In case you missed it, we have just a couple of weeks left until commencement! For all the details about the commencement ceremony, keynote speaker, reception afterwards, rain plans, dress code, or anything else you could possibly want to know, please look at this website. In short, the ceremony starts at 10am, is held on Watts Lawn unless it rains, and is mandatory for all student (juniors and seniors).
I have a couple suggestions that are not necessarily included on that site.
1. Please remember that the students will begin getting ready and lining up around 9am (earlier for some groups). If you want to meet your student and get pictures before the ceremony, grab breakfast together, or move some of their things out of their room, please make sure you do so early enough that they can still get ready and show up on time. No one wants to be late for graduation. And speaking of breakfast...
2. Let's take a minute to talk about meals. For a while in the school's history, students thought it was a great idea to leave campus REALLY early in the morning (think 4am), and walk somewhere for breakfast. To be clear, that is very much against the rules (students cannot leave their dorms until 6am) and, for juniors, can result in a level and sanctions possibly including not being asked to return for senior year, or, for seniors, will likely result in the student not being able to walk in the graduation ceremony. Please, please, please discourage your daughter from doing this. To help with this problem, the hall provides breakfast that morning (usually catered from somewhere like Brugger's Bagels or Panera Bread). The food is good, free, and just waiting for them to pick it up and eat it.
If you do want to pick up your daughter (and perhaps 30 some of her closest hallmates) and take her to breakfast, you are welcome to do so, but please do keep in mind that breakfast places here will be CRAZY busy. Plan extra time, expect long waits.
3. While we are still talking about food, always my favorite topic, let's talk lunch! I know that many of you have family in for graduation and are just dying to leave right after the ceremony and go have a nice sit down lunch. However, you also have to move your daughter out of her dorm room. To be clear, YOU MUST CHECK OUT OF THE RESIDENCE HALL BEFORE YOU LEAVE CAMPUS AND GO TO LUNCH! Not joking. Check outs go quickly, especially if you already have most everything out of the room before graduation day, so please check out with me on 3rd Bryan before you leave campus to go get lunch. And if you are really concerned, schedule a check out time before graduation.
Let me know if you have other questions!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Everything You Need To Know About Move Out!
3rd Bryan Students and Families,
1. The Week Before—Beginning Tuesday, May 27th, I will be doing room inspections every night to check that specific things have been done to help students clean their room, pack, and prepare for move out. The students have received a checklist of what needs to be done each night, and they know that if their room does not pass inspection they will not be allowed to attend the fun, end-of-year events like the lock-in or Airband. This list is the attachment titled “Final Week Procedures”.
2. Room Condition Reports—At one of these room inspections, I will go over the room condition reports with students. In case you don’t remember, the room condition reports were those forms you signed at the beginning of the year that detailed any pre-existing damage to the room. With the students I will note any additional damages that may have happened throughout the year, and we will write those on the form. On move out day, you and your student can look at the room condition report together and make sure you do not see anything we missed earlier in the week, and then you will both need to sign the form. Going over these forms before move out day will make it faster for me to check people out, instead of having to go over each category on the form on an already hectic day.
3. The BIG Day!—On move-out/graduation day, I will begin checking students out of the dorms half an hour after graduation ends, which should be about 12:30 unless graduation runs long or gets moved because of rain. To “check-out” appropriately, students need to complete everything on the checklist attached to this email entitled “Check Out List”. Most of these things should not take a long time since the students will have been packing and cleaning their room all week long. Once everything on the list is completed, students will sign up on a sheet posted by the lounge door saying that they are ready for me to check them out. I will go down that list to check people out. When it is their turn, I will come to the student’s room and double check that all the things on the checklist are completed. If an item is not completed satisfactorily, I will ask that the student redo it, and their name will be dropped to the bottom of the current list. When I am satisfied that everything is clean and empty, I will take the student’s key, access pass, and laundry card (for seniors), and collect the signed room condition report. At that point, and not before, you will be checked out and ready to leave.
4. Early Check Out—If you want to check-out before graduation begins, I am offering students the option to request a time earlier that morning. If you choose to do this, there are several things you need to understand. First, I am NOT obligated to check students out before graduation and am offering to do so to try to accommodate you. If you are signing up to check out early, I expect that everything will be done on time and extremely well since I am giving up my personal time in the morning and volunteering to get up extra early to accommodate you. Second, if you have requested an early check out time and, upon inspecting the room at the end of the week, I feel like it will not be ready for check out on time, I will ask that you reconsider and check out after graduation. Third, if it rains and graduation is moved to our indoor location, I will likely be asked to drive a loop and will not be able to do early check outs. Last, but not least, once you have checked out of your room and turned in your keys, you WILL NOT be allowed to go back there to change before or after graduation or for any other reason. Please consider all of these factors carefully and talk to your daughter before requesting to check out early.
