Today
starts Opening Weekend for the 2012/2013 school year!
We
have 24 nervous and excited first-year students on campus getting ready for
Orientation tomorrow.
Over
the course of the day, each student and their family will do five things before
heading back to their hotels for the night:
1.
Check-in
Each family will be visiting the
check-in tables set up in the gym at the Wood Center. They’ll receive their
name tags and orientation packets which include their schedule of meetings,
class schedules, campus maps and all forms to sign.
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| Mrs. Harvey at the registration desk |
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| Lots of paperwork! |
2.
Meeting
with the Nurses
The families will be meeting two of
the Shepherds nurses, Melba and Sherrie, to discuss the student’s medications
and other health needs.
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| Sherrie and Melba checking medical records |
3.
Meeting
with the Business Office
Cindy, Tiffany and Linda are waiting
at a conference table in the Findley Center for each family to discuss tuition
payments and student accounts.
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| Our lovely ladies in the Business Office - Tiffany, Linda & Cindy |
4. Meeting
with the Advisors
Our Academic Advisors are looking
forward to greeting each family. They’ll be working closely with these students
and parents throughout the school year and know the importance of this
face-to-face relationship-building time. This is also the time when the
student’s monthly spending budget will be reviewed.
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| Miss Luchterhand and Miss Pollard |
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| Mrs. Kolkman |
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| Mrs. Luchterhand and Miss Fye |
5.
Moving
into the Dorms
I think this is the highlight of the
day for the students. They’re greeted by a crew of volunteers, students and
staff ready to help them unload their vehicles and carry their stuff into their
temporary homes for the school year. The dorms are crowded with parents,
students, bins and boxes. Everyone is unpacking, making beds, arranging desks,
hanging clothes, meeting roommates. It’s an energetic and fun chaos!
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| Volunteers, students & staff ready to greet the new students |
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| Moving into the girls' dorm |
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| Excited and ready to make some new friends! |
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| The guys' dorm is pretty busy too! |
Once
these five tasks are complete, the students leave campus to spend one last
night with their families before the start of school.
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