Calendar

August 2020

• Aug

  21

  Senior Staff Retreat

  8/21/2020 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Aug

  24

  New Faculty and Staff Orientation

  8/24/2020 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

  8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Commons)

  8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Welcome & Overview, Randy Stevens, Head of School (Taft Lecture Hall)

  9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Ghada Jaber, Academic Dean (Taft Lecture Hall)

  Academic Life Overview: review policies, procedures and faculty expectations

  10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Jackie Geter-Hunter, Dean of Students (Taft Lecture Hall)

  Student Life Overview: review policies, procedures and faculty expectations

  11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Heather Ireland, Associate Academic Dean (World Language Center)

  email, academic technology, WIFI access, printers, iPads, My School App

  12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Head of School (Commons)

  1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Meeting with Department Chairs (TBA)

  2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Human Resource Support Session (Social Security, Driving License, Finger Printing,

  Clarifications or Questions Regarding Packets (Taft Lecture Hall)

  3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Jerry Freed, Director of Facilities & George Johnson, Director of Environmental Services (TLH)

  Facilities Overview: review policies, procedures and faculty expectations

  3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Megan Callahan, Director of Athletics (Taft Lecture Hall)

  Athletic Overview: review policies, procedures and faculty expectations

  3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Roz Moore, Director of Development and Alumnae Relations

  Mandie Boardman, Director of Communications and PR (Taft Lecture Hall)

  4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Jesse Downs, Director of Enrollment Management (Taft Lecture Hall)

• New Student Orientation

  8/24/2020 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  Q & A Session with Administrators – New Parents Only (Zoom) 
• Aug

  25

  All Faculty and Staff Orientation

  8/25/2020 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

  8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for entire faculty and staff (Commons)

  8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Overview (Theater)

  9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Admissions Presentation (Theater)

  10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Jamie Dunbar, School Attorney (Theater)

  11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Presentation of film on blood-borne pathogens (Theater)

  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Commons)

  1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Professional Development Session (Taft Lecture Hall and Various Classrooms)

• Opening Faculty and Staff Dinner

  8/25/2020 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

• New Student Orientation

  8/25/2020 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  Q & A Session with Administrators – New Students Only (Zoom) 
• Aug

  26

  Faculty Professional Development

  8/26/2020 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM

  9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Curriculum Overview: Unit Planning and Assessments (Taft Lecture Hall)

  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Commons)

  1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Counseling and Emotional Support Professional Development Session (Theater)

  2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Faculty Writing College Recommendations for Students Session (Theater)

• New Student Orientation

  8/26/2020 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  Q & A Session with Administrators – New Students Only (Zoom) 
• Aug

  27

  Faculty Professional Development

  8/27/2020 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM

  7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Commons)

  8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Meeting with Melissa Cook to Review Students (Theater)

  9:30 a. m. – 10:30 a.m. Meeting with School Nurses to review policies and procedures (Theater)

  10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interdisciplinary Planning (Taft Lecture Hall)

  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Commons)

  1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Curriculum and Assessments Planning (TBA)

• Student Orientation

  8/27/2020 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

  Q & A Session with Maureen Walsh, College Counselor – Fives & Sixes Parents & Students (Zoom) 
• Aug

  28

  Faculty Professional Development, Prefect and Student Leadership

  8/28/2020 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM

  7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Commons)

  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Faculty Curriculum and Assessments Planning (TBA)
• Aug

  29

  SATs Registration

  8/29/2020

• Student Registration and Orientation

  8/29/2020 7:30 AM to 10:00 PM

  
  

   7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Commons) 

  9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Threes and Fours whose last name begins with A – K Arrive 

  11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Threes and Fours whose last name begins with L – Z Arrive 

  12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Group 1 

  12:35 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Lunch Group 2 

  1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fives and Sixes whose last name begins with A – K Arrive 

  1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Class Meeting for Threes and Fours 

  3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Fives and Sixes whose last name begins with L – Z Arrive 

  3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Q & A Session with Leadership – Threes and Fours New Students (Chapel) 

  5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Class Meeting for Fives 

  5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sixes meeting to plan Old Girl/New Girl 

  6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Dinner Group 1 (Commons) 

  6:35 p.m. – 7:05 p.m. Dinner Group 2 (Commons) 

  7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Boarding Student Orientation(Theater) 
• Aug

  30

  Returning Students Registration and Orientation Begins

  8/30/2020 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM

  8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Group 1 (Commons) 

  9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. Breakfast Group 2 (Commons) 

  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Class Meeting 

  12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch Group 1 (Commons) 

  12:35 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Lunch Group 2 (Commons) 

  1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Hymn and Song Practice for all students (Theater) 

  2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Student Readers Rehearsal for Convocation (Theater) 

  2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Class Meetings 

  2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Moongates (select ensemble) and Theater Auditions 

  3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Brownie-Spider Meeting (TBA) 

  4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Students Dress for Convocation 

  4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Students line up behind Carter House for Convocation 

  5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Convocation – Special Occasion Dress (Theater) 

  6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner Group 1 (Commons) (Outside Cookout together weather permitting) 

  7:05 p.m. – 7:35 p.m. Dinner Group 2 (Commons) 

  7:45 p.m. – 10:00p.m. Boarder Orientation (Commons and Taft Lecture Hall) 

• Convocation

  8/30/2020 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM
• Aug

  31

  Trimester 1 Begins

  8/31/2020

• Attendance Required for All Students

  8/31/2020 7:00 AM to 9:45 PM

  7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast Group 1 (Commons) 

  7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Group 2 (Commons) 

  8:05 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. A Block 

  8:55 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. B Block 

  9:40 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. C Block 

  10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. D Block 

  11:20 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. E Block 

  12:10 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Lunch Group 1 (Commons) 

  Lunch Group 2 (Theater) 

  12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p. m. Lunch Group 2 (Commons) 

  Lunch Group 1 (Theater) 

  1:20 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. F Block 

  2:10 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. G Block 

  3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Class Meetings (TBA) 

  4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Change to Special Occasion Dress 

  5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Dinner Group 1 (Commons) (Rally for Group 2 – Carter House) 

  6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Dinner Group 2 (Commons) (Rally for Group 1 – Carter House) 

  7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Head’s Chapel (Theater) – Special Occasion Dress 

  8:00 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. Outdoor Movie (Gerry Amphitheater)