Clubs
The school is also home to over twenty clubs. In the 2008–2009 school year, a series of new clubs were created. One of these was a chapter of the Model United Nations. The Astronomy, Drama, Film and Broadcasting, Key, Photography, Student Council, and Young Democrats/Republicans clubs are among the most popular among students. In 2011, it hosted the annual Massachusetts Junior Classical League State Convention.
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—The Lions Clubs International and the Quest Nation. The Surprising Years, I, ch.5 (1985)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)