2010 Parent Weekend Schedule

Posted: Jul 18 2010 03:27 PM

Parents Weekend is a weekend in September for parents to come to campus and visit their child for the first time since they dropped them off at Indoctrination. The weekend includes Acceptance Day when the new class of plebes is accepted into the Regiment of Midshipmen. This is also the first time plebes may leave the Academy and enjoy some down time with family. The weekend is also open to parents of all other midshipmen as well. Please check back to this page as we get closer for a full detailed schedule of events.

Future Parents Weekend Dates
September 3 - 6, 2010
September 16 - 18, 2011

2010 PARENTS' WEEKEND SPECIAL RATES FOR HOTELS

The National Parents Association has negotiated special rates for Indoc and Parents' Weekend 2010 at the hotels below. Make sure you say you are with the US Merchant Marine Academy Parents Association! When booking these rooms you must tell them you are part of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Parents' Association. Click on each hotel name to get information about the hotel. 

   EXECUTIVE INN at Woodbury at Woodbury -- $99.00 + Tax per night. Call 866-EXEC-Inn 
   BEST WESTERN Woodbury  -- $99.00 + Tax per night. Call 800-800-1245 
   LONG ISLAND MARRIOTT -- $120.00 + Tax per night. Call 516-794-3800
   HAMPTON INN GARDEN CITY -- $109.00 + Tax per night. Call 516-227-2720

PARENTS WEEKEND 2010 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

BELOW IS TENTATIVE SCHEDULE based on 2009 Parents Weekend
**DO NOT MAKE PLANS BASED ON THIS SCHEDULE**

FRIDAY, September 3, 2010 

OPEN CLASSROOM VISITATIONS 0745 – 1600
Visits are on a space available basis. All classrooms are open for visitations except for Physics and Chemistry laboratories. This is your opportunity to visit the classrooms and observe the learning atmosphere your midshipman experiences. Obtain your midshipman’s class schedule and have him/her ask the instructor if there is space for you to attend.

PARENT’S REGISTRATION, INFORMATION AND TICKET PICKUP and Continental Breakfast 0800-1000
Melville Hall & Land Hall

TOURS OF THE STEAM AND RADAR LABS – 0900 – 1100
Tours begin at 0900, 0930, 1000, and 1030 at Fulton and Gibbs

TOURS OF THE SOLAR HOUSE 0930 – 1100
Tomb Field

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DoIT) TOUR AND DEMONSTRATION 1030 – 1130
CAORF, Second Deck, Samuels Hall

LUNCH BASKET -- Melville Hall (time TBD)

MIDSHIPMAN LIFE PANEL 1300 – 1400
Ackerman Auditorium (topics to be determined)

ENGINEERING SIMULATOR DEMONSTRATION 1400 - 1500
CAORF Ground Floor

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DoIT) TOUR AND DEMONSTRATION 1500 – 1600
CAORF, Second Deck, Samuels Hall

FAMILY DINNER 1630 – 1830
Delano Hall (eat with your Midshipman)

BEAT RETREAT PROGRAM 1930
O’Hara Hall – Guests invited

Dress for Friday is informal: e.g. slacks and sport shirts for men; dresses, skirts or slacks for women.

SATURDAY, September 4, 2010

COLORS FORMATION 0720

CLASS OF 2013 GROUP PHOTO 0810
Tomb Field

HOSPITALITY HEADQUARTERS 0800 – 1000
Land Hall (Refreshments sponsored by National Parents Association and the Alumni Foundation)

DORMITORIES OPEN FOR VISITORS 0800 – 0930

Waterfront Parents Weekend Open House

FORMAL PARADE AND ACCEPTANCE DAY CEREMONY 0930
Tomb Field (In event of rain – O’Hara Hall)

BUFFET LUNCH* FOR MIDSHIPMEN, PARENTS AND GUESTS -- Melville

*Prepaid tickets and registration packet are to be picked up at MELVILLE HALL on Friday between 0800 and 1000 -- Continental Breakfast for registered guests only
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PICK UP YOUR PACKET & TICKETS AS ABOVE, THE PACKET & TICKETS WILL BE LEFT WITH THE MIDSHIPMAN OF THE DAY (MOD)

REGIMENTAL MARCH-ON 1400
Tomb Field

FOOTBALL – USMMA VS Gallaudet
Tomb Field

AFTER THE FOOTBALL GAME, LIBERTY COMMENCES FOR 1/C, 2/C AND 3/C.

