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Welcome, families!

Join us on campus for George School Family Weekend, October 20 and 21.

Your family is part of ours, and we want to celebrate that with you. Join us for Family Weekend 2023 to meet with your student’s advisor, attend departmental open houses and showcase classes, learn about their George School experience, cheer on our Cougar athletes, and enjoy time with other parents, guardians, and members of the GS community. We look forward to seeing you!

Questions? Contact Ginny Waller gwaller@georgeschool.org or 215.579.6574.

Friday, October 20

8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | Advisor Meetings
Location: as assigned
Find your scheduled time and location on the Portal and plan to arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of your scheduled meeting time. Those who have scheduled virtual meetings should log in early and will be placed in the Teams waiting room until their scheduled meeting time. If you are not able to join your meeting on time for any reason, please reach out to your student’s advisor via email.

5:30-6:45 p.m. | Parent and Guardian Association Meeting
Location: Mollie Dodd Anderson Library, Conference Room

6:45-8:30 p.m. | Parent and Guardian Association (PGA) Reception
Location: La Stalla Restaurant, Newtown 
Join fellow parents/guardians to enjoy food, drinks (cash bar), and camaraderie in a beautiful, tented and heated outdoor area. (Sponsored by the GS PGA).
*For parents and guardians only. Register for the Parent Party here!

Saturday, October 21

REGISTER FOR SATURDAY EVENTS HERE!

8:00-11:00 a.m. | Registration and Information Desk
Walton Auditorium, Patio

  • 8:00-11:00 a.m. | Meet Director of Parent Engagement, Ginny Waller
  • 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Meet PGA Members
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. | Meet International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator, Kim McGlynn and  Emily Carmichael, Associate Director of College Counseling

8:00-9:00 a.m. | Advisor Meetings for International Families
Location: as assigned
Find your scheduled time and location on the Portal and plan to arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of your scheduled meeting time. Those who have scheduled virtual meetings should log in early and will be placed in the Teams waiting room until their scheduled meeting time. If you have a technical glitch and cannot join your meeting on time, please reach out to your student’s advisor via email.

8:00-11:00 a.m. | Departmental Open Houses and Showcase Classes
Location: Academic Buildings

View detailed schedule of Open Houses and Showcase Classes to find specific classes or teachers during their scheduled meeting times.

8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Equestrian: IEA Horse Show
Riding Ring (located behind the Fitness and Athletics Center – FAC)

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | School Store Open
Marshall Center

9:00-11:00 a.m. | Advisor Meetings
Location: as assigned
Find your scheduled time and location on the Portal and plan to arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of your scheduled meeting time. Those who have scheduled virtual meetings should log in early and will be placed in the Teams waiting room until their scheduled meeting time. If you have a technical glitch and cannot join your meeting on time, please reach out to your student’s advisor via email.

11:15-11:45 a.m. | Welcome
Walton Center Auditorium
Head of School Sam Houser will welcome families and share some reflections on the start of the school year.

11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Lunch
Main Dining Room

12:00-1:00 p.m. | International Baccalaureate (IB) Open Office Hour 
Main 104
Learn more about the IB Program and have your questions answered by Kim McGlynn, International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator.

12:00 p.m. | J.V. Volleyball
FAC, Performance Gym

1:00 -3:15 p.m. | Advisor Meetings
Location: as assigned
Find your scheduled time and location on the Portal and plan to arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of your scheduled meeting time. Those who have scheduled virtual meetings should log in early and will be placed in the Teams waiting room until their scheduled meeting time. If you have a technical glitch and cannot join your meeting on time, please reach out to your student’s advisor via email.

1:00-1:30 p.m. | Service-Learning Overview
Mollie Dodd Anderson Library, Conference Room
Learn more about Service Learning with Meredith Baldi, Director of Professional Development and Evaluation.

1:00 p.m. | Varsity Volleyball
FAC, Performance Gym

1:00 p.m. | Varsity Football and Cheerleading
Cougar Field

1:00-1:30 p.m. | Service Trip Information Sessions**

  • Tanzania Trip: Bob Fest, Polly Lodge, and Brittany Mokshefsky, Science, 202 
  • India:  Kim Bryant and Dar Sheth, Main Building, Barash room (2nd Floor)
  • New Orleans: Susan Ross and Edna Valdepeñas, Bancroft 104

1:30-2:00 p.m. | Service Trip Information Sessions**

  • Belize: Bob Fest and Sara Shreve-Price, Science 202

1:45-2:15 p.m. | Service Trip Information Sessions

  • Netherlands: Brittany Mokshefsky and Heather Mooney (this session is for 9th grade students in any level of Human Geography that are interested in traveling this summer) Mollie Dodd Anderson Library, Conference Room

**Open to parents/guardians of students attending the trips 

2:00-3:00 p.m.| Helping Students Succeed at George School and Beyond: An Overview of the Learning Center
Evonna Bruner ’99 , Director of the Learning Center
Mollie Dodd Anderson Library, Learning Center (Second Floor)

3:30-4:00 p.m. | Campus Tour
Meet at Red Square (wear comfortable shoes and weather appropriate clothing)

4:00-5:00 p.m. | Family Games
Red Square/South Lawn

Sunday, October 22

10:45-11:30 a.m. | Community Meeting for Worship
Meetinghouse