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Sunday - November 13, 2016


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU


Announcements


SHORT-TERM HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
PARENT INPUT ON NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION
HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FOR FAPAC: THROUGH DEC. 2
ACTION NEEDED BY JAN. 6: SFS FINANCIAL AID
UPPER SCHOOL GLOBAL PROGRAMS


Events


PBS FALL COFFEE GATHERING: NOV. 15
FRANCE SUMMER PROGRAM INTEREST MEETING: NOV. 15
ROUND HOUSE THEATER FEATURING KATIE KLEIGER '11: NOV. 25
PCW PARENTING EVENT: NOV. 15
SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD RECEPTION: NOV. 16
ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: NOV. 22
SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INFO SESSION/RECEPTION: NOV. 16


Other


QUAKER QUOTES AND QUESTIONS


News Around the School


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Dear Friends,
On Wednesday following the election, the Upper School community gathered at lunchtime for a meeting for sharing. Even as we recognize that there is a range of political views in our community, the meeting allowed us to gather to affirm our shared community values and seek the good in all. The hateful rhetoric that characterized much of this election does not and should not define who we are as a nation. As we move toward a place of greater mutual understanding across the many divisions that this election highlighted in our national body politic, we can guide our students to uphold the fundamental Quaker values of respect and community as they enter the larger world. Embracing our shared values will allow us to move forward together and work toward the greater common good.
Earlier in the week, Upper School students had the chance to learn more about the various international and domestic School-sponsored travel opportunities available this year, including trips to Japan, Jamaica, France, New Orleans, West Virginia, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Tanzania, and South Africa. For more information about all of these trips, please visit www.sidwell.edu/trips. Students will apply using a common application, which is due December 1. Some financial aid for these trips is available. Please direct questions to Global Initiatives and Service Learning Coordinator Shoshanna Sumka at sumkas@sidwell.edu.
Tomorrow evening (November 14) at 7:00 p.m., parents of 10th graders will have the opportunity to learn more about the required standardized testing for college admissions. Our College Counseling office has invited Matthew Pietrafetta from Academic Approach, an organization that specializes in standardized testing, to help parents navigate this process. Director of College Counseling Patrick Gallagher will also offer general information about the college admissions process and timeline.
The 9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie Bake will take place on Sunday, November 20, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. The pies will be taken to area shelters for Thanksgiving. This is a great event for students and parents to work together to serve our larger community.
Please come out to see the Upper School play, Lost in Yonkers, this weekend (November 18-20)!
Warmly,
Mamadou
Mamadou Guèye
Upper School Principal


Announcements


SHORT-TERM HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
We need short-term host families from January 22 to 28, 2017, for a group of visiting students from our sister school in Shanghai, the high school attached to Fudan University. There will be a total of 14 students and one teacher---eight girls and six boys.
The Fudan group will spend Chinese New Year with us, so the host siblings are invited join the Fudan students for a special Spring Festival eve dinner on Friday, January 27. The students will all speak English and are led by their English teacher, Sun Ting, who is also the mother of Hengchu Zhang '10, SFS Chinese exchange student. This is the 25th year of our exchange with Fudan High School, and, with the help of your hospitality, we are looking forward to celebrating that long-standing relationship.
Host families would provide transportation to and from school (on the host family schedule---the students will adapt) and a room for the visiting students. The Fudan students will spend two days shadowing SFS host students, and then will visit sites in DC on their own; host families do not need to serve as tour guides.
This is a great chance for our Sidwell Friends community to reciprocate for the hospitality shown to our students over the years in Shanghai. Many thanks for your help in hosting this group!
Please contact Qihui Tang at tangq@sidwell.edu for more information if your family is interested in hosting one or more of the Shanghai students.

PARENT INPUT ON NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION
Last call: We invite Middle and Upper School parents interested in interscholastic athletics at Sidwell Friends to complete a short survey (link below). The new AD will have responsibility for interscholastic sports in grades 7-12; Anne Renninger will continue to serve as PE Department Chair, working with grades 5-12. We will share your input with the faculty search committee, the PA leadership team, and Bryan Garman. Please complete the survey by Monday, November 14.

