{"id":3036,"date":"2022-03-11T07:34:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/?page_id=3036"},"modified":"2022-07-08T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:44:11","slug":"class-of-2026-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/class-of-2026-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2026 Incoming Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to Bates! We are so excited for you and your Class of 2026 students to be joining Bates and want to make sure that we provide you with the information and resources that will be most helpful to you as incoming families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Welcome, Class of 2026 families!<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"background-color: var(--backgroundColor); color: initial; font-family: var(--fontSansSerif);\">Formal activity with Class of 2026 students and families will get underway in late May. We look forward to keeping you updated on helpful resources, ways to support your incoming student, and what to expect of the timeline in the weeks and months leading up to student arrival on campus.<\/span><\/li><li>Already planning travel for next year? The <a href=\"https:\/\/bates-catalog.coursedog.com\/resources\/academic-calendar\">2022-2023 academic calendar<\/a> is a great place to start, and save the date for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/\">Back to Bates<\/a> &#8211; our family weekend &#8211; as well.<\/li><li>Many more details to come, but the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/first-year-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">drop-off date<\/a> for the Class of 2026 has been announced. (Note that student-athletes and others may have a different arrival date.)<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/first-year-experience\/\">First-Year Experience page<\/a> is a valuable resource, and while we will keep you updated via email throughout the summer, we suggest you also bookmark their site.<\/li><li>Looking to get a jump on showing your Bobcat pride? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/store.bates.edu\/collections\/bates-basics\">Bates basics<\/a> at the Bates College Store.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Events for Class of 2026 Families<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\">\n<p>In the late spring and summer of 2022, Bates will hold a series of in person and virtual welcome events for Class of 2026 families. You can find our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/events-for-class-of-2026-families\/\">Families of 2026 welcome event schedule here<\/a>; we will continue to update locations and dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite parents and guardians to our events via email. If you have not started to receive emails from Bates, please reach out to <em>records@bates.edu<\/em> to make sure we have your current contact information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to meeting you!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Class of 2026 Families &#8211; Email Updates<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\">\n<p>As we welcome a new class of Bobcats \u2013 and their families! \u2013 we will have periodic information and event updates specifically for Class of 2026 Families. We hope it will be useful to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/class-of-2026-families-email-updates\/\">all this outreach collected in a single place<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not receiving our email updates? Please let <em>records@bates.edu<\/em> know your current contact information so you don\u2019t miss a thing!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Bates! 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