Activities at Elan School might include walking for cardio fitness and/or other exercises for strength training.  Other activities such as basketball and volleyball tournaments; games of ultimate frisbee, soccer, or softball; and swimming are organized by the Communications Department of each house.  The activities are organized in such a way as to ensure fairness of each team's ability to promote healthy competition as well as fitness.  All students are encouraged to submit ideas for consideration as a weekend activity based upon their own interests and talents.

Videos are shown each weekend in the houses on a big screen television.   Students who have earned the privilege may attend concerts, local fairs, exhibits, sporting events, trips to dinner, the movies, art museums and others.  

Trips to various state parks are organized during the summer months.   In addition to the regular recreation trips, house trips include canoeing, white-water rafting, snow tubing, whale watching, bowling, and roller skating.  

During Spring Carnival, students participate in a variety of competitions on campus, including tug-of war, volleyball, basketball, relay races and others.

Elan students showcase their creative side by participating in an annual campus-wide talent show.   Students may play musical instruments, perform comedy skits or variety acts, sing, read poetry or participate in other performing arts.