Portsmouth Abbey School - Primary School Calendar
October 19th - October 25th, 2008
Available at: http://www.portsmouthabbey.org
Printed on January 8, 2009


Sunday, October 19, 2008


Chaperone Team #3
Dates: October 18, 2008 - October 19, 2008

SUNDAY XXIX IN ORDINARY TIME

Mass for the School followed by Brunch
Time: 9:30 AM

STAR KIDS -Abbey Funday
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: meet in Stillman Dining Hall

Trinity Rep Trip
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: depart from Admin. Bldg.
Details: The Dreams of Antigone"

Public Skating
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

St. Thomas More Library open
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Kaplan Review
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Classroom Building, Rooms 5, 10, 12


Monday, October 20, 2008


Daily Mass
Time: 7:20 AM
Location: Monastery Chapel

Assembly in the Auditorium
Time: 8:15 AM

College Visit: Wabash College
Time: 8:35 AM
Location: Administration Building parlors
Details: check in with Mrs. Wall

College Visit: Lafayette College
Time: 9:45 AM
Location: Parlors, Administration Bldg.

New England Math League #1
Time: 10:35 AM
Location: SLH

College Visit: Gettysburg College
Time: 11:45 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

ProDeo Group
Time: 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Music Room, Studio A

Compline(Night Prayers)
Time: 10:15 PM
Location: St. Aelred's


Tuesday, October 21, 2008


Daily Mass
Time: 7:20 AM
Location: Monastery Chapel

College Visit: Endicott College
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

Advisory Meeting
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: designated areas

Spring Sports Trip Sign-ups
Time: 10:35 AM
Location: location TBA

Abbey Singers rehearsal
Time: 10:35 AM
Location: Studio A

College Visit: Simmons College
Time: 11:25 AM
Location: Administration Building parlors
Details: check in with Mrs. Wall

College Visit: Gettysburg College
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Parlors, Administration Bldg.

Flu Shot Clinic for Day Students
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Stillman Dining Hall Foyer

Sit Down Dinner
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Stillman Dining Hall
Details: School Dress

Flu Shot Clinic for Boarders
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:40 PM
Location: Stillman Dining Hall Foyer
Details: 6:30pm Manor House; 6:40pm St. Aelred's; 6:50 pm St. Brigid's; 7:00 pm St. Leonard's; 7:10pm St. Benet's; 7:20pm St. Hugh's; 7:30pm St. Mary's

Yearbook Meeting
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Student Center

Lectio divina for adults
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Administratin Building, Conference Room


Wednesday, October 22, 2008


Late Sleep, No Conference Period.

Daily Mass
Time: 7:20 AM
Location: Monastery Chapel

Faculty Meeting
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: SLH

Period 1, 1x
Time: 9:20 AM - 10:30 AM

College Visit: Roanoke College
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

College Visit: George Washington College
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

Period 2
Time: 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM

College Visit: University of Rochester
Time: 11:15 AM
Location: Parlors, Administration Bldg.

Period 3
Time: 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

College Visit: Green Mountain College
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

Period 4
Time: 12:05 PM - 12:45 PM

Debate Club
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: SLH


Thursday, October 23, 2008


Daily Mass
Time: 7:20 AM
Location: Monastery Chapel

College Visit: Marlboro College
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

Church Assembly
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: Auditorium

College Visit: Skidmore College
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

ProDeo Group
Time: 10:35 AM
Location: Music Room, Studio A

Faculty Photos for the Yearbook
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: outside Dining Hall

College Visit: Dickinson College
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

College Visit: Bard College
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

College Visit: Vanderbilt University
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Administration Building Parlor

Stillman Dining Hall
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Buffet Dinner

Astronomy Club
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Physics Lab

Newspaper Meeting
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Student Center

Student Council Meeting
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Library Seminar Room 1


Friday, October 24, 2008


Parents' Weekend
Dates: October 24, 2008 - October 25, 2008
Details:

Portsmouth Abbey School
Parents' Weekend Schedule of Events
October 24 & 25, 2008

