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Wednesday - February 19, 2014


From the School

Message from Lee
In preparation for next year's course selection process, Collection today will be a presentation of the Upper School Curriculum for school year 2014/2015. This will be followed by group and individual discussions with advisors over the next two weeks. The same presentation will be given to parents this evening at 7:00 pm in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Course selection is done online and will open on Wednesday, February 26. Course selection sheets must then be printed, signed by a parent and given to your child's advisor by Monday, March 10. We start working on the master schedule as soon as we have the students' choices and placements, and many decisions need to be made about sectioning and staffing based on their choices. Please help your child be as thoughtful as possible about course selection as no elective changes will be considered until classes begin on Tuesday, September 2 . Students have the first two weeks of school to consider elective changes within the built schedule. If you have any questions about this process, please contact your child's advisor or Mamadou Guèye, Upper School Academic Dean.
Members of the Math Club competed in the annual Duke Math Meet on Saturday, February 15th. After the trip to Durham, NC was cancelled because of weather conditions, the organizers at Duke offered to let Sidwell students (and students at other schools) participate in the meet remotely. Eight Sidwell students competed in the all-day event, which included three rounds of team/collaborative problems and one round of individual problems. Congratulations to the Foxy Mathletes team which earned 9th place in the meet of 31 teams, and the four individual Sidwell students who placed in the top 50 percent!
Re-Enrollment for 2014-15
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

Teacher Appreciation Event Rescheduled to February 21st!
Because of the snow day last week, our Valentine's Day Appreciation Cookie Bake for our wonderful faculty and staff has been moved to Friday, February 21st. We still need a volunteer to bake three dozen cookies (over forty dozen cookies are needed). Contributions should be dropped off at the Upper School Dining Room no later than 7:45 am on the morning of Friday, February 21st.
In addition to our bakers, we need a few more 9th Grade parents to meet in the Upper School Dining Room on February 21st at 7:45 am to help put together 120 festive cellophane bags of homemade cookies for our teachers and staff. Last year it took about an hour to assemble the treats.
Recap of Volunteers Needed:
9th grade - 2 parents to help put together the cookie bags
10th grade - 1 parent to bake three dozen small sized cookies
Reminder to all cookie bakers/volunteers: Please bring the cookies to the US Dining Room no later than 7:45 am on Friday, February 21st. 9th grade parents meet in the US Dining Room at 7:45 am to help put together 120 festive cellophane bags of homemade cookies for our teachers and staff. Last year it took about an hour to assemble the treats.
We are using Signup Genius to manage the contributions. Please click here to sign up.
Your US PA thanks you for your help in showing our appreciation to the incredibly dedicated Sidwell Friends faculty, coaching, administrative and maintenance staff, who welcome these special treats.
Please email Joan Siegel or Ivy Howells, US PA At-Large Representatives, if you have questions.
10th Grade Community Service Casserole Bake: February 23rd
Every year 10th Grade parents and students get together to help feed the homeless in our community by preparing and donating casseroles to area food banks. As in previous years, we are hoping to make approximately 160 - 200 small casseroles. To prepare and donate this many casseroles we will need parents to help by: 1) donating non-perishable food items (see below), and 2) coming out to make casseroles and/or helping with one of the listed activities.
Please click here to sign-up to volunteer and/or provide items. Donations may be dropped of at David Connell's office in Room 222 by Wednesday, February 19th. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for participating.
Your 10th Grade Reps: Amy, Georgine, Lance and Lucy
The Parents Association Needs You!
We are Seeking Volunteers 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 volunteer as a Vice-Clerk, Grade Representative, At-Large Rep, or Committee Clerk (Arts, Athletics, Quality of Community Life, Community Service, Diversity, Quaker Life). We are looking to fill positions in all divisions.

If you are interested in serving, would like to suggest someone else, or simply would like more information, please click to email:
US Nominating Clerks - Raina Fishbane or Phyllis Kim
All School Nominating Clerk - Althea Jacques-Ireland
Family Community Service Event: March 8th
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, awidercircle.org, 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 contact Matt Fraidin at mifraidin@yahoo.com.


Other News

SFS BSU Annual Black History Month Show and PBS Reception After The Show (Rescheduled)
The Black Student Union presents its Annual Black History Month Show for parents, families and friends at 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 20th. The performance will take place on the Upper School campus, in the Arts Center Theater. A tradition that began in the 1980s, the program incorporates original student content with songs, poems, and other material from established authors. The Parents of Black Students (PBS) would like to continue the tradition it started last year and invite both the cast and audience to join us in the Upper School Dining Room for a post-production celebration. The favor of a reply is kindly requested here. Please feel free to contact PBS Clerk Suzann King if you have any questions.
Quaker Quotes
"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
Click here to read more about Mott.
US Wednesday Newsletter Submissions
How to Submit an Article to the Wednesday Letter. Send submissions to PA.USNewsletter@sidwell.edu by 2 pm Tuesday, and reference "Newsletter Submission" and the publish date(s) in the subject line (limited to 3 weeks). Items should be submitted as text in the body of the e-mail and should be succinct. If you have a form or flyer to include with your submission, please send it as a PDF attachment. The editor on duty will confirm receipt of all submissions -- if you do not receive a confirmation within a reasonable time period, your submission may not have been received. Lastly, if it becomes necessary to modify a submission previously sent or published, please send a redline or otherwise clearly indicate the change to be made.
Note Concerning the School Calendar: The calendar entries that appear in the right column of each Newsletter are automatically generated by the official school calendar and are not subject to editing by the Newsletter Editors. All changes or additions to the school calendar must be made through the school scheduling office, reachable at: scheduling@sidwell.edu.


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.
US newsletter submissions should be sent to PA.USnewsletter@sidwell.edu.


Calendar


Tue, Feb 18th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Feb 19th

US Parents Association Steering Committee Meeting

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


US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


US Parent Curriculum Night

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


Thu, Feb 20th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, 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


Sun, Feb 23rd

Sophmore Class Casserole Bake

US Dining Rm
12:00pm - 2:00pm


US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
1:00pm - 5:00pm


Mon, Feb 24th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Tue, Feb 25th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Feb 26th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


US Diversity Program

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


Thu, Feb 27th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


10th gr. Parent Peer Group Mtg

Zartman Drawing Rm
7:00pm - 8:30pm


Fri, Feb 28th

US Arts Guild

AC Theater
7:00pm - 10:00pm


Sun, Mar 2nd

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
1:00pm - 5:00pm


Mon, Mar 3rd

Conversation w/US Administration - All US parents

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


US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Tue, Mar 4th

US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Mar 5th

LS Conference Half Day


Track & Field parent meeting

Rusch Team Rm
5:30pm - 7:00pm


US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


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


US Spring Rehearsal

Choral Music Room, Theatre Arts Studio, AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


10th Grade Parent Night with College Counseling

Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
7:00pm - 8:30pm


Fri, Mar 7th

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


Sat, Mar 8th

US Spring Production Week

AC Theater


SAT at SFS

US Classrooms
7:00am - 1:00pm


All-School Family Service Project

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


GDS Jazz Festival


1:00pm - 5:00pm


Sun, Mar 9th

All-School Meeting for Worship

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


US Spring Production Week

AC Theater
12:00pm - 5:00pm


Mon, Mar 10th

US Spring Production Week

AC Theater, Theatre Arts Studio
6:00pm - 9:06pm


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Athletics


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


Mon, Mar 10th

Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Riverdale Baptist


4:30pm


Baseball - Varsity at Riverdale Baptist


6:00pm - 1:00pm


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


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