Subject: SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter 10-19-14
From: "SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:00:24 -0400

Sunday - October 19, 2014

		

		

		 

					

							
								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU 

							
							
								Announcements

CAR WASH  

							
							
								Events

COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP 
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHORAL FESTIVAL 
QUALITY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PARENT PEER GROUPS 
GAMETIME! VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY, BOYS' AND GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY 
EVENING WITH NPR SCIENCE REPORTER, AUTHOR OF "THE HIDDEN BRAIN" 
ORCHESTRA, OPERA, AND THE SIDWELL FRIENDS CHORUS 
LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR COMING SOON 
SIDWELL FRIENDS IS GOING TO THE OPERA! 
EVENING LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR TONY WAGNER 

							
							
								Other

"DANCING SHOES": HELP THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE! 
QUAKER QUOTES 
DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS 

							

                            News Around the School

                            
                                
                                US NEWS

                                MS NEWS

                                LS NEWS

                            

								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
I hope you were able to attend last weekend&rsquo;s One Act Festival. In each performance, student actors portrayed the existential meditations of a different animal, ranging from a turkey who dreams of learning to play the saxophone despite all odds to a cat who ponders the meaning of her existence. Through poignant, witty, and compelling performances, the student actors captured the essential questions that all humans grapple with: Why am I here? Why do I do what I do? What is the meaning of life? Congratulations to all of our student actors and the theater tech crew, and to arts faculty John Elko and Gil Thompson, for a phenomenal production!
This past weekend&rsquo;s Homecoming events were a huge success! It was wonderful to see so many of you here on campus enjoying the various athletic events and the club fair.
We have two important College Counseling events to highlight. The first, &ldquo;The Admissions Game,&rdquo; which will take place tomorrow (Monday, October 20), at 6:30 p.m., is for all 11th grade students and parents. A light dinner will be served in the dining hall between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m., so please stop by for a quick bite before the program begins.
The second College Counseling event this week takes place on Thursday, October 23, and is for parents of 10th graders. The program will offer a thorough presentation on the role of standardized testing in the college admissions process.
I wish you all a very good week!
With warm regards,
Mamadou Gu&egrave;ye
Interim Principal
Important Dates:
October 20: &ldquo;The Admissions Game,&rdquo; 11th grade students and parents, 6:30 p.m., RLS Meeting Room. Light dinner available in the dining hall at 6:00 p.m.
October 23, 7:45--8:45 a.m.: 11th Grade Parent Conversation with US Administration, Choral Room
October 23, 7:00--9:00 p.m.: 10th Grade Parent Night with College Counseling, RLS Meeting Room
October 24, 7:00 p.m.: Arts Guild, RLS Meeting Room
October 30: Fall P.E. ends. First quarter ends.
October 31: US Faculty Report Writing (no US classes)
November 3, 7:45--8:45 a.m.: 12th Grade Parent Conversation with College Counseling, Choral Room
November 3: Winter athletic teams begin practice
November 10: Winter P.E. classes begin
November 14: First quarter report cards posted through Educator Online
November 17: Early dismissal, 12:00 (half-day professional day for faculty)
November 21-23: Fall Play, Theater
November 21: 9th Grade Parent Conference Day
November 21: Senior College Visit Day; special program for 9th grade; field trips for grades 10 and 11
November 23, 12:00--2:00 p.m.: 9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie Bake, Dining Room
November 26-28: Thanksgiving Holiday

							
								Announcements

CAR WASH 
Attention dirty, dusty, and dreary cars... Be sure to stop by the Wisconsin Avenue parking garage on Sunday, October 19, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for the Crew Team Carwash!

							
								Events

COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP
Please join families, faculty, staff, alumni, and former faculty and staff on October 19 at 10:30 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. A child-friendly Meeting for Worship will be available for children ages 4 and up, and refreshments will be served at the rise of meeting.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHORAL FESTIVAL
The Upper School chorus, along with choruses from other area independent schools, will perform Tuesday, October 21, at 8:00 p.m. at the Washington National Cathedral. Admission is free. Paid parking is available in the Cathedral garage.