Friday, October 24
  8:00 am -   5:30 pm    Registration: Upper Gym Foyer
  8:00 am - 10:30 am    Continental Breakfast available in the Upper Gym Foyer
  8:00 am - 12:00 pm    Parent/Teacher Conferences: Upper and Lower Gym,
                                     by appointment only (Call Kaye Caplin, 401/643-1215)
      8:30  - 10:00 am    Athletic practices-athletic fields, Drama-Auditorium, Community 
                                     Service-Loft, Dance-Gym Dance Studio
    10:00  - 11:30 pm    Bookstore open, next to Student Center: School memorabilia available
    12:00  -   2:00 pm    Buffet Lunch: Stillman Dining Hall
    12:30  -   4:30 pm   Class Schedule - Each class block meets for 30 minutes, 
                                    with a five min. passing time. 
                                    Class Period G    12:30 - 1:00 pm      Class Period C      2:50 - 3:20 pm 
                                    Class Period F      1:05 - 1:35 pm      Class Period B     3:25 - 3:55 pm
                                    Class Period E      1:40 - 2:10 pm      Class Period A     4:00 - 4:30 pm
                                    Class Period D     2:15 - 2:45 pm
                                    Parents encouraged to attend classes and lunch block with their child

        1:00 - 4:00 pm     Afternoon tea and coffee available: Gym    
        2:00 - 4:00 pm     Bookstore open next to Student Center
        4:45 - 5:30 pm     Performing Arts Preview and Reception: Scenes from Shakespeare's
                                    The Taming of the Shrew, Pro Deo Musicians, Abbey Singers and
                                    Dancers perform.
                  5:30 pm     Dinner available at the Stillman Dining Hall or off-campus Dinner
                                    permissions (Boarding students are due in their houses by 10:30 pm)


Saturday, October 25                                  
                  7:20 am     Conventual Mass in the Monastery Oratory
      7:30 - 11:30 am     Registration and Continental Breakfast: Upper Gym Foyer
      8:00 - 11:15 am     Parent/Teacher Conferences: Upper and Lower Gym,
                                    by appointment only (Call Kaye Caplin, 401/643-1215)
      9:00 - 10:00 am    Informal Question & Answer Session with Headmaster James DeVecchi,
                                    Parlor
      9:00 - 11:00 am    Bookstore open next to Student Center
      9:45 - 11:30 am    College Counseling Meetings: Scheduled by Form, Auditorium 
                                   9:45-10:15 III and IV Form
                                   10:15-10:45 V Form
                                   10:45-11:30 VI Form
    10:30 - 11:30 am    Church Construction Tours: Paul Jestings, Director of Operations
    10:45 - 11:30 am    Summer with Portsmouth Abbey 

                                    Humanities trip to Rome: Presentation by Peter O'Connor,
                                    Science Lecture Hall
                                    July in Salamanca: Presentation by Roberto Guerenabarrena,

                                    
Classroom Bldg. Rm. 10
                 11:30 am   Parents' Assembly: Dr. James DeVecchi, Headmaster, Jay '73 and
                                   Sheila Buckley, Parents' Committee Chairs and Faculty, Auditorium
                                   Following Assembly
           until 2:00 pm   Parents' Buffet Luncheon, Stillman Dining Hall
        1:30 - 4:30 pm   Athletic contests as scheduled, Equestrian Demonstration,
                                   Riding Ring
        1:30 - 4:30 pm   Light Refreshments available under the Tent, Athletic Field
        1:30 - 4:30 pm   Bookstore open next to the Student Center
        1:30 - 3:30 pm   Rehearsal of The Taming of the Shrew; The Abbey Players, Auditorium
                  4:45 pm   Parents' Weekend Mass in the Auditorium
        5:30 - 6:30 pm   Dinner available in the Stillman Dining Hall

(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, October 27.)

