SHADOW A STUDENT

Tuesdays and Fridays

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Experience life as a Wheaton Academy student! Wheaton Academy welcomes students to “shadow” a current student on select school days. We match prospective students with current Wheaton Academy students who are close in age, of the same gender, and who have similar interests. We provide lunch, but students are also welcome to bring their own.

Wheaton Academy welcomes students to “shadow” a current student on select school days.

Experience life as a Wheaton Academy student by attending a full day of classes, lunch, and Chapel. View our bell schedule here to see what’s in store on Tuesdays and Fridays. We match prospective students with current Wheaton Academy students who are close in age, of the same gender, and who have similar interests. We provide lunch, but students are also welcome to bring their own.

During shadow days, we also offer options for parents to tour our school and meet with current Wheaton Academy parents. 

On Tuesdays

  • Parents are invited to participate in an optional group tour at 2:00pm

On Fridays

  • Parents are invited to participate in an optional group tour at 8:00am
  • Parents are also welcome to enjoy coffee with a current Wheaton Academy parent from 9:00 – 10:00am
Shadow FAQs

Please plan to drop your student off between 7:40-7:45am and pick up your student at 3:00pm.

  • You can drop-off and pick-up your student at the Front Entrance of the Academic Building (Door 1)
  • Your student is welcome to check-in without a parent, or you can park in one of the designated Visitor Parking spots and walk him/her inside to check-in.
  • See a campus map here.

We ask students to dress modestly and appropriately during their time on campus. Students are welcome to wear jeans, sweatpants, t-shirts, sweatshirts and shorts. Some items of clothing to avoid are tank tops, cropped tops, leggings, shorts and dresses that do not meet the 7” inseam guideline, and t-shirts or sweatshirts with inappropriate messaging or images.

The Wheaton Academy cell phone policy states that phones are “away for the day”. While Shadow Students are allowed to bring a cell phone to campus during their Shadow Day, we ask that Shadows are respectful of the policy and have their phones away for the day as well.

Lunch is provided on your student’s Shadow Day!  Our Admissions Team will let you know what is being served for lunch on your scheduled shadow day, but you can also view our Lunch Menu online.  You are welcome to send a lunch from home for your student as well.

 

Wheaton Academy has an “allergy aware” policy which states that foods containing any type of nuts must not be consumed on Wheaton Academy’s campus or during off-campus activities (games, field trips, tours, etc.). Insofar as certain diets require significant protein, Wheaton Academy will have one small peanut zone in a portion of the Student Union for students who need to eat nuts or nut products at lunch. This is the only place on campus where nuts of any kind may be eaten. This restriction includes all foods containing nut products like granola bars, candy bars with nuts, cookies with nuts, peanut oil, etc. There is no way to ensure that reactions will never occur, but with everyone’s help, the risk of allergic reactions can be reduced.

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