Subject: SFS US Wednesday Letter (4-23-14)
From: "SFS US Wednesday Letter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:30:00 -0400

Wednesday - April 23, 2014

		

		

		 

					

								From the School
                                
                                Message from Lee
Classes on Memorial Day 
This year, because Memorial Day is now a regular school day due to the number of snow days this winter, all students are expected to attend classes on Monday, May 26th. However, we understand that some families may have made arrangements in advance under the assumption that there would not be school that day. In the event that your child must miss school on May 26th, we ask that you adhere to the following pre-excused absence procedure:
&ldquo;When students foresee the necessity of missing school for an important reason, parents or guardians are requires to state the reason by e-mail or written note at least one week in advance to the Dean of Students Office. If the Dean of Students approves, students will obtain a pre-excused slip with the Dean&rsquo;s Signature. Students must then obtain the signatures of teachers (including physical education teachers) of all classes they will miss, acknowledging that the students have discussed with them a plan for making up missed work. Students must then hand in the completed form to the Dean of Students Office.&rdquo;
Any questions or concerns regarding Memorial Day attendance can be directed to the Dean of Students Office. Please feel free to call (202) 537-8160 or e-mail [email-masked].
National Library Week
Sidwell Friends Upper School Library celebrated National Library Week April 15th through April 19th. There were contests and prizes for students and senior bookmarks are now displayed. Highlight of the week was bestselling author of the book Liespotting and SFS alum Pamela Myer (&rsquo;76) who spoke about detecting deception.
Founder&rsquo;s Day
Yesterday was Founder&#39;s Day, a long SFS tradition when the whole school gathers for a celebration during the day on the Wisconsin campus. In the morning, the Upper School had a program organized in partnership with the Alumni Office - Let Your Life Speak Alumni. We are grateful to the alumni who both participated in small group sessions with students and who helped put together the program. Many thanks to all faculty and staff who also worked hard to support this inspiring event. The remainder of the day included All-School Meeting for Worship, lunch, fun outdoor activities for all grades, followed by the Upper School Senior Arts Guild.
Collection Today 
Collection today is a presentation by the Eco-Club in honor of Earth Day.
For Seniors
Seniors will receive their packets for Commencement and enjoy time with their advisors in their final Class Meeting on Monday, April 28. Senior exams take place in regularly scheduled classes and run from Monday, April 28 through Friday, May 2. The final day of classes for seniors is Friday, May 2. AP exams and Senior Projects begin on Monday, May 5.
From the Director of Special Events
SFS Tennis Event on May 17: Register Today! 
All families are invited to join us for the Sidwell Friends Tennis Event, taking place on Saturday, May 17 from 3:30 to 7:00 pm at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (home of the CitiOpen). This will be an afternoon of tennis and fun with community members of all ages and skill sets. Even if you are not a tennis player, come enjoy the food, drinks and fun! Adult tickets cost $50 and student tickets cost $30. Sponsorship opportunities are also available and all proceeds benefit student financial aid. Click here to register today! Please find the event schedule below. If you have any questions, please contact Jessie Jacobson, Director of Special Events, 202-537-8442.
Tennis Event Schedule
3:30 pm: Registration
4:00 pm: Clinic and Warm Up Drills
5:00 pm: Games
6:00 pm: Round Robin Matches
Reception to follow
Auction Item Pick-Up &amp; Available Parties
Do you still need to pick up your auction prizes? Please visit the Office of Institutional Advancement, located on the lower level of Zartman House on main campus on weekdays between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm. All tangible prizes and certificates will be available for pickup through the end of the school year. If you purchased tickets to our Parties and More, you will receive a message from the party cost in the coming weeks and no certificate is needed. Interested in signing up for a party or two? Please view Parties with available spaces to purchase. To reserve your space today, please contact Jessie Jacobson, Director of Special Events, 202-537-8442. Thanks for your support!

