Spring Family Weekend 2013: Upper School

UPPER SCHOOL

SPRING FAMILY WEEKEND PROGRAM

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

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

5:30 p.m.

GIRLS VARSITY LACROSSE GAME Berube Stadium at Sawyer Field Come cheer on the Wildcats as they take on Ethel Walker.

8:00 a.m.

LEGACY PHOTO Meet in front of the Birch Dining Commons Students and their alumni parents/grandparents are invited to have their pictures taken together to celebrate their school ties.

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

3:15 – 4:45 p.m.

AFTERNOON PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS Practice times vary by activity or sport.

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION RECEPTION 37 Park Street Reception at the Home of Head of School Robert W. Hill III and Kathryn Hill P’15.

6:15 p.m.

THEATER PERFORMANCE: THE LARAMIE PROJECT Williston Theatre, Scott Hall Join us for a talk and book signing at 6:15 p.m. with author and activist Lesléa Newman, a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Speakers’ Bureau, about the play. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.

(See back for more info.)

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

9:10 a.m.–9:40 a.m.

9:50 a.m.–10:20 a.m.

10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PARENTS’ DIVERSITY COMMITTEE PA Room, Birch Dining Commons Join a group of parents and Bridget Choo, Director of Diversity and International Student Coordinator, to discuss diversity programs and initiatives on campus.

8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

STUDY HALL FOR BOARDING STUDENTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 RECEPTION WITH FACULTY StuBop, Reed Campus Center Catch up with faculty (no appointments necessary).

SATURDAY CLASSES Parents are encouraged to attend.

11:00 a.m. – NOON

FINANCING A COLLEGE EDUCATION Dodge Room, Reed Campus Center Carolyn Karno of Education Funding Strategies joins us to help families better understand the financial aid landscape. Middle and Upper School parents are welcome.

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

8:30 – 10:50 a.m.

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

BREAKFAST Birch Dining Commons

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

LUNCH Birch Dining Commons

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON MEETING Cox Family Room, Birch Dining Commons Please join us for a presentation about Williston’s curricular initiatives in the year ahead. All parents are encouraged to attend.

12:30 – 1:10 p.m.

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

STATE OF THE SCHOOL ADDRESS WITH HEAD OF SCHOOL BOB HILL Cox Family Room, Birch Dining Commons

BUFFET DINNER Birch Dining Commons

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

ATHLETIC CONTESTS

7:30 – NOON REGISTRATION Grubbs Gallery, Reed Campus Center

ABOUT COLLEGE COUNSELING

THE LARAMIE PROJECT

Spring is always a busy time of year in the College Counseling Office. Seniors are waiting to receive news, and our juniors are beginning to wade deeper into the college search process. We’re looking forward to seeing you during Family Weekend, and if you are the parent of a boarding junior, 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.

In October, 1998 a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, brutally beaten, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, and left to die. Shepard was the victim of a hate crime that would soon become the focus of the entire nation—he was killed because he was gay.

Four weeks later, members of the Tectonic Theater Project took what would be the first of six visits to Laramie. During the aftermath of Shepard’s murder and the arrest and trial of the perpetrators, members of Tectonic conducted over 200 interviews with the citizens of the town.

The Laramie Project is what resulted from those interviews.

The play is a gripping theatrical collage that explores the depth of the human spirit. It does not provide its audience with easy answers; rather it forces us to ask the most challenging questions about who we are, what we believe in, and what kind of world we want to live in.

APPOINTMENTS FOR FAMILIES OF BOARDING STUDENTS ARE AVAILABLE Friday, 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

Please call the College Counseling Office at (413) 529-3224 ahead of your visit to schedule a meeting.

REGISTER BY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

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Reservations: www.williston.com/theaterproductions

Online www.williston.com/familyweekend

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By phone: (413) 529-3304

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