Affinity groups are a visible commitment to belonging at Bay.
Student voices, experiences, and interests are the heart of The Bay School.
We support our students in creating their own opportunities to explore and define their identities, understand who they are as leaders and community members, have fun, and build friendships.
Affinity Groups
Central to Bay’s mission of advancing equity and antiracism, affinity groups are student-directed, with guidance and support from staffulty. These groups are an important means for our students to build connection and solidarity with others of a common identity. We are committed to building a culture of belonging at Bay and provide a variety of learning opportunities for our affinity groups, including sending a group of students to the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference every year.
2024–2025 Groups
- Asian Students Union
- Black Student Union
- Disability and Chronic Illness Alliance
- JewCrew/Koach
- Latines Unides
- Middle Eastern North African Affinity Group
- Neurodivergent Club
- South Asian Affinity Group
- Trans Agenda
Clubs
Have an interest or hobby you’d like to explore with others? Join a club or start your own! As with all things Bay, clubs are for students—you have space and time for non-academic pursuits that are as fun or as serious as they want them to be. The program is fluid by design and lets students try things out. Staffulty members serve as club sponsors. Jazz Club is open by audition, but we try to find roles for all who want to play.
2024–2025 Clubs
Astronomy Club | Business Club | Outdoors Club |
Automotive Club | Ceramics Club | Programming Club |
Banana Splits (Divorce Club) | Creative Writing Club | Philosophy Club |
The Bay Arts Project (BARTs) | Chess Club | Pickleball Club |
Bay Bakers | Climate Action Team | Poker Club |
Bay Birdies | DnD Club | Project Super Plants |
Bay Brawlers | Extreme Sports Club | Reproductive Justice Club |
Bay Builders | Fiber Arts Club (aka Yarnies) | Robotics Club |
Bay Fire/EMS | Finance Club | Roblox Club |
BayMD | Groove Club | Sam Club (for all the Sams at Bay) |
Bay Plays | Improv Club | Social Events Club |
The Bay Riptide | Math Club | STEMinists |
Bay SoundWaves (a capella club) | Mental Health Awareness Club (MHAC) | Unwind through Slime |
Book Club | Mock Trial Club | Visual Art Club |
Breakers Surf Club | Model United Nations (MUN) | Yearbook Club |
Building Bay | Music Production Club | Youth Scholars Initiative (science careers interest group) |