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Tuesday - April 14, 2015


Principal's Letter


NOTES FROM SALLY


Announcements


MS NEW BOOK FAIR--STUDENT PERFORMERS AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
RECOGNIZE FASHION REVOLUTION DAY ON APRIL 24
SEEKING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR SFS LS SPRING FESTIVAL
GAMETIME! TRACK AND FIELD APRIL 15
FRIEND TO FRIEND


Other


COMMUNITY SERVICE CORNER
BETHESDA FRIENDS PLANT SALE
QUAKER QUOTE
MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION


News Around the School


US NEWS


Principal's Letter


NOTES FROM SALLY
CWS bookshelf.docxThis week’s query: What should you do when your views are different from what your parents want you to believe?
Assembly: All Middle School students will see Hairspray on Friday morning.
Tonight! All parents are invited to hear a presentation called Parenting with Identity in Mind with consultant Rosetta Lee to discuss the following:
How do we learn about our various group identities like female, African American, Buddhist, homosexual, middle class, etc.? What messages have we internalized about ourselves and others? What are the differences that result in one person having a healthy self-identity and another person experiencing own-group shame and hatred? By understanding identity theory and adolescent developmental tasks, we can better instill positive self-identity in our children and coach them to be positive influences on others' identities. Together, we can co-create inclusive communities that work toward success for all. The meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. tonight in the Middle School Drama Studio (please note the change in location from the original announcement.) We hope to see everyone there!
Middle School Drama presents Hairspray, Jr.
Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m.
Mary Ellen Caplin Theater Kogod Arts Center
Sidwell Friends School
Washington, DC
It’s 1964, and Tracy Turnblad has one big dream – to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When she finally gets her shot, she’s transformed from social outcast to sudden star. In balancing her new-found power with her desire for social justice, Tracy fights to dethrone the reigning Miss Teen Hairspray, Amber von Tussle, and racially integrate a TV network in the process. With the help of Edna (Tracy’s mom) and DJ Motormouth Maybelle, the rhythm of Tracy’s new beat just might prove unstoppable. Fun for the entire family!
Hairspray, Jr. Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters.
The Middle School will host an opening reception and an exhibit of Middle School student art at the Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., on April 17, the same night as the opening performance of Hairspray. The exhibit will display art work created during the school year. Parents and friends are invited to attend the reception and art exhibit to sample and enjoy our students’ wonderful imagination, creativity, hard work, and self-expression as displayed in their art pieces! Refreshments will be served.
Looking ahead: Founders Day is next Tuesday. This annual gathering of the entire school is a SFS tradition. Please be attentive to the weather: unless it is raining, students will be outside from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Congratulations to 6th graders Jacob Albert, Parker Alexander, Emily Fagell, and Eleanor Walsh. These students are winners in the Parkmont Poetry Festival and will read their poetry at the festival in early May. Good work!
Are you struggling to understand how to work with your child around technology issues? Don't forget a great on-line resource: Common Sense Media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/. It is a great site with lots of suggestions for parents!
For anyone who may have missed the Conversations with Sally series, I’ve attached the handout about “What’s new on my Bookshelf.” If you’ve read a good book about parent issues, we always love suggestions!


Announcements


MS NEW BOOK FAIR--STUDENT PERFORMERS AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Middle School New Book Fair is coming soon—April 20 and 22 to 24—and we need your help! We are looking for parent volunteers to help with set up and take down, to sell books, and to provide baked items at Open Mic Night. Please take a look at the Book Fair Sign Up for all dates, volunteer details and to sign-up.
The MS Library will also be hosting an Open Mic Night on Thursday, April 23 at 5 p.m. All are welcome to join. At Open Mic Night, student performers will have a chance to perform their works of poetry, storytelling or song. Please have your budding performer sign up now in the Middle School Library as spaces will be limited.
Book Fair Hours:
Monday: 7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday: No Fair (Founder’s Day)
Wednesday: 7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday: 7:45 a.m. - 6 p.m., Open Mic Night—5 to 6 p.m.
Friday: 7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted. All proceeds will be used to purchase new books for the Middle School Library.
Posters and Flyers are still needed! Please have your student artists send in any flyers or posters to the Middle School library as soon as they can. Your child may submit as many posters as he or she would like. We have lots of halls to fill and not many posters received to date. The Middle School librarians, Ms. Grady and Ms. Hanson have all of the book fair dates, details and instructions.
Hope to see you at the Fair!

