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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As you may be aware, some of our students are planning to participate in the DCPS school walk-out tomorrow at 12:00 noon in a peaceful protest of the election of Donald Trump. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Students who want to participate in this peaceful protest must have written permission from their parents/guardians to miss school. Parents/guardians </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">must email <a style="color: #954f72;" href="mailto:USAttendance@sidwell.edu">USAttendance@sidwell.edu</a><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>by 9:00 am, granting permission for their child to be excused from classes. Students who do not have written permission from their parents/guardians to miss school will receive attendance points if they leave the campus to participate in the walk-out.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">We will continue to hold normal classes tomorrow, so students who miss classes are expected to communicate with their teachers about making up missed work. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The school will continue to identify ways for our students to voice their concerns about the recent election, but we also understand the value of activism as an opportunity to learn about our political process and to express one’s voice. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">If you have any questions, please</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#1f497d"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">feel free to<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>email me.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mamadou</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mamadou Guèye|Upper School Principal|Sidwell Friends School|</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016|</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 1em;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a style="color: #954f72;" href="mailto:gueyem@sidwell.edu"><span style="color: windowtext;">gueyem@sidwell.edu</span></a>|Tel. 202.537.8162|Fax. 202.537.8178</span></p>
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