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Sunday - November 23, 2014


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU


Announcements


SYA RECEPTION
SFS HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE
MEET THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
COMMUNITY SERVICE TRIPS: REGISTRATION IS OPEN
FINANCIAL AID
NOW ACCEPTING AUCTION DONATIONS
ADVERTISE IN THE 2015 AUCTION CATALOG


Events


AMBASSADOR RASOON SPEAKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUSION
UPCOMING ARTS DATES
CANDLELIGHT MEETING AT BETHESDA FRIENDS
MARK HYMAN FEBRUARY 9: CHILDREN AND ATHLETICS


Other


QUAKER QUOTES


News Around the School


MS NEWS


LS NEWS


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
Last Monday Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators, spoke with faculty from all three divisions as part of the professional development program. His presentation inspired fruitful cross-divisional discussions in the breakout sessions afterward. I was happy to see so many parents attend Tony Wagner’s program that same evening. His presentation has offered us all much food for thought. I welcome your feedback on Tony’s message.
This is a short week with the Thanksgiving holiday. Students and faculty alike have been eager for this break, a time to gather with friends and family to celebrate and give thanks for all that we have been given. I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving.
With warm regards,
Mamadou Guèye
Interim Principal


Announcements


SYA RECEPTION
Please join representatives from the School Year Abroad program for an informational meeting on Wednesday, December 3, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Upper School's Goldman Library. Parents and students are invited. Contact Erika Berry with questions: berrye@sidwell.edu.

SFS HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE
Sidwell_Friends_School_Holiday_Gift_Drive.docxOnce again, it is the time of year for the SFS all-school holiday gift drive. This is a Parents Association- sponsored event. As in past years, we will provide donated gifts to benefit participants at two agencies with which we have long-term partnerships: Martha's Table on 14th Street, and the Rosemount Center in Mount Pleasant. This year, we are adding the Foster and Adopted Parents Action Center (FAPAC) to our list of partners. In the spirit of giving this holiday season, please help us make this time-honored School tradition a success by donating a gift to benefit a child from infant to age 18.
HOW IT WORKS:

Place unwrapped gifts in a large bag. Please include wrapping paper.
Drop them off under the holiday tree in the Upper School library or in Mr. Connell’s office (Room 222).
Delivery dates are Tuesday, November 25, through Friday, December 12.

GIFT SUGGESTIONS:
Anything your child would enjoy receiving! Books are highly valued, as are board games, Legos, African American and Latina dolls, and crafts kits. Gift certificates help with shopping for teens. Suggested stores for gift certificates are Target and Old Navy (shops that are in walking/Metro distance of recipients). Diapers are also appreciated. PLEASE: NO action figures that carry weapons.
OUR PARTNERS:
Rosemount Center. Located in Mount Pleasant, Rosemount provides a range of services, daycare, bilingual instruction, home visits, and physical and occupational therapy. SFS Upper School students partner with the Rosemount Center, providing support in the classrooms primarily to children of recent immigrants.
Martha's Table. All three divisions of the School have been participating with Martha's Table for many years. Your participation in holiday gift giving supports families that participate in Martha's Table Children, Youth, and Family Learning Programs. The program serves hundreds of children from the 14th Street corridor and surrounding neighborhoods in D.C.
FAPAC – The mission of FAPAC is to significantly improve the lives of children in the District of Columbia child welfare system by empowering their foster, kinship, and adoptive parents to advocate for their children’s needs and ensure the inclusion of those perspectives at every relevant table. FAPAC provides comprehensive support and training that enables foster, kinship, and adoptive parents to access the services needed to care for children who have experienced neglect and abuse, and to develop skills to serve as foster parents and mentors in the D.C. foster care system.

