What is First Dinner?
First Dinner is a new tradition for Darlington Freshman, a special dinner hosted on the evening before your first Homecoming Dance. Gathering and sharing a meal together is a great way to help mark the beginning of your experience as part of the Upper School Community. First Dinner is designed as a book end to Senior Dinner, an event hosted by the Board of Trustees in the Spring of your Senior year to help mark the whole of your chapter as a Darlington Tiger.
First Dinner will be held at Coosa Country Club on Saturday, October 21st.
Dates from other high school grades or schools are welcome! But it's not necessary to have a date at all! Oftentimes, students attend Homecoming with a group of friends.
Event Details
6:00 pm - Pictures on the lawn at Coosa Country Club (the lawn is located directly behind the Club). Parents are welcome to attend. There will be a photographer for group photos of the Class of 2027. As well as an opportunity for smaller, group photos inside the Club following the larger gathering.
6:45 pm - Students will be ushered inside for an Italian Buffet Dinner. Vegetarian options are available. Parents are excused.
8:00 pm - Depart to Darlington School for Homecoming Dance.
Transportation Details
Darlington School is providing transportation to and from the Club for all boarding students.
ALL students, day and boarding, may ride the Darlington buses from the Club to the dance.
Cost
Dinner - $45 per individual or $90 per couple (this includes meal, service, room rental, linens, decorations and photographer)
Payment Options
Day Students
Payment options available via Venmo or check to Megan Watters. (All payments to be collected in advance, even if you are a member of the club).
Please include the student's name along with payment (and date’s name, if applicable).
Venmo - @Megan-Watters-2
Checks may be mailed and written out to:
Megan Watters
304 East Fourth Avenue
Rome, Georgia 30161
Boarding Students
Boarding students may have First Dinner charged to their student account. The school will white slip the student’s account once an RSVP is received.
RSVP
All RSVPs are to be submitted no later than Monday, October 16th. Parents are welcome to RSVP on their student’s behalf. Please be sure to include student's name, as well as name of date when applicable.
RSVP to Megan Watters - megwat@comcast.net
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Parents interested in helping decorate the event space are welcome to reach out to either Megan Watters or Emily Holcombe.
Looking forward to a special event for this excellent class of students!
Emily Holcombe
(Ava Belle '24, Emmett '27 and Rosemary '30)
(205) 994-0569
Megan Watters
(Jay '27 and Whit '28)
(404) 273-3215
Attached you will find a school-approved jacket and fleece jacket order form. The deadline for ordering is Oct. 6.
Meeting location is Thatcher Commons at 6:00 pm.
Please join us for our next Tiger Pride Meeting on Monday, October 2 at 8:15 am held in the Joanne G. Yancey Library at Thatcher Hall.
We are excited to have Jess Laliberte, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, as our guest speaker. She will be sharing the amazing and growing services that our Teaching and Learning Center offers and the impact these resources play on each student. Please make plans to attend!!
We will also hear from Keri Smith, President of the Fine Arts Booster Club, who will share details for our Fall for the Arts event coming up on October 20.
Following the Tiger Pride meeting, we will decorate Thatcher Hall and the Cottages for Fall!
This meeting is our last meeting before the new year. We have a lot of updates, events and service opportunities to share! We hope to see you there!
October 5th, at 6:00 PM, there will be a middle school basketball "pre-tryout" parent meeting located in the Thatcher Commons.
All seniors will take the School Day SAT on Wednesday, October 11. Registration has been taken care of for you. Plan to arrive at the Huffman Athletic Center-Van Es Arena by 7:45 a.m. Testing will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. We will not be observing late-start for this testing administration.
Extended time students report to the Learning Center.
Bring two-#2 pencils and an approved calculator.
Email Wendy Payne with questions.
The new Digital PSAT exam for students in grades 9, 10 & 11 will take place on Wednesday, October 11, at 8:00 a.m. in the Huffman Athletic Center. We will NOT observe late start on this day. Plan to arrive at the Huffman Center no later than 7:40 a.m. Testing will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m.
Advisors will conduct an "Online Readiness Check" with students to make sure the new Bluebook app is downloaded and functioning properly.
