For Slate School Families

Absence Form

2025-2026 Lower School Absence Form

2025-2026 Upper School Absence Form

Dates to Remember

2025-2026

August 28-29: Kindergarten Orientation and Grade 7 Orientation

September 2: First Day of School

September 17 (5:30 pm): PPG Meeting

September 25 (5:00 pm): Upper School Parent Night

September 26 (3:00 pm): Family Picnic and Clothing Swap

October 4 (3:00 pm): QU Women’s Hockey vs. Providence

October 13: Professional Development Day (no school for students)

October 14 (5:15-6:30 pm): Lower School Parent Night

October 17 (3:00 pm) : Pumpkin Decorating Event

October 18 (4:00 pm) : QU Women’s Soccer vs. Sacred Heart

October 22-24: Parent Conferences, 12:30pm dismissal for Lower School and 1:00pm dismissal for Upper School

November 4 (5:00 pm): Upper School First Tuesday

November 9 (4:00 pm): Men’s Club Hockey vs. Tampa

November 19 (5:30 pm): PPG Meeting 

November 25 (2:00 pm): Lower School Project Presentations 

November 26-28: Thanksgiving Break

December 1: Professional Development, 12:30pm dismissal for Lower School and 1:00pm dismissal for Upper School

December 4 (1:00 pm): Upper School Project Presentations 

December 4 (3:00 pm): Wreath Making Event

December 12 (6:30 pm): Head of School Holiday Party 

December 13 (1:00 pm): Nutcracker

December 19: No afterschool enrichment

December 20 through January 4: Winter Break

January 9 (7:00 pm): QU Ice Hockey Game vs. Union

January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Professional development day (no school for students)

February 4 (5:30 pm): PPG Meeting 

February 16: Professional development, 12:30pm dismissal for Lower School and 1:00pm dismissal for Upper School

February 19 (2:00 pm): Lower School Project Presentations

February 22 (2:00 pm): QU Basketball Game vs. Fairfield

March 5 (1:30 pm): Upper School Project Presentations

March 9-20: Spring Break

April 3: Good Friday

April 8 (5:30 pm): PPG Meeting

April 16 (2:00 pm): Lower School Project Presentations

April 22-24: Parent Conferences, 12:30pm dismissal for Lower School and 1:00pm dismissal for Upper School

May TBD: Yard Goats Game

May 7-8: Plant Sale

May 14: Read Day

May 21 (1:30 pm): Upper School Project Presentations

May 25: Memorial Day

May 28 (2:00 pm): Lower School Project Presentations

June 3 (2-2:45 pm): Fly Up Event / New Family Gathering

June 5: Last Day of School (no afterschool enrichment)

Important Dates

Feb 15, 2025: If you would like to apply for financial aid, please be sure to submit a new FACTS Grant & Aid financial aid application by February 15th with updated financial information. Please note that February 15th is the firm deadline, and we will not be able to consider financial aid applications submitted after this deadline. The January 1-December 31, 2024, federal tax returns are required as part of your financial aid application. Please be sure to file your 2025 federal tax returns as early as possible so that you have the documentation needed to complete the FACTS Grant & Aid financial aid application by the February 15th deadline. 

Opportunities for Participation

Grove Volunteers: Help reshelve books in Grove. Please contact Alison Smith at 203-872-5900 or asmith@slateschool.org to schedule a time that is convenient for you.

Project Volunteers: Help in classroom during Project time. Please contact Alison Smith at 203-872-5900 or asmith@slateschool.org to express interest.

Book and Discussion Club for Parents: Let us read and discuss books that inspire us.

Garden Club: The next meeting will be announced shortly.