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Hebron happenings run the gammut. The Community Life Team along with residential faculty is committed to planning activities for students throughout the year, including special events, sports tournaments, activities in the dorm, and a full slate of choices for the weekends. The Community Life Team consistently enlists the help of students in compiling a batch of fresh and engaging options fun for all, including weekend trips, concerts, professional sporting contests and more. These activities are in addition to the wide array of existing student plays and concerts, student organization activities and interscholastic competitions.
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- Harry Potter Day - New to the Hebron ballot in 2011, on Harry Potter Day the Academy undergoes a wizardly transformation, doubling as the fictional institution Hogwarts. Students and teachers are divided into houses and feast on treats like rumbledythump and golden snitch cake pops. Let the bewitching begin!
- Art Festival Week - Imagination is the name of the game during Hebron's Art Festival Week. The community conjures its creative juices, expressed through one-act plays, concerts, art shows and community art projects.
- Spirit Week - There is no limit to the silliness that ensues during Spirit Week, meant to invoke the Lumberjack in all of us. Each day a new "theme" is introduced, and students, teachers and staff find themselves twin hunting and dressed as inanimate objects. Spirit Week happens once each term.
- Lumberjack Day - Part of Spirit Week, on Lumberjack Day the Hebron community celebrates its country roots by donning flannels and fake facial hair while competing in some down home eating competitions, "friend carrying contests," and miscellaneous Lumberjack shenanigans.
- Outing Club - Since the 1930s, Hebronians have been exploring the great outdoors and immersing themselves in our 1,500 acres of Maine wilderness. Learn more in the Outdoor Education page.
- Halloween - Hebron faculty and staff host a remarkably spooky haunted house and pumpkin carving and serve ghoul-icious culinary treats.
- Winter Carnival - Who said Maine winters aren't awesome? Since 1927 when our first Winter Carnival took shape, Hebron has been celebrating Vacationland's least forgiving season with dress-up days, a three-on-three basketball tournament, a broomball tournament, and snow competitions.
- Casino Night - A signature event and Hebron winter highlight, students and faculty alike dress their best and ante up at Casino Night, followed by a formal dance.
- Concerts on-campus, such as our Cohen Chamber Music Series, recently profiled in the Sun Journal
- Off-campus cultural opportunities - Students are always offered a piece of the action, whether it's the Portland Symphony, Portland Stage Company, or Bates College lectures and concerts.
- Trips to fairs - It's important to change up the scenery while still enjoy a good time, and local fairs and carinvals offer a terrific balance - bring on the Ferris Wheel and fried dough!
- Professional hypnotist - Check out this year's crazy antics.
- Spa Night (girls' dorm) - Girls will be girls. Hebron's female brigade taps into its feminine side with mani-pedis and facials on Spa Night in Halford Hall - cucumber slices and pink Snuggies are encouraged.
- Poker & video game competitions - A dorm favorite, these tend to get pretty heated amongst the competitors, which include faculty, staff, and students alike.
- Slip-n-slide in the Bowl - Hebron's Bowl has served as a helicopter landing pad, playing fields, and come the warm weather it makes for a perfectly slippery slope to slide on.
- Valentine's Day Dinner - Hebron's dynamic faculty transform the Day Student Lounge into a high-class culinary establishment and serve top-notch nosh to student couples each Valentine's Day. Proceeds benefit Go! Malawi, a community outreach program located in M'Pamila Village, Malawi and led by husband and wife duo Mrs. Janet Littlefield and Mr. Bill Flynn, heads of Hebron's Academic Guidance Center.
- Snow tubing in the winter - A snow tubing resort is just 20 minutes from the Hebron campus and offers endless wintry fun; if you can't beat the snow, you might as well join it!
- Cookouts - There's nothing better in mild weather than an old-fashioned BBQ, which also doubles as a terrific opportunity for students and faculty to kick back together outside the classroom.
- Dances - Held regularly throughout the year and always memorable.
- Prom - Students gear up in their finest attire for this annual spring favorite.
- Spelling bees - A perfect pairing of academia and genuine comedy, spelling bees are always a hit...and a great way for students to earn extra credit!
- Weekly sit-down dinners - The boarding community takes part in sit-down dinners each Thursday evening throughout the year. This tradition offers students a chance to catch up with their teachers and peers in a more formal setting while learning the value of decorum - Emily Post would be proud!
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Weekends are some of the busiest times at Hebron, playing host to an array of on and off campus offerings organized by the Community Life Team, which welcomes input from students. For those itching to get away, Outing Club and Bruins games are weekend highlights, while those who prefer to stay closer to home may still enjoy lots of local diversion, be that ice skating or a big screen movie night.
- Shopping (L.L. Bean, Maine Mall, Auburn Mall, Portland’s Old Port, North Conway (NH) outlets).
- Outing Club trips (hiking, canoeing, skiing, climbing, camping)
- Sporting events (Portland Sea Dogs, Portland Pirates, Boston Red Sox, local collegiate events)
- Skiing and snowboarding
- Movies (theaters in nearby Auburn and Oxford)
- Community skating
- Miscellaneous fun (bowling, mini golf, etc.)
- Big screen movie nights on campus
- Intramural competitions (whiffle ball, dodge ball, Frisbee, golf)
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