 

 



Daily Mass
Time: 7:20 AM
Location: Monastery Chapel

STAR KIDS Meeting
Time: 7:30 AM
Location: Conference Room

No Confessions today
Time: 10:35 AM

Compline(Night Prayers)
Time: 10:15 PM
Location: St. Aelred's


Saturday, October 25, 2008


Chaperone Team #1
Dates: October 25, 2008 - October 26, 2008

Administrator On Duty: Mr. Chenoweth
Dates: October 25, 2008 - October 26, 2008

Parents' Weekend
Dates: October 24, 2008 - October 25, 2008
Details:

Portsmouth Abbey School
Parents' Weekend Schedule of Events
October 24 & 25, 2008

Friday, October 24
  8:00 am -   5:30 pm    Registration: Upper Gym Foyer
  8:00 am - 10:30 am    Continental Breakfast available in the Upper Gym Foyer
  8:00 am - 12:00 pm    Parent/Teacher Conferences: Upper and Lower Gym,
                                     by appointment only (Call Kaye Caplin, 401/643-1215)
      8:30  - 10:00 am    Athletic practices-athletic fields, Drama-Auditorium, Community 
                                     Service-Loft, Dance-Gym Dance Studio
    10:00  - 11:30 pm    Bookstore open, next to Student Center: School memorabilia available
    12:00  -   2:00 pm    Buffet Lunch: Stillman Dining Hall
    12:30  -   4:30 pm   Class Schedule - Each class block meets for 30 minutes, 
                                    with a five min. passing time. 
                                    Class Period G    12:30 - 1:00 pm      Class Period C      2:50 - 3:20 pm 
                                    Class Period F      1:05 - 1:35 pm      Class Period B     3:25 - 3:55 pm
                                    Class Period E      1:40 - 2:10 pm      Class Period A     4:00 - 4:30 pm
                                    Class Period D     2:15 - 2:45 pm
                                    Parents encouraged to attend classes and lunch block with their child

        1:00 - 4:00 pm     Afternoon tea and coffee available: Gym    
        2:00 - 4:00 pm     Bookstore open next to Student Center
        4:45 - 5:30 pm     Performing Arts Preview and Reception: Scenes from Shakespeare's
                                    The Taming of the Shrew, Pro Deo Musicians, Abbey Singers and
                                    Dancers perform.
                  5:30 pm     Dinner available at the Stillman Dining Hall or off-campus Dinner
                                    permissions (Boarding students are due in their houses by 10:30 pm)


Saturday, October 25                                  
                  7:20 am     Conventual Mass in the Monastery Oratory
      7:30 - 11:30 am     Registration and Continental Breakfast: Upper Gym Foyer
      8:00 - 11:15 am     Parent/Teacher Conferences: Upper and Lower Gym,
                                    by appointment only (Call Kaye Caplin, 401/643-1215)
      9:00 - 10:00 am    Informal Question & Answer Session with Headmaster James DeVecchi,
                                    Parlor
      9:00 - 11:00 am    Bookstore open next to Student Center
      9:45 - 11:30 am    College Counseling Meetings: Scheduled by Form, Auditorium 
                                   9:45-10:15 III and IV Form
                                   10:15-10:45 V Form
                                   10:45-11:30 VI Form
    10:30 - 11:30 am    Church Construction Tours: Paul Jestings, Director of Operations
    10:45 - 11:30 am    Summer with Portsmouth Abbey 

                                    Humanities trip to Rome: Presentation by Peter O'Connor,
                                    Science Lecture Hall
                                    July in Salamanca: Presentation by Roberto Guerenabarrena,

                                    
Classroom Bldg. Rm. 10
                 11:30 am   Parents' Assembly: Dr. James DeVecchi, Headmaster, Jay '73 and
                                   Sheila Buckley, Parents' Committee Chairs and Faculty, Auditorium
                                   Following Assembly
           until 2:00 pm   Parents' Buffet Luncheon, Stillman Dining Hall
        1:30 - 4:30 pm   Athletic contests as scheduled, Equestrian Demonstration,
                                   Riding Ring
        1:30 - 4:30 pm   Light Refreshments available under the Tent, Athletic Field
        1:30 - 4:30 pm   Bookstore open next to the Student Center
        1:30 - 3:30 pm   Rehearsal of The Taming of the Shrew; The Abbey Players, Auditorium
                  4:45 pm   Parents' Weekend Mass in the Auditorium
        5:30 - 6:30 pm   Dinner available in the Stillman Dining Hall

(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, October 27.)

 

 



Daily Mass
Time: 7:20 AM
Location: Monastery Chapel