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
Fall 2025
September
- September 4: Summer Reading Discussions
- September 11: School Norms Assembly
- September 25: Alan Leventhal, U.S. Ambassador
October
- October 9: Dr. Hanaa Ahmed Jabr and Jennifer Jean, Poets
- October 16: Diwali Assembly
- October 23: William Collis '03, Author
- October 30: Community Discussions
November
- November 6: Diversity Day
- November 13: Ken Pucker P'15, '17, Tufts Professor and Former COO of Timberland
- November 20: Dr. Lisa Wong, Pediatrician and Musician
December
- December 4: Henry Santana, City Councilor
- December 11: Jonathan Aaron, Professor and Poet; Eric Davis Literary Assembly
- December 18: Andrew Crespo, Law Professor and Legal Scholar
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