QUALITY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PARENT PEER GROUPS
The Quality of Community Life Committee is recruiting facilitators for Parent Peer Groups.
Sidwell Friends has a longstanding, unique tradition of offering Parent Peer Groups for grades PK through 12. These groups are for parents and facilitated by parents of each respective grade with the agenda collectively determined by those attending. The intention of the peer groups is to foster a confidential, comfortable opportunity for parents to discuss non-academic issues on their minds.
A rewarding way to meet fellow parents and volunteer is to become a trained facilitator for a Parent Peer Group. One training session will be held at the Middle School on Wednesday, October 22, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. You will learn how to foster an engaging dialog for your peers. Barbara Conte (Lower School health care coordinator) and Michelle Pokorny Parker (Middle School counselor, psychologist, and all-school diversity coordinator) will conduct the training. Please e-mail Joslyn Hills ([email-masked]) or Felice Roggen ([email-masked]) to sign up or for more information.

GAMETIME! VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY, BOYS' AND GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
This week we have two featured teams:

	Field Hockey on Thursday, October 23, against Madeira. Game at 4:15 p.m., pregame party at 3:45 p.m. in the courtyard.

	Cross Country on Saturday, October 25, at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland. 1:00 p.m. start time. Bring a picnic and enjoy the scene. Check the athletics page for directions and a guide for first-time cross country meet spectators. (This is an especially good meet for spectators as there are multiple opportunities to view the runners as they traverse the 3.1-mile course.) Look for the red SFS tent and &quot;Go Quakers&quot; banner---there will be cookies, pretzels, apples, and cider. Multiple races for boys and girls will be run.

Spectators are encouraged to share their photos of the game by tagging @SidwellFriends with #GoQuakers or by e-mailing [email-masked]. Winning photographer gets a free baseball cap!
This concludes our fall GAMETIME! program. We thank all of you for coming out to cheer on the varsity teams, and we look forward to seeing you again for winter sports.
We welcome your feedback or suggestions about GAMETIME! Please send comments to the PA Athletics Committee clerks, Andrew Aurbach ([email-masked]) and Estee Portnoy ([email-masked]), or to Kathi Webb ([email-masked]).

EVENING WITH NPR SCIENCE REPORTER, AUTHOR OF "THE HIDDEN BRAIN"
Shankar Vedantam is the National Public Radio (NPR) science reporter and the author of The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives. He will address the Sidwell Friends community and answer questions about his work on Monday, October 27, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. 
Shankar&#39;s book explores how unconscious biases influence people. The fascinating topics that he studies and reports on touch many of the values and principles embraced by the students, parents, and faculty who make up SFS&rsquo; wonderful community. Shankar is an ideal person to lead a discussion and open dialog, as he studies human behavior from a scientific point of view. His reports are always eye-opening and fascinating. He is a thoughtful and experienced speaker, having lectured at Harvard and Columbia Universities. 
Shankar was a fellow with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and served a two-year term as a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. This event is sponsored by the Parents of Black Students and is open to the entire Sidwell Community. 
You do not need to RSVP to attend. 
If you would like to submit questions to Shankar, please e-mail [email-masked] by Friday, October 24.

ORCHESTRA, OPERA, AND THE SIDWELL FRIENDS CHORUS
Mark your calendars for Sunday, Nov. 2., for a musical afternoon featuring the Sidwell Friends Chorus, vocalists from the Washington Opera&rsquo;s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists program, and the Apollo Orchestra. The concert, which features works by Puccini, begins at 2:30 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room.

LOWER SCHOOL BOOK FAIR COMING SOON
Start making your book lists! The Lower School Book Fair will take place on Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9, at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW). All SFS families are invited to participate by buying books and more during these two days.

SIDWELL FRIENDS IS GOING TO THE OPERA!
Join us at the Kennedy Center for a performance of La boh&egrave;me, featuring Alyson Cambridge &rsquo;97. Alyson plays the part of Musetta on November 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, and 15. The Sidwell Friends community has a special opportunity to purchase discounted tickets to the Sunday, November 9 show. When booking tickets, use code 187278 for 10% off Orchestra, Tier 1, and Tier 2 seats.

EVENING LECTURE FEATURING AUTHOR TONY WAGNER
Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World, is coming to Sidwell Friends School to kick off the faculty professional development day on Monday, November 17. That evening, the entire community is invited to hear Tony speak about how parents and educators can help nurture innovation in young people in a lecture sponsored by the Christopher Ma Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies. The reception and lecture are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Please e-mail [email-masked] or call 202-537-8110 to RSVP.

