|
|
Register for Family Weekend
Family Weekend, October 22–24, provides a unique glimpse into your child’s daily life at Andover and includes activities such as classroom visits with your child’s instructors, student performances, and athletic events. Register here today!
Family Weekend Check-In: Friday, October 22 (12 noon–7 p.m.), and Saturday, October 23 (7–10 a.m.) at the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library.
The full schedule for Family Weekend can be found on the Andover Event Guides app, available through the Apple App Store or Google Play (for Android users).
- Download the Andover Event Guides app (if you didn’t already do so for the Opening of School registration).
- Open the app and tap Find Guides (the magnifying glass in the bottom right corner of the app).
- Tap the Have a passphrase? button.
- Type the passphrase Andover1778 to find the PA Families and Campus Community guide for the latest information and schedule for Family Weekend. Be sure to accept notifications so that you will receive notice of any venue or schedule changes.
Customize your visit for the full weekend by using the My Schedule option within the guide. We hope you will attend as many events as possible!
Family Weekend Highlights
- International Parent Reception—Thursday, October 21: For international parents
whose travel plans bring them to the Andover area on Thursday, there will be a reception from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Museum Learning Center in the Addison Gallery of American Art. Questions? Please email Ellen Sullivan. - Parent Fund Committee Kickoff—Friday, October 22: All parents are invited to
attend this kickoff meeting at 10:30 a.m. in Kemper Auditorium. This will be an
opportunity to hear from Academy leadership, current volunteers, and the Parent
Development team to learn more about the Parent Fund. Please email Katherine Solimini if you have any questions
Please note that students do not have classes on Monday, October 25. If you have additional Family Weekend questions, please contact Mary Corcoran at 978-749-4524 or Carla Castillo at 978-749-4289.
In consideration of the health and safety of visitors and our campus community, we ask that attendees who are eligible be fully vaccinated and wear masks for indoor events. Please monitor your health prior to visiting campus. If you are feeling unwell, please plan to stay home. In the spirit of non sibi, the Academy trusts that those in attendance will follow these guidelines.
| |
Flu Vaccine Clinic for Students
If you would like your student to receive the flu vaccine on campus on Friday, October 22 (10 a.m.–3 p.m.), the Sykes Wellness Center will need a Flu Consent form on file. If you have not yet completed the form, please go to the Sykes Wellness Center Health Portal, log in, and click the Forms tab.
Students will be prompted next week to sign up for a time slot for their flu vaccine.
| |
Health & Wellness Update
As of Wednesday, September 29, the PA campus/community’s COVID-19 transmission risk level continues to be Yellow (lower risk). Please visit our COVID-19 Testing Dashboard for more data from Dr. Amy Patel, Sykes Wellness Center medical director.
| |
Overnight Excuses and Looking Ahead
As a reminder, fully vaccinated boarding students may request day and overnight excuses. Leaves will be approved for:
- Club sport commitments
- Auditions
- Music/dance/theatre rehearsals
- Time-sensitive events
Day Excuse events typically include college visits and family events. Overnight Excuses may be issued for approved college visits and significant family events.
Overnight Leaves require the student to create a leave request in REACH Boarding. The student initiates the leave request, which requires approval from multiple individuals before it is fully approved. Parents are a key part of the approval process. You will receive an email from “no-reply@reachboarding.com.” The email will contain detailed information about the leave, including where the student is going, dates, times, and modes of transportation. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the email and click either Approve Request or Decline Request. If you approve the request, it goes to either the house counselor or cluster dean for final approval.
Visiting Campus: Families may visit campus. Individuals must mask indoors. Families cannot enter buildings where students are unmasked (dorms and Paresky
Commons) but may visit other buildings such as the Snyder Center, the rink, the Addison Gallery, etc. You can also take your student off campus. The student would need to wear a mask indoors (restaurants, movies, stores, etc.)
We continue to review campus and community Covid data and how it influences our policies. We are hopeful that soon we will be able to allow additional overnight leaves.
| |
From the Comptroller’s Office
Please be sure to review your student’s account on FACTS, our online student billing portal, to ensure your account is current. Your balance may include additional fall charges, payments, and credits. If you elected a two-payment plan, please note that all outstanding tuition balances are due in full by Monday, November 15. If you have already reviewed your statement and taken appropriate actions, thank you. If your student still has an outstanding balance due, please remit your payment through the FACTS system so that your student’s account can be cleared for winter term.
For your convenience, you can make payments on the FACTS portal by using your bank account or credit card (a 2.85% convenience fee is applied for credit card payments). New this year, FACTS has partnered with Western Union to allow international payments to be made directly on the FACTS site. Questions? Please email Tina Rioux, bursar.
| |
Peabody Institute of Archaeology Webinar
Wednesday, October 6, at 1:30 p.m. EDT: Join us for “Uncovering America’s Oldest Black Baptist Church: The Excavation of First Baptist Church, Williamsburg, VA,” with guest speaker Jack Gary, director of archaeology for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. This is Season 3, Episode 5, of the Peabody Institute’s popular Diggin’ In series.
