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Tuesday - October 14, 2014


Principal's Letter


NOTES FROM SALLY


Announcements


NEXT-TO-NEW SALE OPENS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 9:30 AM
'CREATING INNOVATORS' LECTURE PRESENTED BY TONY WAGNER
5TH GRADE NEWS
GAME TIME! GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER
SFS HOMECOMING
FRIENDS DECISION-MAKING WORKSHOP
COMMUNITY SERVICE CORNER
QUAKER MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP


Other


INDEPENDENT SCHOOL CHOIR FESTIVAL
CREW TEAM CAR WASH
QUAKER QUOTE
MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION


News Around the School


US NEWS


LS NEWS


Principal's Letter


NOTES FROM SALLY
This week’s query: How do our friends influence our character and the way we act around others?
Assembly: Forrest Pritchard, Organic Farmer
This week’s Northwest Current correspondent: Simone Arrington
School pictures: remember to choose your complimentary package by today!
Parents are warmly welcomed to join us for Meeting for Worship on Thursday morning at 8:10 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room.
The Next to New Sale is this week! A reminder that many Middle School students will be involved in a concert this year. Concert dress requirements are as follows: Boys – black* pants, black* shoes, white dress shirt, any color tie. Girls - Black* pants or skirt, white top (must have sleeves) and black* shoes. (*or the darkest you own.) No tennis shoes. If you need these clothes, check the Next to New Sale!
Reminder to all Middle School parents: if your child is ill or injured at any point during the year, please be sure that you communicate directly with our nurse, Jasmin Whitfield. If necessary, we are able to modify academic or athletic expectations, but we will need guidance from a physician, and Jasmin is the point of contact for those accommodations.
If you will be out of town and your children will be staying with grandparents or other caregivers, please let us know that information. We would appreciate it if you would notify the homeroom teacher or advisor, Julia Porter, and me. This helps us keep our chain of communication intact in the event of any emergency situations.
As many of you know, we participate in an alternate-year exchange with a Friends School in York, England, the Bootham School. This is our year to host students, and they will be in DC next April 7 - 14. We are looking for 7th or 8th grade host families who would be willing to have a student during that week. The group will be involved in school-planned activities during the week, but hosts will have the visitors for the evenings and for the weekend of April 11 - 12. If you are interested, please let me know.


Announcements


NEXT-TO-NEW SALE OPENS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 9:30 AM
The Next-to-New Sale is finally here! Don’t miss the opportunity to shop for quality items at LOW prices - including toys and games, clothing, shoes, accessories, housewares, furniture, art, jewelry, costumes, sports equipment, bicycles and more! Please mark your calendars for important Sale dates and times below:
Thursday, October 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (SFS community only)
Friday, October 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Open to the public)
Saturday, October 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Open to the public)
Sidwell Friends School
Wannan Gym
3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Members of the Sidwell Friends community may pay for their purchases by check or cash. All shoppers unaffiliated with the School may only pay with cash.
We still need cashiers, floor volunteers, and greeters during the Sale!
Sign up to help for an hour or more at the Sale using Volunteer Hub! We need volunteers to help with pricing and Sale setup through October 15, cashiering and working the floor at the Sale from October 15-18, and sale breakdown on October 19. There are perks to volunteering! Volunteers get a "first look" at the items, plus volunteers with a minimum of 3 hours contributed to the Sale will be eligible to shop the Volunteer Pre-Sale before it opens to the Sidwell Friends community. To learn more, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu.
All net proceeds benefit student scholarships at Sidwell Friends. All items unfit for sale are recycled. All unsold items benefit local charities.
Thank you for your support!
Co-chairs Melanie Jacobsen and Felice Roggen

'CREATING INNOVATORS' LECTURE PRESENTED BY 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 November 17. 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 reception and lecture is on Monday, November 17, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Please email events@sidwell.edu or call 202-537-8110 to RSVP.

5TH GRADE NEWS
Parent Peer Group
Sidwell Friends has a longstanding unique tradition of offering parent peer groups for grades PK - 12th grade. These groups are for parents and facilitated by parents of each respective grade with the agenda collectively determined by those attending. The intention of the peer groups is to foster a confidential, comfortable forum for parents to share and discuss issues, concerns, and perspectives. On Monday, November 3, the 5th grade Parent Peer Group will be meeting in the MS Library from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Conversations with Michelle
On Friday, October 24, 5th grade Conversations with Michelle will take place from 8:00 - 9:15 a.m. in the Rosenberg Theater (in the Arts Center off the main lobby - adjacent to the big theater). Please come with your thoughts and perspectives to share and join fellow 5th grade parents and Middle School Counselor Michelle Parker in an open format discussion.

