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Wednesday - December 8, 2010


From the School

Message from Lee Palmer
Last week, I attended the National Association of Independent School (NAIS) People of Color Conference (PoCC) in San Diego with 16 other faculty, staff and administrators from all three divisions. Six Upper School students traveled with us to participate in the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC), which runs concurrently with the PoCC. These students will act as peer facilitators for the Upper School diversity day in March, in which all students will engage in activities and workshops about diversity and inclusivity modeled after the SDLC.
Read MoreGreat News from the Fox Den!
Now you can shop at the Fox Den 24 hours a day! The online store is up and ready for your viewing and shopping pleasure. Just click here and shop. Please feel free to call or email Donna C. Osborn (202.537.8198 or osbornd@sidwell.edu ) if you have any questions.
Upper School Community Service Newsletter
The December edition of the Upper School Community Service Newsletter is now available on the SFS website. Use this link to access the Community service webpage. You will find the newsletter halfway down in the middle of the page. This newsletter highlights upcoming and recent community service events taking place at the Upper School. Please read this month’s publication if you would like to learn more, and/or get involved in the community service program at the Upper School.
Forget the Stock Market -- This is The Way to Get a Triple Return on Your Investment!
SAVE THIS DATE!! Saturday, January 29, 2011, 8 pm in the Kogod Arts Center, for the Ninth Annual Variety Show – the showcase of SFS alumni who are professionals in the performing arts, who come back and entertain us for the benefit of student financial aid. This Show gives you that triple return! Your children are inspired by some of Sidwell Friends' finest role models. You enjoy a relaxing evening of great entertainment followed by a reception with the performers. On top of it all, you support the worthiest of causes – Events for Student Scholarships. Click here to buy tickets -- and to quadruple your return by getting the tax deduction of a sponsorship. Get your tickets early; this show SELLS OUT!
Annual Auction on April 16th
Events For Student Scholarships
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 16, 2011 for the All Hands on Deck themed benefit auction at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium. All auction proceeds go directly to student financial aid. This will be a fabulous event you won’t want to miss!
In the meantime, please consider making a tax-deductible donation. The Co-Chairs Mimi Reisner, Elissa Rubin, and Beth Wilkinson are asking each of you for your help. Do you have any special ideas, talents or connections that you could donate or help us to arrange? If so, please contact events@sidwell.edu. Read MoreSally Foster Gift Wraps and Gifts
Stock up Now for the Holidays!
Sally Foster is a school-wide sale that includes quality gift-wrap and delicious gourmet chocolates among many other great gift items available through a convenient online catalogue. 50% of all sales go directly to student financial aid. All orders may be placed now through January 31, 2011 at www.sallyfoster.com. When prompted at check-out, enter the SFS account code 505552 so that 50% of the proceeds are properly recorded to our school.


PA Announcements

ArtRageous Shout Out!
Friends, Parents, Patrons, lend us your love of all things Art! ArtRageous (Sunday, Jan 30 from 1-4) promises to bring out the artist or art appreciator in you if you'll help us bring out the RAGE in ART! This SCHOOL-WIDE day of COMMUNITY and ART is fabulously fun, and it CANNOT happen without YOU! Read MoreUS Holiday Gift Giving Benefitting The Rosemount Center and Martha's Table: Collection ends this Friday December 10.
Thank-you to everyone who have dropped off their gifts and wrapping paper for the Holiday Gift Giving. The gift drive will end this Friday, December 10. The gifts have been slow in coming in, and we would strongly urge you to participate in this wonderful SFS holiday tradition. If you have been meaning to do so, please bring your unwrapped gifts in a bag to school this week. Please include wrapping paper if possible. For questions, please contact June Das Gupta, junedasgupta@msn.com

