2008 Woodie Awards
Family Weekend
Rollins students and their families enjoy the various activities over Family Weekend.
Lindsey Chang
Issue date: 11/4/05 Section: News
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Rollin's Family Weekend 2005 was a success as students integrated their parents into their world for three days. The integration process started with parents coming to classes and experiencing the teachers' lessons. It was probably the first time in a long time parents didn't have to ask their child how school or class was. They could see it for themselves.
Later, parents and their children had lunch together, which turned out to be a good opportunity for parents to meet many of their children's friends. Some parents even hung out with their children and their children's friends at The Grill; other parents took in the sun at the pool with their child, listening to the relaxing live steel band player and singer and watching the swim meet.
At 2:00 on Friday, the weather was perfect for the Ice Cream Social. Parents and children took off their shoes and laid on the grass. Everybody was in a good mood, conversing with faculty members, administrators, students and other Rollins families. The ice cream was also delicious and served with an array of toppings from which to choose. Many people lounged around near the library steps, listening to the live piano music and talking.
Mocktail Fest ended the night sweetly as parents and students walked around sampling different creative and tasty drinks. The music created a fun atmosphere and even created a large dancing crowd when the song Electric Slide was played.
On Saturday, parents were able to attend sessions made specifically for them. The sessions focused on Student Success and Classroom Success. Then, they could take a tour of campus sculpture and architectural detail with Dr. Arthur Blumenthal, Director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins. Later, parents even had the chance to get a behind the scenes look into Rollins' dining services.
All in all, it was nice to see the parents getting into their child's daily activities and into the "Rollins experience" and most of all having a great time doing it.
Later, parents and their children had lunch together, which turned out to be a good opportunity for parents to meet many of their children's friends. Some parents even hung out with their children and their children's friends at The Grill; other parents took in the sun at the pool with their child, listening to the relaxing live steel band player and singer and watching the swim meet.
At 2:00 on Friday, the weather was perfect for the Ice Cream Social. Parents and children took off their shoes and laid on the grass. Everybody was in a good mood, conversing with faculty members, administrators, students and other Rollins families. The ice cream was also delicious and served with an array of toppings from which to choose. Many people lounged around near the library steps, listening to the live piano music and talking.
Mocktail Fest ended the night sweetly as parents and students walked around sampling different creative and tasty drinks. The music created a fun atmosphere and even created a large dancing crowd when the song Electric Slide was played.
On Saturday, parents were able to attend sessions made specifically for them. The sessions focused on Student Success and Classroom Success. Then, they could take a tour of campus sculpture and architectural detail with Dr. Arthur Blumenthal, Director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins. Later, parents even had the chance to get a behind the scenes look into Rollins' dining services.
All in all, it was nice to see the parents getting into their child's daily activities and into the "Rollins experience" and most of all having a great time doing it.