Student Life

Weekend Activities: Fall Semester 2008

All students are required to attend two school-sponsored cultural events each semester. Please note that additional cultural activities will be listed as event calendars for venues become available. Activities are subject to change.

=Cultural Activity

September 5–7

CLOSED WEEKEND FOR ALL STUDENTS
Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
7–9 pm Emma Bowl training and planning session
9 pm Movie in student center
Saturday
2 pm Emma Bowl 2008 field competitions
7 p.m. Emma Bowl 2008 skit competition
Sunday
TBS Sunday morning church rides
12–2 pm Asian marekt
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall

September 12–14

CLOSED WEEKEND FOR FRESHMEN
Friday
Freshmen Trip to Camp Chingachgook
4–6 pm Target/Staples
8–10 pm Bowling at East Greenbush Spare Time
Saturday
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
1–5 pm Salem Harvestfest
6:30 pm Dance at Miss Hall's School (fee $5)
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
9 am Multi-school trip to Six Flags Amusement Park (fee TBD)

September 19–21

Friday
4–7 pm Stuyvesant Plaza
7–10 pm Funplex fun park
Saturday
11 am–1 pm Troy farmers' market
12–4 pm. Crossgates Mall
4 pm Salisbury vs. Hotchkiss football game @ Salisbury
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
1–4 pm Grafton Lakes State Park, hike and/or swim
2–4 pm Asian market
 

September 26–28

CLOSED WEEKEND FOR ALL STUDENTS
Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
8 pm Alumnae Arts & Achievement reception
7 pm Down by the Riverside featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama
Proctor's Theater
Saturday
8–9:15 am Yoga
10 am Symposium: Women, Power, and Possibility
(required of all students)
2:30 pm 2-mile fun run
4–5 pm Organ recital
5–9 pm Colonie Center mall
5 pm Salisbury vs. Avon football and bonfire
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
8:30 am Pilates
10 am Chapel service featuring alumnae/student choir
12–2 pm Asian market
2–5 pm Saratoga Film Forum, Tell no One
 

October 3–5

CLOSED WEEKEND FOR SENIORS
Friday
4–7 pm Colonie Center
7:15 pm bjm_danse at the Egg (fulfills dance requirement)
7:30 pm Peer ed movie in student center (diversity theme)
Saturday
8 am SATs
8 am Fall opera trip
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
6–10 pm Dinner & a Movie @ The Spectrum
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
12–2 pm Empty Bowls
1–3 pm Hike @ Thacher State Park
2–4 pm Asian market
 

October 10–12

Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
7–9 pm Miniature golf
Saturday
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
1–5 pm Museum trip to MassMoCA
8 pm Friends of Chamber Music concert
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
12–2 pm Asian market
1:45 pm Cruise Lake George on the Minne-Ha-Ha

October 17–19

PARENT DAYS/LONG WEEKEND
Activities determined by the interests of the students staying on campus for the weekend
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
Monday
8 am NYC excursion trip (fee TBD)
Tuesday

October 24–26

Friday
4–7 p.m. Stuyvesant Plaza
6–10 p.m. East Greenbush movies
Saturday
11 am–1 pm Troy Farmer's Market
12–4 p.m. Crossgates Mall
8 pm BHA dance
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
8:15 am

Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon and Squirrelly Six Mile Race
Thatcher State Park. Run yourself or get a team together.

1–3 pm Haunted hayride and corn maze
2–4 pm Asian market

Octber 31–November 2

Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
6:30 pm Halloween party and campus trick or treat
9 pm Ghoul-a-thon in student center
Saturday
8 am SATs
5–9 pm Colonie Center
8 pm Friends of Chamber Music concert
8–10 pm Bowling @ East Greenbush Spare Time
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
9:30 am Chasing the Cause 5k @ EWS
1–3 pm The Pottery Place (formerly Color Me Mine)

November 7–9

Friday
4–7 pm Colonie Center
8 pm FASO coffee house
Saturday
8 am Jr/Sr NYC excursion trip (fee TBD)
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
6 pm Salisbury Carnival (fee TBD)
7 pm Flamenco de hoy @ HVCC (fulfills dance requirement)
7:30 pm Peer ed movie in student center (physical wellness theme)
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
1–5 pm Saratoga Broadway trip
2–4 pm Asian market
 

November 14–16

Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
7 pm Fall play
Saturday
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
6–10 pm Spectrum movie trip
7 pm Fall play
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
12–2 pm Asian market
2 pm Fall play

November 21–December 1

THANKSGIVING BREAK
Saturday
12 pm DORMS CLOSE, BOARDERS RETURN BY 9 PM ON DEC. 1

December 5–7

Friday
4–7 pm Stuyvesant Plaza
6:30 pm Albany River Rats hockey vs. the Norfolk Admirals
Saturday
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
6:30 pm Salisbury dance (fee TBD)
7 pm The Eight: Reindeer Monologues @ the Dee Sarno Theater, Saratoga
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
11 am–5 pm Lee outlet shopping
1–4 pm Museum trip to the Albany Institute of History and Art 

December 12–14

Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
7:30 pm Eventide
Saturday
1–4 pm Holiday craft workshop
6–10 pm Colonie Center
Sunday
TBS Sunday morning church rides
12–4 pm Crossgates mall
2–5 pm Saratoga Film Forum

December 19–21

Friday
8 pm Revels
10 pm Winter break begins
Saturday
12 pm DORMS CLOSE FOR UNDERCLASSWOMEN
Sunday
12 pm DORMS CLOSE FOR SENIORS

December 21–January 11

BREAK—STUDENTS RETURN BY 9 PM ON JAN. 11

January 16–18

Friday
4–6 pm Target/Staples
7 pm Diavalo @ Proctor's
7:30 pm Peer ed movie in student center (mental wellness theme)
Saturday
12–4 pm Crossgates Mall
6 pm Troy Dine Around. Enjoy dinner out at a local restaurant.
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
1–4 pm

Snow tubing @ West Mountain

 

January 23–25

SEMESTER BREAK/LONG WEEKEND
Activities to be determined by those staying on campus.

Friday
3:30 pm Fall semester ends
Saturday
Sunday
TBD Sunday morning church rides
6:30 pm One Man Star Wars Trilogy @ Proctor’s

 

All scheduled events are subject to change. Seats are limited for some events.

All students are required to attend two school-sponsored cultural events each semester.

“Last weekend I hiked in the Adirondacks with the Outing Club and went to see the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Albany with my dance class. At Emma Willard, you get the best of the city and the great outdoors in one place.

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