Student leadership serves as an elected student government for the student body. With representatives from each class led by an elected School Leader, Assistant School Leader and faculty advisor, this group of students works to plan activities and actively engages with the governance of the school.

Each dormitory has an elected dorm leader that promotes the health, wellness, and safety of students within that dormitory by becoming personally acquainted with each resident and creating an atmosphere of openness and approachability. Dorm leaders work alongside dorm parents to create a spirit of inclusion, unity, and respect among the dorm community, while supporting the mission and values of Proctor and its residential life program.

Each student has the opportunity to start and/or lead an extracurricular club. Many clubs started years ago by passionate students have become a part of the school’s fabric. Student initiated clubs in recent years have included an improvisational comedy, learning to DJ for dances, and intercultural awareness.

This student-led community service opportunity pairs Proctor students with local elementary students at the Andover Elementary & Middle School. The program runs throughout the school year and provides a tremendous opportunity to connect with the local community while inspiring young minds.

Proctor's biology room is a living classroom! All our critters who keep us company throughout the academic day need a little extra care in the afternoons and evenings. Students coordinate with the Science Department to feed and care for the reptiles who call Proctor's Shirley Hall home.

During the Fall Term, a community service afternoon program is offered for interested students. The group tackles both on-campus and off-campus service projects, while interspersing a physical training program in Proctor's fitness center.

The only mandated community service at Proctor comes in the form of Dish Duty. Each trimester, every advisory is assigned a dish duty day. On this day, students and their faculty advisor (usually groups of 5-7) wash dishes and clear tables in the dining hall for all three meals. The appreciation for hard work, food waste, and caring for community spaces are natural byproducts of this favorite service opportunity.

Proctor's Admissions Office gives more than 750 tours to visiting families each year. These tours are not possible without student tour guides. Proctor's Green Key program matches tour guides with guests each day, and is an incredibly fun and valuable way to serve Proctor. 

Each spring, this faculty-sponsored group travels to a local horse barn to help with chores and squeeze in some much deserved riding as well. 

This faculty and student-led service opportunity affords a small group of students and faculty sponsor the opportunity to travel to nearby Franklin, NH to volunteer at a food pantry each month.

This student-led math tutoring program takes place three times a week throughout the academic year. Students are able to volunteer their math expertise as they work with their peers to understand concepts and identify new study strategies to improve performance and comprehension in math classes. 

Proctor has a long-standing partnership with Special Olympics New Hampshire that affords multiple opportunities for Proctor students to partake in unified sports with Special Olympians. Read more about this program HERE.

These two-week trips are a focused, rich opportunity for students in engage in cultural immersion and the principles of community building. Led by Proctor faculty members, groups range from 7-14 participants.  Starting in 2012, Proctor built relationships with communities in Guatemala,Thailand, and South Dakota.  Although not as long as the typical term-long Off-Campus Proctor programs, these dynamic trips offer students a vehicle to engage in experiential learning from a community service perspective.  Trips are scheduled for June and July each year. Learn more about this summer's trip to Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota HERE!

During each all-school assembly(Monday, Thursday, Friday), Proctor relies on a dedicated group of student volunteers to run the technical booth. This same group of students partners with members of Proctor's technology and theater departments to ensure sound, lights, and recordings work properly for all performances in the theater throughout the year. 

Every night of the academic year, Proctor's Technology Help Desk is open as a resource to trouble-shoot any and all technology issues. Students have the opportunity to volunteer their time and talent at the Help Desk as well.

Proctor is fortunate to steward more than 2,500 acres of woodlands. The Woods Team cares for this expansive forest. Gathering after classes at the Woodlands Building, 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 the Johnson Family Sugar House. 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.