October 28, 29 & 30, 2010

Thursday, October 28

3:00 - 5:00 pm            International Family Tea, Manor House
6:00 - 8:00 pm            Parents' Cocktail Party, Dom Bede Gorman Squash &
                                         Healey Fitness Center  

Friday, October 29
7:20 am                          Conventual Mass in the Abbey Church
8:00 am -   5:30 pm    Registration: Upper Gym Foyer
8:00 am - 10:30 am    Continental Breakfast available in the Upper and Lower Gym Foyer
8:00 am - 12:00 pm    Parent/Teacher Conferences: Upper and Lower Gym, by appointment only
                                           (email or call, after Oct. 12, Kaye Caplin, Registrar,
                                            kcaplin@portsmouthabbey.org or 401.643.1215)
8:30 -  10:00 am          Athletic practices, athletic fields; Drama, Auditorium; Community Service,
                                           Loft; Dance, Gym Dance Studio, Equestrian, Equestrian Center; Chamber
                                           Ensemble, Music Room; (Parents are welcome to attend student practices)
 9:00 - 11:00 am          Continental Breakfast for Students, Student Center
 9:00 - 10:00 am          Say hello to Headmaster Jim DeVecchi, Lower Gym
10:00 am - 12:45 pm  Bookstore open, next to Student Center; School memorabilia available
11:30 am -  2:00  pm  Buffet Lunch:  Parents and students, Stillman Dining Hall
12:10 -  4:30 pm          Attend classes with your student.  Class schedule below.

Class Schedule -  each class block meets for 25 minutes with a five minute passing time.  Parents are encouraged to attend classes and lunch block with their child.  To alleviate overcrowding in the dining hall, we ask that those with lunch block F, eat lunch from 12:00—12:55 and those with lunch block G eat lunch from1:00 - 1:55.

                                          Period G  - class meets 12:10 - 12:35; eat lunch 1:00 - 1:55
                                          Period F  -  class meets 1:00 - 1:25; eat lunch 12:00 - 12:55
                                          Period E -  2:05 - 2:30
                                          Period D -  2:35 - 3:00
                                          Period C -  3:05 - 3:30
                                          Period B -  3:35 - 4:00
                                          Period A -  4:05 - 4:30

2:00 - 4:00 pm            Bookstore open next to Student Center
4:30 - 5:00 pm            Performing Arts Preview Reception, Auditorium Lobby
5:00 - 5:30 pm            Performing Arts Preview:  Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Pro Deo Musicians, 
                                         Chamber Ensemble, Abbey Singers and Dancers perform, Auditorium
5:30 pm                         Vespers, all welcome, Church of St. Gregory the Great
                                         Dinner available at the Stillman Dining Hall or off-campus with Dinner
                                         permissions (Boarding students are due in their houses by 10:30 pm)      

Saturday, October 30

7:20 am                        Conventual Mass in the Church of St. Gregory the Great
7:30 - 11:30 am          Registration and Continental Breakfast:  Upper and Lower Gym Foyer
8:00 - 11:15 am          Parent/Teacher Conferences:  Upper and Lower Gym, by appointment only
                                         (email or call, after Oct. 12,  Kaye Caplin, Registrar,
                                         kcaplin@portsmouthabbey.org or 401.643.1215)
9:00 - 10:00 am         Say hello to Headmaster Jim DeVecchi, Lower Gym
9:00 - 11:15 am          Bookstore open next to Student Center
9:15 - 11:00 am          College Counseling Meetings for Parents: Scheduled by Form, Auditorium
                                         9:15-10:00 Form VI  
                                         10:00-10:30 Form V 
                                         10:30-11:00 Form III and Form IV
10:30 - 11:00 am       Spiritual Life at Portsmouth - Blake Billings & Dom Francis,
                                         Church of St. Gregory the Great
10:30 - 11:00 am       Summer with Portsmouth Abbey 
                                         Humanities trip to Rome: Presentation by Peter O'Connor,
                                         SLH-Science Bldg.
                                         July in Salamanca: Presentation by Roberto Guerenabarrena,
                                         Classroom Bldg. Rm. 10
                                         World Youth Day in Madrid: Presentation by Dimitra Zelden,
                                         Classroom Bldg. Rm. 14
                                         Portsmouth Abbey Summer School 2011,
                                         Administration Building Parlor
11:30 am - 12:15 pm  Parents' Assembly: Dr. James DeVecchi, Headmaster, Auditorium  

Following Assembly
until 2:00 pm             Parents' Buffet Luncheon, Stillman Dining Hall (please eat during your
                                         student's lunch block)
1:30 - 4:30 pm           Athletic contests as scheduled, Equestrian Demonstration
1:30 - 4:30 pm           Light Refreshments available under tent at the Carlos X. Araujo '96
                                        Memorial Track and at the Gazebo at the Fr. Bede Fields
1:30 - 4:30 pm           Bookstore open next to the Student Center
2:00 pm                       Dance Recital, Auditorium
4:45 pm                       Parents' Weekend Mass celebrated by Dom Damian in the Church of
                                        St. Gregory the Great
5:30 pm                        Vespers, all welcome, Church of St. Gregory the Great
5:30 - 6:30 pm           Dinner available in the Stillman Dining Hall

(Saturday and Sunday Overnight permissions must be pre-approved through Mrs. Cotta in the Student Life office/401-643-1247 or ecotta@portsmouthabbey.org)

                     Students are due back at school no later than 9:00 pm on Monday, November 1.