Subject: MS Tuesday Letter
From: "SFS MS Tuesday Letter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:30:00 -0500

Tuesday - November 23, 2010

		

		

		 

					

								From the School
                                
                                This Week's Query
How can I help friends in need if they don&rsquo;t realize they need help?Notes from Sally
Application forms for Minimester trips are due today.  Please remember that trip assistance is available for these programs for anyone who needs it.     School will close for the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the day today.  Aftercare will be in session today, but the 5/6 Math Club will not meet.
Also &ndash; a reminder that next Friday, December 3, is a work day for Middle School faculty and there is no school for Middle School only.
Our next service initiative is the school-wide holiday gift drive.  We have tried to offer a variety of choices in collaboration with long-time partner organizations, and we encourage you to involve your children in this effort.  Look for details elsewhere in this letter about ways to help those in our community who are needy this winter!
Parents of 8th and 6th graders:  Your &ldquo;Conversations with Jack&rdquo; are coming up.  8th grade parents will meet with him next Tuesday, November 30th, and the 6th grade program is the following Tuesday, December 7th.  Both begin in the Dining Room at 7:45 AM.
Twenty one 6th, 7th and 8th graders participated in the first math meet of the year at St. Albans.  6th graders Amal Mattoo and Alex Pierson, 7th graders David Hauge, Giri Srinivasan, and Sammy Singer, and 8th graders Gigi Stark, Laura Anderson, Lauren Berkman, Mikal Nathani, and Shanthi Thillairajah were all top scorers.  Sidwell Friends tied for 2nd place as a team out of the 12 independent schools that participated.  The next math meet will be held at St. Patrick&rsquo;s on February 1st, 2011.
The Middle School had a frequent special visitor last week:  a beautiful red-tailed hawk! See pictures and read about our visitor on the Wildlife Sightings Page of the website: www.sidwell.edu/wildlife-sightings/index.aspx
Our best wishes to you all for a bountiful Thanksgiving!Instrumental Music Notes
7/8 Orchestra &ndash; FULL ORCHESTRA &ndash; Monday- December 6th &ndash;3:30-5:30 Arts Center TheatreALERTNOW Emergency Messaging Test
We will run a test of our new ALERTNOW emergency messaging system, which will replace Equake, on Friday, December 3. You will receive voice mails, e-mails and text messages (if you have signed up) with a Caller ID of &ldquo;411.&rdquo; (If you wish to opt-in for text messages please go to www.alertnowsms.com  and enter the PIN code: 4quake. Next click &ldquo;Opt-In&rdquo; and follow the instructions.)   If you have any questions, or if you don&rsquo;t receive messages that you think you should have, contact Patt Moser at [email-masked] or 202-537-8120.7th annual Anindya Dehejia '78 Fellows Program Memorial Lecture
Sidwell Friends invites the school community to attend the 7th annual Anindya Dehejia &rsquo;78 Fellows Program Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 3:45 pm in The Robert and Arlene Kogod Center for the Arts.   A reception will follow.
This year&rsquo;s speaker is Dr. Eric Chivian, Founder and Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chivian is the senior editor and author, with Dr. Aaron Bernstein, of Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity, published in June 2008 by Oxford University Press. He also runs Pairidaeza Farm, an orchard in central Massachusetts.
Please RSVP to [email-masked] or 202-537-8439 by Friday November 19. Read MoreFrom the Financial Aid Office
Financial aid information will be mailed on December 1 to families currently receiving aid. If you are not currently receiving financial aid, but want to apply for the 2011-2012 school year, please call 202-537-2402 to be added to the financial aid mailing list.