GAME TIME! GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER
Girls Varsity Soccer takes on league rivals Georgetown Visitation at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15. At 3:45 p.m. we’ll have a pre-game party for volleyball fans of all ages in the Class of 1960 Garden behind Zartman House. The kindergarteners will play a soccer scrimmage at half time. Get your Sidwell Swag on — Great new SFS gear at the Fox Den!
Spectators are encouraged to share their photos of the game by tagging @SidwellFriends with #GoQuakers or by email (webbk@sidwell.edu). Winning photographer gets a free baseball cap!
Future GAMETIME! events –
• Field Hockey, Thursday, October 23 against Madeira, game at 4:15 p.m.
• Cross Country, Saturday, October 25 at Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood Maryland – 1:00 p.m. start, bring a picnic and enjoy the scene.

SFS HOMECOMING
Middle school families are encouraged to attend homecoming on Saturday, October 18. Homecoming features many sports teams competing between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., as well as various student clubs selling food, apparel and other fun items. The Next-to-New sale, where all items are "priced to move," is always a highlight of this weekend. Read more about the sale in the article above.

FRIENDS DECISION-MAKING WORKSHOP
Arthur Larrabee.pdfArthur Larrabee, who is working with the school this year at the request of the Board of Trustees and Ellis Turner, will conduct a workshop for parents from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., tonight, October 14 about Friends decision making. Arthur conducted similar workshops with the Board of Trustees, all faculty and staff and the Alumni Executive Board. He provided an overview for upper school students on October 1st, is meeting with the upper school student government, honor committee and club leaders, and will be working with 9th graders the morning of October 15. Since the Parents Association seeks to operate in the manner of Friends, we encourage all parents to attend this workshop. Whether you operate in a Friends decision making environment or one that works by consensus or voting, Arthur's wisdom about why Quakers use a sense of the meeting process and the importance of listening in order to derive a sense of the meeting will be helpful; and the practice of saying "I believe passionately about this but I release it to the meeting" is something everyone should experience. A light supper will be served at 5:30 p.m. Please rsvp to Kathi Webb (webbk@sidwell.edu) if you plan to attend this workshop so that we have enough materials. For more information on Arthur Larrabee, click on the link above.

COMMUNITY SERVICE CORNER
Upcoming for October
October 24 - 6th grade Hangout
October 26 - 5th grade Service Club with A Wider Circle (see below for details)
October 31 – Trick or Treat for UNICEF
Ongoing Toiletries Collection (to benefit A Wider Circle)
Collection bins (labeled “Toiletries”) are located in the Middle School lobby near the front desk. Please bring travel size toiletries (shampoo, toothpaste, shaving cream), toothbrushes, razors, etc. Contact MS Community Service Co-clerks Eva Xanthos at eva.xanthos@verizon.net or Lisa Arrington at arringtonlp@hotmail.com or your Grade Reps for volunteer opportunities.
SFS Community Service & A Wider Circle -
Make a Family's Holiday Wish Come True!
For the 2014 holiday season, the Middle School Community Service Committee will be supporting A Wider Circle's gift giving program. This allows our families to adopt a family that is unable to purchase gifts for the holidays. Read on for how this experience impacted one Sidwell family!
This was one of the highlights of our family's holiday season last year! After receiving a detailed wish list, the four of us had so much fun putting gifts together for each member of our Wider Circle family. Our experience was made even more rich by getting to know the parent, a single mother in this case, and delivering the gifts to her apartment when her kids were away.
It was a powerful opportunity to put ourselves in the place of those less fortunate and help make their holiday wishes come true. Please consider signing up or, if it feels like too big of a commitment, you may wish to partner with another Sidwell family!
If you're interested or have any questions, please contact Marjan at marjanehsassi@hotmail.com or 202-664-4706.

QUAKER MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP
• Thursday, October 16, 8:10 - 8:45 a.m. Parents and caregivers are invited to worship with the Middle School staff and students in the Robert L. Smith Meetinghouse. Try to arrive at 8:05 a.m. or earlier to settle in before students arrive.
• Sunday, October 19, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Join students, staff, families and alumni to worship with the Sidwell Friends community over Homecoming Weekend in the Robert L. Smith Meetinghouse. Worship between 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., followed by refreshments. A child-friendly meeting for worship will be available for children ages 4 and up, and refreshments will be served at the rise of meeting. If you anticipate bringing your lower school age children please contact Kathi Webb (webbk@sidwell.edu) so we know how many students might participate in our program for younger children.
With questions, please contact Middle School Quaker Life clerks Virginia Avanesyan, avanesyanfamily@gmail.com, or Amy Henderson msausten@mac.com.


