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THE E BOOK 2020–2021 THE E BOOK This book is a guide that sets the standard for what is expected of you as an Exonian. You will find in these pages information about Academy life, rules and policies. Please take the time to read this handbook carefully. You will find yourself referring to it when you have questions about issues ranging from the out-of-town procedure to the community conduct system to laundry services. The rules and policies of Phillips Exeter Academy are set by the Trustees, faculty and administration, and may be revised during the school year. If changes occur during the school year, the Academy will notify students and their families. All students are expected to follow the most recent rules and policies. Procedures outlined in this book apply under normal circumstances. On occasion, however, a situation may require an immediate, nonstandard response. In such circumstances, the Academy reserves the right to take actions deemed to be in the best interest of the Academy, its faculty and its students. This document as written does not limit the authority of the Academy to alter its rules and procedures to accommodate any unusual or changed circumstances. If you have any questions about the contents of this book or anything else about life at Phillips Exeter Academy, please feel free to ask. Your teachers, your dorm proctors, Student Listeners, and members of the Dean of Students Office all are here to help you. Phillips Exeter Academy 20 Main Street, Exeter, New Hampshire Tel 603-772-4311 • www.exeter.edu 2020 by the Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy Please note that during the 2020-2021 academic year, a student handbook outlining health and safety guidelines to follow during the COVID-19 pandemic (Student Guidebook/Fall 2020) will act as a supplement to the E Book. The guidelines in that handbook will supersede any conflicting guidance offered in the E Book and will remain in effect until it is deemed safe to revert to normal E Book guidelines. The guidelines could extend into winter and spring terms. As just one example, the pandemic guidelines will state that students who do not reside within a dormitory may not enter that dormitory. When it becomes safe to once again allow visitations, the deans will alert the community and return to normal E Book guidelines. As a reminder, in the Addendum to the Enrollment Contract, Parents and Students have agreed to follow the Academy’s Pandemic Policies. Failure to do so may result in community conduct action involving the Student, suspension, dismissal, requirement that the student learn remotely from home, or refusal to enroll the Student at the Academy. Student Guidebook/Fall 2020 for PARENTS Student Guidebook/Fall 2020 for STUDENTS and EMPLOYEES HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY Phillips Exeter Academy was founded in 1781 A gift from industrialist and philanthropist by Dr. John Phillips and his wife, Elizabeth, who Edward S. Harkness in 1930 established a resided in Exeter. In his deed of gift, Dr. Phillips method of teaching unique to Exeter and set out a series of standing regulations, which he central to its teaching philosophy. The Harkness termed the Constitution of the Academy, directing plan calls for an oval table in each classroom, that they be read at each annual meeting of the with class size averaging 12 students and Trustees. The following excerpts serve to illustrate ample opportunity for Socratic dialogue. The the founder’s high purpose: Harkness table places students at the center of the learning process and encourages them to “An observation of the growing neglect of youth learn from one another. must excite a painful anxiety for the event, and may well determine those whom their Heavenly Now in its third century, Phillips Exeter Benefactor hath blessed with an ability therefor, Academy affirms the shared vision of John to promote and encourage public free schools or and Elizabeth Phillips. Today, as in the past, academies, for the purpose of instructing Youth the principal goal of the Academy is to link not only in the English and Latin grammar, writing, goodness and knowledge, to develop the arithmetic, and those sciences wherein they were consciences and train the minds of students so commonly taught, but more especially to learn that they may usefully serve society. them the great end and real business of living. The education of youth, originally “It shall ever be considered as a principal duty of accomplished through a curriculum rich in the instructors to regulate the tempers, to enlarge the traditional areas of classical languages, the minds, and form the morals of the youth rhetoric, logic and mathematics, has undergone committed to their care. constant development. During its most recent curriculum review, the faculty affirmed its “But above all, it is expected that the attention commitment to more broadly distributed of instructors to the disposition of the minds requirements in science, history and the and morals of the youth under their charge will