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Hi all,

Happy New Year! The reminders for the rest of this month are as
follows:


Community Service Announcements:

Mark your calendars: There will be a Community Service Committee
meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 8am in the Upper School Crane
Room (near the cafeteria). All are welcome!

We now have an ongoing Middle School Toiletries Collection bin in the
MS office. If you go away for work or pleasure and bring back
unopened toiletries, please consider donating them to our various
service partners. A little tube of toothpaste could really make
someone's smile a whole lot bigger!

Next Monday, January 16, is MLK Jr Day of Service. If you and your
family are interested in finding a service project please go to http://mlkday.gov/
for ideas or contact any of the Middle School service partners
including A Wider Circle (301-608-3504 or contact@awidercircle.org)
and Martha's Table (Kim Lyons at 202-328-6608 ext 232 or klyons@marthastable.org
)

Questions? Contact: Sara Jane Harris (sjrharris@me.com) or Susan
Maniatis (susan.maniatis@gmail.com)

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On Friday, January 20th our assembly speaker will be Paula Young
Shelton. Ms. Shelton is the daughter of Andrew Young, civil rights
leader and former US Ambassador to the UN, Mayor of Atlanta, and
Georgia congressman. She is the author of the book Child of the Civil
Rights Movement about her experiences growing up in the midst of this
historic time. Ms. Shelton will be selling copies of her book for
$20.00 on January 20th. Students who are interested in purchasing a
copy should bring money to school that day.

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Please plan to join us for an interesting evening called "Looking
Ahead to College: Keeping Things in Perspective." Our speaker will be
Upper School Director of College Counseling Eric Monheim. The
discussion will be held in the Middle School Drama Studio on Wednesday
evening, January 25th at 7:30 (designated on the calendar as the
Middle School Parents Association Meeting.) This program was presented
two years ago and was a popular and helpful look ahead at the college
process. This is open to any Middle School parent.

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Parents are invited to join us for our regular Meeting for Worship on
Thursday morning, January 26th from 8:10 – 8:40 AM in the Robert L.
Smith Meeting Room.

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Looking ahead: The CTP's, standardized tests, will be given from
Monday - Thursday, February 6-9. Please avoid early morning
appointments that week so that students can complete testing without
having to make up sessions.