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 2024
January
- January 4: Shakespeare Competition
- January 11: Saher Selod, Sociology Professor at Simmons University
February
- February 1: David Wiseman '79, Attorney at the Dept. of Justice
- February 8: Projects Assembly
- February 15: Rachel Albert '93, Executive Director of FoodLink
- February 22: Community Discussions: Microaggressions
- February 29: Ilyon Woo P '23, Writer and Historian
March
- March 7: Polly Crozier, Attorney at GLAD
- March 28: Jeff Kaufman '04, Software Engineer at Nucleic Acid Observatory
April
- April 4: Projects Assembly: Seniors and Exchanges
- April 11: World Languages Day Assembly
- April 18: Earth Day Assembly
- April 25: Gabriel Scheinmann '03, Executive Director of Alexander Hamilton Society
MaY
- May 9: Fiction Assembly
- May 16: Chamber Music Assembly
- May 30: Acting 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