of three seasons. Competitive sports include soccer, basketball, fencing, cross-country running, and Ultimate Frisbee. Exercise programs include running, fitness, sailing, dance, ballroom dance, and yoga. Hancock When Charles Merrill was headmaster he started a tradition of twice-yearly trips to his family's farm in Hancock, New Hampshire. These would happen every fall and spring. The school continued to go up to the farm every semester until 1996. The "Hancock" weekend eventually moved in 1997 to Camp Winona, a summer camp in Bridgton, Maine, but the old name remains. The trip to Maine was replaced by a day trip to Provincetown in 2007, and a weekend at Camp Wing, a summer camp in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 2008. In 2009, Spring Hancock returned to Camp Winona. For the 2020-21 school year, a modified version of Hancock, lasting only a day and taking place in the city, took place due to COVID-19 precautions. In the fall of 2021, Hancock took place at Camp Kingswood. In the spring of 2022, another "Hancock-in-the-City" took place, this time with a trip to a reservation near Boston and a sleepover at the school. Activities On two mornings during each trip, students and teachers organize activities to do, and each student signs up for an activity. In the afternoons, students are free, and activities such as swimming, boating, various sports, and hiking are offered. On the last night of Hancock, there is a talent show prepared jointly by the students and staff. There are also two dances: the "Long Dance" the night before the talent show, and the "Short Dance" after it, both organized by the students. Jobs The responsibility for Hancock is shared among faculty and students. Faculty oversee various tasks, such as cooking or sports. Students can sign up for jobs such as cooking meals, running the talent show and dances, and being a bike messenger. For the most part, cleaning bathrooms, collecting trash, tending fires, and other tasks are also led and staffed by students. Publications There are several student-run publications at Commonwealth. They include: Yearbook: Each year, the senior class (and a few juniors in training) produces its own yearbook. Helicon: The literary magazine club, with the school's funding, publishes a literary magazine, which accepts many types of literature and art, including poems, short stories, photographs, drawings, and paintings. The Commonwealth Chronicle: The school's newspaper, which includes a satirical publication called The Leek. The school