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Sunday - January 24, 2016


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU


Announcements


8TH GRADE PARENTS: HEAR FROM YOUR PEERS ABOUT 9TH GRADE
VALENTINE'S DAY TEACHER APPRECIATION COOKIE BAKE
SEEKING STUDENT PERFORMERS AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS FOR ARTRAGEOUS 2016!
2016/17 REENROLLMENT
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR US PARENTS ASSOCIATION!
A NIGHT FOR SCHOLARS: SPONSORSHIP AND PROGRAM ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES


Events


GAMETIME! SWIM AND DIVE: JAN. 26
STATE-OF-THE-SCHOOL PA MEETING WITH BRYAN GARMAN


Other


QUAKER QUOTES


News Around the School


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Dear Friends,
As I write this letter, I can hear snowplows outside clearing the roads from the light dusting of snow that hit us Wednesday night, creating traffic problems around the region through the evening hours. And as I write, the region is bracing itself for a major snowstorm this weekend. (You may in fact be reading this newsletter under a blanket of heavy snow!) This winter weather that has hit us after a mild December has been a reminder to me that we all need to exercise great caution on the roads. We have many young, new drivers in our community. Please speak to your children about driving safely, especially when the roads get slick with ice and snow.
The first Martin Luther King Jr. Service Program this past Monday was a tremendous success! It was wonderful to see so many families from all three divisions gather together to serve those in need. The program began with an alumni panel that shared heartfelt stories and thoughts about their personal experiences at Sidwell Friends and in their professional lives. I am grateful to the leadership of the Parents of Black Students, the Quaker Life Committee, the Parents Association, the Community Service Committee, and the EJC Committee for initiating and organizing this wonderful event.
On Wednesday afternoon, a talented group of activist artists called “At the Table with Martin Luther King Jr.” delivered a moving presentation about his life and work. Using music, both instrumental and vocal, along with original film footage, audio, and photographs of Dr. King, the ensemble created a powerful and inspirational portrait of the civil rights leader. Please ask your children to share their thoughts about this presentation.
Warmly,
Mamadou
Mamadou Guèye
Upper School Principal
Upcoming Events:
January 26, Last day to drop/add second semester class
January 29, Report cards posted on educator online
January 29, Arts Guild, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
January 31, ArtRageous, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
February 2, Last day to request Pass/Fail; last day to drop class without WP/WF on transcript
February 4, Dance Ensemble Performance, 7:30 p.m.
February 6, Valentine’s Dance, 8:30-10:30 p.m.


Announcements


8TH GRADE PARENTS: HEAR FROM YOUR PEERS ABOUT 9TH GRADE
8th grade parents: Want to hear from your peers about 9th grade?
On Monday, January 25, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the Middle School Drama Studio, a panel of 8th grade parents with children already in Upper School will provide their insights, wisdom, and lessons learned from their previous experiences in Upper School with their older children. A Q&A period will follow. This will be a great companion event to the Upper School curriculum meeting for 8th grade parents on February 8.
Whether you’ve never had a child in the Upper School or you are an Upper School veteran, you won’t want to miss this valuable discussion! Rising parents will learn important information, and veteran parents will gain some insights as well.
To get a sense of the amount of refreshments we need to order, please RSVP to Allison Leader at ableader@gmail.com or Dionne Clyburn at clyburndc@yahoo.com.

VALENTINE'S DAY TEACHER APPRECIATION COOKIE BAKE
The US Parents Association is looking for volunteers to help us with the annual Valentine's Day Teacher Appreciation Cookie Bake.
Volunteers from each grade are needed to bake 3 dozen cookies each (we will need more than 40 dozen total). Contributions should be dropped off in the US Dining Room on Friday, February 12, no later than 7:45 a.m., please.
In addition to bakers, we ask that 10 volunteers meet in the US Dining Room on Friday, February 12, at 7:45 a.m. to package the cookies in festive cellophane wrappings. With several volunteers, we will work to efficiently ensure that each faculty and staff member receives the gift of homemade cookies. Wrapping should take about an hour.
Use this link to sign up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0b44adaf2ea02-valentines.
Questions? Please contact Robyn Alexander (robynalexchef@gmail.com) or Lucy Weymouth (lucy_weymouth@verizon.net).

