The following links and downloadable documents also provide important information that will assist with preparation for Parents Visiting Weekend.

	1. Parents Visiting Weekend - 2008	PDF File Size: 80 kb
Updated April 2008 NEW!
	2. Getting to Dinner Plain:	PDF File Size: 88 kb
Includes important information about road conditions and fitting chains
	3. Accomodation Guide 2008:	PDF File Size: 22 kb
Includes a full list of accommodation options for Dinner Plain Updated February 2008 NEW!
	4. Checklist for the Alpine Areas:

Parents Weekend is specifically set up for families so Parents can understand the Alpine School experience. Your visit is vital to ensure that the “Alpine School Experience” is shared, and to collectively support students during this time.

The visiting weekend is for immediate family members only. It is not considered appropriate that boy/girl friends or large extended families visit the school on either day. The Alpine School experience is about an intense learning experience for the students. As such, parents and siblings, as the usual primary support for students, are the only invited guests.

The visiting weekend is a vital component of the Alpine School experience as it draws the family into the experience of the student. It can and usually does cause a great deal of angst with parents and students (in particular). Separation anxiety is often revisited for both students and parents. We feel it is well worth the effort, as it achieves a shared understanding of aspects of the Alpine School experience for parents and immediate family that needs to be communicated face-to-face. This is a vital insight into your son’s/daughter’s experience which will assist you with the reintegration process upon their return home. We ask you give this weekend the highest priority in your family’s planning!Dates for this weekend have been circulated. The format of the weekend is that parents pick-up their son/daughter after 10am and before midday on the Saturday. It is suggested families stay nearby, and accommodation should be booked well in advance.

On Sunday, families are asked to return with their son/daughter by 3.00pm and leave by 4.00pm. A light afternoon tea is provided. If any families need to leave earlier and hence have to drop off their son or daughter prior to these times, staff will be in attendance at the Alpine School on Sunday from 1200 midday.

If any families are unable to attend the weekend, please advise as soon as possible. Your son or daughter will be looked after and special arrangements made to ensure their experience is also valuable.

In the past, some families have shared lifts on and off the mountain, and even accepted responsibility for a student if his or her family is unable to attend.

We do, however, ask and strongly recommend, for your son or daughters well being, that every effort is taken to attend the visiting weekend. Please call us for advise on any matter regarding this all-important part of the Alpine School experience.

If you don't have Acrobat installed, you can download it here