Extra-Curricular Activities

• Jazz Band Grades 7-12
  
  
• Chorus Grades 7-12
  
  
• High School Drama
  
  
• JH Sports Teams:
  Field Hockey Grades 5-8
  Cross Country Running Grades 5-8
  Track Grades 5-8
  Soccer Grades 6-8
  Girls Basketball Grades 6-8
  
  
• HS Sports Teams: [* indicates NHIAA Affiliated Teams]
  *Nordic Skiing Grades 7-12
  *Alpine Skiing Grades 7-12
  *Indoor Track Grades 7-12
  Field Hockey
  *Cross Country Running
  *Track
  Soccer
  Girls Basketball
  Boys Basketball Grades
  

Co-Curricular Activities

In addition to cultural events and field trips that take place as part of the regular curriculum, Sant Bani hosts a number of events or trips throughout the school year.

Many years an extended all-school contest is likely to occur. This contest may be an outgrowth of a book that is being read in Morning Session, or related to an outside event, but it is sure to involve mixed-age teams of students, each team captained by older students.

Halloween is joyfully celebrated at Sant Bani, with not only the usual pumpkin-carving contest, parade of costumes, and class parties, but also an all-school sharing of each grade’s costumes, hosted by the Senior class (in costume), and a musical faculty skit in the morning. The day often ends with an all-school game of Capture the Flag.

Shortly before the Winter Break in December comes Christmas Tea, hosted by the English Department. High School students and alumni are invited to dress up a bit and come to tea, complemented by a seasonal reading by member of the English Department and usually ending with Christmas carols sung around the piano.

On the last day before Winter Break, students have parties and a Secret Santa gift exchange. If weather permits, there might be sledding for the whole school. All the school is often treated to dramatic or musical seasonal performances by student groups. The last activity of the day is an all-school sharing of Christmas carols, finishing up with the Sant Bani rendition of the “Twelve Days of Christmas”.

Projects Period is a unique Sant Bani School learning opportunity for students in all grades. During the two week February break every student works on an approved project of their choosing with parent supervision and other planned resources. Many students choose to work in teams and projects may also be Service oriented. On our return, each student presents and shares their work during a two day celebration. Projects Period culminates in a public Projects Display and Pizza Cafe night. Support for yearly Projects Period is an integral part of the family Sant Bani experience and commitment.

April brings Earth Day, which is normally celebrated by the whole school. Activities have included ecology or natural science speakers at Morning Session, nature related workshops, roadside cleanup of trash, dancing to native drumming, and filed games.

In June, the eighth grade has their graduation ceremony in Morning Session, with an audience of Grades Three through Twelve, as well as graduates’ siblings form the younger grades, and their parents.

From time to time the school has held a special theme day, such as a Renaissance Day or Medieval Day. Such events are planned by the faculty well in advance, and include everyone. Food, music, costumes, games, art, and drama could be parts of a theme day, with preparations happening as a part of Art Block and Club time and during the regular school day.

Field Trips

Off campus activities and programs fall into a few categories. Off-campus programs serve the mission of the school by promoting the integration of the student into the world beyond the classroom.

Sant Bani relies on its off-campus experiences to complement the school’s nurturing, family-like environment and its rural NH loction.

Field trips occur as an integral part of the academic program. Such trips might include museum trips, nature center trips, geology filed trips or trips into historical sites. The school sponsors an all-school mountain climb in the fall, and and all-school beach day int he spring. Often a whale-watching expedition is a field trip for the older students and their teachers. Classes, groups, and individual students engages in Service projects off campus.

Every three years, High School students go to Boston for a “Street Smarts” field trip. Students are divided into small groups, accompanied by a teacher as chaperone, and directed to a certain section in Boston where they must perform certain tasks, including travel on the subway. Eighth Graders have a Street Smarts experience in Manchester, NH.

School Clubs travel off campus for hiking, horseback riding, skating, skiing, golf, basketball, and swimming, among others.

Sports teams travel to train for skiing and basketball, and all teams travel for competition.

Orientation activities for Middle School grades take place off-campus at nearby camping facilities where the students camp overnight. The school sponsors class overnight trips for Grades Eight and twelve in a variety of locations, as far away as Quebec province.

Every other year, the High School has an optional three day trip. Traditionally, students travel to Martha’s Vineyard, staying at a Youth Hostel.