The purpose of this course is to provide information and discussion opportunities for students on selected topics. Topics include adolescent physiology, fitness and disease, sexuality and reproduction. Other areas covered include tobacco, drugs and alcohol, and their effects on the body. This required course meets once per week for one term. These projects range from very formal academic activities that carry academic credit to less formal projects that allow students to pursue a particular interest.
Some projects allow students to take a short leave of absence.
Admission is by invitation from Dom Abbot. At the recommendation of the Director of Music, academic credit may be given for instrumental lessons. The chamber orchestra rehearses twice a week and performs both with the Abbey Singers and alone at special occasions throughout the year. Three formal dramatic productions are staged each year, including the annual winter musical, which allows for student performance opportunities uniting the musical and dramatic arts. Recent shows include Godspell, Anne Frank and Me, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Pippin, The Crucible and Bye Bye Birdie.