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Sunday - November 2, 2014


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU


Announcements


PLANNING THE SENIOR CELEBRATION
"IT'S ACADEMIC": WATCH AT HOME, CHEER IN PERSON!
SIDWELL FRIENDS SNOW CLUB


Events


LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR COMING SOON!
APOLLO ORCHESTRA, SFS CHORUS PERFORMANCE
LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR COMING SOON
LA BOHÈME AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR TONY WAGNER
FRESHMAN PIE BAKE
AMBASSADOR EBRAHIM RASOOL


Other


QUAKER QUOTES
"DANCING SHOES": HELP THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE!


News Around the School


US NEWS


MS NEWS


LS NEWS


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
Last Monday, NPR science reporter Shankar Vedantam came to speak to our community about the ways in which our brains work on both conscious and unconscious levels, and how hidden factors may influence the way we act and impact creativity and innovative thinking. It was a wonderful evening. I am grateful to the Parents of Black Students and the Parents Association for sponsoring this evening event.
We wrapped up the first quarter of the year last Thursday. I hope the long weekend gave everyone a chance to rest and relax and prepare for the second quarter.
Winter P.E. classes do not begin until November 10, but winter athletic teams begin practice on Monday, November 3. If your children have any questions about winter P.E. or sports, please have them contact Katey Vale (valek@sidwell.edu).
Looking ahead, on November 17, students will be dismissed at 12:10 p.m. so that Upper School faculty can take part in an all-school professional development program. Lunch will be available for students at the usual time (12:10), so please encourage your students to grab a bite to eat before heading home.
November 21 is Ninth Grade Conference Day. Sign-ups for conferences will take place through Educator Online and will open on November 10. Ninth grade parents will receive e-mail instructions for signing up. We will not have regular classes on November 21. Seniors will have a day off; juniors and sophomores will have grade-level field trips to the Air & Space Musuem, Natural History Museum, and the Holocaust Museum; and freshmen will remain on campus to participate in a special program on mental health.
I hope you enjoy this beautiful fall weekend.
With warm regards,
Mamadou Guèye
IMPORTANT DATES:
November 3, 7:45-8:45 a.m.: 12th Grade Parent Conversation with College Counseling, Choral Room
November 3: Winter athletic teams begin practice.
November 10: Winter P.E. classes begin
November 10: 9th grade parent conference sign-ups open
November 14: First quarter report cards posted through educator online
November 17: Early dismissal at 12:10 (half-day professional day for faculty)
November 21-23: Fall Play, Theater
November 21: 9th Grade Parent Conference Day
November 21: Senior College Visit Day; special program for 9th grade; field trips for grades 10 and 11
November 23, 12:00-2:00 p.m.: 9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie Bake, Dining Room
November 26-28: Thanksgiving Holiday


Announcements


PLANNING THE SENIOR CELEBRATION
Calling all senior class parents!
We need your help in planning the memorable "Senior Celebration" event at the end of May. This will be an unforgettable night for both our seniors and their parents. The event features food, a slideshow, decorations, songs, and anything else we parents would like to include. Please join us on November 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Zartman Drawing Room for a brainstorming/planning session.
Looking forward to seeing many of you on November 10!
The Senior Celebration Committee
Nandini Thillairajah: nandinithillairajah@gmail.com
Donna Siahpoosh: dsiahpoosh@gmail.com
Miriam Herman: miriam.herman@blaqwell.com
Liz Howell: eahowell1993@gmail.com
Jenifer Magliato: jenifer@magliato.com

"IT'S ACADEMIC": WATCH AT HOME, CHEER IN PERSON!
Congratulations to the Upper School "It's Academic" team for winning its first round last Saturday. This winning performance airs on Saturday, November 29, at 10:30 a.m. on NBC4.
The next round of TV taping is Saturday, February 15, at 11:15 a.m. Fans are welcome to come in person and cheer on the team!

SIDWELL FRIENDS SNOW CLUB
Snow Club is the perfect way to counteract end-of-the-week blahs. Students in grades 6 and above jump on the Calleva Snow Bus and hit the slopes EVERY Friday night in January and February. The bus picks up at 3:30 p.m. in the D.C. campus bus area by the tennis courts and returns to the garage between 11:30 p.m. and midnight. Students can sign up for four, six, or all eight Friday nights to ski under the lights at Whitetail! Snow Club members receive a Night Club card and Friday night transportation to the slopes.
Whitetail is our home mountain, but the Night Club card is also good for the sister resorts, Liberty and Roundtop. Your Night Club card is a night skiing season pass good for any of these three resorts on any night of their season (beginning January 9). If you like to ride the slopes with your friends, want to avoid the daytime lift lines, and are a night owl, this is a sweet program!
An information session will be held Tuesday, November 4, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Upper School room 104/106. For more information, contact Quinn McClean at qmcclean@hotmail.com.