							
							
								PA Announcements
                                
                                Faculty and Staff Appreciation Breakfast
The US Parents Association is sponsoring an Appreciation Breakfast for our dedicated faculty and staff on Friday, April 25. The teachers, coaches and administration welcome these special breakfast treats, and your USPA thanks you for your help in showing our appreciation to them.
We are looking for volunteers to donate baked goods or other breakfast goodies, fresh fruit, ground coffee, tea and juice as well as plates and utensils. Contributions should be dropped off at the Upper School Faculty Lounge no later than 7:45 am on the morning of Friday, April 25. If at all possible, please send your donation on an attractive platter or tray. Please also place your name on any non-disposable dishes and have your student pick them up by the end of the day in the Faculty Lounge. We are using SignUp Genius to track contributions.
Please follow this link to sign up today!
In addition to delicious treats, we also need three volunteers to help set up at 7:30 am, two volunteers to accept donations from drivers in the carpool lane from 7:30 to 8:00 am, and three volunteers to help clean up at 1:30 in the afternoon. If you can volunteer your time for any of these please also sign up in SignUp Genius.
If you have any questions, please email Joan or Ivy by clicking on our names below. 
Joan Siegel and Ivy Howells, USPA At-Large Representatives
Faculty and Staff Appreciation Breakfast
The US Parents Association is sponsoring an Appreciation Breakfast for our dedicated faculty and staff on Friday, April 25. The teachers, coaches and administration welcome these special breakfast treats and your USPA thanks you for your help in showing our appreciation to them.
We are very pleased and grateful for the wonderful response so far. We are still looking for a few more things such as bagels, lox, fresh fruit, and juice as well as plates, utensils, fresh flowers and a poster. We also still need three volunteers to help set up at 7:30 am, one more volunteer to accept donations from drivers in the carpool lane from 7:30 to 8:00 am, and three volunteers to help clean up at 1:30 in the afternoon. If you can volunteer your time for any of these please also sign up in SignUp Genius.
Contributions should be dropped off at the Upper School Faculty Lounge no later than 7:45 am on the morning of Friday, April 25. If at all possible, please send your donation on an attractive platter or tray. Please also place your name on any non-disposable dishes and have your student pick them up by the end of the day in the Faculty Lounge. We are using Signup Genius to track contributions.
Please follow this link to sign up today!
If you have any questions, please email Joan or Ivy by clicking on our names below.
Joan Siegel and Ivy Howells - USPA At-Large Representatives
US PA Would Like to Say Thank You!
If you are one of the many wonderful parents who have volunteered your time at the school, please join us on Friday, May 16th at Zartman House, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Please join us if you have: led a peer group, organized a coffee, chaperoned on a field trip, assembled casseroles or pies, welcomed new students, or helped with any of the many things that parents do to make our kids&#39; school experience a big success! We want to make sure everyone knows that their time commitment, big or small, is very much appreciated! Please RSVP to Sandi McCoy?

							
								Other News 
                                
                                SFS Middle School Presents Dear Edwina! 
Dear Edwina - Press ReleaseThe Sidwell Friends Middle School presents Dear Edwina! Performances will be in the Mary Ellen Caplin Theater of the Kogod Arts Center on Friday evening, April 25, at 7:30 pm and Saturday afternoon, April 26th, at 1:00 PM. The press release is attached. Hope to see you there!
 Read MoreSpecial Guest Speaker: Representative John Lewis
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in the RLS QMH: 7:15-7:30 pm refreshments; 7:30-8:30 pm remarks
Representative John Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia&#39;s 5th Congressional District, serving since 1987, and is the Dean of the Georgia Congressional Delegation. He is the only living &quot;Big Six&quot; leader of the American Civil Rights Movement. He was instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Congressman John Lewis chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing a key role in the struggle to end legalized racial discrimination and segregation.
Please join the MS PA Diversity Committee in welcoming representative John Lewis to Sidwell Friends for his presentation about his life as a young activist, the importance of political engagement, and his conviction that today&rsquo;s young people can transform a society.  Students are welcome to attend.
Quaker Quotes
&quot;At a workcamp in Germany, surrounded by the ruins of war, I asked a French workcamper why he had come. His answer amazed me: &#39;To be among hopeful people!&#39; But it was true. We were working together, and for others, in love; and we were experiencing the truth that faith, hope, and love do abide, but the greatest of these is love, because love creates hope!&quot; David S Richie
David Shoemaker Richie, born in 1908, led Quaker workcamps which were introduced in 1934 by the American Friends Service Committee and were &#39;intended predominantly as an educational instrument, the camp enabled young men and women of privileged groups to buy, with hard physical labor, their ticket into troubled communities where they could learn at first hand about the problems and the people concerned.&#39; from Memories and Meditations of a Workcamper.&quot;
US Wednesday Newsletter Submissions
How to Submit an Article to the Wednesday Letter. Send submissions to [email-masked] by 2 pm Tuesday, and reference &quot;Newsletter Submission&quot; and the publish date(s) in the subject line (limited to 3 weeks). Items should be submitted as text in the body of the e-mail and should be succinct. If you have a form or flyer to include with your submission, please send it as a PDF attachment. The editor on duty will confirm receipt of all submissions -- if you do not receive a confirmation within a reasonable time period, your submission may not have been received. Lastly, if it becomes necessary to modify a submission previously sent or published, please send a redline or otherwise clearly indicate the change to be made.
Note Concerning the School Calendar: The calendar entries that appear in the right column of each Newsletter are automatically generated by the official school calendar and are not subject to editing by the Newsletter Editors. All changes or additions to the school calendar must be made through the school scheduling office, reachable at: [email-masked].