humanities, forming the main thrust of a exceed every other care, well considering that curriculum that stresses knowledge in a liberal though goodness without knowledge is weak arts framework. and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and that both united form the noblest character, and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.” PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY’S MISSION AND VALUES To unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. VALUES KNOWLEDGE AND GOODNESS “Above all, it is expected that the attention of instructors to the disposition of the minds and morals of the youth under their charge will exceed every other care; well considering that though goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and that both united form the noblest character, and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to (hu)mankind.” Exeter today continues the commitment to unite knowledge and goodness. The challenges that students meet at Exeter and the support they receive have a common purpose: to stimulate their development as individuals and prepare them to lead purposeful lives. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Academic excellence is a signature strength of Phillips Exeter Academy. In every discipline and at every level within our curriculum we inspire students to develop critical thinking skills and seek complex truths. Intellectual exploration through rigorous inquiry and thoughtful discourse at the Harkness table nurtures inquisitiveness, creativity, insight, empathy, independent thought and mastery in our students. YOUTH FROM EVERY QUARTER “The Academy shall ever be equally open to youth of requisite qualification from every quarter.” We seek to build an intentionally diverse community of students and adults. We are committed to teaching the skills, modeling the behaviors, providing the resources and cultivating the inclusion and equity that are required to unlock the richness of that diversity. Our Harkness pedagogy is grounded in the belief that we are all better equipped to learn and to lead when our thoughts are tested by others, particularly by those whose ideas, perspectives, experiences or identities are different from our own. YOUTH IS THE IMPORTANT PERIOD The “time of youth is the important period” to instill a lasting capacity to nurture one’s self, develop a sense of one’s own potential and consider one’s place in the larger whole. Our residential community encourages students to explore emerging interests – academic, artistic, athletic and extracurricular – with similarly motivated peers and in the process develop their values and passions and the agency needed to carry these forward. NON SIBI Non Sibi, or “Not For Oneself”, inscribed on Exeter’s seal, attests to the philosophy that wisdom gained here should be used for others as well as for oneself. Exonians are motivated by this philosophy to face the challenges of their day. Teaching and living the principles of a just and sustainable society – environmentally, economically and socially – are fundamental to this philosophy today. Exeter seeks to graduate young people whose ambitions and actions are inspired by their interest in others and the world around them. THE E BOOK 2020–2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS STUDENT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT 1 SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICY 46 ADVISING 1 STUDENT INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES 53 DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE 2 BOARDING STUDENTS 53 OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS 3 DAY STUDENTS 61 DINING SERVICES 3 FOR ALL STUDENTS 63 HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES 4 ACADEMY POLICIES 66 STUDENT ACTIVITIES 7 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY 66 STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 8 INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY 68 COLLEGE COUNSELING 8 CAMPUS SAFETY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PERSONAL SAFETY 69 LIBRARY 14 DRUG-TESTING POLICY 71 RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL LIFE SERVICES 15 MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLICY 72 ADDITIONAL STUDENT SERVICES 16 OTHER AGENCIES 72 ATMS 16 MEDIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY POLICY 72 CASH TO CARD MACHINE 16 PARENT/GUARDIAN POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS 73 EXETER BOOKSTORE 16 PERSONAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLICY 73 LAUNDRY 16 POLITICAL SIGNS 74 ACADEMY COMPUTING AND NETWORK RESOURCES 18 RECYCLING GUIDELINES 75 ELIZABETH PHILLIPS ACADEMY CENTER 19 STUDENT PUBLICATIONS GUIDELINES 76 POST OFFICE 20 TUTORING POLICY 77 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 21 TUITION 2020–21 77 CAMPUS SAFETY 21 APPENDICES 80 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 21 2020–21 STANDARDIZED TESTING SCHEDULE 80 FINANCE OFFICE 22 BUSINESS HOURS OF ACADEMY OFFICES 81 GLOBAL INITIATIVES 22 TRANSPORTATION IN THE EXETER AREA 82 HUMAN RESOURCES