PLEBE CLASS MUSTERS 30 MINUTES AFTER COMPLETION OF FOOTBALL GAME. PLEBE CLASS LIBERTY COMMENCES AND EXPIRES AS DIRECTED BY THE REGIMENTAL COMMANDER.

Dress for Saturday is casual. Low-heeled shoes are recommended.

SUNDAY, September 5, 2010

Waterfront - Parents Weekend Open House

LDS 0930

CATHOLIC MASS 1000
Mariners Chapel

BRUNCH 1100-1300
Delano Hall - Parents may attend Midshipman Brunch (payable at door)

PROTESTANT SERVICE 1115
Mariners Chapel

MONDAY, September 6, 2010

Federal Holiday. Plebe Class liberty commences and expires as directed by the Regimental Commander.

Parent Weekend Survival Tips

Posted: Jul 17 2010 12:15 AM

 

We hope all Plebe Candidate parents are planning to attend Parents' Weekend at Kings Point, Friday, September 3 through Mon , September  6. It is so important to the kids! Not to mention fun and interesting for parents!!

 

 

Who can't wait to see their Plebe Candidate in uniform? If you are not able to attend, be sure your Plebe Candidate has someone to leave Kings Point with – a roommate or friend, or a sponsor family.

 

It can be HOT at Kings Point in September. Remember to wear a hat,

comfortable walking shoes, and sunscreen, and carry a water bottle. Finding bottled water for sale can be a bit tricky at Kings Point!!

 

Remember your camera!! You will be allowed into the barracks. Pictures of those well-organized quarters are priceless!!

 

Find out your Plebe Candidates schedule for Friday and arrange a meeting place. The lawn by the grinder (paving bricks area where they form up) or the flagpole is good areas.

 

The Midshipmen and Plebe Candidates will sit together at Beat Retreat, Acceptance Ceremonies and at the football game.

Be sure to arrive early at all events, as seating is first come, first-served.

 

Try to make Colors (flag rising) one morning. This is a very memorable

event. If your Plebe Candidate is agreeable, you can attend one classroom session. Tour the Simulator and the Kings Pointer if you have the opportunity! Be sure to visit the

ship's store and all the state parents' organizations tables where great Kings Point logo stuff will be for sale.

 

 

Maps of the campus are available on the Academy website, and can be picked up as you enter the grounds. This is a great opportunity for Plebe Candidate parents

to get to know one another, and to pick the brains of the “veteran” parents!

 

 

2009 Adam Smith upgrades License to 2nd Engineer

Posted: Jul 11 2010 07:07 PM

Adam Smith was informed by the US Coast Guard on May 20, 2010, that he had met all requirements for 2nd Engineer and was issued his upgraded license on that date, only eleven months after his graduation from the USMMA."  Adam has sailed on two ships this year including stops in the Azores, Poland, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, and the home ports of Norfolk and Wilmington, NC.

Esign Waller 2009 Graduate- Update

Posted: Jul 10 2010 08:50 PM

When the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, she was assigned as the Coast Guard Liaison for Plaquemine Parish, the parish with the most waterfront in the New Orleans Area.  For those of you following the crisis, Billy Nunbusser is the parish president and has been in the news frequently.  She worked 37 days in a row, some of them starting at 0500 and ending after 2300.  She was with Billy daily and has lots of stories.      

She was the sole Coast Guard representative in the planning for Pres. Obama's first visit and was in the room with him for 30 seconds!  After that she spent one entire day and one afternoon with Gov. Jindal touring the area, one afternoon with Secretary of the Interior Salazar, and on Mother's Day afternoon she sat across the table from American CEO of BP Doug Sutter.  As the crisis has prolonged, the Coast Guard has activated more personnel and pulled officers from around the country.  She was replaced with two officers, an Admiral and a Lieutenant, but may be called back later this summer.

Purpose of Parent Association

Posted: Jul 10 2010 12:55 AM

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Parents' Association and its local Parents' Associations constitute a network of state and regional groups who support the Academy's midshipmen and who have a common bond of pride and camaraderie. The Parents' Associations share information and their experience with candidates for admission and their parents. Individual associations sponsor meetings and social events for the families of current midshipmen, and encourage participation by candidates and their parents.