RECOGNIZE FASHION REVOLUTION DAY ON APRIL 24
Mrs. Clarkson’s homeroom is getting ready for Fashion Revolution Day on April 24, the day we recognize the hard work put into each stitch of our clothing. On that day, be sure to wear your shirt inside out to show the tag! Most people who make clothes receive very little pay. For example, garment workers in Cambodia only get paid $3 a day. April 24 will be the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy. Rana Plaza, a garment factory located in Bangladesh, collapsed, killing as many as 1100 people. To raise awareness in support of people in the garment industry worldwide, Mrs. Clarkson’s class will hand out temporary tattoos on Founder’s Day as reminders to appreciate the faces behind your clothing. The class will have bake sales on April 14 and 24 during 5/6 and 7/8 break to support this initiative. For more information about the globally recognized Fashion Revolution Day, click here: http://fashionrevolution.org/. The.OR, the organization with whom the class works for its integrated service learning, will post information on their website (https://theor.org/) specific to the class’s work closer to the date.

SEEKING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR SFS LS SPRING FESTIVAL
Student volunteers are needed on Saturday, May 2 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to provide face painting and fingernail polishing for the Lower School Spring Festival. If you have face painting skills or a steady hand for polishing and want to make the some young children very happy, please contact Damara Chambers at 202-506-7219 or chamfamdc@gmail.com.

GAMETIME! TRACK AND FIELD APRIL 15
Sprint through your taxes, hurdle the line at the post office, throw your envelope in the mail box and jog over to Zartman Garden for refreshments on April 15 at 3:30 p.m. followed by the SFS Relays at 4:00 p.m. featuring our varsity track and field athletes -- boys and girls, who train daily for their running, jumping and throwing events. If you haven’t been to a track meet before, there is a lot going on! That means there are lots of opportunities for fans to cheer!
GAMETIME! is sponsored by the Parents Association and the Athletics Department. Each varsity team has one game each season designated as their GAMETIME! event with cookies, popcorn and drinks provided to fans of all ages. Please remember that 5th-7th graders should be accompanied by an adult, 8th graders may go on their own. To check the latest athletic schedule please go to http://www.sidwell.edu/athletics.
The next GAMETIME! celebrates boys Lacrosse on Tuesday April 21 (Founders Day). This game against GDS starts at 4:00 p.m., with refreshments at 3:30 p.m.

FRIEND TO FRIEND
AUCTION CATALOGS AND SEALED BIDS
Auction catalogs were distributed to the youngest SFS student in each household on Monday, April 6. Extra copies are available in reception in Zartman House as well as the Office of Institutional Advancement.To view the catalog online, click here. (http://www.sidwell.edu/data/files/gallery/ContentGallery/SFS_Auction_Booklet_2015_v7.pdf)
For those who are unable to attend the Silent and Live Auction and would like to submit a sealed bid, please fill out the form found on page 11 of the catalog and return it to jacobsonj@sidwell.edu by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2015. You may also fax the form to 202-537-8449. A volunteer will be happy to bid on your behalf.
TENNIS ROUND ROBIN ON SUNDAY, MAY 17
We hope you and your families will join us on Sunday, May 17 from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (home of the CitiOpen!) for an afternoon of tennis and fun with community members of all ages and skill sets. Even if you are not a tennis player, come enjoy the food, drinks and fun! Adult tickets cost $50 and student tickets cost $30. Sponsorship opportunities are also available and all proceeds benefit student financial aid. Click here to register today! (https://www.sidwell.edu/support_sfs/events-for-student-scholarship/tennistournament/tennis-round-robin-registration/index.aspx) If you have any questions, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu or 202-537-8442.
SOLD OUT – OUT & ABOUT WITH FACULTY AND FRIENDS
Due to popular demand, the two remaining Out & About with Faculty and Friends (http://www.sidwell.edu/support_sfs/events-for-student-scholarship/book-club/index.aspx) discussions for this school year are sold out. We apologize for the inconvenience. To be added to the wait list for either discussion, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu.
“Revolution Radio: African Protest Music from Soweto to Dakar" with Shields SundbergTuesday, April 28 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.Hill and Dale Records (http://www.hillanddalerecords.com/) in Georgetown
"Lincoln's Last Speech" with Ashish Patwardhan and Steve Steinbach
Wednesday, May 13 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldier's Home (www.lincolncottage.org)
MIDDLE SCHOOL GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS DAY ON FRIDAY, MAY 8
Grandparents and Friends Day will take place at the Middle School on Friday, May 8 from 1:00 – 3:15 p.m. Limited parking will be available on campus. Registration will be located in the courtyard at the top of the parking garage south stairs. The schedule includes opening remarks by Head of School Bryan Garman and Middle School Principal Sally Selby followed by classroom visits. Photographers will capture special moments during the course of the afternoon. This is a friendly reminder for your student(s)’ grandparents and special friends to RSVP by April 23 to events@sidwell.edu or 202-537-8110. If mobility assistance is required, please include this important information in the RSVP.


