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Sunday - December 14, 2014


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU


Announcements


HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE AND DEADLINE
REMINDER RE: WISCONSIN AVE. GARAGE GUIDELINES
ARTS COMMITTEE SEEKING ARTRAGEOUS PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS!
UPPER SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE NEWSLETTER
MAKE YOUR AUCTION DONATION TODAY!
ADVERTISE IN THE 2015 AUCTION CATALOG


Events


CELEBRATE MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS WITH THREE EVENTS THIS WEEK
PARENTS OF BLACK STUDENTS ANNUAL HOLIDAY POTLUCK
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE FOX DEN
REGISTER TODAY FOR OUT & ABOUT WITH FACULTY AND FRIENDS!
CANDLELIGHT MEETING AT BETHESDA FRIENDS
ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: DECEMBER 28
SFS NIGHT AT THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS!


Other


QUAKER QUOTES


News Around the School


US NEWS


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
This past Wednesday, Nick Friedman ’00, co-founder and president of College Hunks Hauling Junk, delivered a rousing presentation to Upper School students. Laced with humor, wit, and sage advice, Nick recounted the story of the journey that led him and his best friend and Sidwell alumnus Omar Soliman '00, now CEO of College Hunks Hauling Junk, to found this company. Nick and Omar turned a summer spent in a borrowed van moving junk out of people’s garages into the largest and fastest- growing junk removal business in the country. Nick and Omar have won a number of prominent awards, including being named by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs in America Under 30.
Nick implored students to think creatively, take risks, develop their passions and expertise in the areas where they excel, and most importantly, to take action. Nick’s presentation was a huge hit with students, who left Collection inspired and motivated with their own dreams of entrepreneurship.
I hope to see many of you at the Choral Concert on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at the Upper School Fall Arts Show and Instrumental Concert on Thursday.
Best wishes for a very happy holiday season and a peaceful new year.
With warm regards,
Mamadou Guèye
Interim Principal
Upcoming Events:
December 14, 2:30: Choral Concert, AC Theater
December 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Upper School Fall Arts Show, Rubenstein Gallery, Arts Center
December 17, 7:30 p.m.: Instrumental Concert, AC Theater


Announcements


HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE AND DEADLINE
The next edition of the Upper School e-Newsletter will be on Sunday, January 4. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. on Monday, December 29. Thank you!

REMINDER RE: WISCONSIN AVE. GARAGE GUIDELINES
Please model responsible driving behavior for our students and follow these guidelines for safety and efficiency:

Direct students to enter and exit vehicles on the curb side only.
Pull as far forward and to the right as you can when picking up or dropping off students to allow others to drop off or pick up behind you or pass you on the left.

In the afternoons, once the spaces along the curb fill up and the line starts backing up toward Wisconsin Avenue, drivers waiting for students for longer than 5 minutes may be asked to circle around the garage. If you do arrive early, please pull into a parking space and do not block parked cars while you wait for your student. Then circle around to the pickup lane when they are ready. Additional parking may be available on the lower level, and Zartman Circle is also available for drop-off and pick-up.
Remember: students are rarely ready to depart precisely when the school day ends.

There are two different traffic signals for cars exiting onto Wisconsin Avenue at the Post Office: The one on the left directs vehicles exiting and entering the Post Office. Proceed on green ONLY from the signal on the right.

There is absolutely no cell phone usage (hands-free or not) while driving on campus. When parked, students can be alerted as to the meeting point via cell phone.
Do not allow your car to idle. Please support the environment and the health of our community by parking in a space and turning off your car when waiting.
Do not block key intersections at Rodman Street, the Post Office, or in the garage. Security staff will direct you as needed to keep traffic flowing---please follow their directions.
Use caution when exiting by the Post Office. This drive is shared by the Post Office and student walkers who are often distracted or walking with headphones.

Parents picking up Lower School students who arrive by shuttle bus are encouraged to use lower level parking. The lower level provides easy access to the Lower School bus by the north stairwell, which is easy and safe to navigate with children.

Parents switching places with student drivers: please try to arrive or depart in non-peak hours, or do your switch in a parking spot or in Zartman Circle; the delay caused by walking around the car and adjusting mirrors is not suited to carpool peakperiods.

Please be respectful and patient. It is not always possible to get in and out of the garage quickly, especially at peak times. Plan your activities accordingly, and remember that safety comes first. Many thanks for doing your part to keep our community safe.

Questions or comments? Please contact Kathi Webb at webbk@sidwell.edu.