Events


LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR COMING SOON!
Start making your book lists! The Lower School Book Fair will take place on Saturday, November , and Sunday, November 9, at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW. After you stock up on great books, enjoy some delicious pizza just down the street at Comet Pizza. Comet will donate a portion of purchases during the Book Fair to Sidwell Friends; just be sure to give them the coupon provided at the Book Fair.

APOLLO ORCHESTRA, SFS CHORUS PERFORMANCE
Sunday, November 2, 3:00 p.m.
Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
The Apollo Orchestra features young musicians from around the globe. Most are graduates of conservatories but haven’t yet had the opportunity to join a major orchestra or opera company. Performing with the Apollo Orchestra is the Sidwell Friends School Chorus and vocalists from Washington Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists program. The event features choral works and verismo opera including Puccini’s La Rondine, Madame Butterfly and La bohème, which is playing at the Kennedy Center this fall.

LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR COMING SOON
Start making your book lists! The Lower School Book Fair will take place on Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9, at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW). All SFS families are invited to participate by buying books and more during these two days. Twenty percent of sales will go to the Lower School Parents Association.

LA BOHÈME AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Sidwell Friends is going to the opera! Join us at the Kennedy Center for a performance of La bohème, featuring Alyson Cambridge ’97. Use promo code “187278” for a 10% discount off Orchestra, Tier 1, and Tier 2 seats for the Sunday, November 9 show. For tickets and information, please contact the Kennedy Center at 800-444-1324 or 202-467-4600.
For those who attend, we are hosting a backstage tour prior to the show, and receptions during intermission and after the performance. If you are interested in joining us for any part of the day, please e-mail events@sidwell.edu.

COUNSELOR'S CORNER
Duct Tape Parenting and Family Matters
On Tuesday, November 11, and Wednesday, November 12, at Georgetown Day School and Georgetown Visitation respectively, Vicki Hoefle will be talking about her new book, Duct Tape Parenting, a hands-off approach to parenting with a focus on developing and deepening the relationship between parents and kids without anyone feeling like a doormat or a dictator. In this upbeat, informative presentation, Vicki shares the key ideas behind her popular book. She touches on five key “trip-ups” most parents face in their journey toward raising responsible, resilient children. Then, she offers five key solutions that will help parents get unstuck, no matter what their children’s ages or stages. A book signing will follow the presentation. For more information, please contact Gaby Grebski at grebskig@sidwell.edu.
Additionally, Green Acres is also doing an event with Rob Evans, author of Family Matters…
Green Acres School is excited to have renowned psychologist, educator, author, and speaker Rob Evans lead a parenting workshop on Tuesday, November 18, at 7:00 p.m. His talk, "Family Matters: Raising Healthy Children in Challenging Times," will outline key dilemmas in raising children and adolescents today and offer concrete suggestions for successful coping at home and school.
The presentation is free of charge. Please RSVP at www.greenacres.org/ROB. For more information, please contact Gaby Grebski at grebskig@sidwell.edu.

LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR TONY WAGNER
Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World, is coming to Sidwell Friends School to kick off the faculty professional development day on Monday, November 17. Then, the entire community is invited to hear Tony speak about how parents and educators can help nurture innovation in young people in a lecture sponsored by the Christopher Ma Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies.
The lecture and reception are from 6:30-8:30 p.m in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Child care may be available. Please e-mail events@sidwell.edu or call 202-537-8110 to RSVP.

FRESHMAN PIE BAKE
The Freshman Pie Bake takes place Sunday, November 23, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Upper School cafeteria. At this annual event, 9th grade students and their families bake 150 to 200 pumpkin pies and apple pies that are delivered to local homeless shelters.
We are asking 9th grade families to contribute some of the ingredients in advance: cans of unspiced pumpkin, cans of evaporated milk, and 5-pound bags of sugar. A few days before the pie bake, we are also asking for bags of apples. All donated ingredients should please be delivered to David Connell’s office (Upper School Community Service Office).
In addition, we are also looking for volunteers to arrive at 10 a.m. on November 23 to help set up; volunteers to stay until 4:30 that day to help box the finished pies; and volunteers to deliver the pies to shelters on Monday.
Here is the link to sign up: Genius: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4ba5a922a20-freshman.
This is always a terrific event, and we look forward to seeing everyone there! Please contact David Connell (connelld@sidwell.edu) or Joan Siegel (joanbsiegel@icloud.com) with any questions.
---The 9th grade reps

AMBASSADOR EBRAHIM RASOOL
Hold the date for an evening talk by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, who will be speaking with us December 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Child care will be provided for children in grades 3-8.


