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Parents Association: Grade Representative E-mail
Thursday, January 05, 2017


Dear 10th Grade Parents,Happy New Year! And welcome back.Here are some details of Sidwell's celebration of MLK Day on January 16th, the parent coffee with US administration on February 23rd and the highly poipular, parent organized, coffees at the Pain Quotidien.We hope you will join the MLK day celebrations by participating in the school’s day of service. If you plan to be out of town, you can still participate through donating items. MLK SERVICE EVENT: JAN. 16The Parents of Black Students (PBS), in collaboration with the Quaker Life, Community Service, and Equity, Justice, and Community (EJC) committees, invite all members of the SFS community to celebrate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will gather from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday, January 16. Following a brief, query-centered discussion (and storytelling for younger members of the community), SFS volunteers will choose to participate in one of the available service events:1. Bake casseroles for Bethesda Cares.2. Make cards and sort donated items for Veterans Affairs DC Medical Center.3. Create healthy snack bags for N Street Village Day Center.4. Create winter care bags for Georgetown Ministry Center. The Quaker Life Committee will also host coffee and conversation with speakers from the National Coalition for the Homeless. Afterward, we will regroup for a short time of reflection before closing with a moment of silence.Please sign up to donate items and/or volunteer for one of the service engagements to help the underserved in our community.10th Grade Parent Coffee with Upper School Administrators: February 23, 8:00 a.m,. in the choral roomParent Coffees (informal). The next two coffees are scheduled for Thursday, January 19th, and Friday, February 10th, at The Pain Quotidien on Massachusetts Avenue, at 8.00 am. The dates for the remainder of the school year will be included in the next EM.Your 10th grade reps,Jackie Becker, Mark Dorfman, Kavita Sethi, and Tessa van der Willigen


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