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*The social event of the season* (now that the auction is over)!! Please
join your fellow 7th grade parents *this Friday from 6:30-8pm in
Zartman*for our annual parent social. We will serve wine, beer, and
appetizers.
Now that spring is finally here, we can enjoy a wonderful spring evening
together! Hope to see you there.

Following the parent social, feel free to mosey on over to the Arts Center
to enjoy a free orchestral concert (beginning at 8 pm) performed by the *Apollo
Orchestra* under the direction of Maestro Stephen Czarkowski . The
following works will be performed: Richard Strauss's Don Juan, Francis
Poulenc's Double Piano Concerto in D Minor (*featuring Sidwell Friends Arts
Department Chair John Touchton and Sidwell Friends Alumni Parent Virginia
Lum, pianists*), and Johannes Brahm's Fourth Symphony. Admission is free
and seating is open; no tickets are required.


Mark your April calendars:

1. Please join the Athletics Department and PA Athletics Committee in
the Robert L. Smith Meeting room *on April 16 from 7:30-9pm* 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 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> (tony@healthyback.com)


2. Special Guest Speaker: *Michele Norris* *Thursday, April 17, 2014 @
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. 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.


3. *Tuesday, April 22 *- *Founders Day*


Coming in May:

1. May 5-7 Casserol Bake - watch for details in the Tuelsday
Letter

2. May 13 -- 7TH Grade Hangout

3. May 21 - 7/8 Concert

4. May 30th - 7/8 dance and Parent Peer Group Meetin