THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OFF TO A GREAT START!
Fall sports have begun, classes are in full swing, students are engaging in fun weekend recreation opportunities, and everyone is getting to know each other. We look forward to a wonderful school year with your student!

Schedule Changes
Students can make changes to their schedules by submitting requests online which are addressed by Anne Marie Lund, Registrar, for 8th through 11th grades, and by college counseling for seniors and post-grads. 

Today, Wednesday, September 6th, is the last day to make non-advanced placement (AP) class changes.

AP class changes may be made until Friday, September 8th.

Please check with your student about their schedule. You can see their schedule in PowerSchool!

School Photos
Individual photos for all grades will be taken on Wednesday, September 20th by local photographers at White Raven Studios. We will provide the family's email address to White Raven Studios so that they can share these photos directly with you. 

Please advise Ms. Laura Prenot, our Visual Arts Department Chair who leads the yearbook team, if you do not want your email address shared with White Raven Studios no later than this Wednesday, September 13th. 

Student Advisors & Their Communication with You
Your student's advisor supports and guides them in every part of student life, including academics, social interaction, and engagement in school activities. The advisor is the primary source of communication between families and Wasatch Academy. While each advisor/advisee relationship is unique, all advisors seek to develop an authentic relationship based on respect and trust. Students can always go to their advisor for help connecting with their adult support system on campus. 

Every Tuesday and Wednesday morning, during the advisory period, the students meet with their advisors to review their overall well-being in all aspects of student life. 

Advisors also check in on students' participation in weekend recreation activities. They are there to help keep your student engaged and participating in these social and learning activities. The only exceptions for not attending weekend recreation will be athletes with commitments on Fridays and/or Saturdays and day students with family obligations. 

Advisors will communicate with you, the families, regularly by way of an email with an update on the students' overall status in their academic, residential, recreational, and community life at Wasatch Academy. We always encourage you to reach out to your student's advisor at any time.

OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THESE COLLEGES ON CAMPUS

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR STUDENT'S TRAVEL PLANS
Fall Break October 7 - 15
However your student travels to and from campus, we need to know about it so we get them safely to and from you to us. For each break, we ask that you let Abbi Kennedy, our Travel Coordinator, know about your student's travel arrangements by completing the Travel Day Form. If you are driving your student to and from campus, we need to know this as well. Thank you!

IMMERSIONS
Immersions provide our students with opportunities to learn outside of a typical classroom setting. Students are encouraged to embrace new experiences, explore new areas of interest, dive more deeply into their passions, and have fun. Faculty from across disciplines design immersive experiences, most often off campus.

Taking place throughout the school year, students choose from a variety of interdisciplinary, experiential, and service-learning opportunities focused on real-world topics, creative projects, and valuable life skills. An immersion might be a weekend camping at a national park studying geology and petroglyphs, attending a series of live theater performances, or visiting historical sites and museums. Students learn alongside their peers and create lifelong memories. 

We will share immersion experiences with you in the Wasatch Weekly and Wasatch Connect!

WELLNESS PERSPECTIVES CLASSES
Wellness Perspectives includes important supplemental topics that are integral to student development and success. Students meet with instructors for 55 minutes in cohorts that rotate every five weeks. Due to the nature of the encouraged conversations among students and their different stages of cognitive and social development, the cohorts are sorted according to students' years in school, with 8th and 9th graders in combined cohorts, 10th graders in their own cohorts, and 11th and 12th graders in combined cohorts. The six Wellness Perspectives course subjects include:

• Culture & Leadership
• Physical Health
• Social & Emotional Wellness
• Sexual Health
• Substance Education
• Transitions for Life

WASATCH ACADEMY REGIONAL EVENTS 2023
Join alumni, parents, and friends, and allow us to introduce our new Head of School, Dr. Anne-Evan Williams. We invite you to meet Dr. Williams and share your Wasatch Academy memories, providing her with insights into the meaningful connections that tie you to our community. 

• San Francisco - September 12
• Los Angeles - September 13
• Salt Lake City - September 14
• Portland - October 5
• Seattle - October 6
• Dallas - October 9
• Houston - October 10
• Denver - October 12
• New York City - December 5

Visit Wasatch Connect, the community events page on our website or Instagram for additional details and to register.