Living at Christ School

Life is busy at Christ School, but there will be time to kick back and have fun! Join your classmates at a tailgate for a football game. Take some down time in the Patrick Beaver Student Center to grab a snack or play ping pong. Catch a concert in downtown Asheville with fellow music lovers. Travel down the mountain to see the Carolina Panthers play in Charlotte. Socialize with one of our sister schools at the year's first dance. Interested in other activities? Talk to your fellow classmates as well as the Student Activities office about new ways to make your time outside of the classroom both refreshing and fun.

At Christ School, friendly competition goes beyond the athletic fields. From the first day of school to the last, our boys compete in a school wide experience known as Dorm Wars. Each dorm participates collectively in an all around competition involving academics, athletics, community service, school spirit, and ingenuity. Whether putting together a skit for Asheville School Week, encouraging a fellow dorm mate to put in the extra hour of study for an exam, or designing a seaworthy ship for our annual Regatta on the lake, Christ School boys find that working collectively as a dorm to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life instills a sense of pride and dedication that translates into success in and beyond residential living. Not to mention that the winner each semester gets to miss a day of classes!

Christ School boys will always be empowered and enabled to learn outside the traditional classroom setting, acquiring knowledge about fields and hobbies that pique their curiosity. Students are encouraged to explore talents and develop skills through a diverse offering of extracurricular clubs and organizations that touch on a variety of interests. Some clubs and activities include the Angelus (yearbook), Choir, the Environmental Club, and many more.

The newly-renovated Patrick Beaver '98 Student Center opened in the summer of 2023 and is the hub for daily activity and entertainment, especially in the evenings and on the weekends. The student center houses the school bookstore, a movie theater, gaming tables, a video game arcade, a fully-stocked snack bar, fireplace, and flat-screen TVs. The deck overlooks Fayssoux Field, offering the best seats in the house for Greenie football games. 

Belonging to the Christ School community means looking beyond our 500-acre campus to a world outside in desperate need of selfless acts. The Service Learning Program at Christ School seeks to instill a genuine desire to serve others in the Asheville area and the global community beyond. Christ School offers a variety of opportunities not only to serve, but also to learn and understand the ways in which each Christ School boy can make a difference one hour at a time. 

Weekends at Christ School offer the boys a wide variety of off-campus activities which take advantage of Asheville's burgeoning arts and entertainment scene, as well as outdoor recreation that draws millions of tourists to the Blue Ridge Mountains each year.  Christ School regularly holds mixers with sister schools such as Saint Mary's in Raleigh. Be sure to check out the Student Activities page for a current list of upcoming activities.

There are many opportunities to travel. Plan for the school year with exciting and rewarding student trips, such as exploring and rebuilding Baja, Mexico, furnishing schools in Nicaragua, and taking a ski trip on the west coast!