October 26, 2022

Dear Lower School Families,

Students and faculty are excited about Friday! We look forward to a fun day and want to share some details to help you plan accordingly.

Arriving to School

Halloween will be celebrated in the Lower School this Friday, October 28 (please note, however, that our Middle and Upper Schools will celebrate Halloween on Monday, October 31). With the exception of Explorers, all other lower-schoolers who choose to dress up should come to school in costume on Friday. Explorer students will change into costumes before their parade.

Costumes

Please review our costume guidelines below: 

• No weapons (real or pretend) of any kind allowed
• Costumes must be respectful to other cultures and people
• No blood or gory costumes
• Students come to school in their costumes, so please plan accordingly as they will wear it all day
• Faces must be visible (cannot wear a mask that hides face completely)
• It is important to remember we have Explorers through Grade 5 students, and we want to ensure a fun and appropriate environment for all of our community

Parent Cider Social

This year we invite parents to join us (weather permitting) on the dining hall patio for some cider. This will be before the student parades.

• Explorers and PreK Social: 10:15-10:55 a.m. (parade at 11:00 a.m.)
• Kindergarten-Grade 5 Social: 1:45-2:35 p.m. (parade at 2:40 p.m.)

Parade

The parade for Kindergarten-Grade 5 will take place in the Lazarus Courtyard (outside the dining hall) Parents should gather in the grassy area, and students will parade around the perimeter on the sidewalk. We ask that parents stay in the grassy area for the duration of the parade.

All students return to their homeroom class at the end of the parade. Please plan on meeting your children in their homeroom class at 3:15 p.m. For safety reasons, do not take children from the parade line.

End-of-Day Dismissal

• Bus: students will go to the bus as normal at the end of the day
• CASE: students will go to CASE as normal at the end of the day
• Carline: please collect your children from their homeroom class at 3:15 p.m.

Warm Regards,

Mark L. Hansen

Head of Lower School