Fall Family Weekend 2014: Upper School

UPPER SCHOOL

FALL FAMILY WEEKEND PROGRAM Please join us for Fall Family Weekend October 24-25, 2014. We’re looking forward to welcoming you to campus for a weekend of classroom visits, teacher meetings, terrific theater productions, and fun Wildcat competitions.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION Grubbs Gallery, Reed Campus Center A leaf on your name tag is recognition of your generous support of the Parents’ Fund.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 12:45 – 5:00 p.m.

PARENT/FACULTY CONVERSATIONS Parents are required to sign up online for time slots. Information will be emailed prior to Family Weekend.

7:00 – 10:00 a.m.

BREAKFAST Birch Dining Commons

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

COLLEGE COUNSELING PROGRAM: THE NEW SAT AND HOW THE CHANGES IMPACT YOU Dodge Room, Reed Campus Center A presentation exploring the changing landscape of standardized testing in the college admission process. Michael Dean, director of educational partnerships at Summit Test Prep, will explain what the latest changes in SAT testing mean for our students. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend.

8:30 – 11:00 a.m.

CLASSES Parents are encouraged to attend (special schedule).

8:30-9:00 a.m.

9:10-9:40 a.m.

9:50-10:20 a.m.

10:30-11:00 a.m.

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3:45 – 5:00 p.m.

ATHLETIC PRACTICES AND AFTERNOON PROGRAMS

5:30 p.m.

ATHLETIC CONTESTS All are invited to attend • 5:30 p.m. Girls Varsity Soccer vs. Suffield, Sawyer Field • 5:30 p.m. Girls Jv Volleyball vs. Suffield, Athletic Center • 5:30 p.m. Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Suffield, Athletic Center

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

LUNCH Birch Dining Commons/Athletic Center Meet-and-greet luncheon for parents. Visit with other parents in your child’s class.

The same buffet choices will be offered in two locations.

REGISTRATION Grubbs Gallery, Reed Campus Center

8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

PARENT/FACULTY CONVERSATIONS Parents are required to sign up online for time slots.

Information will be emailed three weeks prior to Family Weekend.

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

ASSEMBLY Athletic Center Parents are encouraged to attend assembly, which will include fun and informative presentations by student groups. Get a taste of what’s happening on campus this fall!

Mandatory for all Upper School students.

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

LUNCH Birch Dining Commons

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

ATHLETIC CONTESTS • Taste of Easthampton, Galbraith Fields • Community Tailgate, Berube Stadium

PARENT WINE AND CHEESE 37 Park Street At the home of the Head of School, Bob Hill, and Kathryn Hill P ’15, ’19.

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

BUFFET DINNER Birch Dining Commons

7:00 p.m.

FALL THEATER PRODUCTION Williston Theatre All My Sons

7:15 p.m.

COMMUNITY BONFIRE Field behind John Wright Dormitory

7:30 p.m.

FALL THEATER PRODUCTION Williston Theatre All My Sons

THE CAMPUS STORE IS OPEN ON FRIDAY FROM 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. AND SATURDAY 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

ABOUT COLLEGE COUNSELING Fall is a busy time in the College Counseling Office. Seniors are meeting regularly with college counselors, refining college lists, putting the finishing touch on their personal essays, and completing college applications. We look forward to seeing you during Family Weekend. If you are the parent of a boarding senior, please make an appointment with your child’s college counselor during your visit. Parents of day students may make an appointment at another mutually convenient time.

Appointments for families of boarding students are available at Plimpton Hall.

Friday, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Parents are required to sign up online for meetings.

Information will be emailed three weeks prior to Family Weekend.

ALL MY SONS During World War II, Joe Keller and Herbert Deever ran a machine shop that made airplane parts for military planes. Deever went to jail for sending defective parts out of the shop, causing the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers. Keller was exonerated and built a life for himself and his family. These parallel stories pick up early one August morning when a storm takes out the tree dedicated to Keller’s oldest son who was reported missing in action during the war. This symbolic event, along with Keller’s youngest son’s proposal to Ann Deever and the return of a bitter George Deever, sets the wheels in motion for the action of the play that ultimately unearths devastating truths long-buried

by Keller and his wife. Please join us for a talkback with our cast and crew after the performance on Friday, October 24.

By Arthur Miller | Directed by Emily B. Ditkovski Produced by Special Arrangement with Dramatist Play Service TICKETS: $7 students/seniors. $10 adults. Always complimentary for current Williston students and faculty.

FREE FOR WILLISTON FAMILIES ON FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR TICKET INFORMATION VISIT: visit www.williston.com/theater

REGISTER BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 | Online www.williston.com/familyweekend | By phone: (413) 529-3304

19 Payson Avenue | Easthampton, MA 01027 | 413.529.3000

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