Assembly

What is 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.

Assembly Speakers Spring 2021

January

January 7: Shakespeare Competition (Commonwealth students perform Shakespeare monologues in a contest to determine who represents the school at the regional English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition)
January 14: Poetry Out Loud

February

February 4: Niloofar Haeri '70 (Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Chair in Islamic Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Author of Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer & Poetry in Iran)
February 11: Valentine Assembly
February 18: Projects Assembly (Students share their experiences from Project Week)
February 25: Marie-Claire Beaulieu & Anthony Bucci (Respectively, Associate Professor of Classics, and Lecturer in Computer Science at Tufts University)

March

March 4: Matthew Kraning '04
March 11: TBA

April

April 1: TBA
April 8: Senior Projects Assembly
April 15: TBA
April 22: TBA
April 29: Paul Briggs (Sculptor and Teacher)

May

May 6: Fiction Assembly (Commonwealth fiction writing students read from their work)
May 13: Music Assembly (Commonwealth musicians perform)
May 20: Acting Assembly (Commonwealth actors perform)

View examples of past assembly speakers here.