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FOR FAPAC: THROUGH DEC. 2
Please help us provide toys for the Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC) holiday gift drive. FAPAC, which trains and supports foster, kinship, and adoptive families, hosts a holiday party for children in the DC foster care system and their foster, adoptive, and birth families; presents will be given to all of the children at this event on December 17.
Sign up here to drop off new, unwrapped gifts in their original packaging, or give gift cards, today through December 2. Gifts should be left in boxes by Dean Woods's office. Gift cards should be left with Shoshanna Sumka, room 222. The value of each gift should be less than $50. Volunteers are welcome to help wrap gifts.
Thank you for helping with this Sidwell Friends tradition. Questions? E-mail them to marlin.dohlman@gmail.com or sumkas@sidwell.edu.
For more about FAPAC, visit dcfapac.org.

ACTION NEEDED BY JAN. 6: SFS FINANCIAL AID


Welcome to the official start of the financial aid season! The Parents' Financial Statement (PFS) is now available for families looking to apply for financial aid for the 2017/18 academic year.

Families can log in by visiting the SSS for Families website and clicking "Log in to Complete or Update Your PFS" or by accessing the SSS Family Portal directly. You may find this information helpful: SSS Family Guide to Financial Aid.
Applications from current families are due no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 6. Submitting an application after the due date may prevent your family from receiving the full award for which you qualify. And please remember, information from both parents must be submitted regardless of marital status. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Frankie Brown, director of admissions and financial aid, at brownf@sidwell.edu.

UPPER SCHOOL GLOBAL PROGRAMS
Sidwell Friends will be offering a number of travel opportunities for our students over spring break and during summer 2017. Trip and financial aid applications are due on December 1. Students will be notified of trip placements and aid awards in January. Please visit the SFS Trips webpage at www.sidwell.edu/trips. More information will be shared with students at Collection on November 9.


Events


PBS FALL COFFEE GATHERING: NOV. 15
Parents of Black Students (PBS) invites you to enjoy tea and coffee with other parents in your division for an opportunity to meet new families and to reconnect with old friends. Please join us on Tuesday, November 15, at the location of your choosing. All parents are welcome!

Upper School: Zartman Drawing Room, 8:15 a.m.
Middle School: Chorus Room, Upper School Arts Center, 8:15 a.m.
Lower School: Quaker Meeting House, 8:45 a.m.

FRANCE SUMMER PROGRAM INTEREST MEETING: NOV. 15
To learn more about the two-week summer program in Southern France, "Language and Cultural Immersion in the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrenees Region," please join trip leader Claudine Mace on Tuesday, November 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m. in room 104/106. There will be light refreshments.
Global programs information can be found at www.sidwell.edu/trips. Applications are due on December 1.

ROUND HOUSE THEATER FEATURING KATIE KLEIGER '11: NOV. 25
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley with Katie Kleiger '11
Friday, November 25, 8:00 p.m.
Round House Theater
4545 East-West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
Parents and students are invited to join fellow SFS community members and alumni for a pre-show reunion in the lobby at 7:30 p.m. Then, stay for a discussion with the cast following the show. This is an awesome opportunity to come together to celebrate the arts and to learn more about a career in the arts post-SFS from an alumna working in the field!
Discounted tickets are available to the SFS community through November 13. Discounted prices are $27 and $40.50. Free tickets are available for students with an SFS ID. For tickets, please call the Round House Theater box office at (240) 644-1100 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mention you are with the Sidwell Friends group. Tickets will be available at Will Call the night of the show.
An additional opportunity for teens is Round House Theater’s Teen Night on December 2 at 6:30 p.m. For $10, high school students can enjoy pizza, a discussion about the show, and the performance. The Round House Play It Forward program also offers one free ticket per season to a high school student.
Questions? Contact the all-School PA Arts co-clerks at PA.Arts@sidwell.edu.

