Student Affinity Groups, Activities, and Spaces

The AAPI Affinity Group provides a space for students to explore, celebrate, and reflect on Asian American and Pacific Islander identities, histories, and experiences. Through dialogue, cultural events, and school-wide learning opportunities, students build community, challenge stereotypes, and increase understanding of the diversity within AAPI communities while fostering solidarity across differences.

The Black Student Union (BSU) is a student-led space that affirms the identities, cultures, and lived experiences of students across the African diaspora.  BSU brings together students with diverse cultural, national, and familial connections to Blackness, creating community through dialogue, shared learning, and collective care. Through discussion, cultural exploration, and school-wide engagement, BSU supports students as they navigate identity and belonging while fostering critical conversations about history, equity, and representation. The group centers joy, resilience, and leadership alongside critical reflection and action.

The Christian Affinity Group offers students a welcoming space to explore faith, values, and identity within the context of a diverse School community. Through discussion, reflection, and service, students connect their beliefs to ethical leadership, compassion, and respectful engagement with people of all backgrounds.

The Food Allergy Awareness Club works to educate the School community about food allergies and promote a culture of safety, empathy, and inclusion. As food allergies affect a growing number of individuals and are recognized as a disability, the club focuses on increasing awareness of allergic reactions, appropriate responses, and prevention. Students also advocate for long-term, community-wide practices that support those living with food allergies.

Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) empowers students to examine gender, leadership, and social responsibility. Upper School members facilitate discussions, lead workshops for Middle School students, and host school-wide forums on topics such as consent, media influence, gender-based violence, and women in leadership. GLOW also connects students with women leaders across fields and engages in service initiatives that promote equity and opportunity for girls locally and globally.

The Jewish Affinity Group provides a space for Jewish students to connect around culture, identity, history, and faith. Through conversation, celebration, and education, students strengthen community, address antisemitism, and share Jewish traditions and perspectives with the wider school community in ways that promote understanding and respect.

The Latinx Affinity Group celebrates the cultures, histories, and identities of Latinx students while creating space for dialogue around language, heritage, and lived experience. Students engage in community-building activities, cultural events, and school-wide programming that highlights the diversity within Latinx communities and foster cross-cultural connections.

The Muslim Affinity Group supports students in exploring faith, identity, and belonging within a pluralistic school environment. Through discussion, reflection, and community engagement, students build understanding of Islam, address misconceptions, and contribute to a culture of respect and religious inclusion across campus.

Spectrum is an inclusive, student-led space for LGBTQIA+ students and allies. The group fosters belonging, dialogue, and advocacy through regular meetings and school-wide initiatives. Spectrum works to increase visibility, promote understanding, and support a school culture where all students feel safe, affirmed, and valued for who they are.

Kaleidoscope is a multicultural affinity and leadership space that brings together students from across identities and affinity groups. In addition to serving as a home for students exploring culture, race, and belonging, Kaleidoscope provides a shared forum for affinity group leaders to collaborate, exchange ideas, and plan collective initiatives.

Through dialogue, reflection, and cross-group leadership, Kaleidoscope helps students move from individual identity work to community-wide impact. The group strengthens connections across differences, supports student leadership development, and contributes to school-wide conversations and programming around equity, culture, and belonging.