Welcoming Families Back to Campus

Grandparents’ Day [2021-2022]

More than 170 Suffield Academy grandparents were on campus last fall. Beautiful autumn weather helped make the 2021 Grandparents’ Day fun and successful. Grandparents attended three morning classes with their grandchildren, were welcomed to campus by Head of School Charlie Cahn, and then had a delicious lunch in Brewster Hall.

A Return to Bell Hill

Welcoming Families Back to Campus for Parents’ Weekend [2021-2022 Fall & Spring ]

The parents and families of Suffield students returned to campus for Parents’ Weekends in both the fall and spring last year—the first time since 2019. Families joined their children for classes, advisor meetings, and lunch, and it was great to have the warm, positive energy of so many visitors on campus.

Parents’ Association Auction

On the evening of April 22 more than 200 parents attended Suffield’s 22nd Parents’ Association Auction. There were about 200 items available to be bid on including front row Commencement seats, tickets to see the Miami Dolphins and visit with Dolphins star Christian Wilkins ’15, and vacations in Florida, the British Virgin Islands, Park City, Utah, and Bangkok, Thailand. In addition to the auction items, 800 raffle tickets were sold to win a 2022 Ford Bronco. This year’s winner was a former Suffield Academy parent. Proceeds from the auction supported Suffield’s next campus master plan. In addition, a special fund-a-need portion of the event supported financial aid for a student from Ukraine who enrolled at Suffield for the 2022-2023 academic year. Total fundraising proceeds from the evening exceeded $370,000. The Suffield Academy community thanks everyone who supported the event, especially auction chairs Kerri and Marty Milne P’22, ’25 and the parent volunteers who donated their time to the auction.