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Tuesday - March 11, 2014


From the School

THIS WEEK'S QUERY
How do we put aside stereotypes when meeting someone new?
NOTES FROM SALLY
The assembly this week is a screening of the film “Bag It” and a discussion with the actor/narrator. The assembly will begin at 2:15p in the Meeting Room – please note a different time and location. Parents are always welcome!
Minimester is next week! All parents of students in local programs should see a permission form and schedule from the chaperones this week. Please note that many programs will be outside for part of the day, so it’s a good week to keep a particular eye on the weather forecast and remind students to dress accordingly. Also, bag lunches will not include a drink, so all students should have a water bottle with them for the week.
Congratulations to the 6th grade chorus and director Hilary Hogan for a lovely performance as part of the Children’s Choral Festival at the National Cathedral last week!
On Saturday, March 8th, 6th graders Etan Basser and Ethan Isaacson, 7th graders Lauren Adler, Ariana Warden, Mitchell Jubeir, and Nathan Shapiro, and 8th graders Kevin Jiang, Isabel Kirsch, and Ella Stark participated in the State Math Counts Competition. Ella, Kevin, Nathan and Mitchell led Sidwell Friends to the 1st Place Team trophy for the third straight year. Kevin and Mitchell won 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, in the Individual Competition, and as a result they each won a free trip to Disney World to help represent the District of Columbia in the National Math Counts Competition in May. They and two other students from DC will be coached at the National Competition by Math Counts coach Andrew Callard. Congratulations to our very talented mathletes!
8th grade parents: The Conversations with Sally postponed from last week will be held on Tuesday morning, April 8th. We are going to use the Rosenberg Theater in the arts center – the old Quaker Meeting Room. See you at 8:00a that morning!
We welcome our Interim Academic Technology Coordinator, Tracie York. Tracie will begin working with 5th grade classes this week and will be in full swing when we get back from spring break.
Save the Date: the Middle School PA Diversity Committee has two great speakers in store for the community this spring! On Thursday, April 17th, NPR correspondent Michelle Norris will be speaking about her Race Card project. And visiting on Tuesday evening, May 6th is Congressman John Lewis. More will be coming about both of these events, but do get them on your calendar!
CHORAL MUSIC NOTES
Boys Ensemble meets Wednesday before school and during 7/8 rehearsal period.
Girls Ensemble meets Wednesday after school from 3:30 to 5pm. (Please note the earlier release time.)
6th Grade Ensemble meets Wednesday during 5/6 rehearsal period.


PA Announcements

FROM SFS MIDDLE SCHOOL WELCOMING COMMITTEE
If you are interested in hosting a summer potluck or hangout for rising 6th or 7th grade families, please contact MS Welcoming Clerks Liz Baldick or Maggie Prieto. Thank you!
BEDDING AND TOWEL COLLECTION
Thanks to all who have contributed bedding items and towels to our linen drive. This is the final week we’ll be collecting. Middle School Minimester groups will bag items and deliver them to our friends at A Wider Circle and the furry critters at Washington Animal League on March 17th. Your cozy items will find a good home!
FINAL WEEK OF FOOD DRIVE
SFS Food Drive Shopping List.docxOur winter food drive ends this week! Please help us collect food to send to The Capital Area Food Bank with our Helping Hands Minimester! A suggested shopping list is attached. For more information on the Capital Area Food Bank please see this link.
Read MoreALL SCHOOL SERVICE DAY - TOILETRY DRIVE COMPLETE!
Make sure to ask your student about the All School Service Day we had on March 6th. The toiletry drive was a huge success! Thank you for all your contributions.


