Books for the 2026-27 Academic Year are available to order through eCampus Bookstore beginning on Thursday, August 6.  

In order for books to be ordered, it is important that students have successfully logged into their Portal and Microsoft Office account. 

Please log into the Parent Portal and view the Course Books page for specific instructions.

September 9

AP classes will be held on Wednesday, September 9, according to the following schedule. We will follow a Monday schedule:  

8:20-9:00 am — Period 1(A)  

9:00-9:40 am — Period 2(B)  

9:40-10:20 am — Period 3(C)  

10:20-11:00 am — Period 4(D)  

11:00-11:40 am — Period 5(E)  

11:40-12:20 pm — Period 6(F)  

12:20-1:00 pm — Period 7(G)  

 Students are only required to attend school during their classes. Due to the Grades 7 & 8 orientation activities, we ask that all students park in the rink lot on September 9th.  

Dress Code: All students attending AP classes should be in khakis or dress slacks and a collared shirt (a polo or dress shirt). A tie and blazer are not required.   

Thursday, September 10 

This is the first full day of classes for the entire school. Classes begin after an all-school assembly and a meeting with advisors.

• Please arrive at school around 7:30 am or earlier to get settled and head to our all-school assembly in the church which will begin at 7:45 am.
• Come in full dress code with your books, pens, pencils, assignment books, and paper. You will be given a daily planner on the first day where you can keep track of assignments. Each teacher will let you know the specific requirements for his or her course.
• We will follow a Monday class schedule and dismissal will be at 2:30 pm (Schedule A). 
• Be sure to complete your summer reading and come prepared for a year of challenges, hard work, and fun.

Teachers will specify what supplies will be necessary for their specific classes on the first day of class, but Mrs. Sandra McKeigue, our Director of Academic Support, suggests one two-pocket homework folder, one side labeled, “to do," the other side “to hand in,” and one binder with hole-punched two pocket folders for each class that can go into the binder. Extra loose-leaf paper in the back of this binder will also be helpful.

From Assistant Head of School and Dean of Studies Michael Nerbonne:

On your portal, under "Student Reports", you will find all the essential information regarding your courses and class schedule. So that you will fully understand the schedule, please read the following information carefully.

1. At the top of the schedule (St. Sebastian’s School Schedule for 2026-2027) is a listing of the courses to which you have been assigned. Please note that the letters A to H designate the meeting times of these courses. In the center of the schedule form important information has been provided regarding the school day. For the sake of clarity, your entire weekly schedule has been printed at the bottom of the form. Be aware that the room and teacher assignments have been left blank on this schedule. You will receive a final complete schedule at orientation and on the opening day of classes. By the second week of classes, your schedule will be quite familiar to you. Chapel and class meeting times are indicated on the upper right of the schedule.

2. The letter “H” appears beside the title of an honors course or section. In non-honors courses students are grouped heterogeneously. In standard college preparatory classes, i.e. any section not labeled “H,” there is no difference in student aptitude from section to section. There are no honors versus standard distinctions by sections in grades seven and eight (with the exception of Latin I for students who are new to Latin, Spanish I for students who are new to Spanish, and Algebra I and Geometry in grades seven and eight). All sections are grouped heterogeneously.

3. Your schedule and section assignments reflect our best effort to place you in properly matched sections, in the appropriate course program, and in classes of reasonable size. I assure you and your parents that we have assigned you to each of your classes with consideration, fairness, and the goal of serving your best educational interests.

While I am open to answering questions and providing explanations of your assignments to specific sections, I will state in advance that it is not likely that your section assignments will be changed at your or your parent’s request. Again, this is because your section assignments represent a great deal of judgment, planning, and effort to serve your educational development and that of your classmates.

As you know, Summer Reading must be completed by the time you return to school, so finish whatever reading you might have left for the close of summer.  The entire faculty looks forward to seeing you soon for what we hope will be a year of great personal growth for you and your classmates at St. Sebastian’s.

View the Summer Reading lists, Reading Guides, and required summer work for some Spanish and Math courses.

When students return in the fall, they will begin working with their summer reading immediately. Within the first several days of school, they will be required to take a test or write a paper on your assigned books and to discuss or write about them in class. Teachers in each course will determine the form of assessment, and their work with their summer reading will count as part of their first quarter grade.

Summer reading books may be purchased at St. Sebastian's online academic bookstore. Be sure to print off the Summer Reading Guide for each course.
 
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Mrs. Sandra McKeigue (Sandra_McKeigue@stsebs.org) is the Director of Academic Support and invites families to contact her if their son may benefit from additional support, accommodations or tutoring. 

Mrs. McKeigue will speak at Orientation to discuss our Academic Support Programs and to answer any initial questions you may have.

To learn more, visit our Academic Support webpage.  

Sports are not required but are encouraged for all students.

Please note: All Fall athletes are required to be signed off prior to stepping onto the field. Please ensure updated forms within Magnus are complete prior to the start of the season. On September 2, Director of Health Services Jen Joyce will have a check-in table to review each varsity fall athlete's paperwork.

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Grades 7 & 8

Students in Grades 7–8 will have no athletic commitments before the start of classes. Fall sports sign-ups will take place after the first day of school, and practices will begin once the school year is underway.

Please reach out with any questions to Athletic Director Jon Bartlett at jon_bartlett@stsebs.org or Director of Grades 7 & 8 Jeff Riemann at jeff_riemann@stsebs.org. 

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Grades 9-12

The information below applies to students entering Grades 9–12 who are interested in playing a Varsity, JV, or Freshmen Team fall sport.