5. Cleanliness—Please note that I will be VERY strict about cleanliness because if the rooms are not clean, I personally have to go back through and clean them myself. I do not want to spend my Sunday after graduation cleaning 19 rooms so please make sure it is clean before asking me to come check you out.
6. Charges—I want to make sure that you are all aware that there is a $50 “institutional cleaning service charge” that is automatically taken out of EVERYONE'S security deposit that is used to make routine improvements to the residence halls. One more time, EVERYONE WILL BE CHARGED $50 for this charge, regardless of how clean your room is when you move out. In addition, there is a whole list of other charges that can be assessed for damages or cleaning. Note especially that improper check-out is a $40 charge and late check-out is a $25 charge for every hour.
Below is all the information you need to know about move out. This has also been sent out as an email with the attachments listed below. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns about graduation or move out.
The end of the year is almost here and I wanted to give you some more detailed information about how move out and graduation will work, what you need to do to check out, and what things the school charges for. Students, I will be going over this information in hall meeting this week, but I wanted parents and students to have it directly from me as well so you will all know what to expect and can ask any questions you may have in advance.
I am sorry this message is so long, but the information is very important so take time to read it. OK, here goes, your guide to everything you need to know about move out:
The end of the year is almost here and I wanted to give you some more detailed information about how move out and graduation will work, what you need to do to check out, and what things the school charges for. Students, I will be going over this information in hall meeting this week, but I wanted parents and students to have it directly from me as well so you will all know what to expect and can ask any questions you may have in advance.
I am sorry this message is so long, but the information is very important so take time to read it. OK, here goes, your guide to everything you need to know about move out:
1. The Week Before—Beginning Tuesday, May 27th, I will be doing room inspections every night to check that specific things have been done to help students clean their room, pack, and prepare for move out. The students have received a checklist of what needs to be done each night, and they know that if their room does not pass inspection they will not be allowed to attend the fun, end-of-year events like the lock-in or Airband. This list is the attachment titled “Final Week Procedures”.
2. Room Condition Reports—At one of these room inspections, I will go over the room condition reports with students. In case you don’t remember, the room condition reports were those forms you signed at the beginning of the year that detailed any pre-existing damage to the room. With the students I will note any additional damages that may have happened throughout the year, and we will write those on the form. On move out day, you and your student can look at the room condition report together and make sure you do not see anything we missed earlier in the week, and then you will both need to sign the form. Going over these forms before move out day will make it faster for me to check people out, instead of having to go over each category on the form on an already hectic day.
3. The BIG Day!—On move-out/graduation day, I will begin checking students out of the dorms half an hour after graduation ends, which should be about 12:30 unless graduation runs long or gets moved because of rain. To “check-out” appropriately, students need to complete everything on the checklist attached to this email entitled “Check Out List”. Most of these things should not take a long time since the students will have been packing and cleaning their room all week long. Once everything on the list is completed, students will sign up on a sheet posted by the lounge door saying that they are ready for me to check them out. I will go down that list to check people out. When it is their turn, I will come to the student’s room and double check that all the things on the checklist are completed. If an item is not completed satisfactorily, I will ask that the student redo it, and their name will be dropped to the bottom of the current list. When I am satisfied that everything is clean and empty, I will take the student’s key, access pass, and laundry card (for seniors), and collect the signed room condition report. At that point, and not before, you will be checked out and ready to leave.
4. Early Check Out—If you want to check-out before graduation begins, I am offering students the option to request a time earlier that morning. If you choose to do this, there are several things you need to understand. First, I am NOT obligated to check students out before graduation and am offering to do so to try to accommodate you. If you are signing up to check out early, I expect that everything will be done on time and extremely well since I am giving up my personal time in the morning and volunteering to get up extra early to accommodate you. Second, if you have requested an early check out time and, upon inspecting the room at the end of the week, I feel like it will not be ready for check out on time, I will ask that you reconsider and check out after graduation. Third, if it rains and graduation is moved to our indoor location, I will likely be asked to drive a loop and will not be able to do early check outs. Last, but not least, once you have checked out of your room and turned in your keys, you WILL NOT be allowed to go back there to change before or after graduation or for any other reason. Please consider all of these factors carefully and talk to your daughter before requesting to check out early.
5. Cleanliness—Please note that I will be VERY strict about cleanliness because if the rooms are not clean, I personally have to go back through and clean them myself. I do not want to spend my Sunday after graduation cleaning 19 rooms so please make sure it is clean before asking me to come check you out.
6. Charges—I want to make sure that you are all aware that there is a $50 “institutional cleaning service charge” that is automatically taken out of EVERYONE'S security deposit that is used to make routine improvements to the residence halls. One more time, EVERYONE WILL BE CHARGED $50 for this charge, regardless of how clean your room is when you move out. In addition, there is a whole list of other charges that can be assessed for damages or cleaning. Note especially that improper check-out is a $40 charge and late check-out is a $25 charge for every hour.
