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Sunday - November 16, 2014


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU


Announcements


FINANCIAL AID
COMMUNITY SERVICE TRIPS: REGISTRATION IS OPEN


Events


LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR TONY WAGNER
FAIR TRADE MARKET FAIR
FRESHMAN PIE BAKE
AMBASSADOR EBRAHIM RASOOL: DECEMBER 2


Other


QUAKER QUOTES


News Around the School


US NEWS


MS NEWS


Principal's Letter


MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
By now, you will have had the chance to review your child’s first quarter report cards. Students began reviewing the progress they’ve made in the first quarter with their advisors this past week. Advisors are there to support students in a variety of ways: to serve as a general sounding board; strategize about time management; help with self-assessment on the student’s approach to school work; facilitate communication with the student’s teachers. Please know that your child’s advisors are an important resource for both your child and for you. If you have any questions about your child’s progress in school, please reach out to the advisor.
On Monday, Upper School faculty will join colleagues from the other two divisions to hear the author of Creating Innovators, Tony Wagner, a nationally renowned educator and current Expert In Residence at Harvard University’s new Innovation Lab. His presentation promises to be stimulating and inspiring. Parents will have the opportunity to hear Tony speak on Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. I hope to see many of you there.
With warm regards,
Mamadou Guèye
Interim Principal
Reminders of Upcoming Dates and Events:
November 17: Early dismissal, 12:10 p.m. (half-day professional day for faculty)
November 17, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: Tony Wagner lecture for parents, RLS Meeting Room
November 17-21: Fair Trade Week, Arts Center Lobby (Come do some early holiday shopping!)
November 21-23: Fall Play, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Theater
November 21: 9th Grade Parent Conference Day
November 21: Senior College Visit Day, special program for 9th grade, field trips for grades 10 and 11
November 23,12:00-2:00 p.m.: 9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie Bake, Dining Room
November 26-28: Thanksgiving Holiday


Announcements


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.

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


Events


LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR TONY WAGNER
Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World, is coming to Sidwell Friends School to kick off the faculty professional development day on Monday, November 17. Then, the entire community is invited to hear Tony speak about how parents and educators can help nurture innovation in young people in a lecture sponsored by the Christopher Ma Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies.
The lecture and reception are from 6:30-8:30 p.m in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Child care may be available. Please e-mail events@sidwell.edu or call 202-537-8110 to RSVP.

FAIR TRADE MARKET FAIR
Fair Trade Awareness Week: The Latin American Society will be hosting Fair Trade Awareness Week from November 17–21. Fair trade is the idea that each person in a supply chain earns fair prices and community development funds for items they produce. Producers come from all over the globe but particularly from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. A representative from Fair Trade Winds will be speaking to students during lunchtime about how to build a successful fair trade business. The week will end in a Fair Trade Market Fair, sponsored by Fair Trade Winds, on Thursday, November 20, from 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Get a jump on your holiday shopping the Fair Trade way! Preview some of the items at Fair Trade Winds: (http://www.fairtradewinds.net

FRESHMAN PIE BAKE
The Freshman Pie Bake takes place Sunday, November 23, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Upper School cafeteria. At this annual event, 9th grade students and their families bake 150 to 200 pumpkin pies and apple pies that are delivered to local homeless shelters.
We are asking 9th grade families to contribute some of the ingredients in advance: cans of unspiced pumpkin, cans of evaporated milk, and 5-pound bags of sugar. A few days before the pie bake, we are also asking for bags of apples. All donated ingredients should please be delivered to David Connell’s office (Upper School Community Service Office).
In addition, we are also looking for volunteers to arrive at 10 a.m. on November 23 to help set up; volunteers to stay until 4:30 that day to help box the finished pies; and volunteers to deliver the pies to shelters on Monday.
Here is the link to sign up: Genius: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4ba5a922a20-freshman.
This is always a terrific event, and we look forward to seeing everyone there! Please contact David Connell (connelld@sidwell.edu) or Joan Siegel (joanbsiegel@icloud.com) with any questions.
---The 9th grade reps

AMBASSADOR EBRAHIM RASOOL: DECEMBER 2
Hold the date for a talk by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, who will be speaking with us December 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Child care will be provided.


Other


QUAKER QUOTES
"God should be most where man is least:
So, where is neither church nor priest,
And never rag nor form of creed
To clothe the nakedness of need,–
Where farmer folk in silence meet,–
I turn my bell-unsummoned feet;
I lay the critic’s glass aside,
I tread upon my lettered pride,
And, lowest-seated, testify
To the oneness of humanity;
Confess the universal want,
And share whatever Heaven may grant.
He findeth not who seeks his own,
The soul is lost that’s saved alone." ---Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892
?Quaker Quotes are intended to deepen the understanding of Quakerism in the Sidwell Friends School community. Questions or suggestions may be directed to Cynthia Richie Terrell - ctcabin@gmail.com?


US NewsEbola and the Bright Continent
The Building Bridges with Africa club hosted an Ebola forum to discuss the changing epidemic and the United States’ place in combating it.
Read MoreBuild a car? Sure thing!
The engineering class took advantage of a nice fall day to build and race small, battery-operated cars.
Read More


MS NewsThe wonders of air
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Calendar


Mon, Nov 17th

All School Professional Day - Half Day


Tony Wagner Lecture

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room, Meeting House Foyer
6:30pm - 8:30pm


Wed, Nov 19th

PA US Steering Comm. Mtg

Rusch Team Rm
8:00am - 9:30am


Fri, Nov 21st

9th Grade Parent Conferences/No classes for Seniors


Senior College Visit Day


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

Arts Center Theater
8:00pm - 10:00pm

Visit this Link


Sat, Nov 22nd

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

AC Theater
8:00pm - 9:30pm

Visit this Link


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


More


Athletics


Tue, Nov 18th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity - Scrimmage @ GDS


4:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage @ GDS


5:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


7:30pm


Fri, Nov 21st

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Washington & Lee


5:00pm


Sat, Nov 22nd

Football - Varsity vs. DCSAA Semifinals


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - MAC Jamboree @ Georgetown Day School


9:00am


Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage vs. IDEA Public Charter School


11:00am


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays


5:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays


5:30pm


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


More


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