Spring Family Day
Saturday, April 19, 2025
8:30 - 11 a.m. Registration
Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center Terrace
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. School Store
Visit the school store for all of your Gunn swag!
9 - 9:45 a.m. Gunn 360
Hear directly from Head of School, Emily Raudenbush Gum, about her
vision for the school and how families can engage with
The Frederick Gunn School.
Tisch Family Auditorium, TPACC
9 - 11:30 a.m. Senior Letter Writing
Families of graduating seniors, you are invited to write a letter to your graduating student that will be presented to them at the Alumni
Association Induction Dinner in May.
Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center
Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center
9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Advisor Meetings
Meet your student and their advisor for a meeting! Meetings will be
scheduled in advance.
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Freshman Pillar Seminar
(Required for all freshmen and open to freshmen families)
(Required for all freshmen and open to freshmen families)
Join Bart McMann, Director for the Center of Citizenship and Just
Democracy/Dean of Programmatic Innovation, for a look
into our Pillar program and freshman parent letter writing.
Entrepreneurship Classroom, The Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Center for
Innovation & Active Citizenship
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Experiential Learning Through Highlander Term
(Required for all sophomores and open to sophomore families)
(Required for all sophomores and open to sophomore families)
Join Sarah Hunt, Director of Academic Excellence, and upperclassmen to learn about the exciting internships they participated in during this year's Highlander Term!
Bretter Student Center, Solley Dining Hall
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Mock Admissions Committee
(Open to junior families; all juniors will attend a college essay
seminar at this time)
seminar at this time)
Please join College Counseling for a discussion about the
college admissions process.
Center for Citizenship and Just Democracy Classroom,
The Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Center for Innovation & Active Citizenship
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Entrepreneurship Workshop
(Required for all seniors and open to senior families)
Join faculty member Arne Rees, along with the seniors in Entrepreneurship Seminar, as they showcase how they are transforming innovative ideas into real-world action.
Tisch Family Auditorium, TPACC
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch
Solley Dining Hall
Athletics
GO GUNN! Come support the Highlanders in action! Visit our games and schedules page for the complete athletic schedule and directions to games off campus.
LEAVING CAMPUS
Students may sign out for Spring Long Weekend after their cocurricular commitments on Saturday. Students are required to submit a REACH request in advance and receive appropriate approvals before leaving campus. Boarding students are required to return by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.
Please note that on Friday, April 18, 2025, all students will be required to attend Alumni Career Night from 7 - 8:30 p.m.