MEET THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Profiles and photos of the trustees are now available online. Click the link to learn more about the members of the board.
http://www.sidwell.edu/about_sfs/board-of-trustees/biographies/index.aspx

COMMUNITY SERVICE TRIPS: REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration is now open for two Sidwell Friends School overnight community service trips: New Orleans Service Trip and West Virginia Workcamp. Use the link below to sign up for a rewarding and enriching experience with fellow SFS classmates and staff members!
New Orleans: $1,500/student
March 21-28, 2015
West Virginia: $1,000/student
June 14-20, 2015
Register online: https://thriva.activenetwork.com/Reg4/Form.aspx?IDTD=2461&RF=11209590

FINANCIAL AID
Financial Aid for the 2015/16 School Year:
If you are a current financial aid recipient, you will receive an e-mail on Monday, December 1, with information regarding the financial aid process. If you are not receiving financial aid currently, but want to apply for the upcoming school year, please e-mail fosterv@sidwell.edu or call 202-537-2402.

NOW ACCEPTING AUCTION DONATIONS
This year's scholarship Auction, "Celebrate DC," will take place on Saturday, April 18, in the Athletic Center. You don't want to miss it!
We hope you will support this important fundraiser by making a contribution by February 1. Not sure what to donate? View the list of donation ideas. Donation contracts can be filled out online, or you may print off this contract and send to the School or fax to 202-537-8449.
For questions regarding the auction, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu. Thank you for your support!

ADVERTISE IN THE 2015 AUCTION CATALOG
Interested in showcasing your business or organization in the Sidwell Friends Auction catalog? Advertisements help defer the costs of producing the Auction and will be seen by more than 8,000 alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends of the School. To learn more about advertising opportunities, please view the Advertising Agreement. The deadline for ad copy is January 30, 2015. For questions, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at jacobsonj@sidwell.edu or 202-537-8442. Thank you for your support!


Events


AMBASSADOR RASOON SPEAKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUSION
South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool will be our guest Tuesday, December 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Ambassador Rasool is regarded in his home country as a distinguished public servant who has worked to bring integration, tolerance, and inclusion to South Africa. He began working in the anti-apartheid movement in high school and met Nelson Mandela while in prison. He subsequently held a number of senior positions in government and served as a member of parliament and as special advisor to the state president.
The ambassador will be speaking about human rights and his own experiences working for tolerance, acceptance, and inclusion. Ambassador Rasool was recently in the news surrounding the November 14 first-ever Muslim service to be held at the Washington National Cathedral. He and the cathedral’s director of religious liturgy, Rev. Gina Campbell, co-sponsored the service.
The ambassador will share his reflections for about 45 minutes, followed by a period of audience questions and answers. Interested students are welcome to attend this talk. Light refreshments will be available at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of the meeting room. This event is sponsored by the Parents Association, and all in the Sidwell Friends community are invited.Please e-mail Kathi Webb (webbk@sidwell.edu) if you would like to use the free child care that will be provided for Sidwell Friends students.

UPCOMING ARTS DATES
Sunday, December 14: Winter Choral Concert
Wednesday, December 17: Upper School Art Exhibit. Opens in Rubenstein Gallery with a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and is followed by an instrumental concert at 7:30 p.m.

CANDLELIGHT MEETING AT BETHESDA FRIENDS
December 22: Candlelight Meeting for Worship on Sidwell Friends Lower School campus
Please mark your calendars for Bethesda Friends Meeting’s annual Candlelight Meeting for Worship on Monday, December 22, at 8:00 p.m. in the meetinghouse on the Lower School campus. (The address is 5100 Edgewood Lane, at Beverly; the meetinghouse is to the left of the School property.)
During the last 15 years, many have come to appreciate, in the midst of nonstop holiday activity and anxiety, this peaceful hour together. It affords us all some needed respite. From infants to teens, oldsters and youngsters, all are most welcome. This is a refreshing way to celebrate the season, so please join us.
For details: Ralph and Coralie Bryant (301-657-3767) and Peter Nielsen-Jones (202-722-1390, pnielsenjones@gmail.com).