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COMMUNITY SERVICE CORNER
Casserole Bake GuidelinesSPRING CASSEROLE BACK APRIL 27, 28, 29
Join us for the 3rd Annual Middle School Casserole Bake! Students, teachers and families will bake (or buy) casseroles, freeze them and drop them off on 37th St. The folks at Martha's Table will be delighted to receive your homemade or store bought dishes, so get your kitchens ready! You may bring your frozen items to the volunteers on 37th Street during drop off and pick up Monday, April 27, Tuesday, April 28 (remember early dismissal) and Wednesday, April 29. For guidelines and recipe suggestions please read more, and if you would like to volunteer to collect dishes, contact Eva Xanthos at eva.xanthos@verizon.net, Lisa Arrington at arringtonlp@hotmail.com or your Grade Reps.
April 24 - 7th GRADE HANG OUT
April 26 - 5th and 6th grade service club at A Wider Circle: ongoing project to manage the Kids' Corner. Contact Dana.Milbank@washpost.com for additional information.
May 2 - AWC Service Opportunity. Please join us on Saturday May 2 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. at A Wider Circle (AWC), 9159 Brockville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland for a family morning of community service. SFS students and families from all three divisions of the school will be moving furniture and organizing household items at AWC's warehouse in Silver Spring. If you are interested in helping out this nonprofit that serves low income families in our community, please contact Mohini Malhotra via mohinimalhotra1@gmail.com or 301.538.3717. A Wider Circle has been voted one of the best charities in our community by the Catalogue of Philanthropy and is a long-standing partner of Sidwell Friends. Coffee and muffins will be provided for sustenance. Thank you for joining in.

BETHESDA FRIENDS PLANT SALE
This weekend, on the Bethesda campus there will be a plant sale, raising money for Ramallah Friends School. It happens at the rise of Meeting from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., hopefully in the courtyard, weather permitting. All are welcome.

QUAKER QUOTE
"To the extent that the blessing of peace is achieved by humankind, it will not be achieved because people have outraced each other in the building of armaments, nor because we have outdebated each other with words, nor because we have outmaneuvered each other in political action, but because more and more people in a silent place in their hearts are turned to those eternal truths upon which all right living is based. It is on the inner drama of this search that the unfoldment of the outer drama of history ultimately depends."
Dan Seeger, 1934-
Quaker Quotations are intended to deepen the understanding of Quakerism in the Sidwell Friends School community. Questions and suggestions may be directed to Cynthia Richie Terrell - ctcabin@gmail.com.

MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
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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.


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Quakers emerge victorious after a nail-biting 8th inning.
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Calendar


Tue, Apr 14th

PA Speaker Event - Rosetta Lee with MS Parents

MS Drama Studio
7:00pm - 8:00pm


Thu, Apr 16th

6th Gr. Parent coffee

Zartman Drawing Rm
7:45am - 9:30am


Fri, Apr 17th

MS Art Show Opening

Rubenstein Gallery
6:00pm - 7:15pm


MS Musical

AC Theater
7:30pm - 9:00pm


Sat, Apr 18th

MS Musical

AC Theater
2:00pm - 3:30pm


Auction - "Celebrate DC!"

Athletic Center
6:00pm - 11:00pm


Sun, Apr 19th

Apollo Orchestra Performance

Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
3:00pm - 5:00pm


Tue, Apr 21st

Founder's Day


Thu, Apr 23rd

7th Gr. Parent Coffee

Zartman Drawing Rm
7:45am - 9:00am


All MS Meeting for Worship - Parents Invited

Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
8:00am - 8:45am


Fri, Apr 24th

7th Gr. Hangout

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


Wed, Apr 29th

Rising 5th Gr. Transition Mtg

MS Drama Studio
6:45pm - 9:00pm


Fri, May 1st

6th Grade Party

LS Multipurpose Rm
7:30pm - 9:30pm


US Spring Choral Concert

Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
7:30pm - 9:30pm


6th Gr. Parent Peer Group Mtg

LS Meeting House
8:00pm - 9:00pm


Sun, May 3rd

US Instrumental Music Spring Concert

AC Theater
2:30pm - 4:30pm


Mon, May 4th

MS PA Steering Comm. Mtg

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


Rising 7th Gr. Transition mtg

MS Drama Studio
6:45pm - 9:00pm


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Athletics


Tue, Apr 14th

Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at St. Andrew's School


4:15pm - 6:15pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. Riverdale Baptist


