Spiritual, Moral and Character Education
The school's spiritual life is centered in the on-campus Chapel of the Atonement. A brief lecture is given by faculty or invited guests on Tuesday, a Chapel service on Wednesday, and a morning prayer service for those students on campus on Sunday. Students are required to take a world religions survey course during one semester of their high school tenure. Each student is encouraged to seek and foster a spiritual element in his life, regardless of his specific religious affiliation.
The Chapel of the Atonement, which was initially constructed in the 1920s, was remodeled and expanded in the 1960s. A Moller pipe organ was installed at that time. At the chapel's formal dedication in 1965, a concert on that organ was performed by classical organist Virgil Fox.
CFS students must participate in both on- and off-campus community service through the CORE (Challenge of Required Experience Program and the Interact community service Club. Annually, the boys perform more than 3,000 hours of community service on campus and at local and regional non-profit agencies. Students also participate in a shared work program on campus, helping to take care of school buildings and residential cottages.
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