PHILLIPS ACADEMY DAILY BULLETIN

Friday, May 9, 2008

6 day week

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ADMINISTRATIVE

 

SATURDAY CLASSES

Classes on Saturday, May 10 (Grandparent’s Day), periods 3 and 4 move as a block from Friday to Saturday.

 

 

STUDENT LIFE

 

ADDISON GALLERY SPRING RECEPTION

Addison Opening Reception TONIGHT! Friday, May 15th, 5:30-7:30 pm.

Stop by the Addison this evening for our Opening Reception for Spring Exhibitions. It's the final Opening Reception of the year and the last one before we close for renovation and expansion, so don't miss out!

Enjoy food, refreshments, music, fun activities, and an abundance of fabulous art. Meet artist-in-residence Carroll Dunham (PA '67). Chat with friends in the galleries or under the tent out front. 

All are welcome to this free event, so bring your friends, family, and colleagues. We hope to see you there!

 

 

ART 500 RECEPTION

The Art 500 students are installing their spring exhibition in the Gelb Gallery in GW Hall this week, and the opening reception is Sunday, May 11, (Mother's Day) at 2:00.  Please join the students in celebrating their artistic accomplishments.  Refreshments will be available.

 

 

COMMONS – SAMPLE CHAIRS AND TABLE

Some of you may have noticed the "sample" chairs and table in Uncommons recently. For those of you who haven't, please take a look at them. We have set up a display as you walk into the servery. Feel free to sit down and eat a meal with them, then, tell us what you think! Use the napkin board for comments and concerns....

 

 

GRANDPARENT’S DAY

Grandparents' Day is Saturday, May 10. Registration will be held in the Day Student Lounge (Lower level of GW Hall) from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. If your grandparents will be attending, please do not forget to schedule a time and location to meet them on Saturday morning.

 

 

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

There are two exciting summer trips through the Alford Lake Camp in Maine which our History teacher Anne Huntoon is associated with.  Please contact Anne Huntoon at ahuntoon@andover.edu  or the Summer Opps office for more information.

1. Mexico Trip for boys finishing 9th grade, 5 weeks great camp experience plus hiking along a volcano and sleeping in tree houses, visiting Mexico City and teaching kids in a small village.

2. Coed Appalachian Trail trip, seven weeks covering 230 miles.  A challenging hike, an amazing experience!

 

Summer Intern position (unpaid, but great experience!) in 9Tailors Company in Boston founded by a PA graduate Samantha Shih '99. Intern will assist CEO with various activities, basic accounting, marketing, advertising...this summer.  If interested contact Samantha Shih info@9tailors.com and check out the company at: 9tailors.blogspot.com, or see Ms. Barry in the Summer Opps office.

 

 

TRAIL DEDICATION

Join us on Tuesday May 13, 12:30 p.m. for the unveiling of the "Stott Trail" sign, a brief dedication, light refreshments and a stroll along the new trail.  We will gather at the trailhead at the end of Hiddenfield Rd.

 

Stott Trail is dedicated to faculty emeriti Fred and Susan Stott.  Both Fred (d. December 1, 2006) and Susan (retired 2003) touched lives as members of the P.A. faculty, local activists and steadfast conservationists.