Perkiomen School Calendar 2017-2018 Month Day Event Time Room Building Notes June 3 to 6 College Counseling -Tour of NYC Colleges June 22 to 25 Team NRGY July 3 to 7 Skills for Success July 10 to 14 Skills for Success July 10 to 13 Dutch Total Soccer July 10 to 14 Theater Camp July 17 to 21 Theater Camp July 17 to Aug 20 ESL @ PERK July 24 to 28 Theater Camp July 31 to Aug 4 Theater Camp August 7 to 20 ELC @ PERK August 13 to 22 NY Fencing Academy August 14 Perkiomen Labor Day Offices Closed August 21 to 29 American Experience Summer August 21 to 29 Back Packing Trip August 21 to 29 College Counseling - Tour of Colleges in Boston August 23 Football Pre-season Registration Riordan Hall August 26 SATs August 29 International Students Arrive August 30 Registration All Students Attend August 31 Orientation All Students Attend September 1 Orientation All Students Attend September 1 t0 3 Closed Weekend Boarding Students may not sign out September 4 Convocation 8:00 AM Required School Day, Special Academic Schedule September 4 Opening of School Formal Dinner 6:00 PM Parents Hall All Faculty and Boarding Students must attend September 22-23 Fall Family Weekend September Gallery Show Opening 3:30 PM Schumo Gallery September Hewett Concert Opening Act 6:30 PM September Hewett Concert 7:00 PM September Celebration 8:00 PM Parents Hall September College Financial Aid Workshop 9:30 AM September Keynote Speaker September Lunch 11:30 AM Parents Hall September Pre-game Show 1:00 PM Freeman Field
September Alumni Baseball 2:00 PM Baker Field September Half-time Show 2:30 PM Freeman Field September Middle School Harvest Fest 3:00 PM September Middle School Fall Dance 7:00 PM September Upper School Homecoming Dance 7:00 PM Schumo German Exchange Students September 25 Arrive September 25 Community Service Day September 26 Student Portraits 8:15 AM Kriebel 3 4 Mid-Term Grading Closes 5 German Exchange Students depart 7 SATs 9 Admissions Open House 11 13 College Workshop (grade 12), PSAT (grades 11 & 10), Team Building (Grades 9 to 6) Senator for the Day 13-16 Long Weekend 24 Parent Coffee 8:00 AM The Creamery 27 Celebrating Art in Schools with the Michener Musuem Carnegie Library 3 Upper School Theatrical 4 SATs 4 Upper School Theatrical Upper School Theatrical 5 6 Winter After School s Begin Varsity Awards Ceremony & 6 Reception 2:00 PM 7:00 PM
7 Perk Pals Shadow Day 10 to 12 Closed Weekend Boarding Students may not sign out for the weekend. 11 Upper School Fall Music Recital 13 Thanksgiving Dinner 6:00 PM Parents Hall 14 Exams 15 Exams 16 Exams 17 Exams 17 Fall Break Begins 12:00 PM 18 Dorms Close 12:00 PM 23 Offices Closed 24 Offices Closed 27 Fall Break Ends 8:00 PM 27 Dorms Open 12:00 PM December 2 SATs December 10 Vespers 7:00 PM December 10 Headmaster's Holiday Open House 8:00 PM Creamery December 13 Christmas Dinner 6:00 PM Parents Hall December 14 Winter Break Begins 3:00 PM December 15 SSAT Flex Test 8:00 AM December 15 Dorms Close 12:00 PM December 25 Offices Closed December 26 Offices Closed January 1 Offices Closed January 3 Dorms Open 12:00 PM January 3 Winter Break Ends 8:00 PM 4 Young Alumni Presentation: What you really need to know January about college 10:20 AM January 15 Admissions Open House January 17 Mid-Term Grading Closes January 20 Winter Concert January Hollenbach Academic 20 SSAT Flex Test 8:00 AM January 26 Middle School Transition Day
January 26 to29 Long Weekend January 29 College Counseling Workshop: Get Ready to Apply 7:00 PM 6 Parent Coffee 8:00 AM Carnegie Library 10 Middle School Valentine's Dance Schumo 10 Upper School Winter Formal Carnegie Library 15 Lunar New Year Dinner 6:00 PM Parents Hall 16 Upper & Middle School 17 Upper & Middle School 18 Upper & Middle School 2:00 PM 19 Spring After School s Begin 19 Varsity Awards Reception 7:00 PM 19 Perk Pals Shadow Day 26 Black History Month Dinner 6:30 PM Parents Hall March 1 Spring Break Begins 3:00 PM March 2 Dorms Close 12:00 PM March 19 Dorms Open 12:00 PM March 19 Spring Break Ends 8:00 PM March 26 Admissions Re-visit Day March 27 Parent Coffee 8:00 AM The Creamery March 30 to April 2 Long Weekend April 5 Grandparents Day April 13 Mid-Term Grading Closes 16 Cum Laude Society Induction April Ceremony April 21 Upper School Spring Concert April 27 Prom
May 5 SATs May 4 Reid Awards for Fine Arts 8:00 PM May 5 Middle School Fine Arts Fest May 7 to 18 AP Exams May 18 Variety Show 8:00 PM May 21 Term Celebration Dinner 6:00 PM Parents Hall May 21 Varsity Awards Reception Followed by dessert in Schumo Academic May 22 Baccalaureate Rehearsal 10:00 AM May 23 Commencement Rehearsal 10:00 AM Campus Sward May 23 Senior Class Picnic 6:00 PM The Creamery May 25 Baccalaureate 4:00 PM St. Philip Neri Church May 25 Commencement Banquet 5:30PM Tent on Zeller Field Closed Weekend May 25-27 Boarding Students may not sign out for the weekend. May 26 Commencement 10:00 AM Campus Sward May 26 Commencement Luncheon 12:00 PM Tent on Zeller Field May 28 Memorial Day Service Schulz Plaza May 28 Prize Day May 28 Term Grading Closes May 28 Memorial Day Picnic 6:00 PM Parents Hall May 29 Exams May 30 Exams May 31 Exams 31 Middle School Moving Up May Ceremony 6:30 PM End of year for grades 6-8 June 1 Exams June 1 End of Year for grades 9-11 June 2 Dorms Close 12:00 PM Students taking the SATs may stay on campus until 3 pm June 2 SATs June 8 Alumni Weekend June 9 Alumni Weekend June 10 Alumni Weekend