ARTS COMMITTEE SEEKING ARTRAGEOUS PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS!
Artrageous! is an annual all-school, community-inclusive Arts Festival that will be held on January 25, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
If you’ve never attended an Artrageous! event, you’re in for a real treat. There will be so many art-errific activities, including some new creations this year!
Do you get the newspaper delivered to you? A big Artrageous! project this year involves collecting the plastic bags (sleeves) that newspapers come in, along with other similar plastic bags.They need a lot, so please ask people to start collecting such bags. The next newsletter will have information about where to drop off your collection.
Do you have a child (or children) who would like to perform at Artrageous 2015? Now’s the time to sign up! This year’s theme is The Nature of Art and is sure to be BIG FUN, so please have your children sign up NOW! Don’t delay!
ALSO CALLING ALL UPPER SCHOOL PARENTS
Please volunteer for Artrageous! All hands needed! Volunteer for a one-hour time slot and then enjoy the festivities. Not to mention, all volunteers get a free, limited-edition SFS Artrageous! 2015 t-shirt, beautifully designed by an Upper School student!!
To learn more or sign up to volunteer, please e-mail Dana Lucas at dana.lucas@thedmpgroup.com. To sign up as a performer, please e-mail Sharon Nokes at snokes@capdale.com.

UPPER SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE NEWSLETTER
The December edition of the Upper School Community Service Newsletter is now available on the SFS website. Please click on Upper School and Community Servivce and you will find the newsletter in the middle of the page.
This newsletter highlights upcoming and recent community service events taking place at the Upper School. Please read this month’s publication if you would like to learn more and/or get involved in the community service program at the Upper School.

MAKE YOUR AUCTION DONATION TODAY!
This year's scholarship Auction, "Celebrate DC," will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2015, in the Athletic Center. You don't want to miss it! We hope you will support this important fundraiser by making a contribution by February 1, 2015. Not sure what to donate? View the list of donation ideas by clicking here. Donation contracts can be filled out online, or you may print off this contract and send to the School or fax to 202-537-8449. For questions regarding the Auction, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu. Thank you for your support!

ADVERTISE IN THE 2015 AUCTION CATALOG
Interested in showcasing your business or organization in the Sidwell Friends Auction catalog? Advertisements help defer the costs of producing the Auction and will be seen by more than 8,000 alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of the School. To learn more about advertising opportunities, please view the Advertising Agreement. The deadline for ad copy is January 30, 2015. For questions, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu or 202-537-8442. Thank you for your support!


Events


CELEBRATE MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS WITH THREE EVENTS THIS WEEK
Winter Chorus Concert
Come hear the full chorus, chamber chorus, and several student-led Upper School a capella groups today at 2:30 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room!
Art Gallery Opening and Instrumental Concert
On Wednesday, December 17, celebrate the opening of the Upper School Fall Art Exhibition in the Rubenstein Gallery at a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The show includes work created in the Drawing, Digital Art, Photography, Ceramics, and AP Studio Art classes. The gallery opening will be followed by the Instrumental Concert at 7:30 p.m. Make it your arts night at Sidwell Friends. Refreshments will be provided.
If you would like to help our Arts faculty with the installation of the student work, please e-mail Anna Tsouhlarakis, Studio Art teacher and director of the Rubenstein Gallery (Tsouhlarakisa@sidwell.edu).

PARENTS OF BLACK STUDENTS ANNUAL HOLIDAY POTLUCK
Please join the Parents of Black Students for our annual holiday gathering on Friday, December 19, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. Sidwell Friends School parents Michael and Tisha Hyter have graciously volunteered to host this potluck gathering.
Please take a moment to RSVP using this Signup Genius link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aa8a728a31-pbswinter (You may need to copy this link and paste it into your Internet browser to access the Signup Genius.)

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE FOX DEN
'Tis the season to be giving… 'Tis the season to be gifted…
'Tis the season to be thankful for all this new Sidwell Swag!
'Tis the reason to shop – great t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, sweatpants, ¼ zip jackets, flannel pants, mugs and more.
December 10: The Fox Den stays open until early evening.
December 12: The Fox Den “Pop Up” Store will be at The Lower School - Quaker Library Room, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
December 16: The Fox Den “Pop Up” Store will be at The Lower School - Quaker Library Room, 8:00-11:00 a.m.
December 17: The Fox Den stays open until early evening.
Lots of great opportunities to shop Sidwell Friends School Store – The Fox Den.
3825 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016. 202-537-8198

REGISTER TODAY FOR OUT & ABOUT WITH FACULTY AND FRIENDS!
Please join us for the first Out & About with Faculty and Friends discussion of the year---Revolution Radio: African Protest Music from Soweto to Dakar with Shields Sundberg on Tuesday, January 6, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Hill and Dale Record Store in Georgetown.
Shields will explore the culture of protest music in South Africa in the 1970s as well as the birth of African hip hop. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $40 per person or $75 per couple, and all net proceeds benefit student scholarships at Sidwell Friends. Space is limited, so register online today.
To learn more about the other faculty-led discussions taking place this spring, please view the 2015 schedule. Many thanks for your support!