SEEKING STUDENT PERFORMERS AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS FOR ARTRAGEOUS 2016!
ArtRageous, our annual all-School, community-inclusive arts festival, will be held Sunday, January 31, 2016, at the Upper School Kogod Arts Center from 1:00-4:00 p.m. All are welcome! The theme of this year’s ArtRageous is The Fabric of Art. Please remember to bring cash to the event to buy T-shirts and also help support the various SFS clubs that will be selling snacks and treats!
We are seeking student performers (individuals and groups) to celebrate the arts at ArtRageous–students from all grades are invited to come sing, dance, play an instrument, act, read, juggle, and more! To sign your child up or learn more, please contact the PA Arts Committee at PA.Arts@sidwell.edu.
We also are seeking parent volunteers (no experience necessary) to contribute their time and make this event a success–volunteer for as little as one hour and then enjoy the festivities! Please sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f49a8a72aa0f58-artrageous, or contact the PA Arts Committee at PA.Arts@sidwell.edu to learn more.
Finally, if you have any unused fabric or materials, we can use it! Donation boxes for supplies will be placed in each division in the next week.
Specifically, supplies needed are:

Scraps of interesting fabric for a collage-making station
Pieces of cardboard (cut from packing boxes is fine)
Extra loops for potholder loom weaving, and weaving looms that can be loaned

See you and the entire family at ArtRageous!

2016/17 REENROLLMENT
The reenrollment process for the 2016/17 school year takes place from February 1 to February 28. The link to your child’s online contract will be available on the Parent Portal beginning on the 1st. Please contact the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid at 202-537-8111 if you have any questions.

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR US PARENTS ASSOCIATION!
Looking for a way to become more involved with the School? The SFS Parents Association is seeking parents to fill positions for the 2016/2017 academic year. If you enjoy community-building and would like to make a contribution to the School or your child's grade, please volunteer! We are filling Division Vice-Clerks, Grade Reps and other positions—please see the SFS Parent Portal for descriptions (www.sidwell.edu/parents/parents-association/job-descriptions/index.aspx). To nominate yourself, someone else, or for more information, please contact All-School Nominating Clerk Gina Kim (ginaskim@yahoo.com) or Upper School Nominating Clerk Gretchen Brevnov (gbrevnov@gmail.com). Thank you!

A NIGHT FOR SCHOLARS: SPONSORSHIP AND PROGRAM ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES
The 2016 spring fundraiser, A Night for Scholars, will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2016, in the Sidwell Friends Athletic Center, featuring special guest Abby Wambach. All proceeds benefit student financial aid at Sidwell Friends.
The success of this event will need the support of many individuals and businesses. This year, in lieu of donated goods and services, we are only seeking program advertisers and event sponsors. By advertising in the event program and becoming an event sponsor, your business will be showcased to more than 8,000 members of the Sidwell Friends community. View the Event Sponsorship Agreement and Program Advertising Agreement. The deadline for advertising and sponsorship is February 26, 2016. Questions? Please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu or 202-537-8442. Thank you for your support of our efforts to raise money for student financial aid.


Events


GAMETIME! SWIM AND DIVE: JAN. 26
All are invited to cheer our boys' and girls' swim and dive teams at their multi-team meet at Stone Ridge at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26. Competition includes Stone Ridge, Potomac, Flint Hill, and Gonzaga. If they can’t make the meet, tell your student to join the team send-off in the Sledge Garden at 2:30 p.m. sharp – cheer the swimmers and divers as they head to their buses. Snacks will be available for all fans at 2:30 p.m. in the Sledge Garden. Fan photos should be sent to communications@sidwell.edu. Go Quakers!
February GAMETIME!

Dance ensemble performance on Thursday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Caplin Theater.
Girls' varsity basketball on Friday, February 5, at 5:45 p.m. against NCS.


STATE-OF-THE-SCHOOL PA MEETING WITH BRYAN GARMAN
This second All-School Parents Association meeting with Bryan will include an overview of School finances and an update on various programs and initiatives, including the One Campus project. Assistant Head of School and Chief Financial Officer Kate Lindsey will be present. There will be time for questions. Please join us for this meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Light refreshments will be available in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. for those of you with time to gather in advance. Child care will be available. Please contact Kathi Webb if you would like to drop off your school-age child. Note: This date is a change from the February 2 date originally on the calendar.


Other


QUAKER QUOTES
“We have inherited a big house, a great 'world house' in which we have to live together – black and white, Easterners and Westerners, Gentiles and Jews, Catholics and Protestants, Moslem and Hindu, a family unduly separated in ideas, culture, and interests who, because we can never again live without each other, must learn, somehow, in this one big world, to live with each other. This means that more and more our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. We must now give an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in our individual societies.” ---Martin Luther King Jr.
Questions or suggestions about the Quaker quote may be directed to Cynthia Richie Terrell at ctcabin@gmail.com.