PCW PARENTING EVENT: NOV. 15
Parenting event off-site at NPS: All Parents Council of Washington (PCW) member school parents are invited to attend Parent Speak on Tuesday, November 15, at National Presbyterian School (4121 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC). The morning begins with light refreshments at 8:30 a.m., followed by the program from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Parent Speak is a moderated conversation of parent-selected topics that matter the most to you! PCW member school parents are invited to attend this open and honest exchange of ideas, concerns, and tried-and-true tips for parenting at every age and stage of development. For more information or to RSVP, please click here.

SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD RECEPTION: NOV. 16
The School Year Abroad (SYA) admissions team will be hosting an area reception for parents and students interested in the program on Wednesday, November 16, in the US Library from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Light snacks will be served.
Please join us and get all of your questions answered about this unique educational opportunity.

ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: NOV. 22
Quaker values underpin our efforts to let our lives speak, and our individual commitments to anchor our actions in tenets of equity, justice, integrity, community, simplicity, and peace. Meeting provides us with an opportunity to seek wisdom and a way forward. When we enter the meeting room in shared silence, we enter a place where we are all equal. Please join other members of our community for meeting on Tuesday, November 22, at 6:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Refreshments will be served before and after meeting. Following meeting, guests are welcome to enjoy the Upper School Arts Guild starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Mary Ellen Caplin Theater. If you plan to attend, and especially if you have a child who would like to join our children’s program, please REGISTER HERE. Friends and family who might be visiting are also most welcome.

SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INFO SESSION/RECEPTION: NOV. 16
The School Year Abroad (SYA) admissions team will be hosting an area reception for interested students and their parents. It will be held Wednesday, November 16, in the Upper School Library from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Light snacks will be served. Please join us and get all of your questions answered about this unique program.


Other


QUAKER QUOTES AND QUESTIONS

“We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity; it is our desire that others’ feet may walk in the same.”
---Margaret Fell, letter to the King on persecution, 1660
“There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.”
---James Naylor, deathbed testimony, 1660

Quaker quotes alternate with questions about Quakerism in this newsletter feature. To ask a question about Quaker history or practice, e-mail our Sidwell Friends Quaker Life Committees’ authors at quakerquestions@sidwell.edu!


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Calendar


Sun, Nov 13th

Best Buddies Student Mixer

Wannan Gym + Sledge Garden
10:00am - 4:00pm


US Play - Wet Tech

Caplin Theater
1:00pm - 5:30pm


Cross Country Banquet

US Dining Room
6:00pm - 9:00pm


US Play - Rehearsal

Caplin Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Mon, Nov 14th

US Collection

RLS Meeting Room
2:35pm - 3:20pm


US Play - Supper

Kogod Center
5:00pm - 6:00pm


US Play Rehearsal

Caplin Theater
6:00pm - 9:30pm


10th Grade Parent Night with College Counseling

RLS Meeting Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm


5th and 6th grade Parent Peer Group Meetings

Middle School
7:30pm - 9:00pm


Tue, Nov 15th

PBS Division Coffees

LS Quaker Meeting House, Zartman Drawing Room, Rubenstein Gallery
8:00am - 10:00am


US MFB

Theater Arts Studio
2:30pm - 4:00pm


US Play - Supper

Kogod Center
5:00pm - 6:00pm


France Summer Trip Parent Meeting

US Room 104/106
6:00pm - 8:00pm


US Play Rehearsal

Caplin Theater
6:00pm - 9:30pm


Wed, Nov 16th

Annual Fund Parent Giving Day: Phonathon

Alumni Lounge
8:00am - 8:00pm


AC/PG meeting

US Library Board Room
12:00pm - 2:30pm


US Collection

RLS Meeting Room
2:35pm - 3:20pm


US Play - Supper

Kogod Center
5:00pm - 6:00pm


US Play Rehearsal

Caplin Theater
6:00pm - 9:30pm


Thu, Nov 17th

Varsity Swim and Dive Parent/Guardian Meeting

Rusch Team Room
4:45am - 5:45am


US MFW

RLS Meeting Room
9:35am - 10:20am


US Play - Supper

Kogod Center
5:00pm - 6:00pm


US Play Rehearsal

Caplin Theater
6:00pm - 9:30pm


Fri, Nov 18th

6th Grade - Conversations with Rachel

MS Room 111
8:00am - 9:15am


US FALL PLAY - "LOST IN YONKERS"

