Student Life
Welcome
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
Headmaster Vance Wilson and Head of Lower School Fred Chandler cordially invite you to Lower School Grandparents & Special Friends Day on Thursday, April 20, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Schedule for the Day
8:15 a.m. – Registration on Senior Circle
8:45 a.m. – Chapel Service begins in The Little Sanctuary
9:15 a.m. – Breakfast Reception in the Cafritz Refectory
9:50 a.m. – Boys will meet you in the Cafritz Refectory
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Attend morning classes
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Portrait taken with grandson(s)
8:45 a.m. – Chapel Service begins in The Little Sanctuary
9:15 a.m. – Breakfast Reception in the Cafritz Refectory
9:50 a.m. – Boys will meet you in the Cafritz Refectory
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Attend morning classes
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Portrait taken with grandson(s)
The School Store (located on Marriott Hall's ground level) will be open at 8:00 a.m.
Visitor & Parking Information
St. Albans School is located on Mount St. Alban, at the corner of Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues, Northwest, Washington, DC, on the south side of the Washington National Cathedral.We kindly request that all visitors to St. Albans School park in the underground Cathedral Parking Garage and avoid parking on neighborhood streets. Visitors should use the garage’s main entrance off Wisconsin Avenue, located in front of the Cathedral near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Woodley Road (at the traffic light). Visitors should not use the Woodley Road entrance to the garage. Continuous shuttle bus service will be available between the Garage and St. Albans.
For Your Convenience
- Handicap parking spaces are located on each level of the garage near the elevators.
- Please obtain a ticket upon entrance to the garage, and bring your ticket with you to the Grandparents & Special Friends Day registration tables for validation purposes.
- Once you park, take the elevator up to the “Cathedral / Ground” floor. A St. Albans School host will meet you and guide you to the shuttle (just several steps from the elevator). The shuttle will drop you off at Senior Circle, where you may check in for Grandparents & Special Friends Day. The shuttle will be available throughout the day to take you from Senior Circle to the Cathedral Parking Garage.
- A St. Albans School host can also give you walking directions should you choose. (Distance is approximately 350 yards from garage to registration tables).
St. Albans School
Phone: 202-537-6435
Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.