							
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"DANCING SHOES": HELP THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE!
The Alumni Magazine is putting together a feature article on the history of school dances at Sidwell Friends (including Homecoming and the Prom) for a future edition. We&#39;d like to incorporate shoes (yes, shoes!) as a design element.
High heels, funky sneakers, boots, loafers--the variety of shoes will represent the style and preferences of today&#39;s students, which will contrast in a fun way with archival photos from yesteryear&#39;s dances.
We are looking for parents or students willing to take a photograph of the shoes worn that night and e-mail it to [email-masked]. Here&#39;s what we need:
---high resolution/large format photos (if using a cell phone, select the largest size when sending it)
---one shot of both shoes, and one shot of a single shoe, shot against a solid background.
That&#39;s it! Thanks in advance for helping.

QUAKER QUOTES
&quot;Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.&quot;
---William Penn

DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
Friendly reminder that the deadline to submit items to the US e-newsletter is Thursday at noon. We will accommodate time-sensitive oversights or last-minute developments when possible. Thanks!

                            
                                
                                US NewsBackpack, books, pencils.passport
For the ultimate off-campus learning experience, students can spend junior or senior year in a foreign country and not miss a beat with credits.
Read MoreUpper School students host a daylong retreat to train Middle School students in Playback Theatre
A passion for performing personal stories is passed along.
Read More

                                
                                MS NewsMiddle School welcomed Native American Indian, Joseph Stands With Many to campus.
Joseph follows traditional Cherokee ways, taking after his grandmother and great grandmother who were both storytellers; he also paints and works with wood.
Read MoreUpper School students host a daylong retreat to train Middle School students in Playback Theatre
A passion for performing personal stories is passed along.
Read More

                                
                                LS News¡1,2,3 con Andrés! A bilingual performance at the Lower School
Students mambo and samba through a fantastico show in Spanish.
Read More

						 
                        Upper School Weekly E-Newsletter Submissions

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                        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 Upper School Weekly E-Newsletter is a forum for communication among parents and is designed to provide announcements concerning school events or information. E-newsletter submissions should be filled out at www.sidwell.edu/submit. 

					

							
								
									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Sun, Oct 19th 
		
				Community Meeting for Worship & Coffee 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room & Foyer
				10:30am - 12:00pm

				

		
				Independent School Choral Festival (Rehearsal) 
				
				off campus/National Cathedral
				4:00pm - 6:30pm

				

	Mon, Oct 20th 
		
				The Admissions Game - 11th Gr. Student/Parents 
				
				Meeting House Foyer, Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
				6:30pm - 8:30pm

				

	Tue, Oct 21st 
		
				Independent School Choral Festival Concert 
				
				off campus/National Cathedral
				8:00pm - 9:30pm

				

	Wed, Oct 22nd 
		
				New to Quakerism Conference 
				
				RLS, Rusch, Rosenberg Theater, Caplin Theater
				12:00pm - 2:30pm

				

	Thu, Oct 23rd 
		
				11th Gr. Parent Conversation with US Administration 
				
				Choral Music Rm
				7:45am - 8:45am

				

		
				Magnus Training Program 
				
				Rusch Team Room
				8:00am - 12:30pm

				

		
				GAMETIME! Girls Varsity Field Hockey 
				
				Upper Turf Field
				4:15pm - 6:15pm

				

		
				10th Gr. Parent Night with College Counseling 
				
				Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, Oct 24th 
		
				US Arts Guild 
				
				Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
				7:00pm - 10:00pm

				

	Sat, Oct 25th 
		
				GAMETIME! Girls/Boys Cross Country 

				12:00pm - 12:30pm

				

	Mon, Oct 27th 
		
				PA Event - Shankar Vedantam 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
				6:30pm - 9:00pm

				

	Tue, Oct 28th 
		
				LS Parent Conferences - Half Day 

				

				

		
				MS Parent Conferences - Half Day 

				

				

	Wed, Oct 29th 
		
				LS Parent Conferences - Half Day 

				

				

		
				MS Parent Conferences - No School 

				

				

	Thu, Oct 30th 
		
				LS Parent Conferences - Half Day 

				

				

		
				US 1st Quarter Ends, Fall PE Ends 

				

				

	Fri, Oct 31st 
		
				US Report Writing - No School 

				

				

	Mon, Nov 3rd 
		
				12th Gr. Parent Coffee - College Counseling 
				
				Choral Music Rm
				7:45am - 8:45am

				

	Thu, Nov 6th 
		
				PA Exec. Steering Committee Mtg 
				
				Rusch Team Rm
				8:30am - 9:30am

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Mon, Oct 20th 
		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 - B Team Home vs. Potomac  

				2:30pm

				

		
				Volleyball - 7/8 at National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Football - 7/8 Lightweight vs. Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - 7/8 vs. National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls 7/8 A at National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 - A Team @ St. Andrews  

				2:45pm

				

		
				Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 vs. Landon Invitational  

				2:45pm

				

		
				Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 vs. Landon Invitational  

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls Junior Varsity at Wilson H.S. 