Sign-in tickets, scratch paper and pencils will be provided by the proctors. Students may bring a calculator to use, but there is also one embedded in the app that they are permitted to access.
A fully charged computer is required for testing.
Testing locations:
Email Wendy Payne with questions.
We hope you will join us at the Home-on-the-Hill for your child's grade parent coffee! This will be an excellent opportunity to connect and socialize with other Darlington parents from your child's grade. For more details, use the link below.
Tuesday, Oct. 3: Freshman Parent Coffee - Evite Link
Thursday, Oct. 12: Sophomore Parent Coffee - Evite Link
Tuesday, Oct. 17: Junior Parent Coffee - Evite Link
Thursday, Oct. 19: Senior Parent Coffee - Evite Link
Our website is now accepting participants for the Floyd County Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program. I have attached a poster with a QR code.
www.distinguishedyw.org/georgia/floyd
The program is free and is open to any 11th-grade young lady who attends school in Rome/Floyd County whether it be public, private, or homeschooled. In our first year of having a local program in Floyd County, we awarded $2850 in cash scholarships to the class of 2024.
We will be having a Zoom orientation on Thursday, October 19 at 8 pm.
The Zoom link will be sent to those who have registered on the website. The website will be open to new participants until November 30. Our program will begin on January 8. More information will be announced at the orientation.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact :
Cameron Abney
1st- 5th grade Parents,
We will be offering two after-school clubs during the month of October and November.
1. Teach Me Tennis is an after-school opportunity available to our 1st through 5th graders and is brought to us through the Coosa Valley Tennis Association. Coach Eberhart and Coach Cargle will be leading the Teach Me Tennis Club on Mondays and Wednesdays starting on October 16th thru November 15th. All 1st- 5th graders interested in participating, should use the link below to sign up. The cost is $55 and includes a tennis racquet, 10 practice sessions, and entry into the Teach Me Tennis Tournament on Sunday, November 5th at 2:30 p.m.
https://cvta.us/teach-me-tennis-at-darlington-school/
Please note that parent pickup for Teach Me Tennis will be at the Darlington Tennis Courts at 4:30 p.m. If your child is not picked up, he or she will be escorted to Extended Day, which does have a cost associated with it.
2. Running Club- (Berry Pumpkin Run) will be offered to our 2nd - 5th graders on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This after-school club will only have 3 practices and then the race on October 26th. This club is only for those who will race on October 26th.
Here is the schedule...
10/17- Practice until 4 pm
10/19- Practice until 4 pm
10/24- Practice until 4 pm
10/26- Race at Berry College's Mountain Campus starting at 4 pm
The fee of $20 will cover the 3 sessions and entry fee for the Berry Pumpkin Race.
http://darlingtonschool.campbrainregistration.com
Please note that parent pickup for Running Club will be at the side door of Thatcher Hall at 4:05 p.m. If your child is not picked up, he or she will be escorted to Extended Day, which does have a cost associated with it.
Parent-teacher conferences will occur on Wednesday, Oct. 11th. Students will not have school on that day. Sign-ups for grades 3-8 conferences have been sent via Sign-Up Genius. You will find the links below:
The link for conferences in Grades 3-5 is HERE.
The link for conferences in Grades 6-8 is HERE.
Save the Date!
Freshman Homecoming First Dinner!
What is First Dinner?
First Dinner is a fairly new tradition for Darlington Freshman, a special dinner hosted on the evening before your first Homecoming Dance. Gathering and sharing a meal together is a great way to help mark the beginning of your experience as part of the Upper School Community. First Dinner is designed as a bookend to Senior Dinner, an event hosted by the Board of Trustees in the Spring of your Senior year to help mark the whole of your chapter as a Darlington Tiger.
Dates from other high school grades or schools are welcome! But it's not necessary to have a date at all! Oftentimes, students attend Homecoming with a group of friends.
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, October 21st.
Event details to be announced.
We hope to see you there!
Megan Watters
(404) 273-3215
megwat@comcast.net
Emily Holcombe
(205) 994-0569
emily.holcombe@gmail.com