								PA Announcements
                                
                                Holiday Gift Giving
In the spirit of holiday gift giving, the MS Community Service Committee invites the Sidwell Friends families to share with our neighbors in need. As in past years, Lower, Middle, and Upper School families are welcome to donate gifts during the first two weeks of December. Donations will be delivered by parent volunteers to children and families in organizations with whom we have long-term partnerships: Martha&rsquo;s Table and Brightwood Elementary School.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
Martha's Table:   Toys, board games, puzzles, African American and Latina dolls, picture books, dramatic play costumes &amp; props, craft kits for children (please no action figures that carry weapons), clothing for cold weather for the whole family (hats, scarfs, gloves, mittens, long underwear), rolls of gift wrap
Brightwood Elementary School:  High quality books for very young children such as board books about ABC's, 123's, shapes and colors (please no cartoon books).
All gifts will be greatly appreciated. Please drop off unwrapped gifts in the collection boxes located in the Middle School Office between Monday, November 29 and Friday, December 10.
If you have any questions or are interested in lending a hand, please contact Sherri Cafritz ([email-masked]), MS Community Service clerk. Thank you for your generosity!

								Other News 
                                
                                From the Financial Aid Office
Financial aid information will be mailed on December 1 to families currently receiving aid. If you are not currently receiving financial aid, but want to apply for the 2011-2012 school year, please call 202-537-2402 to be added to the financial aid mailing list. Sally 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.
 
Host Families Needed for International Students
SFS is seeking families to host the 11th grade boy from Shanghai, Yifei Zhao, and the 10th grade boy from Ramallah, Aziz Shehadeh, for the second semester beginning in January. We hope to find two families from the Upper School who could each host for the whole second semester, but we welcome interest from families with students in Middle School, and from families who would prefer to host for shorter periods, whether two-three months or just an occasional weekend.
Please contact John Flower, Director of Chinese Studies and Global Programs, [email-masked] (202) 537-8181 for more information if your family is interested in hosting one of these students.Newsletter Information
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									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Wed, Nov 24th 
		
				Thanksgiving Break begins - No School 

				

				

	Mon, Nov 29th 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				School Reopens 

				

				

	Tue, Nov 30th 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				8th Grade Conservations with Jack 
				
				US Dining Room
				7:45am

				

	Wed, Dec 1st 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

	Thu, Dec 2nd 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				Hanukkah 

				

				

	Fri, Dec 3rd 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				Middle School Faculty In Service Day, No School for MS 

				

				

	Mon, Dec 6th 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				MS Instrumental Rehearsals 
				
				AC Theater
				3:30pm - 5:30pm

				

	Tue, Dec 7th 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				6th Grade Conversations with Jack 
				
				US Dining Room
				7:45am

				

		
				MS Holiday Concert Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				2:30pm - 5:30pm

				

		
				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 

				

				

		
				MS Holiday Concert Rehearsal (Dress) 
				
				AC Theater
				12:50pm - 3:30pm

				

		
				7/8 Choral and Instrumental Holiday Concert 
				
				AC Theater
				7:30pm

				

	Thu, Dec 9th 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

	Fri, Dec 10th 
		
				All School Community Service Holiday Gift Drive 

				

				

		
				7th & 8th Choral and Instrumental Holiday Concert 
				
				AC Theater
				1:45pm - 3:20pm

				

	Sun, Dec 12th 
		
				US Winter Choral Concert 
				
				AC Theater
				2:30pm

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Tue, Nov 23rd 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - at Friendly HS 

				4:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Baltimore Friends 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - at Friendly HS 

				6:30pm

				

	Mon, Nov 29th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Landon 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity at Landon 

				6:00pm

				

	Tue, Nov 30th 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Potomac School 

				7:30pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Holy Child 

				7:30pm

				

	Wed, Dec 1st 
		
				Wrestling - Varsity vs. Landon 

				4:30pm

				

	Fri, Dec 3rd 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - SFS Invitational 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - SFS Invitational 

				6:45pm

				

	Sat, Dec 4th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. MAC Jamboree 

				9:00am

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity vs. Model, St. Anselms & Hyde 

				10:00am

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - SFS Invitational 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - SFS Invitational 

				4:15pm

				

	Sun, Dec 5th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - SFS Invitational 

				1:00pm

				

	Tue, Dec 7th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Bullis 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Freshman - Canberra Grammer School (Australia) 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity vs. St. Albans 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Bullis 

				6:00pm

				

	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

				

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