Co-Curriculars

Portsmouth Abbey School Spring Athletics

We are in a much better place in Rhode Island and New England heading into the spring season and given the improved health situation combined with moving all of our sports outdoors I am optimistic about having our teams compete interscholastically in the spring. We have begun putting together interscholastic schedules for our teams. This will not be a full return to what we did in spring 2019 with complete athletic schedules and travel but it will be a return to competing with other schools.

Our shared commitment to the health and safety of our student/athletes will guide our planning, Participation in these competitions is predicated on our existing Abbey school and sport protocols as well as opposing  school, town, and state guidelines. The safety the Abbey community remains our top priority.

EIL Statement

Member schools can organize practices and arrange competitions with schools inside and outside of our league, dependent on institutional, state and local health guidelines. Because the eleven schools in our league are in three different states and have a variety of COVID protocols and academic structures in place, we have agreed that there will be no official EIL schedule or championships for Spring 2021. 

The Drama program was pleased to be able to perform the play, It's a Wonderful Life, in the fall term, and the musical, Spamalot, in the winter.  They spaced the actors 14 feet apart without masks and 6 feet with masks; they even used plexiglass so that actors could be closer. The smaller audiences enjoyed a live performance while being spaced 6 feet apart.  The Abbey Players plan on presenting their spring play using the same Covid guidelines, keeping the actors and audiences safe.

The Music Department will continue to provide an artistic outlet to our Abbey students and community this spring. With continued guidance from leading arts organizations such as the National Association for Music Education, our spaces and rehearsal techniques will adjust to account for the safest teaching and learning possible. Sinfonia, Chamber Music, Abbey Singers, and Enharmonix will be creating music this spring! We are committed to bringing a meaningful experience to each musician and will look for avenues to present their talents to our community as a whole.

Portsmouth Abbey School is committed to continuing its community service programming this Spring Term as community service does not meet during the winter term. Currently, spring community service programming will include both synchronous and asynchronous virtual service opportunities as they become available, educational and formational opportunities for understanding and developing commitment to service with and justice for marginalized and vulnerable populations, and in-person, off-campus opportunities for service as they become available within Portsmouth Abbey School regulations and community partner accessibility.