Questions for Andover Parents

Parent1234
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:19:25 +0000

Seeking advice from past or current Andover parents, please: How long do parents stick around to help their new students “settle in?” The 2009 Opening of School schedule shows a full day of activities/meetings on Sat. 9/12, including a leave-taking time early evening; however, it doesn’t say much about Sunday. What about Sun. 9/13 – are parents permitted to return to the dorms? While we don’t want to micro-manage unpacking and organizing, it would help us plan our long trip back home. And, frankly, it would ease my mind a bit to at least see some items generally unpacked and more or less placed somewhere other than in a pile under the bed (having known this to be the case with our child at more than one camp.) Textbooks: We’re read advice encouraging students to buy their textbooks early. Does this mean that parents help in this process during that first weekend, or can we assume that students do it themselves on Monday, as long as we’ve made financial arrangements with the Andover Bookstore. Thanks for your advice about the Opening of School weekend!