Academic calendar
Academic Year 2026-2027 runs Aug 19, 2026 – Jun 5, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Academic Year 2026-2027Relevant now
Campus language
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F
- Family Style
- The traditional sit-down meal format where students sit at assigned tables with a faculty member.
- Formal
- Short for Formal Dinner, occurring several times a week requiring specific dress code (coat and tie or equivalent).
- Founders
- The main historic building which houses several dorm corridors including Upper and Lower Chambers.
G
- GSA
- Gender and Sexuality Alliance, a student organization supporting LGBTQ+ students and allies.
H
- Hillier
- Hillier Hall, a dorm building located near the athletic facilities.
M
- Moss
- Moss Hall, a dormitory corridor within the main campus complex.
P
- Pell
- Pell Hall, a dormitory housing upperform students.
S
- SAAS
- St. Andrew’s African-American Society, a student affinity group.
- SAS
- The common abbreviation for Saint Andrew's School.
- Sherwood
- Sherwood Hall, one of the residential dormitories on campus.
- Sixth Former
- A senior student (the school uses the British form system).
T
- The Bubble
- The feeling of isolation or total immersion within the self-contained boarding school environment.
- The Front Lawn
- The central grass area of campus which students are traditionally forbidden from walking across.
- The Point
- A scenic, wooded area on the edge of the pond often used for student gatherings.
- The Pond
- Noxontown Pond, the body of water bordering the campus used for crew and swimming.
- The Snack
- The student snack bar, a casual spot for food and socializing outside of formal meal times.
V
- VISTA
- Volunteers in Service to All, the school's primary community service organization.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Check-in
- The mandatory nightly meeting at 10:00 PM in dorms for attendance and announcements.
- Co-Curriculars
- The mandatory afternoon activities, including sports, arts, or community service.
- Duty
- The period when a faculty member is supervising a dorm or campus area.
- Sipprelle
- The Sipprelle Field House, the primary indoor athletic and gym facility.
- The Amos
- Amos Hall, the campus building dedicated to science and mathematics.
- The Chapel
- The A. Felix duPont Memorial Chapel, used for services and all-school meetings.
- The O'Brien
- The O'Brien Arts Center, housing the theater, film, and visual arts facilities.
- The Path
- The paved walkway surrounding the Front Lawn, used to avoid walking on the grass.
- The T-Dock
- The T-shaped wooden dock on Noxontown Pond, the central social and recreational hub.
- Work Crew
- The student-led program where everyone participates in campus cleaning and maintenance tasks.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Academic Year 2026-2027 runs Aug 19, 2026 – Jun 5, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 17 approved campus terms and 10 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.