4:30pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at Riverdale Baptist


4:30pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at St. James School


4:30pm


Wed, Apr 15th

Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A vs. National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Track & Field - Girls Varsity - SFS Relays


4:00pm


Track & Field - Boys Varsity - SFS Relays


4:00pm


Softball - Varsity - Thomas Jefferson (VA)


6:00pm


Thu, Apr 16th

Baseball - 7/8 A at Potomac School


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


Softball - 7/8 A vs. St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Tennis - Boys 7/8 - A Team vs. Potomac


2:45pm


Tennis - Boys 7/8 - B Team @ Potomac


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at St. Andrew's School


4:30pm


Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity at Episcopal High School


4:30pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity at Flint Hill


4:30pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Flint Hill


4:30pm


Fri, Apr 17th

Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. Cronly


4:00pm


Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. Cronly


4:00pm


Softball - Varsity at Maret School


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Episcopal High School


4:15pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. Flint Hill


4:30pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at Flint Hill


4:30pm


Sat, Apr 18th

Crew - Girls vs. Smokey Jacobs Regatta


Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. Viking Invitational


Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. Viking Invitational


Baseball - Varsity at Bullis


12:00pm


Mon, Apr 20th

Baseball - 7/8 B vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


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


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A - vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes "B" Team


2:45pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Gilman


4:00pm


Tue, Apr 21st

Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. Maret School


4:15pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at Maret School


4:15pm


Softball - Varsity at Georgetown Visitation


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Bullis


4:15pm


Wed, Apr 22nd

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


2:45pm


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


2:45pm


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


2:45pm


Track & Field - Girls Varsity at Flint Hill


3:30pm


Track & Field - Boys Varsity at Flint Hill


3:30pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at Potomac School


4:15pm


Thu, Apr 23rd

Track & Field - Girls Varsity - Penn Relays


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


4:15pm


Softball - Varsity - Flint Hill (Lower/MS Campus)


4:30pm


Fri, Apr 24th

Track & Field - Boys Varsity - Penn Relays


Baseball - Varsity vs. Potomac School


4:15pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at Potomac School


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


4:15pm


Sat, Apr 25th

Crew - Girls vs. Charlie Butt Regatta


Tennis - Boys Varsity - NEMA Tournament (McDonogh School)


Track & Field - Boys Varsity - Penn Relays


Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. St. Mary's


10:00am


Baseball - Varsity vs. St. Mary's


12:00pm


Sun, Apr 26th

Tennis - Boys Varsity - NEMA Tournament (McDonogh School)


Mon, Apr 27th

Softball - 7/8 A vs. Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Tennis - Boys 7/8 vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at Heights


4:30pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Bethesda Chevy Chase HS


5:00pm


Tue, Apr 28th

Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. Last Chance


Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. Last Chance


Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Washington International


4:00pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Softball - Varsity at Potomac School


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Madeira


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at Flint Hill


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity at Madeira


5:30pm


Wed, Apr 29th

Baseball - 7/8 A vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Softball - 7/8 A at Maret School


2:45pm


Softball - 7/8 B at Maret School


2:45pm


Track & Field - Girls 7/8 - SFS Meet


2:45pm


Track & Field - Boys 7/8 - SFS Meet


2:45pm


Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A vs. Maret School


2:45pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Prep


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at Georgetown Prep


4:15pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at Wilson H.S.


4:30pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. Bethesda Chevy Chase HS


5:00pm


Thu, Apr 30th

Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. Maret School


2:45pm


Tennis - Boys 7/8 vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Softball - 7/8 A vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:15pm


Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Episcopal High School


4:15pm


Softball - Varsity at Holton-Arms


4:30pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. St. James School


4:30pm


Fri, May 1st

Track & Field - Girls Varsity - Draper


Track & Field - Boys Varsity - Draper


Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. Albans


4:00pm


Softball - Varsity vs. Bullis


4:15pm


Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Sandy Spring


4:15pm


Sat, May 2nd

Crew - Girls vs. Ted Phoenix Regatta - Lower Boat Championships


Softball - Varsity - vs. Falls Church HS


11:30am


Track & Field - Girls Varsity - Draper


12:00pm


Track & Field - Boys Varsity - Draper


12:00pm


Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at Wilson H.S.


1:30pm


Baseball - Varsity vs. St. James School


2:00pm


Baseball - Junior Varsity at St. James School


2:00pm


Baseball - Varsity - Double Header


4:00pm


Mon, May 4th

Track & Field - Girls Varsity - "B" ISL Championships


Track & Field - Boys Varsity - "B" MAC Championships


Baseball - 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. St. Albans


2:30pm


Tennis - Boys 7/8 vs. St. Albans


2:30pm


Softball - 7/8 B at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Softball - Junior Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


4:30pm


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