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2018 Opening Week Schedule: Senior School

Tuesday, September 4th “Welcome to New Day Students and Returning Boarders” There is no morning bus today. New day students in casual dress/Greeters in #1 dress.

8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Admissions staff meets with all day student greeters (Wright/Orchard Lounge) 9:30 a.m. Address to new day families with the headmaster, head of Senior School, dean of academic & student support and academic directors (Dick and Jane LeVan Theatre) 10:00 a.m. Information session for new day families with housemasters (locations announced at previous session) 10:45 a.m. Tour and orientation of campus for new day families with greeter, to include meeting with advisor, potential visit to the health centre, school store and/or finance office, laptop set-up and form drop- off in Cirne Commons, consult with guidance on outstanding academic concerns 12:00 p.m. Lunch in Osler Hall 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Peer support, head of & assistant head of house training (Davies Student Centre) 4:30 p.m. Day bus leaves 7:00 p.m. Headmaster meets with all returning boarders (Chapel) 8:00 p.m. Boarding house meetings/activities 10:00 p.m. Curfew for all boarding students

Wednesday, September 5th “Welcome to New Boarders and Returning Day Students” There is bus service today – buses arrive at TCS for 8:00 a.m. New boarding students in casual dress/Greeters in #1 dress.

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Day students fitted for uniforms with Top Marks (W.A. Johnson Block, lower level) Boarding students can visit Top Marks any time after 10:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Admissions team meets with all boarding student greeters (Dick and Jane LeVan Theatre) 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Headmaster meets with all returning Grade 10-12 day students (Dick and Jane LeVan Theatre) 10:00 a.m. All day students (new and returning) report to their house lounges for house meetings. Schedules and daily planners will be handed out to returning students. After the meeting, day houses head off-campus for house outings. 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. All new boarding students arrive 11:15 a.m. Lunch for Junior School students only (Osler Hall) 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch available for boarding students and new families only (Osler Hall) 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Tour and orientation of campus for new boarding families with greeter, to include meeting with advisor potential visit to the health centre, school store and/or finance office, laptop set-up and form drop-off in Cirne Commons, consult with guidance about outstanding academic concerns 1:00 p.m. All meet with the academic directors to review the academic, co-curricular and community expectations at TCS (Dick and Jane LeVan Theatre) 1:30 p.m. Information session for new boarding families with housemasters (locations announced at previous session) 3:00 p.m. Headmaster meets with all new boarding families (Chapel) 4:30 p.m. Day buses leave 5:00 p.m. BBQ on front terrace for all students and boarding families; if parents would like to take their children out for dinner they are welcome to do so but must return by 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Dessert for boarding parents with the headmaster (The Lodge Garden) 6:30 p.m. Late bus for day student football players (following 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. practice) 7:00 p.m. Boarding parents leave campus 7:30 p.m. Boarding house welcome meetings for all students (boarding houses) 10:00 p.m. Curfew for all boarding students Thursday, September 6th There is bus service as per the regular schedule. All students must be in #1 dress.

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast for all students; day housemasters present in lounges 9:00 a.m. Opening chapel service with all faculty (Chapel) 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Day 1, Period 1 (Block A) 10:20 – 10:35 a.m. Day 1, Period 2 (Block B) 10:40 – 11:35 a.m. Advisor Meetings (individual locations to be provided by advisors) 11:40 – 11:55 a.m. Day 1, Period 3 (Block C) 12:00 – 12:15 p.m. Day 1, Period 4 (Block D) 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch for Grade 11 & 12 12:20 – 12:45 p.m. Meeting with grade coordinators for all Grade 9 students (Dick and Jane LeVan Theatre) and all Grade 10 students (Davies Student Centre) 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch for Grade 9 & 10 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Athletics program launch (Performance & Activity for Life) for all students (Cirne Commons), followed by tryouts 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. All Student Fun & 6:00 p.m. BBQ dinner 6:45 p.m. Day bus departs 8:00 p.m. Boarding house meetings/activities 10:00 p.m. Curfew for all boarding students

Friday, September 7th There is bus service as per the regular schedule. Students may wear non-uniform dress.

8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast for all students; day housemasters present in lounges 9:00 a.m. Chapel 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Day 2, Period 1 (Block E) 10:20 – 10:35 a.m. Day 2, Period 2 (Block F) 10:40 – 11:35 a.m. Advisor Meetings (individual locations to be provided by advisors) 11:40 – 11:55 a.m. Day 2, Period 3 (Block G) 12:00 – 12:15 p.m. Day 2, Period 4 (Block H) 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch for Grade 9 & 10 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch for Grade 11 & 12 1:00 p.m. Grade 9 students depart for day trip 1:30 p.m. Grade 10 students depart for day trip 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. Grade 11/12 leadership activities (on campus) 4:15 – 5:45 p.m. Sports tryouts and fall play auditions for Grade 11 & 12 students 5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Dinner for Grade 11 & 12 students (Osler Hall) 6:15 – 6:45 p.m. Dinner for Grade 10 students (Osler Hall) 6:45 – 7:30 p.m. Dinner for Grade 9 students (Osler Hall) 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Evening reception for parents/guardians of day students (Wright/Orchard Lounge, LeVan Hall) 7:30 p.m. Leadership training workshop for Grade 11 & 12 students 9:30 p.m. Outdoor evening programming for Grade 11 & 12 students 10:00 p.m. Curfew for Grade 9 & 10 boarders 11:00 p.m. Curfew for Grade 11 & 12 boarders

Saturday, September 8th There is bus service as per the regular schedule.

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Breakfast for all students 10:00 a.m. Sports tryouts for all teams, Activity for Life activities and fall play auditions 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. House Volleyball 5:00 p.m. onwards Residential programming and/or boarding house outings 10:45 p.m. Curfew for all boarding students Sunday, September 9th There is no bus service today.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Brunch Afternoon Residential programming and/or boarding house outings 7:00 p.m. Chapel (mandatory for boarding students) 10:00 p.m. Curfew for all boarding students