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Dear 9th Grade Parents -- Many upcoming events to enjoy!

*SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: DR. JARROD SPENCER, "THE MIND OF THE ATHLETE"*

*Wednesday, April 16, 7:30-9pm in the RLS Meeting Room*Please join the
Athletics Department and PA Athletics Committee for a lecture on “The Mind
of the Athlete” by sports psychologist Dr. Jarrod Spencer. Dr. Spencer’s
passion is to assist athletes in attaining peak performance through sound
emotional health. Dr. Spencer has a unique and provocative way of
challenging us to re-think clearly and carefully about how we parent our
young athletes. Dr. Spencer works with a number of professional, Olympic,
college and high school athletes, coaches and teams and has served as the
sports psychologist for athletic teams at the University of Maryland, Old
Dominion University, Lehigh University and Lafayette College. For more
information about this event, please contact Tony Mazlish,
tony@healthyback.com


*UPPER SCHOOL PARENT CONVERSATION WITH ADMINISTRATION*
*Thursday, April 17, 7:45-8:45am in the RLS Meeting Room*
Please contact us or Lee Palmer in advance re any particular topics you
would like discussed.


*SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: MICHELE NORRIS, NPR*
*Thursday, April 17, 6:30pm in the RLS Meeting Room*
Michele Norris, an award-winning journalist, is one of the most recognized
voices in radio. She was host of NPR's longest-running national program All
Things Considered until 2012, where she received many of journalism's
highest honors, including a Peabody Award, duPont Award, and Overseas Press
Club Award. She was named the 2009 Journalist of the Year by the National
Association of Black Journalists, solidifying her as an in-demand speaker
on current events and American culture. In 2013, as a special correspondent
for NPR, Norris traveled the country and developed two successful
initiatives: The Race Card Project and NPR's Backseat Book Club. The Race
Card Project defines “race card” literally, inviting listeners to share Six
Word summations of their racial ideas and experiences that became the basis
of compelling reports about race, pride, prejudice and identity. Please
join the MS PA Diversity Committee in welcoming Ms. Norris as she invites
the Sidwell community to participate in the Race Card Project. Parents and
students are invited.


*9TH GRADE PARENT PEER GROUP MEETING*

*Wednesday, April 23, 7-8:30pm in Zartman*

*VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FACULTY AND STAFF APPRECIATION BREAKFAST*
*Friday, April 25*
The US Parents Association is sponsoring an Appreciation Breakfast for our
dedicated faculty and staff on Friday, April 25. The teachers, coaches and
administration welcome these special breakfast treats and your USPA thanks
you for your help in showing our appreciation to the them.

We are looking for volunteers to donate baked goods or other breakfast
goodies, fresh fruit, ground coffee, tea and juice as well as plates and
utensils. Contributions should be dropped off at the Upper School Faculty
Lounge no later than 7:45 am on the morning of Friday, April 25. If at all
possible, please send your donation on an attractive platter or tray.
Please also place your name on any non-disposable dishes and have your
student pick them up by the end of the day in the Faculty Lounge.

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to track contributions.

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link does not work, please see link in Wednesday Letter.)

In addition to delicious treats, we also need three volunteers to help set
up at 7:30 am, two volunteers to accept donations from drivers in the
carpool lane from 7:30 to 8:00 am, and three volunteers to help clean up at
1:30 in the afternoon. If you can volunteer your time for any of these
please also sign up in SignUp Genius.

Thank you! Joan Siegel and Ivy Howells - USPA At-Large Representatives


*SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWISTuesday, May 6, 6:30pm in
the RLS Meeting Room*
Representative John Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th
Congressional District, serving since 1987, and is the Dean of the Georgia
Congressional Delegation. He is the only living "Big Six" leader of the
American Civil Rights Movement. He was instrumental in the organization of
the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Congressman John
Lewis chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing
a key role in the struggle to end legalized racial discrimination and
segregation.
Please join the MS PA Diversity Committee in welcoming Representative John
Lewis to Sidwell Friends for his presentation about his life as a young
activist, the importance of political engagement, and his conviction that
today’s young people can transform a society. Students from the middle
and upper school are encouraged to attend.

Refreshments will be served. For further information contact MS PA
Diversity Committee Co-chairs: Dionne Clyburn and Nicole Lan