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Visit this Link


Sat, Nov 19th

All School Family Community Service

Off Campus - National Mall
9:00am - 12:00pm


11th Grade Community Service & Gathering

Off Campus and US Dining Room
12:30pm - 5:00pm


US FALL PLAY - "LOST IN YONKERS"

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Visit this Link


Sun, Nov 20th

9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie-Bake

US Dinning Room
10:00am - 4:30pm


All School Family Community Service

Off Campus - Bread for the City
2:00pm - 4:00pm


US FALL PLAY - "LOST IN YONKERS"

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater
2:30pm - 4:30pm

Visit this Link


Mon, Nov 21st

US Collection

RLS Meeting Room
2:35pm - 3:20pm


Tue, Nov 22nd

US MFB

Theater Arts Studio
2:30pm - 4:00pm


All-Community Meeting for Worship

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
6:00pm - 7:00pm


US Arts Guild

Caplin Theater
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Nov 23rd

THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL


11/25/2016


AC/PG meeting

US Library Board Room
12:00pm - 2:30pm


Fri, Nov 25th

Community Arts - Roundhouse Theater

Off Campus - Roundhouse Theater Bethesda
8:00pm


Mon, Nov 28th

School Reopens


PA Quaker Life Committee Coffee

Zartman Drawing Room
8:00am - 9:00am


US Collection

RLS Meeting Room
2:35pm - 3:20pm


Tue, Nov 29th

US MFB

Theater Arts Studio
2:30pm - 4:00pm


Wed, Nov 30th

7th Grade - Conversations with Rachel

MS Library
8:00am - 9:15am


AC/PG meeting

US Library Board Room
12:00pm - 2:30pm


US Collection

RLS Meeting Room
2:35pm - 3:20pm


Thu, Dec 1st

PA Executive Committee

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


US MFW

RLS Meeting Room
9:35am - 10:20am


Inter-School Conversation on Race and Equity

US Rooms 104/106, 210, 212, 214, 218
5:30pm - 9:30pm


Fri, Dec 2nd

Middle School - NO SCHOOL (Faculty Report Writing)


Sat, Dec 3rd

PBS Holiday Pot Luck

Off campus
6:00pm - 9:00pm


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Athletics


Tue, Nov 15th

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage @ HD Woodson


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage @ HD Woodson


4:30pm


Fri, Nov 18th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Stuart Country Day


5:00pm


Sat, Nov 19th

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Wise HS


11:00am


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Wise HS


12:30pm


Mon, Nov 21st

Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


7:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


7:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


7:30pm


Tue, Nov 22nd

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Friendly HS


4:30pm


Wed, Nov 23rd

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage @ DeMatha


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage @ DeMatha


4:00pm


Fri, Nov 25th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Alumni Scrimmage


11:00am


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Alumni Game


12:30pm


Tue, Nov 29th

Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity at Stone Ridge School


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Richard Montgomery


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at St. Albans


5:30pm


Wed, Nov 30th

Wrestling - Varsity at Landon


5:00pm


Thu, Dec 1st

Basketball - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic vs. National Collegiate


6:45pm


Fri, Dec 2nd

Basketball - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity at Holton-Arms


4:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Landon


4:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity - Quaker Classic vs. St. Mary's


4:45pm


Sat, Dec 3rd

Wrestling - Varsity - Bishop Ireton Invitational


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic


Basketball - Girls Varsity - Quaker Classic vs. Washington & Lee


4:15pm


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