2024 Valentine's Family Weekend
Schedule is subject to change.
Friday, February 9, 2024
A welcome table will be set up in Barnard Hall atrium, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Please check in here to pick up your parent-teacher conference schedule and your cadet’s current grade report. Cadets will not attend parent conferences with teachers or CLAs.
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Quartermaster store open, Stribling Hall
8:05 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Morning classes begin, Barnard Hall
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Business offices open, Stribling Hall
12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Parent lunch, on own (off campus). Cadets remain on campus for lunch.
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Parent-Company Leadership Advisor Conferences, Company Offices (in-person only)
Conference times must be scheduled in advance online. Registration is now closed.
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Parent-Teacher Conferences, Barnard Hall (in-person only)
Conference times must be scheduled in advance online. Registration is now closed.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Q&A for parents of seniors with Director of College and Career Placement Will Roundey, Memorial Chapel Theater
5:30 p.m. Colonels basketball game at South Callaway High School (10135 State Hwy C, Mokane, MO 65059)
Freshmen, junior varsity and varsity teams will play.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Parents or guardians may check cadets out. Cadets must return to campus by 9 p.m.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Parent-Teacher Conferences, Barnard Hall (in-person only)
10:35 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Battalion Review, Alain M. Garcia Field House.
12:00 p.m. Cadet room inspection and checkout, Company Offices
Parents are invited to conduct an inspection of their cadet's room. Cadets may check out with their parents after the inspection. Overnights approved for cadets not attending Valentine's Ball. Cadets attending the Valentine's Ball must report back by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and then they may check out again after the ball. Please check in and out with CLAs.
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Parent-Company Leadership Advisor Conferences, Company Offices (in-person only)
Conference times must be scheduled in advance online. Registration is now closed.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Q&A for parents of junior cadets with Director of College and Career Placement Will Roundey, Memorial Chapel Theater
5:00 p.m. Cadet check-in for those attending Valentine's Ball, Company Offices
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Valentine's Ball (RSVP only — registration is now closed), Centennial Gymtorium, $25/person, regardless of age. All cadets, their dates and their families are welcome to attend. Attendance is mandatory at the ball for all cadet officers and senior class officers (no charge for these cadets to attend).
- Refreshments provided by the MMA Parents Committee.
- The Grand March will officially open the dance at 7:00 p.m.
- At 8:30 p.m., the Valentine's Ball Queen Coronation will take place (queen selected from the cadets' dates; pageant guests are not eligible).
- Appropriate dress for the Valentine's Ball: Tuxedos for gentlemen and evening gowns for ladies are always appropriate for military balls, but business suits and dinner dresses are also appropriate. The faculty will be in dress uniform, tuxedos, suits, formal gowns and dinner dresses.
View photos of 2023 Valentine Ball on Flickr.
Sunday, February 11, 2023
Cadet Check Out Information
On Friday, cadets may check out with parents or guardians from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. On Saturday, cadets may check out after room inspection by parents, following the review, until 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Those attending the Valentine's Ball must report back to campus by 5:00 p.m. Saturday, then may check out again after the dance. All cadets must return to campus by no later than 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Please check out and check in with CLAs.