Please remember that graduation and move out day is extremely exciting, hectic, emotional, and exhausting. Plan ahead and be reasonable about what you want to accomplish that day. Students will be trying to say goodbye to their friends and may not always move as fast as families expect them to in getting moved out. Please have a conversation about what is important for the student that day, like having time for pictures after graduation or getting moved out early so she doesn’t have to worry about it after graduation.
Please let me know if you have questions about anything or if there is anything I can help you with as the year draws to a close.
Please let me know if you have questions about anything or if there is anything I can help you with as the year draws to a close.
3B Profiles-Abbie!
Thanks to Abbie for being our final profile on hall for the year!
Hey! My name is Abbie, I’m from Farmville (which is not in fact a Facebook game or a town full of farms lol just a small town with farms nearby), I am 17 years old (well, I will be on May 23), and I successfully made it to the end – I am the last person on 3rd Bryan to do the hall blog – woo!
I literally cannot wait till summer! * almost there *
I am the youngest of six kids, all from the same mom and dad. There are five girls and one boy, and I am the third kid in a row from my family to attend NCSSM (no pressure).
Dance used to be my entire life, and I gave it up to come to NCSSM. I miss it everyday, but I keep myself busy with running everyday for cross-country or indoor and outdoor track. I also perform in the spring/ winter performances with the Advanced Dance Team.
^^^Here is a picture of me with the cross-country team at states (aka the coolest people ever).
I went to Spain over mini-term and it was amazing. I can’t wait to travel more in the future! Here is a picture of me with a friend in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid: (It was so windy and cold that day!)
I am super excited to be a Sustainability Project Leader next year and to continue being involved in HOSA and Dance Marathon.
I am not ashamed of my obsession with Grey’s Anatomy or How I Met Your Mother (lol).
I hope to become either a doctor in internal medicine, a physician’s assistant, or maybe even an environmental lawyer.
I loved spending this crazy year in a triple with my pretty rad roommates, Mahsa and Miranda.
Hey! My name is Abbie, I’m from Farmville (which is not in fact a Facebook game or a town full of farms lol just a small town with farms nearby), I am 17 years old (well, I will be on May 23), and I successfully made it to the end – I am the last person on 3rd Bryan to do the hall blog – woo!
I literally cannot wait till summer! * almost there *
I am the youngest of six kids, all from the same mom and dad. There are five girls and one boy, and I am the third kid in a row from my family to attend NCSSM (no pressure).
Dance used to be my entire life, and I gave it up to come to NCSSM. I miss it everyday, but I keep myself busy with running everyday for cross-country or indoor and outdoor track. I also perform in the spring/ winter performances with the Advanced Dance Team.
^^^Here is a picture of me with the cross-country team at states (aka the coolest people ever).
I went to Spain over mini-term and it was amazing. I can’t wait to travel more in the future! Here is a picture of me with a friend in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid: (It was so windy and cold that day!)
I am super excited to be a Sustainability Project Leader next year and to continue being involved in HOSA and Dance Marathon.
I am not ashamed of my obsession with Grey’s Anatomy or How I Met Your Mother (lol).
I hope to become either a doctor in internal medicine, a physician’s assistant, or maybe even an environmental lawyer.
I loved spending this crazy year in a triple with my pretty rad roommates, Mahsa and Miranda.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
3B Profiles-Shuyi!
I'm Shuyi and I was originally came from China. I've already been in this country for two years, arrived at Wayne County at first, then moved to the Cumberland County. I'm a city person, but without any words I love coutry's sky and road. Blue and clear. I love travel a lot, I've already went to most part of China and some parts of America. Hopefully later I'm able to travel around the world.
I love Chinese ancient culture, and I've been impressed by Chinese literature, and music. I love to learn them and hopefully I'll learn more in the future.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Hot Dog Roast
Here are a few pictures from our hot dog roast yesterday! Thanks to Amber for organizing it for us.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
May Hall Calendar
Here is the calendar for our final month of the school year! How exciting is that?
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
3B Profiles-Maddy!
My name is Maddy, and I’m a junior this year. I live in Charlotte when I’m not here at NCSSM. I have two cats and a dog, and I absolutely love animals. Also, a little brother, he’s kind of like an animal; not really I love him. I also love reading, watching movies, volunteering with my youth group, listening to music, traveling, taking pictures, and just hanging around with my friends. My favorite color is yellow, my favorite superhero is Flash. My favorite place to be is the beach (any beach as long as I can enjoy the water), and I want to study marine biology in college. My favorite animals are sea turtles, and I’ve had the chance to come in close contact with many different ones. They’re beautiful creatures and I’d love to do something with them when I’m all grown up. My favorite book is homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, and my favorite TV show Supernatural. However, it’s impossible to pick a favorite movie. Before I came to NCSSM, I did competition cheer (I was pretty good at throwing girls in the air, throwing myself in the air, and smiling really big). Lastly, an interesting fact about me is that I’ve broken my arm or ankle at least 8 or 9 times, you start to lose count. And surprisingly it was never cheering or dancing, just falling.
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