Student Handbook - The Taft School

Upper Middler Evening Routine
7:00–7:50 p.m. Interdorming
• Begins after Long Weekend in the fall for students who complete the proper paperwork.
• Uppermids may visit in uppermid or senior rooms of students of the opposite sex from 7:00 p.m.
until 7:50 p.m. Sunday through Friday night and Saturday evenings 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.
• Uppermids may visit in middler rooms on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings from
7:00 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. only.
• A faculty member must be present in the dormitory if visiting is to take place.
• Hosts and their guests must sign in, in person, with the faculty member on duty in the dormitory
being visited and must sign out with that faculty member when departing.
• Guests may sign in only to the room of their host.
• The door to the student’s room must be kept ajar by a standard Taft-issue trash bin.
• Students should expect faculty or other students to drop by at any time.
• Hosts and their guests must sign out, in person, with the faculty member on duty in the
dormitory being visited.
• There are no visitation privileges on any nights of long weekends.
7:00–9:15 p.m. Uppermid Sign Out
• Students must sign out in person, with the faculty member on duty to sign out to the library,
faculty apartments, computer labs, language lab, academic center, writing center, counseling
offices or Math Table.
• Students may also sign out for cultural events when appropriate.
8:00–9:45 p.m. Study Hall
• During study hours students must be in their rooms or at one of the locations specified above.
• For purposes of maintaining quiet during this important time of the day, students are not to
gather in the halls or public areas of the school, but rather are expected to go to their destinations
quickly and quietly.
• Instant Messenger turned off.
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
9:45 p.m. Study Hall Ends
10:15 p.m. Check in with faculty member on duty
10:45 p.m. Room Check
• Students must remain in their own room at this time.
11:00 p.m. Internet and Instant Messenger access turned off
11:30 p.m. Lights Out
Special Study Requirements
Uppermids who must attend evening practices or play rehearsals—a situation that sometimes occurs
during the winter term—are required to attend an afternoon study hall.
Student Handbook 2010–11
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