Read MoreFruit Flies
Thank you for supporting the Fruit Flies Citrus Sale! For your orders arriving by truck, the time to pick up your fruit is this Saturday, December 11, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, at the Wisconsin Ave. campus. Drive to the end of the carpool lane, near the Security Office, and a volunteer will load your fruit into your car. Fruit that has not been picked up after Monday afternoon will be donated.
Speaking of volunteers, we could use some helpers to distribute fruit on the 11th and especially to help unload the truck on Friday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m.
If you have questions or wish to volunteer, please e-mail Andrew Trotter, atrotter@aol.com.
Calling all Students: ArtRageous wants you!
Put on your dancing shoes, exercise your fingers, warm up those voices, plug in the guitars, and rise up to this CALL for all performing musicians to participate in the fun event known as ArtRageous! This happening takes place in the beautiful spaces of the Middle School this year on Sunday, January 30, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Write it down now, and reserve your chance to participate by sending a note to maude.fish@comcast.net. Read MoreSFS Admissions Deadline Approaching
In keeping with the school’s spirit to increase diversity in its student body, the Sidwell Friends Parents of Latino Students (PLAS) would like to encourage Latino families in the Washington area to consider Sidwell Friends School for their children.

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Other News

Green Tip of the Week
Green up your winter holiday with these tips: Read MoreNewsletter Basics
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Calendar


Tue, Dec 7th

All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive


PA Diversity Committee Meeting

Athletic Center Meeting Room
8:30am - 9:30am


US Musical Auditions

AC Music Room
4:00pm - 7:00pm


The Mountain Music Project: A Musical Odyssey from Appalachia to Himalaya

AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:30pm


Wed, Dec 8th

All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive


7/8 Choral and Instrumental Holiday Concert

AC Theater
7:30pm


Thu, Dec 9th

All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive


Playwright's Festival Rehearsal

AC Theater
5:00pm - 8:00pm


Fri, Dec 10th

All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive


7th & 8th Choral and Instrumental Holiday Concert

AC Theater
1:45pm - 3:20pm


Playwright's Festival

AC Theater
6:00pm - 9:00pm


Sat, Dec 11th

ACT

Off Campus


US Winter Dance

US Dining Room
8:30pm - 11:00pm


Sun, Dec 12th

US Winter Choral Concert

AC Theater
2:30pm


Mon, Dec 13th

US Instrumental Rehearsal

AC Theater
12:00pm - 3:00pm


US Musical Auditions

AC Music Room
3:30pm - 7:00pm


US PA Steering Committee

US Room 102
4:30pm - 6:00pm


Tue, Dec 14th

PA Executive Committee Meeting

Athletic Center Meeting Room
8:00am - 9:00am


US Instrumental Rehearsal

AC Theater
12:00pm - 3:00pm


US Musical Auditions

AC Music Room
2:45pm - 7:00pm


Wed, Dec 15th

US Instrumental Concert

AC Theater
7:30pm - 10:00pm


Thu, Dec 16th

PA Arts Committee Meeting

US Library Board Room
7:45pm - 9:30pm


Fri, Dec 17th

ARTS GUILD

AC Theater
7:00pm - 9:00pm


Sat, Dec 18th

US Wrestling Tournament (All Day Event)

New Athletic Center


Winter Vacation Begins


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Athletics


Wed, Dec 8th

Swimming - Boys 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Thu, Dec 9th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Holton-Arms


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman at Flint Hill


4:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity at Holton-Arms


5:45pm


Fri, Dec 10th

Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Field School


4:00pm


Wrestling - Varsity at St. Andrew's School


4:30pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. James School


5:00pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. St. James School


6:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


7:30pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes


7:30pm


Sat, Dec 11th

Wrestling - Varsity - Mercersburg Dual


Basketball - Girls Varsity at National Cathedral School


12:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - McKinley


1:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity - McKinley


3:00pm


Mon, Dec 13th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 A at Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Tue, Dec 14th

Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. George Mason


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Potomac School


4:15pm


Wrestling - Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. George Mason


5:30pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Potomac School


6:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation


7:15pm


Wed, Dec 15th

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


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman at St. Albans


4:15pm


Thu, Dec 16th

Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


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


2:45pm


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


2:45pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 at Holton-Arms


3:00pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Holton-Arms


3:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Georgetown Day


4:15pm


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


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Georgetown Day


5:45pm


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


6:00pm


Fri, Dec 17th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Bullis Tournament


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Episcopal High School


4:15pm


Sat, Dec 18th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Bullis Tournament


Wrestling - Varsity - SFS Tournament


9:00am


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Georgetown Prep


3:00pm


Sun, Dec 19th

Basketball - Girls Varsity - Bullis Tournament


Tue, Dec 28th

Wrestling - Varsity - Damascus Tournament


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