Students spend so much time on schoolwork that it is often challenging to balance school and sports. Athletes all have different priorities.

Jax Newberry ‘27 does hockey, rowing, and circus arts. Newberry describes the balance of school and sports: “During the day, I feel the homework stacking up and I just know that I don’t have any time to do it at night.” They find it extremely difficult to complete every assignment on time with all of their sports. “I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen my sister because she leaves before I wake up and then she goes to bed before I get home.” Newberry sacrifices time with family and homework for their sports.

Soccer player Livi Abboud-Young ‘27 plays for the varsity team and her club team. Abboud-Young describes the difficulty of completing homework when she has games:“For high school soccer I definitely sometimes don’t do my homework because games go late and I’m so tired when I get back home.” For her club team, she travels every other weekend to games: “During club season I have to miss most Fridays because my team has to fly out of state” Because of this, it’s hard for her to get caught up in her classes. Abboud-Young sacrifices completing her schoolwork for travel games and late night games.

Swimmer Dominic Bolletieri ‘25 swims all year round. He says, “There’s not a lot of time when I’m in the middle of a sports season to just kinda mess around at home and watch YouTube videos, so I got to spend my home time getting work done.” Bolletieri sacrifices his down time as an athlete, but he also says “I honestly think it’s made me a better student because I can get my stuff done with my home time much better.”