Other News

THE MS USED BOOK FAIR IS COMING!
We need your help! Please send in “gently” used paperbacks and hardcover children’s (any age) books for our sale. All proceeds will be donated to a Washington, DC literacy organization. Your book donations may be dropped off at the Middle School Library or left at the Library door during non-Library hours. The MS Used Book Fair will be held at the Middle School on April 20 and April 22-25. Thanks for your support.
AUCTION RSVP DEADLINE IS MARCH 21
Check your mailbox. Your auction invitation is waiting! This year’s event, “Around the World Together,” will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Athletic Center. Highlights of this year’s event include a special international tasting during the Silent Auction, the return of Auctioneer Patrick O’Neill, and special performances by the US Jazz Ensemble, US Chamber Chorus and Beatles Tribute Band, Britishmania. You don’t want to miss it. Tickets are now on sale and going fast! Purchase your ticket today! There are a limited number of tickets available. Please RSVP no later than March 21, 2014. For questions, please contact Jessie Jacobson, Director of Special Events at 202-537-8442 or via email.
AUCTION TANGIBLE DONATIONS AND CERTIFICATES DUE THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 14
As the Auction approaches, we will need all certificates and tangible items in-house by this Friday, March 14. All items can be dropped off with Asma Rahman at the front desk in the lobby of Zartman House on main campus. If you would like the Auction Committee to create a certificate on your behalf or if you would like to make special arrangements for delivery, please contact Jessie Jacobson, Director of Special Events at 202-537-8442 or via email. This event would not be possible without the support of our generous donors. Many thanks for all of your help!
SEEKING AUCTION NIGHT VOLUNTEERS
Auction "Night-of" volunteers needed on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 4:00 – 11:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity! People on the "night-of" committee enjoy an evening at the Auction and help this great cause - raising money for financial aid. Duties include hosting Silent Auction tables and helping with bidding procedures in both the Silent and Live Auctions. No experience required, no meetings beforehand (instructions by email and a brief question and answer session that evening). You just need to be ready for a fun Auction experience, and be willing and available to help for the duration of the event! Contact Bart Hipple at 301-699-8373 or via email.
SFS TENNIS TOURNAMENT ON MAY 17, 2014
The SFS Tennis Tournament is back! This year’s tournament will build upon the excitement surrounding the growth of our new tennis program and gather SFS tennis enthusiasts of all ages and skill sets for a day of matches and fun. Please save the date for the SFS Tennis Tournament to take place on Saturday, May 17 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center. If you have questions or would like to participate, please reach out to co-chairs Eleni Rossides ’85 or Raina Fishbane.
MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
How to Submit an Article to Tuesday Letter: Please send submissions, in the body of the email, to PA.MSNewsletter@sidwell.edu by 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Please reference "Newsletter Submission" and the publish date(s) in the subject line. Do not include any formatting such as indents, bullets, boldface or all-caps and keep submissions succinct. If you have a form or flyer to include with your submission, send it as a PDF attachment. Receipt of your submissions will be confirmed as soon as possible. Submissions may not run for more than three weeks.
How to Modify an existing Submission: Please send a redline or otherwise clearly indicate the change to be made in a second email.
School Calendar: Calendar entries that appear in the right column of each Newsletter are automatically generated by the school, not by the Tuesday newsletter editors. Any changes to the school calendar are made through the school scheduling office at scheduling@sidwell.edu.
QUAKER QUOTE
“Now, Friends, deal plainly with yourselves, and let the eternal Light search you, and try you, for the good of your souls. For this will deal plainly with you. It will rip you up, and lay you open, and make all manifest which lodges in you; the secret subtlety of the enemy of your souls, this eternal searcher and trier will make manifest. Therefore all to this come, and by this be searched, and judged, and led and guided. For to this you must stand or fall.”
~ Margaret Fell, 1614-1702


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Calendar


Wed, Mar 12th

MS New Parent Reception

MS Library
7:00pm - 8:30pm


Fri, Mar 14th

US Musical, "Urinetown"

AC Theater
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Visit this Link


Sat, Mar 15th

US Musical, "Urinetown"

AC Theater
8:00pm

Visit this Link


Sun, Mar 16th

SFS Family Service Project #2


10:00am - 1:00pm


US Musical, "Urinetown"

AC Theater
2:30pm

Visit this Link


Fri, Mar 21st

Spring Vacation Begins


Mon, Mar 31st

School Reopens


More


Athletics


Mon, Mar 10th

Baseball - Varsity at Riverdale Baptist


4:30pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Riverdale Baptist


4:30pm


Tue, Mar 11th

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at Bishop O'Connell


4:00pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. St. Mary's Ryken


4:15pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. Pallotti HS


4:30pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at Pallotti HS


4:30pm


Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity vs. St. Mary's Ryken


5:30pm


Wed, Mar 12th

Softball - Varsity vs. Baltimore Friends


4:30pm


Thu, Mar 13th

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - Middleburg Academy


4:00pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. Gonzaga High School


4:30pm


Fri, Mar 14th

Tennis - Boys Varsity - Hotchkins


3:30pm


Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Wilson H.S.


4:00pm


Softball - Varsity - Thomas Jefferson


6:30pm


Sat, Mar 15th

Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Gonzaga High School


11:00am


Baseball - Varsity at St. John's College High School


1:00pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. St. John's College High School


1:00pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. DC Classic vs. St. Albans


3:00pm


Mon, Mar 17th

Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Calverton


4:30pm


Tue, Mar 18th

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. JP Great


4:00pm


Softball - Varsity at Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Bullis


4:30pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity at Bullis


4:30pm


Wed, Mar 19th

Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Wilson H.S.


4:00pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Bishop McNamara


5:00pm


Thu, Mar 20th

Softball - Varsity at Stone Ridge School


4:15pm


Softball - Junior Varsity vs. Stone Ridge School


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at Pallotti HS


6:00pm


Sat, Mar 22nd

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at Baltimore Friends


11:00am


Mon, Mar 24th

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - Spring Training at Disney


3/28/2014


Sat, Mar 29th

Crew - Club (Girls) vs. Episcopal Scrimmage


More


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