Upper School 2023-2024

for planned school vacations, or due to unanticipated events, such as an unplanned school closure, student discipline, illness, behavior that places the student or others at risk, or other medical needs that cannot be supported on campus or otherwise requires distancing from our campus community. Whether the designated emergency contact is the student’s parent or legal guardian or an alternative emergency contact, this person must be someone who is available to come to campus within 12 hours to assume care and responsibility for the student.

Dormitory rules are based on common courtesy and respect for the rights and property of others. The purpose of these guidelines is to enable students and faculty to live together in a pleasant, positive environment. Reasonable requests of dorm parents and prefects are to be honored by all students.

Boarding students are provided a dorm room key and a mailbox key. If a student loses their key(s) or does not turn in their key at the end of the year, there is a fee to replace the key.

Note: Students are not allowed to have pets of any kind.

Evening Routine

Sunday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the dorm parent or prefect on duty inspects students’ rooms. Beds must be made, clothes hung in the closet or folded in dresser drawers, dirty clothes in a basket, clutter picked up, desk organized and cleared for work and trash discarded. In general, the entire room should be neat, clean and tidy.

Sunday through Thursday from 8 - 10 p.m., students are required to study in a manner determined by their academic standing. For more information, see the Academic Program section of this handbook.

Check Ins & Lights Out

Face-to-Face Check In – By assigned check in times, students should be in the dorm and should personally check in with the dorm parent or prefect on duty. It is the student’s responsibility to seek out the dorm parent or prefect on duty.

Saturday Afternoon/Evening check In – Students check-in with the weekend dorm parent on duty at the designated time between 2 - 3 p.m. in the dorm or 5 - 6 p.m. in Lak Dining Hall. If a student participates in the afternoon check-in, they are exempt from the 5 p.m. check-in.