Soccer 

Coach: Woody Redpath, woody_redpath@stsebs.org 
Varsity tryouts begin: Wednesday, September 2. There will be two tryout sessions. The first session will run from 8:00-10:00 am, while the second session will run from 1:00-3:00 pm.

Varsity tryouts are open to any student entering Grades 9-12. Freshmen or Sophomores who do not want to try out for Varsity, can wait until after Labor Day to join their respective Freshmen or JV Soccer team.

Please email Coach Redpath if you are interested in playing.

There may be an optional, pre-season camp (rising 9th graders – rising 12th graders). If you are interested, please contact Coach Redpath.

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Cross Country

Coach: Stephen Salomone, stephen_salomone@stsebs.org
Preseason begins: Wednesday, September 2 from 9:00-11:00 am for any student in Grades 10-12. 9th Graders with experience in Cross Country, are welcome to attend practice.

Please email Coach Salomone if you are interested in running cross country.

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Football

Coach: Dan Burke (Varsity Football), daniel_burke@stsebs.org 
John Eaton (Freshman Football), john_eaton@stsebs.org 

Preseason begins: Wednesday, September 2

That morning, there will be a strength and conditioning assessment for all in Grades 10-12 and any 9th graders interested in participating. There will not be an afternoon session on Wednesday. Tryouts are for anyone looking to play football at any level and are a great way to get back into shape after the summer. Practices will run the following three days 9/3-9/5 with double sessions at 8:30-11:00 am and 3:00-5:30 pm.  
This is NOT required for freshmen. Freshman football will officially start on Wednesday, September 9th. 

If entering grade 9 and interested in playing football, please email Coach Eaton.  If entering grades 10 or 11 please email Coach Burke.

There are no summer fine arts programs at St. Sebastian’s, but please feel free to be in touch about the many opportunities available during the school year, which your son may sign up for once school has begun. Fine Arts related questions should be directed to Barrett Ellis at Barrett_Ellis@stsebs.org.

There are so many different clubs and activities that your son will be invited to join once the school year has started.  None of them require advanced sign up.  We encourage boys to join multiple clubs, and they may participate in clubs and athletics and fine arts all in the same season.     

To get a sense of our club offerings, check out the Clubs & Activities page.

St. Sebastian's School works in collaboration with an electronic medical records system, Magnus, which enables parents to securely build their son's health data and complete other school-required information without the hassle of dealing with paper forms.

Parents can access their Magnus account at any time by logging into the Parent Portal to view/review and make any necessary updates or changes.

Due date to submit required information: Friday, August 14 
Students who have incomplete records, which include health forms older than one year, will not be able to participate in athletics or attend school field trips or activities. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact our Director of Health Services, Jen Joyce, RN. 

Please note: 

• Any prescribed medications, including EpiPens and inhalers, need to be dropped off to the Health Office the first week of school. Two sets of EpiPens are required-one for the Health Office, and the other is given to the Athletic Trainers to be kept in the Training Room.  
• If you are a family new to St. Sebastian's and your son has dietary restrictions or food-related allergies, please reach out to Jen Joyce, Director of Health Services, to arrange a meeting with both her and Mike Fuller, our Food Service Coordinator.
• Please be advised that while considering all options to manage food allergy exposure at our school, St. Sebastian’s has implemented a Nut-Free School Policy. We feel it is our duty as a school community to reduce the risk as much as possible and implementing a nut-free environment is the best and safest way to do so.
• If your son will be absent for greater than 48 hours due to illness, please contact the health office to discuss.
• If an absence is due to injury, surgery, etc., it is important that the health office be made aware (via phone call or email) so a plan of care can be established. 

• St. Sebastian's provides students with @stsebs.org email addresses for school-related use, as well as licenses for Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud that students can install on their own devices. 
• Since students have a variety of differing equipment at home, we ask that assignments to be passed in digitally be saved in the Microsoft Office format. The School standardized on this format and provides access to the Microsoft Office suite on all School equipment.   
• We do not require students to have a laptop, but most bring one to school once a week, if not daily. It is a personal choice. We can accommodate both Mac or Windows laptops.  The School-owned desktops and laptops in our classrooms, library, and computer labs are all Windows, and our servers are Microsoft. Students with a Surface or another Windows device have a somewhat easier time accessing our network.  However, it seems that most students prefer Apple laptops, but again, it is a personal choice. 
• During orientation in September, we will introduce students to the technology expectations of their teachers.  We provide students with School email addresses and each student will have a network account and a portal account on the School website.   

Please contact Director of Library and Information Services, Mr. Michael Deschenes (michael_deschenes@stsebs.org), if you have further questions. 

For the 2026-2027 school year, we expect to offer five bus routes: Boston/Back Bay;  Roxbury/Forest Hills; South Shore/Houghton Pond; Newton/Brookline; and Alewife/Route 2.  Please contact us at 781-247-0125 so we can help you with bus service or other transportation options, such as Needham Line MBTA trains.

For more information, visit the Transportation Options page.  

• The School dress code consists of a sport coat or blazer (any color), a button-down shirt, a tie, dress slacks or khaki pants, a belt and suitable footwear, all of which exhibit a gentlemanly appearance. 
• For every school meeting, assembly, and chapel, students must wear sport coats or blazers, which they can then place in their lockers for the class portion of the day.
• Students should have their names clearly written in their sport coats or blazers. 

SafeArrival is an online portal for parents to PRE-REPORT student absences, late arrivals, and early dismissals. SafeArrival replaces having to submit handwritten notes or contact the front office after an absence occurs. It is a one-stop method for you to report multiple day absences for your son(s).  Types of absences that can be reported through SafeArrival are:  Full Day, Late, Early Departure, Leave & Return, Multiple Day (up to 5 days) and include a reason for each.

More information on SafeArrival