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Tuesday - February 18, 2014


From the School

THIS WEEK'S QUERY
What should you do when you encounter peer pressure?
NOTES FROM SALLY
SFS Food Drive Shopping List.docxThis week’s assembly: BSU show – postponed from last week.
Thanks so much to all who attended the program on parental supervision of technology last Monday evening! We’ve been a little delayed in getting the presentation sent out, but it will be sent this week and will be available on the Parent Portal as well.
Our winter food drive is beginning. Please help us collect food to send to The Capital Area Food Bank with our Helping Hands Minimester! A suggested shopping list is attached.
Believe it or not, spring sports begin next Monday!
Read MoreRE-ENROLLMENT IS UNDERWAY
IMPORTANT – The re-enrollment process for 2014-15 is currently underway. You can access your child’s contract through the parent portal. The contract along with deposit must be submitted by Friday, February 21, 2014. Call the Admissions Office at 202-537-8111 with any questions.


PA Announcements

FAMILY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
The Community Service Committee is sponsoring a family service opportunity at A Wider Circle in Silver Spring, Maryland. Please join us on Saturday, March 8, 2014, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
A Wider Circle provides basic need items to families transitioning out of shelters or simply living without life’s necessities. AWC furnishes the homes of more than 1,000 children and adults
every single month, all free of charge. A Wider Circle is buzzing with activity on Saturdays, with families picking up their basic needs and donors dropping things off. Volunteers help sort through clothing and other donated items, organize and display household goods, and assist families shopping for clothing and items needed to furnish their new homes.

To RSVP or with questions, please email Matt Fraidin.
MIDDLE SCHOOL PA LOOKING TO FILL POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR
If you enjoy community-building and would like to make a contribution to the school or your child's grade, please consider volunteering for the PA. There are Grade Representative positions and Committee Clerks (Arts, Athletics, Quality of Community Life Committee, Community Service, Diversity, Quaker Life) available in the Middle School, and there will also be opportunities to serve as Team and Room parents. If you are interested in serving in some capacity, would like to suggest someone else, or simply need more information, please contact MS Nominating Clerk Anne Conlee Mazlish via email or 703-447-3517, or All-School Nominating Clerk Althea Jacques-Ireland via email or 301-675-8837.


Other News

QUAKER QUOTE
"In the true marriage relationship the independence of the husband and wife is equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal."
Lucretia Mott, 1876
"Born Lucretia Coffin on January 3, 1793, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lucretia Mott was a women's rights activist, abolitionist, and religious reformer. Mott was strongly opposed to slavery and a supporter of William Lloyd Garrison and his American Anti-Slavery Society. She was dedicated to women's rights, publishing her influential Discourse on Woman and founding Swarthmore College. Mott died in Pennsylvania in 1880." From Biography.com.
Read more about Mott here.
RISING 9TH GRADE ROWERS!!!
Did you know that the Sidwell Friends Upper School has a girls’ crew? Rowing is an increasingly popular team sport in the region, great for building fitness, strength, endurance, teamwork, self-discipline, and friendships! If your daughter is interested in learning to row, there are a number of summer camps nearby that welcome beginners. A week of summer camp is an excellent way for kids to give crew a try and start to develop their skills before joining a team. A list of summer programs, as well as information about Sidwell's newest varsity sport, is available on the team website, or feel free to contact co-presidents Monica Dolin and MaryAnn Nash via email.
MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
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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.


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Calendar


Wed, Feb 19th

Haiti Minimester Parent meeting

MS Drama Studio
6:00pm - 8:00pm


Thu, Feb 20th

BSU Show Rehearsal

AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


BSU Show

AC Theater
7:00pm - 10:00pm


BSU after-show reception

US Dining Rm
8:30pm - 10:00pm


Fri, Feb 21st

8th Gr. Hangout

Wannan Gym
3:30pm - 5:00pm


Sat, Feb 22nd

6th Gr. Parent Potluck

Off-Campu
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Tue, Feb 25th

7th Grade Conversation With Sally

US Dining Room
7:45am - 9:00am


Fri, Feb 28th

5th Gr. Hangout

Wannan Gym
3:30pm - 4:30pm


Mon, Mar 3rd

MS PA Steering Committee Meeting

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


Tue, Mar 4th

8th Grade Conversation With Sally

US Dining Room
7:45am - 9:00am


5th Gr. Parent Peer Group Mtg

MS Library
7:30pm - 8:30pm


Wed, Mar 5th

LS Conference Half Day


Parents of Latino students All-School program

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Thu, Mar 6th

LS Conference Half Day


PA Executive Committee


Fri, Mar 7th

No Classes - US & MS Report Writing and LS Conference Day


Sat, Mar 8th

All-School Family Service Project

A Wider Circle
9:30am - 11:30am


Sun, Mar 9th

All-School Meeting for Worship

Robert L. Smith Meeting for Worship
10:30am - 12:00pm


More


Athletics


Mon, Feb 17th

Wrestling - Varsity - DC Classic


9:00am


Tue, Feb 18th

Squash - P.E. Class (Co-Ed) at Wilson H.S.


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman - Paul Charter


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Maret School


5:45pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity at Bullis


6:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Bullis


7:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Bullis


7:30pm


Wed, Feb 19th

Basketball - Girls 7/8 C vs. National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Takoma Academy


4:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


4:30pm - 5:45pm


Thu, Feb 20th

Wrestling - Varsity vs. National Preps


Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B at Potomac School


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. Holy Child


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Fri, Feb 21st

Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Tournament


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Tournament


Wrestling - Varsity - National Preps at Lehigh


2/22/2014


Sat, Feb 22nd

Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Tournament


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Tournament


Sun, Feb 23rd

Basketball - Girls Varsity - ISL Tournament Final @ Sidwell


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Tournament


Sat, Mar 1st

Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Playday


10:00am


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - Heritage HS Scrimmage


12:00pm


Tue, Mar 4th

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - Bishop Ireton Scrimmage


4:00pm


Thu, Mar 6th

Softball - Varsity - GDS Scrimmage


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - Walter Johnson Scrimmage


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity - Norfolk


4:30pm


Sat, Mar 8th

Baseball - Junior Varsity - Blair


10:00am


Baseball - Varsity - Blair


1:00pm


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