Other


QUAKER QUOTES
"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body---nourishment and refreshment."
---William Penn

"DANCING SHOES": HELP THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE!
The Alumni Magazine is putting together a feature article on the history of school dances at Sidwell Friends (including Homecoming and the Prom) for a future edition. We'd like to incorporate shoes (yes, shoes!) as a design element.
High heels, funky sneakers, boots, loafers--the variety of shoes will represent the style and preferences of today's students, which will contrast in a fun way with archival photos from yesteryear's dances.
We are looking for parents or students willing to take a photograph of the shoes worn that night and e-mail it to alumnimagazine@sidwell.edu. Here's what we need:
---high resolution/large format photos (if using a cell phone, select the largest size when sending it)
---one shot of both shoes, and one shot of a single shoe, shot against a solid background.
That's it! Thanks in advance for helping.


US NewsThe hardest and most rewarding job..
Marilyn Egerton shares her story as a foster parent and deputy director at FAPAC.
Read More


MS NewsConstruct a building by literally lifting a finger.
Middle Schoolers get a lesson in virtual design and construction with David Stone of Forrester Construction Company.
Read MoreMiddle Schoolers learn about life on the farm from local expert Forrest Pritchard.
Can you grow bananas, pepper, tomatoes, or watermelon in the Washington D.C. area? Middle Schoolers get a lesson in farming from local expert Forrest Pritchard.
Read MoreThere's no debating the Middle School team's performance!
On Saturday the Middle School hosted and competed in the first DC Urban Debate League tournament.
Read More


LS NewsLower School science festival was filled with rockets, wind tunnels, and chemistry!
Twelve science stations were spread across Lower School campus for students to explore and experiment during the science festival.
Read More


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Calendar


Sun, Nov 2nd

Apollo Orchestra - performance

Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
3:00pm - 4:30pm


Mon, Nov 3rd

12th Gr. Parent Coffee - College Counseling

Choral Music Rm
7:45am - 8:45am


Thu, Nov 6th

PA Exec. Steering Committee Mtg

Rusch Team Rm
8:30am - 9:30am


Mon, Nov 10th

11th Grade Parent Conversation with College Counseling

US Choral Music Room
7:45am - 8:45am


Senior Celebration Planning Meeting

Zartman Drawing Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Thu, Nov 13th

PA Arts Committee Mtg

US Library Board Rm
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Fri, Nov 14th

US Football Banquet

US Dining Rm
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Mon, Nov 17th

All School Professional Day - Half Day


Tony Wagner Lecture

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room, Meeting House Foyer
6:30pm - 8:30pm


Wed, Nov 19th

PA US Steering Comm. Mtg

Rusch Team Rm
8:00am - 9:30am


Fri, Nov 21st

9th Grade Parent Conferences/No classes for Seniors


Senior College Visit Day


THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by JAY PRESSON ALLEN

Arts Center Theater
8:00pm - 10:00pm


Sat, Nov 22nd

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by JAY PRESSON ALLEN

AC Theater
8:00pm - 9:30pm


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Athletics


Sun, Nov 2nd

Volleyball - Varsity vs. ISL Championships


Soccer - Girls Varsity vs. ISLChampionship Game vs. GDS


12:00pm


Mon, Nov 3rd

Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 - DC Private School Championships


Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 - DC Private School Championships


Soccer - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day - DCSAA Championships


3:00pm - 5:00pm


Tue, Nov 4th

Volleyball - Varsity - DCSAA Tournament Game vs. National Collegiate


5:00pm


Wed, Nov 5th

Volleyball - Varsity - DCSAA Tournament Game @ Wilson HS


Thu, Nov 6th

Volleyball - Varsity vs. DCSAA Tournament Game


5:00pm


Fri, Nov 7th

Volleyball - Varsity vs. DCSAA Tournament Game


6:30pm


Sat, Nov 8th

Cross-Country - Boys Varsity vs. DC Private School Championships


Cross-Country - Girls Varsity vs. DC Private School Championships


Fri, Nov 14th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Georgetown Visitation


4:15pm


Tue, Nov 18th

Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


7:30pm


Fri, Nov 21st

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Washington & Lee


5:00pm


Sat, Nov 22nd

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - MAC Jamboree @ Georgetown Day School


9:00am


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays


5:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays


5:30pm


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