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When you join our boarding program, you become a part of the Athenian family.
Athenian is a place where you'll get to know yourself well, including how you prioritize, collaborate, and handle responsibility. With 25 teachers, their families, and pets living on campus (more than 70 people), a little guidance is always available. Living with a diverse group of peers from many different countries, you will gain group living skills while learning about other cultures and customs. Someone to help with homework or play soccer on the field is never far away.
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Living at Athenian
Not only will you make friends with your new classmates and living mates, you will be paired with an on-campus faculty member as part of a family group. Residential “parents” host boarding students in their homes for family dinners, join them in the Main Hall for meals, and welcome them into their families. The Director of Residential Life coordinates on and off-campus activities for boarders that range from cooking competitions to weekend camping trips. There’s always something going on to get involved in.
Dorms
Each dorm has its own Dorm Head, Assistant Dorm Head, Residential Dorm Head, and Student Prefects, who work together to create a safe, fun, and comfortable living and learning community. You may live in a double- or triple-occupancy room your ninth grade year. After that, you will have the option to live in a single room if available. Each of our three dorms has a common area, shared bathrooms, and a laundry room.
Weekday Schedule
| 7:30 - 8:05 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:10 AM | Dorms close during school day |
| 12:35 PM | Lunch |
| 2:35 - 6:00 PM | Classes end - sports, rehearsals, studying |
| 6:00 - 6:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Study hours |
| 9:00 - 9:45 PM | Recreation/dorm jobs |
| 9:45 PM | Dorm check-in |
| 10:00 PM | Quiet hours |
Weekends - Fun Activities for Boarders
FABs, or Fun Activities for Boarders, offer students fun and free opportunities to venture off campus and explore the Bay Area. Destinations have included Sharks and A’s games, festivals, Muir Woods, beaches, and local museums. On-campus FAB’s have included games nights hosted by residential faculty, knitting and drinking tea, and a dumpling feast.
We're located in the San Francisco Bay Area on California's northern coast, which is known for its diversity: diversity of landscape, people, cultures, and politics. Within 25 miles of Athenian, students can ride the cable cars in San Francisco's historic neighborhoods, meet innovators in Silicon Valley, explore the food scene in Berkeley, and take in the view from the top of Mt. Diablo.
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