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Registration times are in bold.
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Student Leader Registration & Move-In Big 7, Proctors, EWAC, Heads of Cicerones, Fab 5 |
Beaver Brook & Dorms |
| Family Photographs | Chapel Steps | |
| Impact Testing | Beaver Brook – Second Floor | |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Lunch | Abra’s |
| 1:00 p.m. | Student Leadership Training | Library |
| 4:00 p.m. | Open Swim | Centennial Center |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Dinner | Abra’s |
| 7:00 p.m. | Student Leadership Team-Building | Beaver Brook & Dorms |
| 9:00 p.m. | Day Students Depart |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Diddle’s Depot Open | Beaver Brook – Lower Level |
| 8:30-10:30 a.m. | Preseason Athlete Registration & Move-In – Boarders | Beaver Brook & Dorms |
| 9:00 a.m. | 8th Grade Departs for Retreat | Middle School |
| 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Family Photographs | Chapel Steps |
| 10:00 a.m. | Impact Testing | Beaver Brook – Second Floor |
| 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Preseason Athlete Registration – Day Students | Beaver Brook |
| 11:00 a.m. | Impact Testing | Beaver Brook – Second Floor |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Welcome from Head of School Dr. Meera Viswanathan & Lunch | Abra’s |
| 12:30 p.m. | Dessert Social – Parents & Guardians | Beaver Brook Common Room & Terrace |
| 1:00 p.m. | Parents & Guardians Say Goodbye & Depart | Centennial Center Lawn |
| 1:30 p.m. | Welcome from Athletic Director | Centennial Center Soc |
| 2:00 p.m. | Preseason Practices | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center |
| 4:00 p.m. | 8th Grade Returns from Retreat & Departs | Middle School |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Dinner | Abra’s |
| 7:00 p.m. | Evening Programming | Centennial Center Lawn |
| 8:00 p.m. | Day Students Depart |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 8:30 a.m. | All Middle School Students Depart for Retreat | Middle School |
| Preseason Practices | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Student Leadership Training | Library |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Lunch | Abra’s |
| 12:30 p.m. | Swim Test – New Student Preseason Athletes | Centennial Center |
| Student Leadership Training | Library | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Preseason Practices | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center |
| 3:00 p.m. | International Parent & Guardian Tea | Beaver Brook Common Room & Terrace |
| All Middle School Students Return from Retreat & Depart | Middle School | |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Dinner | Abra’s |
| 7:00 p.m. | Day Students Depart |
| 7:30-9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Diddle’s Depot Open | Beaver Brook – Lower Level |
| 8:30 a.m. | Preseason Practices & Student Leader Check-In | |
| 9:00-10:30 a.m. | New & Returning Student Registration & Move-In – Boarders | Beaver Brook & Dorms |
| 9:00-11:30 a.m. | Impact Testing | Beaver Brook – Second Floor |
| 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Family Photographs | Chapel Steps |
| 10:30-11:30 a.m. | New & Returning Student Registration – Day Students | Beaver Brook |
| 11:30 a.m. | Welcome from Head of School Dr. Meera Viswanathan | Chapel |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Community Lunch | Abra’s & Common Room |
| 1:00 p.m. | Life at Walker’s Roundtable – Parents & Guardians | Beaver Brook – Second Floor |
| Technology Presentation – Students | Ferguson Theatre | |
| 1:45 p.m. | Equestrian Wellington Travel Meeting | Library |
| 2:00 p.m. | Athletics Meet & Greet – Students | Centennial Center |
| 2:30 p.m. | Advisory Meet & Greet – Students, Parents & Guardians | Advisory Locations |
| 3:15 p.m. | New Girl Chapel – New Students, Parents & Guardians | Chapel |
| 3:45 p.m. | Parents & Guardians Say Goodbye | Chapel Lawn |
| 3:45-5:15 p.m. | Head’s Reception – Parents & Guardians | Debby’s House |
| Social Activity – All Students | Centennial Center Lawn | |
| 5:00-6:30 p.m. | BBQ Dinner – All Students | Centennial Center Lawn |
| 6:30 p.m. | Day Students Depart |
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 9:00 a.m | Orientation Sessions | See Schedule |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch | Abra’s |
| 1:00 p.m. | Orientation Sessions | See Schedule |
| 2:00 p.m. | Athletic Practices – All Students | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center |
| 4:30 p.m. | Opening Chapel Vespers Dress Required |
Chapel |
| 5:00-6:30 p.m. | Banquet Dinner by Advisory | Abra’s |
| 6:30 p.m. | Day Students Depart |
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 9:00 a.m. | Orientation Sessions | See Schedule |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch | Abra’s |
| 1:00 p.m. | Orientation Sessions & Cicerone Training | See Schedule |
| 2:00 p.m. | Athletic Practices – All Students | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center |
| 4:30 p.m. | Assembly – Required for All Students Special Event Dress; bring a change of clothes and a towel for the BBQ dinner! |
New Students & Faculty: Cluett Pit Returning Students & Faculty: Chapel |
| 5:30 p.m. | BBQ Dinner | Abra’s |
| 7:00 p.m. | Day Students Depart |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 8:15 a.m. | Middle School Homeroom | Advisory Locations |
| 8:30-9:15 a.m. | A Block | Classrooms |
| 9:25-10:10 a.m. | B Block | Classrooms |
| 10:20-11:05 a.m. | C Block | Classrooms |
| 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | D Block – Upper School Choristers – Middle School |
Classrooms |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Advisory Lunch | Abra’s & Common Room |
| 2:00 p.m. | Upper and Middle School Co-Curriculars | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Dinner | Abra’s |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Abra’s |
| 8:15 a.m. | Middle School Homeroom | Advisory Locations |
| 8:30-9:15 a.m. | E Block | Classrooms |
| 9:25-10:10 a.m. | F Block | Classrooms |
| 10:20-11:05 a.m. | G Block – Upper School Class Meeting – Middle School | Classrooms |
| 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | H Block | Classrooms |
| 12:00-12:45 p.m. | Lunch by Grade | Middle School: Common Room 9th Grade: Back of Abra’s 10th Grade: Front of Abra’s 11th Grade: Soc 12th Grade: Living Room |
| 12:45 p.m. | Safety Chapel | Ferguson Theatre |
| 2:30 p.m. | Upper and Middle School Co-Curriculars | Athletic Fields & Centennial Center |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Dinner | Abra’s |