Founded in 1776 by free and enslaved Black people, the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg offered worship services along Nassau Street for over 100 years before being relocated in the mid-20th century. A project led by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation aims to better understand the congregation’s early properties and first permanent structures. Please sign up for this webinar at our new online registration page.
| |
Addison Gallery Virtual Talk
Wednesday, October 13, at 2 p.m. EDT: Learn more about the Addison Gallery of American Art’s new exhibition, Language, Sequence, Structure: Photographic Works by Lew Thomas, Donna-Lee Phillips, and Hal Fischer. Addison curator Gordon Wilkins will discuss works by these three Bay Area collaborators, who explored the complex relationship between photography and language, text and image, in the 1970s and 1980s. Register here for this program, presented in conjunction with the Town of Andover’s Memorial Hall Library.
| |
News from the PSPA
Thank you to all who submitted questions for the “Curriculum 101” video, which will feature Dean of Studies Raj Mundra P'18, '20. We hope to share the video prior to Family Weekend.
Virtual Book Club—Sunday, November 7, 8–9 p.m. EDT: All are welcome to our first book club meeting of the year! We will be discussing The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennet. Please email us to receive your Zoom invitation.
| |
Catholic Confirmation Program
This year’s Catholic Confirmation program begins Sunday, October 3, and is open to all grades. It is an intensive program that meets most weeks when school is in session and is designed to be completed in Andover’s academic year. The Confirmation Mass will be in May 2022.
First class: Sunday, October 3, 5:30–6:30 p.m., followed by the 6:45 p.m. Mass on campus. At this first class, all the details of the program and of the year will be presented. Many students have already signed up. If your student is interested and has not signed up yet, please email Dr. Mary Kantor, Catholic chaplain.
| |
This Week’s Religious Services
Please note: Masks will be required at ALL indoor gatherings.
Friday, October 1
1 p.m.—Muslim Student Association (MSA) Prayers: Led by Noureddine El-Alam. Meditation Room, side entrance on lower level of Cochran Chapel.
5:30–6:30 p.m.—Jewish Shabbat Service and JSU Meeting: Led by Rabbi Michael Swarttz. We will gather in Paul’s Room, second floor of Paresky Commons. All are welcome!
Sunday, October 3
6 p.m.—Ecumenical Protestant Worship: Led by Rev. Gina M. Finocchiaro, interim Protestant chaplain. Music by Michael Belcher. All are welcome for this time of scripture, prayer, spoken reflection, and music! This week we will gather inside the main chapel of Cochran Chapel.
6:45–7:30 p.m.—Roman Catholic Mass: Overseen by Dr. Mary Kantor, Catholic chaplain, with priests of the Archdiocese of Boston presiding. Kemper Chapel, side entrance on lower level of Cochran Chapel. Reception will follow.
| |
More Buzz About The Hive
- Update your contact information in the Family Profile
- Access BlueCard, Medicat health, and Mediaspace portals
- See parent FAQs for answers to common questions, including “How do I order a birthday cake?”
| |
You Are Invited! - October 3 on Campus and Online: Celebration of the Life of Olohiye “Lohi” Ehimiaghe ’21
- October 4: Blue Runs Deep Industry Series: A Conversation with Alumni in Law
- October 5 in Boston: Excellence at Our Core, with Head of School Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24
- October 6: Peabody Diggin’ In Series, “Uncovering America’s Oldest Black Baptist Church: The Excavation of First Baptist Church, Williamsburg, VA,” with Jack Gary
- October 7: Excellence at Our Core, with Head of School Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24
- October 22–24 on Campus: Family Weekend 2021
- October 29: Andover Alumni Award of Distinction 2021
- November 8: Blue Runs Deep Industry Series: A Conversation with Alumni in Medicine
- November 11 on Campus and Online: 12th Annual Veterans Day Program and Dinner, with LCDR Ali Ghaffari ’98, USN
- November 18: Excellence at Our Core, with Head of School Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24
All events are virtual unless otherwise noted. Please join us!
Please check the Events Calendar on Andover's website regularly for additional in-person and online events that may be open to families. The Weekender, the Academy’s one-stop guide to weekend student activities, opportunities, club-organized events, guest speakers, performances, and athletic contests, is posted on The Hive.
| |
|
|
| Family Bulletin Archive » |
 |
.gif) |
 |
|
Phillips Academy
180 Main St.
Andover, MA 01810
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You received this message because you are a valued member of the Andover community. We are obligated to communicate with you, and require you to be on our email list while your student(s) attends Phillips Academy. For more information contact the Dean of Studies Office. |
|
© 2021
|
|
|
