ADVANCEMENT
FAMILY WEEKEND & HOMECOMING BRINGING SAINTS TOGETHER ON THE HILLTOP
T
he old saying is true—home is
• Discuss (Re)Building Community, Culture,
where the heart is. And that is just
and Relationships in 2021-22 with faculty
Boys’ Cross Country, and JV Field Hockey.
what Canterbury School was for the
and administrators
The beautiful fall weather was a perfect setting
many Saints past and present who returned
• Visit program open houses in the Steers
to campus last fall for Family Weekend and
Center’s Innovation & Design Lab, Coleman
Homecoming. It was especially gratifying to
Digital Media Lab, and D’Amour Center for
see everyone after not holding these events in
Faith, Service & Justice
person the previous year due to COVID-19.
Family Weekend Events Family and friends of current students were welcomed to campus in late October for the annual Family Weekend. More than 200 guests joined students on the hilltop for two days of programming, culminating in fall festivities and athletic competitions at Homecoming on Saturday afternoon. It was a full two days for family members, who had the opportunity to: • Participate in virtual parent/teacher conferences • Hear remarks from Head of School Rachel Stone P ’23, ’24 PAGE 60.
Girls’ Varsity Soccer, Varsity Football, Girls’ and
• View student works of art in The Edward J. Duffy Family Gallery • Enjoy a concert on the Steers Center terrace with cookies and cocoa, which included vocal performances by Varsity Voices, Chorale, and Ava Faruol ’24, and jazz tunes by Mark “Maverick” Foster ’22 and Xavier Leone ’23
Homecoming Celebration Following Family Weekend activities, Canterbury families and current students were joined by alumni for the annual Homecoming celebration on Saturday afternoon. All teams played at home against Berkshire School for the coveted Walter F. Sheehan Trophy, which the Saints took back thanks to several great wins for
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for enjoying delicious barbecue fare from The Cookhouse. Families, students, alumni, and faculty mingled outside while taking in the surrounding games. Face painting, pumpkin decorating, and lawn games were big hits for the younger spectators under the tent. Alumni from the Classes of 1995 and 1996 continued the festivities at Housatonic River Brewing Company in New Milford after the last games wrapped up, celebrating their 25th Reunions over food, drinks, and live music. The Old Guard Classes of 1954–1969 were also honored with a reunion of 25 alumni—the largest to date—on Saturday evening. The classes reminisced over dinner and cocktails in the Brodie Room, and the Class of 1965 even got their band, the Kingbees, back together for the event!
