Subject: SFS -- February Announcements for 7th Grade Parents!
From: "Peggy Dotzel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Margaret Dotzel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:57:50 -0500

RESILIENCE SPEAKER.
Wednesday, February 8, 7 - 9 PM in Robert L. Smith Meeting House
Dr. Ken Ginsburg speaks on raising successful children and building  
resilience:  Authentic Success:  Raising Children and Adolescents who  
are prepared to Thrive in a Challenging World.  Resilience is at the  
center of so many  challenges facing our children today and facing  
parents who are working to raise successful children.  Our children  
feel the stress of striving to be independent, balancing the pressure  
to get good grades, dealing with peer pressure and friends who are  
exploring risky behaviors, and just figuring out how to grow up to be  
the adults they (and we) want them to be.  Fostering resilience in our  
children will give them the tools to deal with these challenges  
successfully.  Please join us.

CTPs:
Students should bring a calculator this Wednesday, Feb. 8

7/8 DANCE   &  PARENT PEER GROUP MEETING
Friday, February 10, 7:30-10 PM
Admission “price” will be an item for our winter food drive – students  
should watch the daily bulletin for specifics.

If you have specific questions / issues that you’d like to raise at  
the Peer Group Meeting, feel free to email PA co-clerk Priscilla Cheng  
at [email-masked] or, if you’d like anonymity, feel free to drop off  
the question at the PA drop box by Julia Porter’s office by Friday  
morning.

7th GRADE PARENTS -- CONVERSATION WITH SALLY
Feb. 22nd at 7:45-9 AM in Upper School Dining Room

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT
Tuesday, February 28,  6:45-9 PM
Buses depart campus 6:15 p.m.; please see Tuesday letter for details

CONNECT TO THE SIDWELL PARENTS LINKEDIN GROUP!
Would you like to connect with other Sidwell Friends parents?

The Parents Association would like to invite you to connect with other  
SFS parents and staff on LinkedIn, the online social media network for  
professionals.  We have created a LinkedIn Group exclusively for  
current parents, faculty and staff.  Membership is optional and  
limited to members of our school community.  We have created this  
group to help members of our community get to know each other better,  
participate in discussions, and share resources.  This message  
includes information on how to join the group.  If you are already a  
member of LinkedIn, you can join the group now by searching for  
"Sidwell Friends Parents" under the Group search function, clicking on  
the group name and then submitting a request to join from the Group  
profile page.  Questions?  Contact Alex Inman ([email-masked]) or  
Gus Bessalel ([email-masked]).  Or better yet, connect with us  
on LinkedIn!

Instructions to Join the Sidwell Parents LinkedIn Group:

If you are already on LinkedIn:
1)         Login to your LinkedIn account
2)         In the search bar, use the pull down menu to select :"Groups"
3)         Enter "Sidwell Friends Parents"
4)         In the search results, click on the listing for the Sidwell  
Friends Parents Group site
5)         Click on the button that says "Join"
6)         Your request to join will be communicated to the group  
managers and after verifying
              that you are part of the Sidwell community, your request  
will be approved
7)         Start participating in the group by joining in on  
discussions, inviting other Sidwell
             parents to join, etc.!

If you are new to LinkedIn:
1)         Go to www.linkedin.com and set up a new profile.  You can  
set up a simple profile at
              first and add to it later.
2)         Once your profile is established, on your profile page, in  
the search bar, use the pull
              down menu to select :"Groups"
3)         Enter "Sidwell Friends Parents"
4)         In the search results, click on the listing for the Sidwell  
Friends Parents Group site
5)         Click on the button that says "Join"
6)         Your request to join will be communicated to the group  
managers and after verifying
              that you are part of the Sidwell community, your request  
will be approved
7)         Start participating in the group by joining in on  
discussions, inviting other Sidwell
              parents to join, etc.!

Interested in a position in the Middle School PA next year or would  
like to nominate someone?
Please email Belinda Nixon at [email-masked]