One-hundred and thirty four new students entered Sage Hill School as the largest freshman class ever today Aug. 25, but not without having learned what it means to be “sagey”. Thursday was New Student Orientation, where both the incoming freshman class as well as sophomore and junior transfer students were given a rundown of what it means to be a part of the Sage Hill community, as well as a taste of the community itself.

The three core leadership groups, Student Council, Honor Committee and Student Advocates of Multiculturalism Education (SAME), introduced the freshman to different aspects of the Sage Hill community and how we behave within it.

Student Council served up a slice of a typical town meeting with a relay race as freshman got to participate in an egg-balancing race, a whipped cream eating quest and making a toilet paper mummy. The freshman came to understand the Honor Code and how the Honor Committee governs moral issues in the school, giving students a chance to be disciplined in the context of the situation rather than by rules and punishments set in stone.

SAME members led an activity with the goal of making freshmen more aware of the diverse community within Sage Hill. This has become increasingly relevant as Sage has grown as a school, reaching nearly 510 students and growing in diversity. This year 54 percent of students identify as a race other than Caucasian, and 15 percent are receiving financial aid.

New Student Orientation gives new students a chance to acclimate to the community and hopefully learn to love it as much as returning students do, creating a new group of students who may even redefine what it means to be “sagey.”

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Jackie Nam

The class of 2018, the biggest in Sage history, tours their new campus on Aug. 21.

Photos from our New Student Orientation Slideshow.