CANDLELIGHT MEETING AT BETHESDA FRIENDS
December 22: Candlelight Meeting for Worship on Sidwell Friends Lower School campus
Please mark your calendars for Bethesda Friends Meeting’s annual Candlelight Meeting for Worship on Monday, December 22, at 8:00 p.m. in the meetinghouse on the Lower School campus. (The address is 5100 Edgewood Lane, at Beverly; the meetinghouse is to the left of the School property.)
During the last 15 years, many have come to appreciate, in the midst of nonstop holiday activity and anxiety, this peaceful hour together. It affords us all some needed respite. From infants to teens, oldsters and youngsters, all are most welcome. This is a refreshing way to celebrate the season, so please join us.
For details: Ralph and Coralie Bryant (301-657-3767) and Peter Nielsen-Jones (202-722-1390, pnielsenjones@gmail.com).

ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: DECEMBER 28
On Sunday, December 28, we will have our second All-Community Meeting for Worship at 10:30 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room.
Please join families, faculty, staff, alumni, and former faculty and staff at this meeting. A child-friendly Meeting for Worship, First Day school, will be available for children ages 4 and up. Refreshments will be served at the rise of meeting. Please RSVP to Kathi Webb (webbk@sidwell.edu).

SFS NIGHT AT THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS!
Saturday, February 7, is SFS Community Night at the Washington Wizards game against the Brooklyn Nets. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. We’ve got a block of seats in sections 424 and 425 so we can cheer together. Tickets are $25 each. Assuming we sell our 100 tickets, we’re entitled to watch pre-game warm-ups from courtside; 50 of our youngest fans can high cheer in the tunnel as players run onto the court (6:25 p.m.). We’ll also get our own Wizards-SFS custom T-shirts.
Tickets can be purchased now in the Fox Den. There are a limited number of student tickets available for families on financial aid. We are offering one free ticket per family on a first come, first served basis. Please contact Valerie Foster at 202-537-2402 or fosterv@sidwell.edu. These are REAL TICKETS, not re-printable e-tickets---please don’t lose yours.
Questions? Contact PA Athletics Committee clerks Estee Portnoy (Estee.Portnoy@jumpdc.com) and Andrew Aurbach (andrew.aurbach@gmail.com) or Kathi Webb (webbk@sidwell.edu).


Other


QUAKER QUOTES
"John Woolman (1720-1772) exemplified what a Quaker life could be when governed by the testimonies of Friends. His untiring efforts to eliminate the holding of slaves, to improve the treatment of Native Americans, and to end economic exploitation gave substance to the Quaker testimony on equality, and his choice of a way of life "free from much Entanglement and the Desire of outward Greatness," as he records in his Journal, likewise demonstrated the practical import of the Quaker testimony on simplicity. Though he directed his energies primarily to reform within the Religious Society of Friends, his work and his public writings were also clearly intended to influence the practice of the larger society."
---Faith and Practice, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
"May we look upon our treasures, and the furniture of our houses, and the garments in which we array ourselves, and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions, or not."
---John Woolman


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Calendar


Sun, Dec 14th

US Winter Choral Concert

Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
2:30pm - 4:30pm


Tue, Dec 16th

LS Holiday Program - Gr. PK, K, 1

LS Gym
9:00am - 10:00am


Wed, Dec 17th

PA US Steering Comm. Mtg

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


Fall Art Show Opening

Rubenstein Gallery
5:30pm - 7:30pm


US Winter Instrumental Concert

AC Theater
7:30pm - 9:00pm


Fri, Dec 19th

US Arts Guild

Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
7:00pm - 10:00pm


Mon, Dec 22nd

Winter Break


1/2/2015


Sun, Dec 28th

Community Meeting for Worship

Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm, Meeting House Foyer
10:30am - 12:00pm


More


Athletics


Mon, Dec 15th

Swimming - Boys 7/8 at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 C at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Holton-Arms


3:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


4:30pm


Tue, Dec 16th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Madeira


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. St. Albans


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at St. Albans


4:30pm


Wrestling - Varsity at St. Albans


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Madeira


5:45pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at St. Albans


6:15pm


Wed, Dec 17th

Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) vs. Georgetown Preparatory Run & Gun


Swimming - Boys 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Wrestling - 7/8 vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 C vs. Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 vs. Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 vs. Meet @ Stone Ridge


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm - 4:00pm


Thu, Dec 18th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Potomac School


4:15pm


Wrestling - Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:30pm


Wrestling - Varsity vs. Richard Montgomery


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Potomac School


6:00pm


Fri, Dec 19th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Quaker Invitational 12/19 & 12/20


12/20/2014


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Florida Trip


12/22/2014


Sat, Dec 20th

Wrestling - Varsity - SFS Tournament/Beast of the East


Fri, Dec 26th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Surf N Slam Tournament (San Diego, CA): 12/26 - 12/31


12/31/2014


Mon, Dec 29th

Wrestling - Varsity - Damascus Tournament


12/30/2014


Sat, Jan 3rd

Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. IAC/MAC Challenge vs. Episcopal HS


4:15pm


More


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