Weekes Eyes a Great Year

Boosted by a focus on greater student connections beyond their Houses, Grace Weekes ’27 was elected Student Council president for the 2026-27 academic year by her peers in April.

In her opening statement during the finalists’ debate inside the Kirby Arts Center on April 9, Weekes began by asking for a show of hands of how many Lawrentians could name every single person in their Form. The sparse showing of raised hands reaffirmed the issues at the center of Weekes’ platform, which called for schoolwide events in which students can get to know each other despite the physical separation between the Lower, Crescent, Circle, and Upper Houses. For instance, one of her key initiatives is a schoolwide sit-down dinner, which she described as “the drive of her campaign.”

Inspired by similar events at other boarding schools, Weekes wanted to bring dinner traditions to Lawrenceville, where students will have the opportunity to “sit with people that they may not know as well, eat together, and spend a nice night together.”

Weekes anticipates that planning an all-school event twice a term may be her most ambitious initiative. She is excited to work with the rest of the Student Council and the deans to create an event “centered on building community and connecting with each other” and “[making] it happen.”

Weekes is the daughter of Christopher Weekes ’96 P’27 ’29 and Lilly Bunn Weekes ’99 P’27 ’29.