Opening of School Schedule - Tilton School

Opening of School Schedule

Day Student Registration: Thursday, September 1, 2022

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Registration Admissions Circle *After registration, students may move their items into their day-student rooms.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Head of School Welcome (Parents/ Guardians Only) Alumni Amphitheatre

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Day Student 101 (Students Only) Fred A. Smart Chapel

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm: Day Student Ice Cream Social Skinner Tower *Register Here!

8:00 pm: International Student Arrival Pick Up Boston Logan Airport

Boarding Student Registration and All School Opening Day Celebration: Friday, September 2, 2022

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Registration Admissions Circle *After registration, students may move their items into their rooms.

2:00 pm: Day Students Arrive on Campus

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Advisory Meet & Greet New Families Various Locations

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm: Advisory Group Meetings (Students Only) Various Locations

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm: Head of School Welcome (Parents/Guardians Only) Alumni Amphitheatre

3:15 pm: Student Processional Line Up Academic Quad

3:30 pm: Processional to School Meeting Academic Quad to Fred A. Smart Chapel *Parents may line up on the Chapel lawn for this Tilton tradition and depart campus following

3:50 pm: School Meeting Fred A. Smart Chapel 

5:00 pm: All School and Class Photos Academic Quad

*Formal dress is required

5:45 pm: Convocation Fred A. Smart Chapel

*Formal dress is required

6:45 pm: Formal Dinner Masiello Dining Commons

*Formal dress is required

7:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Dorm Meetings and Community Activities Dorm Common Rooms *Day and Boarding Students are required to attend

  • WK 1&2 Boarders and Day Students – Masiello Dining Commons

  • WK 3rd Boarders and Day Students –Knowles Lobby

  • Pfeiffer Boarders and Day Students –Hamilton Hall

  • Moore Hall & 9th/10th Boarders and Day Students – Moore Common Room

  • Maloney Hall Boarders and Day Students – Maloney Lower Common Room

  • Beaumont Boarders & Day Students – Morse Conference Room Day Lounge

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Community Night (All students) Various campus locations

9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Day Students Depart Campus

9:30 pm: Boarding Student Required Check-In 

Saturday, September 3, 2022

7:30 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast Masiello Dining Commons

9:00 am: School Meeting (All boarding and day students) Alumni Amphitheatre

9:30 am – 11:00 am: Black & Gold Mini Team Games (All boarding and day students)

11:45 am – 12:45 pm: BBQ Lunch Residential Quad

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: School Meeting (All students) Chapel

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Dorm Fire Drill Walkthrough (All boarding and day students; day students go with respective boarding dorms by grade) Location by dorm

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Wellness Event (All boarding and day students) Residential Quad

5:30 pm: Day Students may choose to depart Pick-up at Admissions Circle

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner Open Masiello Dining Commons

6:30 pm – 6:45 pm: Dorm Life tours for new students with Proctors (All new boarding students and boarding Proctors)

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Weekend Activities (All boarding students; day students encouraged) Various offerings and locations

9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Day students depart campus Pick-up at Admissions Circle

9:30 pm: Boarding student check-in; remain in dorms

Sunday, September 4, 2022

8:30 am – 9:30 am: Wellness offering (Encouraged for all students) Campus Locations TBD

9:30 am – 10:00 am: Student Leader Meetings (Proctors, student government reps, ambassadors) Masiello Dining Commons

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Brunch (Required check-in for boarding students) Masiello Dining Commons

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Get to Know Your Class (All students) Various locations by class

  • 9th Grade: Academic Patio/Quad

  • 10th Grade: Chapel Lawn

  • 11th Grade: Residential Quad

  • 12th Grade: Turf Field

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Orientation Session for New Students (All new students and ambassadors) Skinner Tower (New Academic Building & Plimpton Hall)

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Dorm Meetings (All students) Boarding students in dorms; day students in Davis Lecture Hall

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Afternoon Activities (All students) Various locations by activity

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dorm Dinners (All students) Locations TBD; communicated by dorm heads

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Mini Black & Gold Team Trivia Night/Games (All students) Alumni Amphitheatre

9:00 – 9:30 pm: Day students depart campus Pick-up at Admissions Circle

9:30 pm: Boarding student check-in; remain in dorms

Monday, September 5, 2022

7:30 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast Masiello Dining Commons

9:00 am – 11:00 am: Academic Orientation (All students) Various locations 

  • 9th Grade: Citing Sources with Ms. Elsaesser & Mr. Ruggles (Chapel)

  • 10th/11th Grade: Academic Integrity  with Mrs. McCandless (Masiello Dining Commons)

  • 12th/PG: Attendance with Ms. Johnson (Davis Lecture Hall)

11:30 am – 1:30 pm: Advisory Home Lunch (All students) Location and meeting time communicated by Advisor

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm: Academic Orientation Tours (All students, Ambassadors, and 9th Grade TAs

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Afternoon Activities (All students) Various locations by activity

5:30 pm: Day students may choose to depart Pick-up at Admissions Circle

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Dinner Masiello Dining Commons

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Student Activities (All students encouraged) Various offerings and locations

9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Day students depart campus Pick-up at Admissions Circle

9:30 pm: Boarding student check-in; remain in dorms

Tuesday, September 6, 2022: Community Building Beach Day

8:30 am – 9:30 am: Wellness offering (Encouraged for All Students):

Morning Yoga with Ms. Killigrew The Hamilton Pavilion in the Back 40 (rain location: Dance Studio in basement of New Academic Building)

Intro to Cardio/Aerobic Training & Planning Your Fitness Routine for Trimester 1 with Mr. Waring: Burch Field

9:30 am – 10:00 am: Student Leader Meetings (Proctors, student government reps, ambassadors) Masiello Dining Commons

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Brunch Masiello Dining Commons

11:00 am: International Student Meeting (All international students) Masiello Dining Commons

11:45 am: Dorm Meetings (All students) Location by dorm; day students with respective boarding dorms by grade

12:35 pm: Load Buses & Depart for Ellacoya State Park Beach (All students) Pick-up at Burch Field

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm: Bus Pick-Up from Ellacoya; Return to Campus by 5:00 pm

5:30 pm: Day Students may choose to depart Pick-up at Admissions Circle

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner Masiello Dining Commons

8:00 pm: Day students depart campus; Boarding students check-in and remain in the dorm

Questions? 

Student Life:

Chapel Love, Dean of Students 

Clove@tiltonschool.org

(603) 286-1739

Tilton School Health Center:

Healthcenter@tiltonschool.org

(603) 286-1760

Tilton School Admissions:

Admissions@tiltonschool.org

(603) 286-1733

If you have questions about the Opening Day schedule, please contact Pam deVeaux (pdeveaux@tiltonschool.org) Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement at (603) 286-1818