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Dear Parents of Sidwell Friends School Students;


When I distributed our new statement of Long Range Priorities in
November, I promised a meeting in late January where parents could
discuss the key themes in the plan and share in a conversation about
implementation measures that can be expected in the near future and the
long term.


This coming Monday, January 30, is our meeting date, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Robert L. Smith Quaker Meeting Room on the Wisconsin Avenue campus. All
parents are welcome. This will be our first opportunity since the
distribution of the plan to discuss the broad implications of this
document with parents. Katie Sloan, Clerk of the Board of Trustees, and
I will make a presentation, followed by an opportunity for parents to
share questions and observations.


A fresh copy of "The 2025 Challenge: Long Range Priorities" is attached
to this email message. We will have additional copies available for
those who are in attendance Monday evening.


A word on the nature of this plan for the educational program at Sidwell
Friends: This is not a detailed map for a new curriculum. Nor is it a
blueprint. I feel it is best described as a set of compass headings,
directing our energies as we engage in the ongoing processes of program
evolution. Changes in the school program will emerge over time as
faculty and administration work together within the cycles of curricular
revision. Now, with the completion of the Long Range Priorities, these
cycles will be informed by a thoughtful, forward-looking assessment of
the ways in which school learning must evolve to prepare this generation
of children for lives of service and success in the heart of the 21st
century.


A glance out the window suggest that spring now comes in January. I
hope you all have a chance to enjoy this unseasonable weekend weather.


Sincerely yours,

Tom Farquhar

Head of School

Sidwell Friends School