						 The Parents Association newsletters are a forum for communication among parents and provide announcements concerning School or PA events or information related to a School or PA event. 
						US newsletter submissions should be sent to [email-masked].

					

							
								
									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Tue, Apr 22nd 
		
				Founders Day 

				

				

		
				US Arts Guild 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
				1:00pm - 2:30pm

				

		
				West VA Workcamp Mtg 
				
				Zartman Drawing Rm
				6:00pm - 8:00pm

				

		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater, Rosenberg Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Wed, Apr 23rd 
		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater, Rosenberg Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

		
				9th Gr. Parent Peer Group Mtg 
				
				Zartman Drawing Rm
				7:00pm - 8:30pm

				

	Thu, Apr 24th 
		
				Blood Drive 
				
				Wannan Gym
				2:00pm - 5:00pm

				

		
				US Spring Art Exhibition Reception 
				
				Rubenstein Gallery
				4:30pm - 6:00pm

				

		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater, Rosenberg Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

		
				PA Arts Committee Meeting 
				
				Library Board Room
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, Apr 25th 
		
				MS Musical 
				
				AC Theater
				7:30pm - 9:00pm

				

	Sat, Apr 26th 
		
				MS Musical 
				
				AC Theater
				1:00pm - 4:00pm

				

	Sun, Apr 27th 
		
				11th gr. Parent gathering 
				
				TBD

				

				
		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				1:00pm - 5:00pm

				

	Mon, Apr 28th 
		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Tue, Apr 29th 
		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Wed, Apr 30th 
		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Thu, May 1st 
		
				PA Executive Committee Meeting 
				
				Rusch Team Room
				8:30am - 9:30am

				

		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, May 2nd 
		
				US Choral Concert 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
				7:30pm

				

	Sat, May 3rd 
		
				Reunion Weekend Event 
				
				US Library
				7:00am - 12:00pm

				

		
				Reunion Weekend Event 
				
				Athletic Center
				7:00am - 5:00pm

				

		
				SFS Family Service Project #3 

				10:00am - 1:00pm

				

	Sun, May 4th 
		
				US Instrumental Concert 
				
				AC Theater
				2:30pm

				

	Mon, May 5th 
		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Tue, May 6th 
		
				US Spring Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

		
				PA Speaker Event - Rep. John Lewis 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
				7:15pm - 8:30pm

				

	Wed, May 7th 
		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, May 9th 
		
				US Dance Ensemble Spring Show 

				

				

		
				US Arts Guild 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Rm
				7:00pm - 10:00pm

				

	Sat, May 10th 
		
				US Spring Production Week 
				
				AC Theater
				12:30pm - 5:30pm

				

	Sun, May 11th 
		
				US Spring Production Week 
				
				AC Theater
				1:00pm - 5:30pm

				

	Mon, May 12th 
		
				US Spring Production Week 
				
				AC Theater
				6:00pm - 9:30pm

				

		
				All-School PA Meeting 
				
				Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Wed, Apr 23rd 
		
				Track & Field - Boys Varsity - SFS Invitational at Sidwell Friends School  

				

				

		
				Track & Field - Girls Varsity - SFS Invitational at Sidwell Friends School  

				

				

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

				2:45pm

				

	Thu, Apr 24th 
		
				Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. Penn Relays at The Univeristy of Pennsylvania 

				
				4/26/2014

				

				Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. Penn Relays at The University of Pennsylvania 

				
				4/26/2014

				

				Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. Landon 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - 7/8 A at Landon 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - 7/8 B vs. Landon 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys 7/8 - A Team Home vs. Landon  

				2:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys 7/8 - B Team Away vs. Landon  

				2:30pm

				

