The Loomis Chaffee School4 Batchelder RoadWindsor, CT 06095

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2014

| Centennial Celebration | SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

CAMPUS TOURSHas it been a while since you visited the Island? Take a campus tour with current students. Tours will leave the Admission Office from Sellers Hall at 2 and 3 p.m.

ADMISSION INTERVIEWSChildren of alumni considering Loomis Chaffee for the fall of 2015 are invited to schedule their interviews if they will be on campus for the Centennial Celebration. Call 860.687.6400 today to schedule your interview. In addition, Erby Mitchell, assistant head of school for enrollment, will be available to speak with alumni and their families about the admission process. Please email him at erby_mitchell@loomis.org to arrange a meeting.

WHILE YOU ARE ON CAMPUS, CHECK OUT: • The Centennial Quilt, created by Loomis Chaffee parents and students, on display in the Katharine Brush Library. • Centennial Gear, including iPhone covers, T-shirts, fleeces, beautiful tote and duffle bags designed by Sarah Law ’04, and much more, on sale in the Bookstore.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONTHE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IS FREE.Dress is casual for all events including dinner. Kindly RSVP so we can plan for enough food! You can RSVP at www.loomischaffee.org/100 or call 860.687.6815.

Detailed information about the Centennial Celebration, registration, and parking will be available in early September on the Centennial website, www.loomischaffee.org/100.

We are anticipating gorgeous weather, but if it rains the party will go on!

SCHEDULE1-5 p.m. Registration1-5 p.m. Family Fun Fair1:30-2 p.m. Dedication of Richmond Hall2-6 p.m. Athletics Contests2-3 p.m. Campus Tours2-3 p.m. Meet the Centennial History Authors2:30-3:30 p.m. Meet Joe Hill ’93, 3D artist3-4 p.m. Campus Tours3:30-6 p.m. Football Game with special halftime and postgame shows6-6:30 p.m. Centennial Parade from Pratt Field to the Homestead6:30 p.m. Centennial Ceremony7-9 p.m. Dinner and Dancing on the Quad9-9:30 p.m. Fireworks

SPECIAL HOURSRichmond Art Center 1–4:30 p.m.Katharine Brush Library 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.Bookstore 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m.SNUG 8:30 a.m.–9 p.m.

The party you’ve been waiting one hundred years for …

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Centennial Celebration

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FAMILY FUN FAIRLoomis Chaffee’s 100th birthday is a celebration for all ages! Bring your children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews to the Family Fun Fair from 1-5 p.m. on the softball and baseball fields. Jump in a bounce house, race through a vertical obstacle course, get your face painted, and so much more!

BUILD A PELICANShow your Pelican pride and build one of your own!

DINNER AND DANCING ON THE GRUBBS QUADRANGLESchool chef Peter Daigle is hard at work planning a three-course buffet menu to celebrate Loomis Chaffee’s birthday! Enjoy dinner with friends and family then dance to the sounds of Live Radio under the big tent on Grubbs Quad.

FIREWORKS BY GRUCCIThe Centennial Celebration will close with a spectacular display of state-of-the-art fireworks by the world record holder for the largest fireworks display, Fireworks by Grucci.

Centennial Celebration

Saturday, September 20, 2014

1-9:30 p.m.

CENTENNIAL HISTORY AUTHORS RECEPTIONMeet John Ratté, Karen Parsons, and authors of essays appearing in the “Many Voices” section of the Centennial book during a reception in the Katharine Brush Library from 2–3 p.m. The book, Cherished Hopes and Honorable Ambition: A Centennial History of The Loomis Chaffee School, written and edited by John and Karen, will be on sale in the bookstore during the day.

DEDICATION OF RICHMOND HALLHelp celebrate the dedication of the school’s newest dormitory in honor of Howard S. Richmond ’35. The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Richmond Hall; everyone is invited.

MEET RENOWNED 3D ARTIST JOE HILL ’93Joe Hill ’93 will spend the week before the Centennial Celebration as a visiting artist in Richmond Art Center’s Mercy Gallery creating a 3D, optical-illusion work of art in honor of the school’s first 100 years. Meet Joe from 2:30–3:30 p.m. and marvel at the interactive work that will take over the gallery; all visitors are welcome. To see examples of Joe’s work, visit joehill-art.com.

ATHLETICS CONTESTS AT HOME VS. ANDOVER unless otherwise noted

Friday, 9/197 p.m. Girls V Field Hockey

Saturday, 9/202 p.m. Boys V Soccer Boys JV Soccer Boys III Soccer Girls V Soccer Girls JV Soccer Girls III Soccer Girls JV Field Hockey Boys Water Polo vs. Hotchkiss & Choate 2:30 p.m. Girls V Volleyball Girls JV Volleyball 3 p.m. Boys and Girls Cross Country Canterbury Invitational (away) 3:30 p.m. Varsity Football

FOOTBALL HALFTIME AND POSTGAME SHOWSIn celebration of our Centennial, we invite everyone to gather at Pratt Field for the football game halftime show celebrating “Athletics through the Years.” Following the game, the Loomis Chaffee Dance Companies will present a brief postgame show, “Dances through the Century.”

CENTENNIAL CEREMONY AT THE HOMESTEADImmediately following the football postgame show, all are invited to parade to the Homestead for a brief Centennial Ceremony to mark this special moment in the history of The Loomis Institute.

Joe Hill ’93

Loomis Chaffee ’s Centennial Celebration

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