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Back to Beaver Welcome Events

Dear Beaver Students and Families,

We know many of you have greatly missed coming to campus and connecting with one another and with our faculty and administration.

And we’ve missed having you here!

This year, we are prioritizing community building among our families. To kick that off, we have two events planned before the first day of school: one for Middle School and one for Upper School.

Details for these Back to Beaver events are shared below. In addition, we’ve also included reminders of a few important dates coming up at the end of this month and the start of next.

We look forward to seeing you back at Beaver!

Chai Reddy

Director of Upper School

Tiffany Smith

Director of Middle School

A NOTE ABOUT EVENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS

As Ms. Samson said in her email earlier this week, we recognize the pandemic is not over and that guidelines around masking and other protocols continue to shift and change. We will communicate our event safety protocols closer to the event dates.

The Upper School Event

WHEN*

(you choose)

Wed., Sept. 1

12 to 1 p.m. OR

4 to 5 p.m.

WHERE

Bloomberg Plaza

WHO

All US parents/caregivers (US students are welcome to join, if the like)

Join us for this "who’s who" in the Upper School. You'll get to meet Chai Reddy—our new Director of Upper School—and chat with the rest of the Upper School team.

*Upper School Opening Advisory Meetings for parents/caregivers and students are from 12 to 5 p.m. on this day; you can attend whichever Back to Beaver Welcome Event works best with your scheduled conference. You'll receive an email from the Registrar's Office in the coming weeks with more details and conference sign-up information.

The Middle School Event

WHEN

Thurs., Sept. 2

2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

WHERE

Bloomberg Plaza

WHO

All MS parents/caregivers & all MS students*

Let's (re)connect! Students will play games with MS faculty and staff, while parents/caregivers will have the opportunity to chat with each other and administrators (and we have a few games planned for you as well!)

*All students new to the Middle School for the 2021-22 school year will be on campus earlier on this day for their new student orientation and music matching process. Details and sign up will be emailed to new families in the coming weeks.

Click here to RSVP to the Middle School Event

We know that the start of school is jam-packed, so here are a few additional dates to mark on your calendars. Don't worry, you don't have to have these memorized as you'll be hearing a lot more from us in the coming weeks. As a reminder, all dates for 21-22 school year can be found on the Major Dates calendar.

Monday, 08.30–Friday, 09.03

Upper School Pre-season Athletics

Details will be shared next week by Nancy Collins, Director of Athletics

Wednesday, 09.01

Opening Advisor Meetings

Middle School: 8 to 10:30 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.

Upper School: 12 to 5 p.m.

Families will receive a communication from the Registrar’s Office with information on how to sign up for meetings

Upper School Welcome Event

12-1 p.m. or 4 to 5 p.m. (you choose)

Details at the top of this email

Thursday, 09.02

Middle School New Student Orientation and Music Matching

8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

New families will receive a communication in the coming weeks with more details.