August 30, 2021
 
Hello Upper School Families!
 
We hope your first week of school went well!
 
We (Jenn Butler and Jen Stouffer) will be serving as your Upper School PACA Parents this year! Our goal is to bring parents back together and build community. You can expect to hear from us twice a month with upper school updates.
 
We also want to introduce our team of Grade Parents who will provide you with information specific to your grades.
 
2021-22 Upper School Grade Parents:




 
You are welcome to reach out to anyone on our team with questions or concerns.
 
To keep you in the loop, here is a listing of upcoming US events:

  • September 2 – Upper School Back-to-School Night (starts at 7:00 p.m. in the dining hall followed by classroom visits)

  • September 6 – Labor Day (No School)

  • September 8 – PACA Forum (all are welcome to this monthly meeting starting at 8:00 a.m. in the dining hall: speakers include Head of School Melissa Soderberg, Assistant Head of School Erich Hunker with updates from Academy’s Covid Response Team, and Kimberly Allison discussing the Kids 4 Kids community-wide service learning project)

  • September 10 – Service Day (students should come to school at the usual time, dressed according to requirements of their advisory’s site where they’ll be working) and Club Fair (immediately follows service activities with the day ending at the usual time of 3:20 p.m.)

  • September 20-24 – School Pictures (details of exact times on which days have not been sorted out by the divisions: for upper-schoolers, many will use lunch, advisory or activities time to get their pictures taken)

  • October 1 – Pep Rally (dress-down day when everyone is encouraged to wear spiritwear to school) and Charlie David Dinner (school-wide tailgate before 7:30 p.m. home football game)

  • October 2 – Viking Rampage Run (obstacle course challenge for all families and friends)

  • October 5 – College Counseling Financial Aid Night (all upper school parents/guardians are invited to this event that starts at 7:00 p.m. in the school’s theatre: we highly recommend attending this program if you are interested in learning about financial aid opportunities offered by colleges)

  • October 13 – PACA Forum (all are welcome to this monthly meeting starting at 8:00 a.m. in the dining hall), in-school PSAT for Grades 10-11, Blood Drive

  • October 15 – End of First Academic Quarter

  • October 16 – Upper School Fall Dance

  • October 18 – Fall Holiday (No School)
 
Looking forward to seeing you (hopefully in person) this year!