		
				Track & Field - Boys 7/8 at Potomac School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Track & Field - Girls 7/8 at Potomac School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 B vs. Potomac School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Sandy Spring 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity at National Cathedral School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - Varsity vs. St. James School 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - Junior Varsity at St. James School 

				4:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Foxcroft 

				5:30pm

				

	Fri, Apr 25th 
		
				Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				5:00pm

				

	Sat, Apr 26th 
		
				Crew - Girls vs. Charlie Butt Regatta 

				

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity - NEMA Invitational  

				

				

		
				Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. Viking Invitational at Walt Whitman HS 

				

				

		
				Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. Viking Invitational at Walt Whitman HS 

				

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity at Madeira 

				9:30am

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at Flint Hill 

				1:00pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity at St. James School 

				1:00pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity at St. James School 

				3:00pm

				

	Sun, Apr 27th 
		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity - NEMA Invitational  

				

				

	Mon, Apr 28th 
		
				Baseball - 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys 7/8 at Potomac School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Softball - Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity vs. Flint Hill 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity at Bullis - NOTE: Moved from 4/17 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Dematha 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity - BCC 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity - Falls Church 

				6:00pm

				

	Tue, Apr 29th 
		
				Softball - Junior Varsity at Bullis 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Baseball - Varsity at Potomac School 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School 

				4:30pm

				

	Wed, Apr 30th 
		
				Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. Maret School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				2:45pm

				

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

				2:45pm

				

		
				Baseball - 7/8 A vs. Maret School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys 7/8 vs. Maret School 

				2:45pm

				

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

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity vs. Maret School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Maret School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Maret School 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - BCC 

				6:00pm

				

	Thu, May 1st 
		
				Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A at Landon 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 B vs. Bullis 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A at Holy Child 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Softball - 7/8 A vs. Holy Child 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Track & Field - Boys 7/8 - SFS Meet 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Track & Field - Girls 7/8 - SFS Meet 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity vs. Holton-Arms 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Softball - Junior Varsity at Holton-Arms 

				4:15pm

				

	Fri, May 2nd 
		
				Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. Draper at St. Stephen & St. Agnes 

				
				5/3/2014

				

				Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. Draper at St. Stephen & St. Agnes 

				
				5/3/2014

				

				Baseball - Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. Maret School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Madeira 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Madeira 

				5:30pm

				

	Sat, May 3rd 
		
				Crew - Girls vs. Ted Phoenix Regatta Freshman and Novice Boats Only  

				

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. Wilson H.S. 

				11:00am

				

		
				Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. St. Albans 

				11:00am

				

	Mon, May 5th 
		
				Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 A vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Softball - Junior Varsity vs. Madeira 

				4:00pm

				

	Tue, May 6th 
		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Championships 

				

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity - MAC Tournament  

				

				

		
				Softball - Varsity at Madeira 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Baseball - Varsity at Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

	Wed, May 7th 
		
				Baseball - 7/8 B vs. Maret School 

				2:45pm

				

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

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Wilson H.S. 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity - Falls Church 

				6:00pm

				

	Thu, May 8th 
		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Championships 

				

				

		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity - MAC Tournament  

				

				

		
				Softball - 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Baseball - 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 A at National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 B vs. National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Track & Field - Boys 7/8 at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Track & Field - Girls 7/8 at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Baseball - Varsity vs. Maret School 

				4:30pm

				

	Fri, May 9th 
		
				Track & Field - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championship at Holton Arms School  

				
				5/10/2014

				

				Track & Field - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Championship at Holton Arms School 

				
				5/10/2014

				

				Softball - Varsity vs. ISL Championships 

				5:30pm

				

	Sat, May 10th 
		
				Tennis - Boys Varsity - MAC Tournament 

				

				

		
				Crew - Girls vs. VASRA Championship Regatta 

				

				

		
				Softball - Varsity - ISL Championships 

				10:00am

				

		
				Baseball - Varsity vs. MAC Championships  

				10:00am

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships  

				3:00pm

				

	Sun, May 11th 
		
				Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Championships 

				

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships 

				1:00pm

				

		
				Softball - Varsity vs. ISL Championships 

				1:00pm

				

	Mon, May 12th 
		
				Softball - 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Softball - 7/8 B at National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Baseball - 7/8 A vs. Bullis 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Boys 7/8 B at Potomac School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Lacrosse - Girls 7/8 B at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Baseball - Varsity vs. MAC Championships  

				5:30pm

				

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