Each trimester, students must engage in Proctor’s afternoon program. If students are not engaged with an athletic team, they can take part in one of Proctor’s extensive afternoon activity offerings. These offerings allow students to explore and develop skills and competencies in a variety of disciplines. Proctor’s commitment to creativity, outdoor experiences, learning new skills, and empowering students to pursue passions is reflected in its afternoon program.
Band and Recording places each student in the role of record producer. Utilizing state-of-the-art Pro Tools HD and LE, as well as industry standard Digidesign 24-channel D-Command surface, you will develop all the skills of music production. Learn the criteria for choosing members of an ensemble, the material they wish to develop, and the decorum necessary for effective and efficient rehearsals, performances and recording sessions. By the end of term, you may participate in on or off campus performances or produce digital recordings.
Recreational Skiing and Snowboarding engages those students looking to ski or ride in a non-competitive environment. Students of all abilities have the opportunity to ski Monday through Saturday at Ragged Mountain or the Proctor Ski Area. Emphasis is placed on recreational enjoyment at the sport while providing skill building activities. Value is placed on skiing as a life-long sport. The Recreational Skiing and Snowboarding program encourages safety, courtesy, and a love for snow.
Located just a few short miles from campus on the shores of beautiful Bradley Lake, Seery Hill Stables is home to Proctor’s equestrian program. All levels of riding experience are welcome! A typical week includes four days of instruction (hunt seat) and a workday at the barn. Seery Hill has an indoor arena, heated tack room, outdoor arena, and plenty of turnout. Proctor riders compete successfully through the New Hampshire High School Equestrian Teams organization in hunter suitability, dressage and equitation. Seery Hill offers seventeen beautiful horses to ride, and students can arrange to board their own horses.
Proctor's Fall and Spring Horsemanship activity is run out of Whisper Wind Stable in nearby East Andover, New Hampshire. This program is holistic in nature with a balance of experiences that include hunt seat and western riding, driving, trail riding, training, and all-around horse-keeping skills. In the fall and spring, the group does competitive trail rides, hunter/pace competitions, and Regional 4H horses in both English and Western Pleasure, and over fences.
Fall Kayaking at Proctor welcomes all levels of ability (the spring team is a competitive sport). Students learn river safety and how to navigate a river safely. While the sport of kayaking is highly individual, running the river is done as a team and requires excellent teamwork for the safety of all involved. Proctor is nestled on the Blackwater River that flows between Mount Kearsarge and Ragged Mountain--our location for paddling rivers is excellent. The team starts on beautiful Elbow Pond. By the end of the fall, the group paddles the Pemigewasset River, Sumner Falls on the Connecticut River, the Androscoggin River, and surf the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. If you enjoy getting wet in the water and the beauty of nature, try kayaking. We have a lot of fun learning how to paddle, eskimo roll, and surf endless river waves.
Proctor's Robotics team became an afternoon activity in 2016 after student interest inspired more dedicated time to engineering, design, and experimentation associated with a robotic program. Students and their faculty leader compete in regional and national robotics competitions.
A high-tech, indoor climbing wall in the Mike Henriques and Betsy Paine Outdoor Center provides an on-campus location for Proctor rock climbing. The rock-climbing team also takes full advantage of the opportunity to execute bouldering routes on the Stone Chapel! But that’s just the start. Newbury Cliffs, Rumney and Cathedral Ledges all beckon for afternoons on belay. If the team gets an early afternoon start, it’s fun to descend from the top of The Bulkhead, the granite cliff on the east shoulder of Ragged Mountain, on the northeast corner of Proctor’s 2,500 property.
Theater and Theater Tech is an umbrella term covering a diverse set of theater activities including directing, Children’s Theater, acting and tech support. Whether your passion is acting, directing, sound engineering, lighting, set design or other aspects of drama tech, Theater offers limitless opportunities for skill advancement, hard work and fun.
Proctor is fortunate to own and steward over 2,500 acres of woodlands. The woods team cares for this expansive forest. Gathering after classes at the Woodlands Center, they hop in the back of a pickup truck for a bumpy ride over woodland trails to clear new trails, repair bridges, clean up logging sites and identify trees for selective cutting. They split logs for wood-burning furnaces in dormitories, and deliver that cordwood to those dorms. In March, their focus turns to tapping the school’s 300-plus maple trees, gathering sap and—best of all—boiling the sap into maple syrup in the sugarhouse. The woods team is a hearty crowd who love working outdoors on diverse tasks related to forestry and silviculture.
