Clubs & Activities
In addition to the academic, athletic, and arts activities that are available to all students, Thayer Academy is home to an extensive array of clubs and extracurricular activities for virtually every area of interest. Students are often members of multiple clubs, and also regularly take the initiative to form their own club. This is all part of the process of developing personal and group interests, shaping individuals into independent, proactive, and engaged students who rise to honorable achievement and contribute to the common good. Below is a sampling of Thayer’s clubs and activities.
Upper School
- Anime Club
- Assisting the Elderly
- Business Club
- Challengers Club
- Coding Club
- Cradles to Crayons
- Creative Writing Club
- Discipline Committee
- Doctors Without Borders
- Drama Club
- Father Bill’s
- Film Club
- Fishing
- French Club
- Future Medical Professionals
- Games Club
- Gardening Club of Thayer
- Habitat for Humanity
- Help a Hero (supporting our troops)
- ISOKAN
- Mathletes
- Model UN
- OMEGA
- Operation Smile
- Perfect Pals
- Project DEEP
- Photography Club
- Ping Pong Club
- Robotics Club
- SALSA
- Special Olympics
- QUEST
- QUEST Teacher Program
- Speech & Debate
- Student Government
- Sustainable Environment
- TAPAWS (Peer Tutoring)
- TA Transfer Admissions Council
- TA Stage Crew
- Tour Guides
- Trivia Team
- "Voice" - Student Magazine
- Womens Empowerment Club
- Yearbook, "Black and Orange"
Anime Club
Assisting the Elderly
Business Club
Challengers Club
Coding Club
Cradles to Crayons
Creative Writing Club
Discipline Committee
Doctors Without Borders
Drama Club
Father Bill’s
Film Club
Fishing
French Club
Future Medical Professionals
Games Club
Gardening Club of Thayer
Habitat for Humanity
Help a Hero (supporting our troops)
ISOKAN
Mathletes
Model UN
OMEGA
Operation Smile
Perfect Pals
Project DEEP
Photography Club
Ping Pong Club
Robotics Club
SALSA
Special Olympics
QUEST
QUEST Teacher Program
Speech & Debate
Student Government
Sustainable Environment
TAPAWS (Peer Tutoring)
TA Transfer Admissions Council
TA Stage Crew
Tour Guides
Trivia Team
"Voice" - Student Magazine
Womens Empowerment Club
Yearbook, "Black and Orange"
Middle School
- American Experience
- Art
- Debate Club
- Drama
- Blue Hills Hiking
- Book Club
- Card Playing
- Chess Club
- Coding and Programming on the iPad
- Cribbage Critters
- Current Events
- Eighth Grade Video
- "Evergreen" - Yearbook
- Fishing Lure Fabrication & Modification
- Football Film Study
- Girls Who Code
- Girls with a Cause
- Glee!
- Golf Club
- KanJam
- Magic: The Gathering
- Mathcounts
- Minute to Win It
- OMEGA
- Pickleball
- Pysanky Eggs
- Rap/Hip-Hop Appreciation
- Recycling/Garden Club
- Robotics
- Screenwriting/Reading
- TATV
- "Tiger's Tale" - Student Newspaper
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Wiffle Ball
- Yoga & Meditation
American Experience
Art
Debate Club
Drama
Blue Hills Hiking
Book Club
Card Playing
Chess Club
Coding and Programming on the iPad
Cribbage Critters
Current Events
Eighth Grade Video
"Evergreen" - Yearbook
Fishing Lure Fabrication & Modification
Football Film Study
Girls Who Code
Girls with a Cause
Glee!
Golf Club
KanJam
Magic: The Gathering
Mathcounts
Minute to Win It
OMEGA
Pickleball
Pysanky Eggs
Rap/Hip-Hop Appreciation
Recycling/Garden Club
Robotics
Screenwriting/Reading
TATV
"Tiger's Tale" - Student Newspaper
Ultimate Frisbee
Wiffle Ball
Yoga & Meditation
"I decided to start the debate team after attending a Public Forum Debate Camp at Harvard. I had always had an interest in debate after I saw the movie The Great Debaters. I felt that the Thayer community could really use another outlet to exercise the analytical and persuasion skills that develop through public speaking." - Jocelle Marius '16
What sets model UN committees apart from other sporting or academic competitions is that there is a great deal of teamwork and collaboration involved. Students are placed in an environment where people come together, overcome their differences, and solve global challenges. This is what makes this program so special.Jackson Humphreys '20