Other


INDEPENDENT SCHOOL CHOIR FESTIVAL
Please join families from other independent schools for a memorable night of upper school choral performances in a beautiful space - including choruses from Sidwell Friends, St. Albans, National Cathedral School, Georgetown Day School, Maret, Bullis, Holton Arms, Potomac and Landon. It will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 8:00 p.m. at Washington National Cathedral.

CREW TEAM CAR WASH
Attention dirty, dusty and dreary cars... Be sure to stop by the Wisconsin Avenue parking garage on Sunday, October 19, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., for the Crew Team Car Wash!

QUAKER QUOTE
"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or abilities that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
~ William Penn
Quaker Quotes are intended to deepen the understanding and appreciation of Quakerism within the Sidwell Friends School community. Questions about Quakerism and its practice may be directed to Cynthia Richie Terrell, ctcabin@gmail.com

MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
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US NewsOne Act Festival
Animal Tales, the One Act Festival, is this weekend. Read Sofia Campoamor '15's thoughts on the parallels between theater and Quakerism, and make sure to get your ticket now!
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LS NewsKicking it like the big kids
First graders take to the field for GameTime!
Read More

The Parents Association newsletters are a forum for communication among parents and provide announcements concerning School or PA events or information related to a School or PA event.
MS newsletter submissions should be sent to PA.MSnewsletter@sidwell.edu.


Calendar


Tue, Oct 14th

GAMETIME! Girs/Boys Varsity Golf Send-off party

US Courtyard
7:30am - 8:00am


Parent Workshop with Arthur Larrabee on Quaker Decisionmaking

Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Oct 15th

GAMETIME! Girls Varsity Soccer

Soccer Field
4:15pm - 6:15pm


8th Grade QCL Meeting

MS Drama Studio
7:30pm - 8:30pm


Thu, Oct 16th

Next to New Sale

Wannan Gym
9:00am - 8:00pm


Sat, Oct 18th

Next to New Sale

Wannan Gym
9:30am - 4:00pm


Homecoming


11:00am - 5:00pm


Sun, Oct 19th

Community Meeting for Worship & Coffee

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room & Foyer
10:30am - 12:00pm


Wed, Oct 22nd

Mid-Atlantic Friends Schools New to Quakerism Conference

RLS, Rusch, Rosenberg Theater, Caplin Theater
12:00pm - 2:30pm


Thu, Oct 23rd

Magnus Training Program

Rusch Team Room
8:00am - 12:30pm


GAMETIME! Girls Varsity Field Hockey

Upper Turf Field
4:15pm - 6:15pm


Fri, Oct 24th

5th Grade Conversation with Michelle Parker

Rosenberg Theater
8:00am - 9:15am


6th Gr. Hangout

Wannan Gym and MS Courtyard
3:30pm - 5:00pm


MS 7/8 Dance

US Dining Rm
7:30pm - 10:00pm


7th Gr.Parent Peer Group Mtg

MS Library
8:00pm - 9:30pm


8th Gr. Parent Peer Group Mtg

Zartman Drawing Rm
8:00pm - 9:30pm


Sat, Oct 25th

GAMETIME! Girls/Boys Cross Country


12:00pm - 12:30pm


Tue, Oct 28th

LS Parent Conferences - Half Day


MS Parent Conferences - Half Day


Wed, Oct 29th

LS Parent Conferences - Half Day


MS Parent Conferences - No School


Thu, Oct 30th

LS Parent Conferences - Half Day


Fri, Oct 31st

US Report Writing - No School


Mon, Nov 3rd

MS PA Steering Comm. Mtg

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


5th Gr. Parent Peer Group Mtg

MS Library
7:30pm - 8:30pm


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Athletics


Tue, Oct 14th

Golf - Varsity vs. MAC Championships


8:30am


Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Potomac School


4:15pm


Tennis - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Episcopal High School


4:15pm


Field Hockey - Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School


5:30pm


Wed, Oct 15th

Volleyball - 7/8 at Maret School


2:45pm


Football - 7/8 Lightweight vs. St. Albans


2:45pm


Field Hockey - 7/8 at National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Soccer - Girls 7/8 B at Maret School


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 B vs. St. Albans


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 - B Team Home vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 - Landon Invitational


2:45pm


Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 - Landon Invitational


2:45pm


Soccer - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


4:15pm


Soccer - Girls Junior Varsity at Georgetown Visitation


4:15pm


Soccer - Boys Varsity at Wilson H.S.


