Because Hopkins believes that informed and involved citizenship can be nurtured through cultivation of a wide range of interests, the school encourages students to participate in extracurricular activities. Indeed, the critical mass of our student body allows us to offer a wide range of activities, and many students get involved in several different areas of interest. Athletics are vital to a Hopkins education and everyone may play team sports. The school fields varsity squads in 20 different sports and 38 interscholastic teams at the varsity, junior varsity, thirds, and Junior School levels. Most coaches are classroom teachers, allowing them to work with our students in a variety of settings.
Many students also play on intramural teams, such as soccer, basketball, tennis, and softball.
Others participate in a varied recreational program that includes gymnastics, aerobics, fencing, and exercise. Varsity Girls Lacrosse Hopkins considers the arts to be important to all students in both their academic and extracurricular lives. Each year students take part in student and professionally directed plays, singing, and instrumental groups. They combine their journalistic and artistic talents by serving as photographers and cartoonists for the school newspaper, the literary magazine, and the yearbook. The school frequently welcomes guest speakers and artists to the campus.