
What a typical Upper School day looks like.
- 8:00Advisory & morning meeting
- 8:30Block 1 — English
- 9:45Block 2 — Chemistry (lab)
- 11:15Community time / assemblies
- 12:00Lunch
- 12:45Block 3 — Spanish
- 2:00Block 4 — U.S. History
- 3:15Athletics / arts / clubs
- 5:30Late bus / dismissal