4:15pm


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


4:15pm


Volleyball - Varsity at St. Andrew's School


5:00pm


Volleyball - Junior Varsity vs. Episcopal High School


5:00pm


Thu, Oct 16th

Volleyball - 7/8 vs. St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Football - 7/8 Lightweight vs. Maret School


2:45pm


Field Hockey - 7/8 at Bullis


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 A vs. Maret School


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 B at Maret School


2:45pm


Field Hockey - Varsity at National Cathedral School


4:15pm


Tennis - Girls Varsity at Bullis


4:15pm


Tennis - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Bullis


4:15pm


Field Hockey - Junior Varsity at National Cathedral School


5:30pm


Sat, Oct 18th

Cross-Country - Boys Varsity at Georgetown Prep - Prep Classic


Cross-Country - Girls Varsity at Georgetown Prep - Prep Classic


Soccer - Girls Varsity vs. Wilson H.S.


11:00am


Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Calverton


11:00am


Volleyball - Varsity vs. Stone Ridge School


11:00am


Volleyball - Junior Varsity vs. Stone Ridge School


11:00am


Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


12:00pm


Soccer - Boys Varsity vs. Bishop McNamara


1:00pm


Football - Varsity - Fredericksburg Christian


2:30pm


Mon, Oct 20th

Volleyball - 7/8 at National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Football - 7/8 Lightweight vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Field Hockey - 7/8 vs. National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Soccer - Girls 7/8 A at National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 - A Team @ St. Andrews


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 - B Team Home vs. Potomac


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Soccer - Girls Junior Varsity at Wilson H.S.


4:15pm


Tue, Oct 21st

Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships


3:30pm


Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Bullis


4:00pm


Volleyball - Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


4:00pm


Volleyball - Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


4:00pm


Soccer - Boys Varsity vs. St. James School


4:30pm


Wed, Oct 22nd

Soccer - Boys 7/8 A vs. Mater Dei


2:30pm


Volleyball - 7/8 vs. Maret School


2:45pm


Field Hockey - 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships


3:30pm


Field Hockey - Junior Varsity vs. Bullis


4:30pm


Thu, Oct 23rd

Volleyball - 7/8 vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 B at Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Soccer - Girls 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 - A Team Home vs. GDS


2:30pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 - B Team @ GDS


2:30pm


Football - 7/8 Heavyweight vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships


3:30pm


Soccer - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


4:15pm


Soccer - Girls Junior Varsity at National Cathedral School


4:15pm


Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Madeira


4:15pm


Volleyball - Junior Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Volleyball - Varsity at Episcopal High School


4:30pm


Field Hockey - Junior Varsity vs. Madeira


5:30pm


Fri, Oct 24th

Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 vs. IAC/ MAC/ ISL Championships


3:30pm - 3:30am


Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 vs. IAC/ MAC/ ISL Championships


3:30pm - 3:03pm


Volleyball - Junior Varsity - J.V. Hooper


4:00pm


Soccer - Boys Varsity at Georgetown Day


4:15pm


Soccer - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:15pm


Sat, Oct 25th

Cross-Country - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships


Cross-Country - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Championships


Field Hockey - Junior Varsity - Play Day at Madeira


Volleyball - Junior Varsity - JV Hopper


9:30am


Football - Varsity at St. James School


2:30pm


Mon, Oct 27th

Volleyball - 7/8 at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Football - 7/8 Heavyweight at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Field Hockey - 7/8 vs. Brookewood


2:45pm


Soccer - Girls 7/8 A vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 A at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 B vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Tennis - Girls 7/8 vs. National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Tue, Oct 28th

Soccer - Girls Varsity - ISL Championships


Soccer - Boys Varsity - MAC Championships


Wed, Oct 29th

Field Hockey - Varsity - ISL Championships


Thu, Oct 30th

Volleyball - Varsity - ISL Championships


Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 - Norwood Invitational


Tennis - Girls 7/8 vs. Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Football - 7/8 Heavyweight vs. St. Albans


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 A at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Soccer - Girls 7/8 B at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Soccer - Boys 7/8 B vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 - Norwood Invitational


2:45pm


Volleyball - 7/8 - Stone Ridge


2:45pm


Fri, Oct 31st

Volleyball - Varsity - ISL Championships


Sat, Nov 1st

Cross-Country - Boys Varsity - DCSAA Championships


Cross-Country - Girls Varsity - DCSAA Championships


Football - Varsity at Flint Hill


2:30pm


Sun, Nov 2nd

Volleyball - Varsity - ISL Championships


Mon, Nov 3rd

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


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


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