<p>Hello!</p>
<p>While looking through the School Calendars of the BSs i found such a phrases like "23 November, Dormitories Close at 6 pm" and then "5 December, Boarders Check-in". Does it mean that all the boarding students must leave their Dorms for short vacations? </p>
<p>What about international students who live about 1.500 or more miles away, what should they do during these breaks according to BS' policy? </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>When it says that dorms close, ALL students must leave. Students who cannot go home, tend to go to a friend’s home for the break. If breaks are short (less than a week), the dorms usually stay open for the kids who live too far away.</p>
<p>There are but 3 breaks at my son’s school when the dorms close: Thanksgiving in November, Christmas, and Spring break in March.</p>
<p>i think you have to leave campus for thanksgiving, winter break, spring break and summer. if you can’t fly all the way back, i think you would just stay at a friends house. during campus visits i asked and they said that they sent out emails asking for ‘host families’ for the students who could not go home. so don’t worry too much about it.</p>
<p>Two Thanksgivings ago the D brought both a Korean girl and a German girl home for the week. Probably the best Thanksgiving we’ve ever had - the girls were wonderful and really enjoyed the uniquely American holiday.</p>
<p>fif would encourage all current and future BS students (and their parents) to keep this in mind. A great way to get to know a young person from a different country as well helping them avoid the stress and cost of long distance travel.</p>
<p>I second what fif said. As a “local boarder” family, we have been the official host family for someone who regularly spends the shorter holidays with us, and it is great for us! We also help with trips to and from the airport, summer storage,etc and even try to attend her performances at school. But even if you don’t live nearby, having your child invite kids come to you over a break can be really nice.</p>
<p>You have to be careful with school breaks, the ones with campus shutdown. Most schools have three major ones, Thanksgiving, Xmas and spring. But there ARE school has more showdowns than the three, Kent for example, has other shutdowns on long weekends. Also those schools with days students as majority, tend to close more frequently. Last year, I heard that at one school (not commonly mentioned here), several international student left mainly for the reason of frequent shutdowns.</p>