Student Essentials

Unless you are an international boarding student who cannot return home, a boarding student retrieving belongings on campus (call the AOC first 931.636.4720), or a day student retrieving belongings during the scheduled pick-up times March 25-27), you will not return to campus this academic year. We promise to post photos to Instagram and SmugMug so you can get your fill of fog and flowers.

If you are already in the Sewanee area, then you may call the AOC (931.636.4720) to arrange to retrieve your things. If you are not already in the area, we discourage you from coming to campus. Coach Zeitler will be working with a group of faculty to box up your things and get them to you.

We will have pick-up times March 23-25, 3:30-5:30 p.m. The plan is to have your things ready for you so that you just need to drive on to campus and we'll hand you a bang of your belongings. Details will be sent to you soon.

First of all, good for you for being on the ball. As you look at your syllabus you may be able to figure out which assignments are likely to be significantly changed - group projects, labs, presentations. You may want to hold off on those until you hear from your teacher. However, getting the reading done or working through those math problems will never be time wasted.

Sit tight. We have a group working on ways to mark these community occasions. We will promise to share every decision with you just as soon as they're made. If you have ideas, be sure to share them with Ms. Duncan.

Contact Mrs. Midgett, and she'll help you out.

Your virtual classes will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning. That means that sometimes you and your classmates will all be asked to be "together" at the same time (synchronous) and you will be able to hear and see one another. Some of your classes will be recorded with the option to watch them, like videos, when you can (asynchronous). 

(The word synchronous comes from Greek. Sun (together) and khronos (time). So, something timed to be at the same time is synchronous. If you toss an "a-" in front of that, it means without or not whatever comes after it. So something that is asynchronous is not at the same time.)