Family Weekend

Yes. If you have not done so yet, please register in advance of September 30 so that we may effectively plan for meals and activities.

When you arrive to campus, please check in at the Welcome Tent, located on the Gravel Lot behind the Clark Center for Science and Mathematics. There you will find nametags, copies of your child’s teacher list, faculty locations for advisor meetings and more.

Registration is open Friday from 1–4 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30–10 a.m.

Yes. We will offer individual 10-minute advisor/parent meetings in one of two ways: in-person during the weekend or virtually the week of October 11. Your child’s advisor will reach out to schedule.

Yes. The Faculty Meet & Greet will take place on Saturday from 8:30–10 a.m. in the Welcome Tent in the Ratté Quadrangle Tent. To reduce density in the tent spaces, parents of freshmen and sophomores are asked to attend the meet and greet from 8:30–9:15 a.m. and parents of juniors and seniors from 9:15–10 a.m.

Please note that we ask parents and teachers to keep the introductions to 2-3 minutes to allow for teachers to meet with all their students’ parents. If you require a private conference with a particular teacher to address an area of concern, please work with your child’s advisor to arrange a meeting or call at another time.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer parents the opportunity to attend classes while on campus, though they will be able to see teachers at the Faculty Meet & Greet on Saturday.

Individual appointments with college counselors are available for seniors and their parents on Friday during Family Weekend. All senior parents will receive an email from their child’s college counselor with a link to an online schedule for sign-ups. The College Office will sponsor presentations for parents during the weekend; please refer to your weekend schedule for more information.

For Family Weekend, beginning Friday, October 15 students may leave campus with parents for daytime trips (errands, meals, etc.) by using the Sign Out (SISO) feature on Reach. Students can sign themselves out online by tapping the heading “Off Campus with Parents.” For this weekend only, they do not need to check out with a faculty member for a trip off campus with a parent. Students are expected to attend their obligations unless they have received specific permission from their dean.

Students may leave campus for the weekend but must attend all of their obligations. If you are taking your student off campus, please plan ahead and provide information to your child in advance so he/she can fill out a Leave Request on REACH for overnight visits. Students will be asked to submit their request on REACH by Thursday, October 14. If you decide after that date to take your student off campus, students should still use REACH for a Leave Request, and should expect to come in person to the Deans’ Office (Thursday afternoon, Friday) or the OD desk (Saturday) to complete the process and gain approval. The student will be able to see online when he or she is approved to leave.

If you plan to host another boarding student, please provide your email address and the location to the student so he/she can enter you as a host on REACH. Then you will receive an email generated by REACH asking you to approve the details of this student’s travel off campus into your care.

Monday, October 18 is Fall Term Holiday — all classes and after school extra-curricular obligations will not be held. Boarding students should return by 7:30 p.m. for evening study hall. Classes resume on Tuesday, October 19.