MARK HYMAN FEBRUARY 9: CHILDREN AND ATHLETICS
Mark Hyman, author of Until It Hurts, is coming to speak with parents at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, February 9. Mark’s book addresses youth sports and how parents can help their children safely navigate America’s increasingly pressured youth sports environment. Sponsored by the Parents Association Athletics Committee and the Athletics Department.


Other


QUAKER QUOTES
"There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can go many times in the day and lift up our soul in praise, thankfulness, and conscious unity. With practise this God-ward turn of the mind becomes an almost constant direction, underlying all our other activities."

---Kenneth Boulding, 1910-1993
Kenneth Boulding was an economist, poet, philosopher, educator, and peace activist who traveled widely among Friends with his wife, Elise Boulding.
Quaker quotes are intended to deepen the understanding of Quakerism in the SFS community. Suggestions and questions may be addressed to Cynthia Richie Terrell at ctcabin@gmail.com.


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2Z presented "A Fairytale Mixup" last week.
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Calendar


Sun, Nov 23rd

9th Gr. Thanksgiving Pie Bake

US Dining Room
12:00pm - 2:00pm


US FALL PLAY - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by JAY PRESSON ALLEN

Arts Center Theater
2:30pm - 4:30pm

Visit this Link


Tue, Nov 25th

US Arts Guild

Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
7:00pm - 10:00pm


Wed, Nov 26th

Thanksgiving Break


11/28/2014


Tue, Dec 2nd

PA Diversity Committee

US Library Board Room
5:00pm - 7:00pm


PA Event - Ambassador Rasool

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


Thu, Dec 4th

PA Executive Steering Committee Mtg

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


Fri, Dec 5th

MS Report Writing - Half Day


Playwrights Festival

AC Theater
4:30pm - 8:30pm


Wed, Dec 10th

MS Winter Concert

AC Theater
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Thu, Dec 11th

PA Arts Committee Mtg

US Library Board Rm
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Fri, Dec 12th

LS Holiday Program - Gr. 2,3,4

LS Gym
9:00am - 10:00am


Sat, Dec 13th

FAPAC Holiday Party

US Dining Room, US Lower Floor
10:00am - 3:00pm


US Winter Dance

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


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Athletics


Mon, Nov 24th

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage at Bethesda Chevy Chase HS


5:00pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Bethesda Chevy Chase HS


7:00pm


Tue, Nov 25th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Middletown


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Middletown


5:00pm


Fri, Nov 28th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Alumni Game


11:00am


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Alumni Game


12:30pm


Sat, Nov 29th

Football - Varsity vs. DCSAA Finals


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage @ Wise HS


10:00am


Tue, Dec 2nd

Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Open Diving Meet


3:45pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Open Diving Meet


3:45pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Maret School


4:15pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Baltimore Friends


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Maret School


5:45pm


Wed, Dec 3rd

Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Quad Meet


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Quad Meet


4:00pm


Wrestling - Varsity at Landon


5:00pm


Thu, Dec 4th

Basketball - Boys Varsity - SFS Tournament: 12/4 - 12/6


12/6/2014


Wrestling - Varsity - Tri with SFS, Maret, & Wilson


4:30pm


Fri, Dec 5th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - SFS Tournament 12/5 & 12/6


12/6/2014


Sat, Dec 6th

Wrestling - Varsity at Model Secondary School


Mon, Dec 8th

Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Madeira


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman at Landon


4:15pm


Tue, Dec 9th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Flint Hill


4:30pm


Wrestling - Varsity - St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Tri


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


5:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Flint Hill


6:15pm


Wed, Dec 10th

Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Quad Meet


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Tri Meet with Gonzaga & GDS


4:00pm


Thu, Dec 11th

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:00pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Maret School


4:15pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity at Maret School


5:45pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


5:45pm


Fri, Dec 12th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Dive Invitational


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Dive Invitational


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Dive Invitational


4:00pm


Wrestling - Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman at Flint Hill


4:30pm


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


5:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


5:45pm


Sat, Dec 13th

Wrestling - Varsity - Mercersburg or Loudon County Duals


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