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Reminders

**Sr. Celebration Kick Off **– TOMORROW - Dec 3**

**Blood Drive **– Dec 5 * *

**JED Foundation – Mental Health Awareness Talk **– Dec 7’*

**Student Led Toy Drive – **Ends Dec 10* *


Sr Parents –

We loved seeing so many of your at our first of many great events. If you
missed it, no worries! Come to Sr Celebration planning tomorrow and there’s
more…keep scrolling!

*1. Senior Celebration Planning Meeting: Calling all Senior Parents!
TOMORROW!*

Monday, December 3 at 7:00 pm, US Choral Room

Please join our Senior Celebration leadership team for the first,
fun, kick-off event. Senior Celebration is an evening for seniors, put on
by and featuring parents including a reception followed by a delightful and
maybe embarrassing variety show by the parents. Traditionally, at some
point, *all the parents take the stage**! Note: We keep all details of the
senior celebration secret from our seniors! *

It's up to us to plan this beloved evening for parents and seniors. There
are opportunities to participate from planning the invitations to
organizing the food and decorations to creating elements of the show
itself. *All skill sets are needed,* and we need many captains! Don't
miss the opportunity to help make this an awesome, fun and memorable
celebration for the class of 2019! Senior Celebration itself is
Saturday, June 1, from 6–9 p.m., at the Kogod Arts Center. Come join us!

Senior Celebration Chairs: Anne Conlee Mazlish (aconlish@aol.com), Elise
Goldstein (ekggoldstein@gmail.com), Katy Harvey (kharvey@nps-dc.org), Sunita
Iyer (ssiyer@aol.com)

2. *Blood Drive - December 5*

Wednesday, December 5 – Zartman House 8:00 am – 2 pm

This is for Children’s National Medical Center welcomes students who are
age 17 by December 5, 2018 – no parent release forms necessary. We hope you
will consider giving this most important gift and as you feel it
appropriate, encouraging your children who are age 17 or older to donate.
The sign up and eligibility information is below. Many spots are still open.

Your blood donation will save lives. Sign up here
<https://www.cnmcblooddonor.com/index.cfm?group=op&step=2&opid=4995&opidh=A86CDBC94F4505C8CCD003074F7320E8&idt=43409.7204051>
to
give blood at the Children’s National Medical Center bloodmobile, which
will be parked outside Zartman House on Wednesday, December 5 from 8:00
a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Please check eligibility requirements
<https://www.cnmcblooddonor.com/index.cfm?Group=Page&PageID=8> first. If
you can’t give blood, you could sign up to bring a treat
<https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4fa4ae2da20-supporting> to thank
those who can.

3. *JED Foundation – Mental Health Awareness Talk -* *December 7*

Friday, December 7 at 8:00 am in the Chorus Room

The Upper School PA Parenting & Peer Group Committee invites parents to
join us this Friday, December 7, at 8:00 a.m. in the Chorus Room to hear
from the JED Foundation (www.jedfoundation.org ), a national nonprofit that
exists to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for our nation’s
teens and young adults. JED Foundation partners with high schools and
colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance abuse and suicide
prevention programming and systems, and they equip teens and young adults
with the skills and support to grow into healthy, thriving adults. They
will be speaking to students during Mental Health Awareness Week.

Topics will include:

· Recognizing and Responding to distress in young people

· Managing changing relationships with family and friends

· Understanding privacy laws for students 18+; how to gain access to
information about a student's mental and physical health

· Protecting emotional health during the transition

· Knowing when to seek help for yourself, and how to help a friend in
need

· How to navigate student affairs, campus life, and
healthcare/counseling resources on campus

Questions? Email us at parents@sidwell.edu


4.* Student Led Toy Drive for FAPAC & Rosemount Center* – *Ends December
10*

Please support the fourth annual US Community Action Club toy drive
supporting the Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC) and
Rosemount Center. They have boxes for toys in the Upper School and you may
also order directly off the links set up by each organization below. Toys
will be picked up by our partners on Monday December 10. FAPAC works with
children of all ages. Books, dolls, toy trucks, and craft sets are all
welcome! You can also access FAPAC 's holiday toy registry here
<https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/fapac-holiday2018-december-2018-washington/LDKLB4XWD195>.
Rosemount serves children ages 0-5, so we suggest board books, stuffed
animals, and other baby toys. You can also access Rosemount’s toy wish list
here <https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/R05J3685II6M?&sort=default>.
For more information check out the CAC flyer which is linked here: CAC flyer
<https://www.sidwell.edu/uploaded/Portals/parent/newsletter/PDFs/Toy_Drive_Info.pdf>
.

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Hope you can make these terrific events!

Your 12th-grade reps:

Margaret Paulsen - mpaulsentx@gmail.com
Caroline Springer - carolinespringer@aol.com
Gretchen Sierra-Zorita - peterhutt@msn.com
Carrington Tarr - cctarr@gmail.co