A Guide for Parents

This guide, prepared by the Choate Spears Endowment for Spiritual & Moral Education, provides parents with useful information, some helpful advice and an insight into the Choate community. The guide covers the following topics:

1. Keeping Current with the School
2. Some Advice
3. Getting Started
   1. Before school starts
   2. Moving in
   3. Meeting the adviser
   4. Homesickness
   5. Adjustment issues
4. Understanding Life at Choate
   1. Pressure points
   2. Expectations
   3. Sometimes things go wrong …what you can do
   4. When you have bad news to share
   5. When to expect to hear from the school
   6. How you can help
5. Day Students
6. International Students
7. Safety Nets
8. College Counseling
9. School Song
10. Useful Names and Numbers
11. Further Reading