Assembly
In a tradition dating back to the school's earliest days, the entire school gathers for assembly on most Thursdays. Students, alumni/ae, and noted guests from the worlds of arts, letters, science, business, and politics speak, perform, and discuss their life's work.
Past Speakers
Spring 2025
January
- January 9: Yolanda Coentro, President and CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit Practice
- January 16: Shakespeare Competition
February
- February 6: Projects Assembly
- February 13: Muadi Dibinga '84, Author, Choreographer, and Professor
- February 20: Community Discussions with Peer Advocates
- February 27: Jim O'Connell, President of Boston Health Care for the Homeless
March
- March 6: Arneis Quartet
- March 27: Duncan Eddy '09, Executive Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety
April
- April 3: Earth Day Assembly
- April 10: Projects Assembly
- April 17: Music Assembly in Honor of David Hodgkins
- April 24: Karen Firestone '73, Co-founder and Chair Emerita of Aureus Asset Management
MaY
- May 1: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Author
- May 8: Creative Writing Assembly
- May 15: Acting Assembly
- May 29: Chamber Music Assembly
Assembly Speakers...
...include experts and innovators from all corners of human enterprise, including:
- Sandeep Das, Grammy Award–Winning Indian Tabla Player
- Jon Hiatt '66, Former General Counsel and Chief of Staff of the AFL-CIO
- Rev. Irene Monroe, LGBTQ Advocate, Theologian, and Speaker
- Anna Ornstein, Auschwitz Survivor, Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist, Author, Speaker, and Scholar
- Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Michelle Wu, as Boston City Councillor and Declared Candidate for Mayor of Boston
- William Gross, Commissioner of Police, City of Boston