				4:15pm

				

	Tue, Oct 21st 
		
				Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships  

				3:30pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Bullis 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Volleyball - Varsity vs. National Cathedral School 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Volleyball - Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys Varsity vs. St. James School 

				4:30pm

				

	Wed, Oct 22nd 
		
				Soccer - Boys 7/8 A vs. Mater Dei 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Volleyball - 7/8 vs. Maret School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - 7/8 at Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships  

				3:30pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - Junior Varsity vs. Bullis 

				4:30pm

				

	Thu, Oct 23rd 
		
				Volleyball - 7/8 vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys 7/8 B at Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls 7/8 B vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 - A Team Home vs. GDS 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 - B Team vs. GDS 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Football - 7/8 Heavyweight vs. Potomac School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships  

				3:30pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls Junior Varsity at National Cathedral School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Madeira 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Volleyball - Junior Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Volleyball - Varsity at Episcopal High School 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - Junior Varsity vs. Madeira 

				5:30pm

				

	Fri, Oct 24th 
		
				Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 vs. IAC/ MAC/ ISL Championships 

				3:30pm

				

		
				Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 vs. IAC/ MAC/ ISL Championships  

				3:30pm

				

		
				Volleyball - Junior Varsity - J.V. Hopper 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys Varsity at Georgetown Day 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				4:15pm

				

	Sat, Oct 25th 
		
				Cross-Country - Girls Varsity vs. ISL Championships  

				

				

		
				Cross-Country - Boys Varsity vs. MAC Championships  

				

				

		
				Field Hockey - Junior Varsity - Play Day at Madeira 

				

				

		
				Volleyball - Junior Varsity - JV Hopper 

				9:30am

				

		
				Football - Varsity at St. James School 

				2:30pm

				

	Mon, Oct 27th 
		
				Volleyball - 7/8 at Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 at Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Football - 7/8 Heavyweight at Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - 7/8 vs. Brookewood 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls 7/8 A vs. Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys 7/8 A at Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys 7/8 B vs. Flint Hill 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 vs. National Cathedral School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Field Hockey - Varsity vs. Flint Hill 

				4:15pm

				

	Tue, Oct 28th 
		
				Soccer - Girls Varsity - ISL Championships  

				

				

		
				Soccer - Boys Varsity - MAC Championships 

				

				

	Wed, Oct 29th 
		
				Field Hockey - Varsity - ISL Championships  

				

				

	Thu, Oct 30th 
		
				Volleyball - Varsity - ISL Championships 

				

				

		
				Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 - Norwood Invitational  

				

				

		
				Tennis - Girls 7/8 vs. Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Football - 7/8 Heavyweight vs. St. Albans 

				2:45pm

				

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

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Girls 7/8 B at Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Soccer - Boys 7/8 B vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 - Norwood Invitational  

				2:45pm

				

		
				Volleyball - 7/8 - Stone Ridge  

				2:45pm

				

	Fri, Oct 31st 
		
				Volleyball - Varsity - ISL Championships 

				

				

	Sat, Nov 1st 
		
				Cross-Country - Boys Varsity - DCSAA Championships  

				

				

		
				Cross-Country - Girls Varsity - DCSAA Championships  

				

				

		
				Football - Varsity at Flint Hill 

				2:30pm

				

	Sun, Nov 2nd 
		
				Volleyball - Varsity - ISL Championships 

				

				

	Mon, Nov 3rd 
		
				Cross-Country - Boys 7/8 - DC Private School Championships  

				

				

		
				Cross-Country - Girls 7/8 - DC Private School Championships  

				

				

	Tue, Nov 4th 
		
				Soccer - Girls Varsity - DCSAA Championships  

				

				

		
				Soccer - Boys Varsity - DCSAA Championships 

				

				

		
				Volleyball - Varsity - DCSAA Championships  

				

				

	Sat, Nov 8th 
		
				Cross-Country - Boys Varsity vs. DC Private School Championships  

				

				

		
				Cross-Country - Girls Varsity vs. DC Private School Championships 

				

				

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