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Calendar


Mon, Jan 25th

8th Grade Parent Peer Group Meeting

MS Drama Studio
7:30pm - 9:00pm


Tue, Jan 26th

12th Grade Parent Coffee

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


GAMETIME! SENDOFF Swim & Dive

Arts Center Courtyard
2:30pm


EJC Movie Screening

RLS Meeting Room
3:30pm - 6:00pm


PA Arts Committee

Upper School Room 102
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Jan 27th

PA-Sponsored 10th grade Parent Coffee

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


Thu, Jan 28th

MS Meeting for Worship

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
8:00am - 8:45am


Fri, Jan 29th

US Arts Guild

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Sun, Jan 31st

Artrageous

Entire Arts Center and Meeting House space
1:00pm - 4:00pm


Mon, Feb 1st

US Senior Event Committee

Choral Arts Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Wed, Feb 3rd

Health and Wellness Meeting

US Room 102
4:00pm - 5:15pm


All School PA-sponsored State of the School Meeting (with Bryan Garman)

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Thu, Feb 4th

PA Executive Steering Committee Meeting

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


Comedy Club

Caplin Theater
12:00pm - 1:00pm


US Dance Ensemble Performance

Caplin Theater
7:30pm - 9:00pm


Fri, Feb 5th

GAMETIME! Girls Basketball

Athletic Center
5:45pm - 7:45pm


Sat, Feb 6th

US Parent Peer Group Meeting

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room, Choral Music Room, US Rooms 102, 104/106
8:30pm - 10:30pm


US Valentine Dance

US Dining Room
8:30pm - 10:30pm


Mon, Feb 8th

US Academic Council Meeting

US Room 102
12:10pm - 12:50pm


Thu, Feb 11th

Parent Speaker David Walsh

RLS Meeting Room
7:30pm - 9:30pm


Fri, Feb 12th

US Teacher Appreciation Cookie Bake

US Dining Room
8:00am - 9:00am


BSU Show

Caplin Theater
7:00pm - 8:30pm


More


Athletics


Mon, Jan 25th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 A at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 C vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 vs. St. Alban's Meet


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 - St. Alban's Meet


2:45pm


Tue, Jan 26th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman at Wilson H.S.


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Meet with Gonzaga, Flint Hill & Potomac


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Meet with Stone Ridge, Flint Hill & Potomac


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Potomac School


4:15pm


Wrestling - Varsity at Maret School


4:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


5:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Potomac School


6:00pm


Wed, Jan 27th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 B vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A - Woods Academy


3:00pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Holy Child


4:15pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Holy Child


5:45pm


Thu, Jan 28th

Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 C vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


Wrestling - 7/8 at Potomac School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Squash - P.E. Class (Co-Ed) at Episcopal High School


4:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Diving


5:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Diving


5:30pm


Fri, Jan 29th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) - Episcopal High School Open


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Maret School


4:15pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


5:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Maret School


5:45pm


Sat, Jan 30th

Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Swimming


7:00am


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Swimming


7:00am


Wrestling - Varsity - Quad with Model, Episcopal, and McLean


10:00am


Basketball - Boys Freshman at Landon


11:00am


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Cesar Chavez Parkside High School


12:00pm


Mon, Feb 1st

Wrestling - 7/8 vs. St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. Flint Hill


2:45pm


Tue, Feb 2nd

Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Bullis


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


4:15pm


Wrestling - Varsity at St. James School


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Bullis


6:00pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School


6:00pm


Wed, Feb 3rd

Wrestling - 7/8 vs. Mater Dei


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B - Woods Academy


3:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Metros Diving


4:00pm


Thu, Feb 4th

Wrestling - Varsity - MAC Tournament


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 C vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 C at Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 vs. St. Alban's Meet


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 vs. St. Alban's Meet


2:45pm


Squash - P.E. Class (Co-Ed) at Episcopal High School


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Metros Diving


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Takoma Academy


4:30pm


Fri, Feb 5th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


4:15pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Metros 500 & 400 Free Relay Trials


5:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Metros 500 & 400 Free Relay Trials


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


5:45pm


Sat, Feb 6th

Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity - Metros


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity - Metros


Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) vs. Private & Independent School Invitational


8:30am


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Paul Charter School


12:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:00pm


Mon, Feb 8th

Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 C vs. St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B at St. Andrew's School


2:45pm


Wrestling - 7/8 at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


2:45pm


Tue, Feb 9th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Holy Child


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Wilson H.S.


4:00pm


Squash - P.E. Class (Co-Ed) at Madeira


4:00pm


Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) - Georgetown Prep Practice Meet


4:00pm


Wrestling - Varsity - Tri with JP Great and Baltimore Friends


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity at Holy Child


5:45pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


5:45pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Meet with Bullis & Flint Hill


7:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Meet with Bullis & Flint Hill


7:30pm


Wed, Feb 10th

Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B at National Cathedral School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B at Potomac School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 C at Flint Hill


2:45pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 vs. Stone Ridge Meet


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 vs. Stone Ridge Meet


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman at St. Albans


4:30pm


Thu, Feb 11th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


Wrestling - 7/8 vs. St. Anselm's


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Takoma Academy


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at St. James School


6:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at St. James School


6:00pm


Fri, Feb 12th

Wrestling - Varsity - Tournament TBA


Sat, Feb 13th

Wrestling - Varsity - Tournament TBA


Wrestling - Varsity - WCDC Tournament @ Trinity University


Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) vs. Last Track to Philly


8:30am


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


11:00am


Basketball - Boys Freshman at Episcopal High School


12:00pm


Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) vs. Hoxton Invitational


12:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


12:45pm


More


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