Subject: SFS MS TUESDAY LETTER 11-11-14
From: "SFS MS Tuesday Letter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:00:15 -0500

Tuesday - November 11, 2014

		

		

		 

					

							
								Principal's Letter

NOTES FROM SALLY 

							
							
								Announcements

FINANCIAL AID FOR 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR 
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NOTES 
NURTURING INNOVATION - MONDAY, NOV. 17 
NOV 17 EARLY RELEASE DAY - SHUTTLE and SPARC 
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE 
SAVE-THE-DATE: AUCTION BRAINSTORM PARTY 11/19 

							
							
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COMMUNITY SERVICE CORNER 
QUAKER QUOTE 
MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION 

							

                            News Around the School

                            
                                
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								Principal's Letter

NOTES FROM SALLY
This week&rsquo;s query: How can we include new friends without excluding the old ones?
The much anticipated MS Fall Play, Stargirl opens this week! Please join us to experience an emotional tale about the celebration of nonconformity and the perils of popularity. Thanks to Sidwell&rsquo;s IT Department, Gil Thompson, US Theatre Technical Director and Joey Wade, US Technical Theatre Assistant, the Drama Studio will be presenting technical theatre as you&rsquo;ve never seen it before. Tickets are free &ndash; but reservations are a MUST. The Drama Studio is an intimate space with limited seating. It will be first come-first serve, so be sure to email Barbara Munday or call 202-537-4351 for reservations. Please specify Adult or Child  (kids under 5th grade will sit on the risers).  Stargirl performances are Friday, Nov.14 at 7:30pm and Saturday, November 15 at 2pm. The show runs approximately 85 minutes. There is no intermission.  All Middle School students will see the play during the week at school, but we would welcome them to come again Friday or Saturday!
Conversations with Michelle continue this week:  5th grade on Wednesday morning and 7th grade on Friday morning.  All meet in the Rosenberg Theater in the Arts Center at 8 AM.
Please note:  School will be dismissed early in all three divisions on Monday, November 17th, for a professional day.  School will dismiss at 12 noon, and lunch will NOT be served to students who are leaving campus at that time.  Students who are staying for aftercare will be given lunch.  Students must be picked up by 12:30 or they will be sent to aftercare.
Faculty members will hear from Tony Wagner, author of the book Creating Innovators.  He will also do a program that evening for parents &ndash; hope to see you there!  See more details later in this newsletter.
Attention 5th &ndash; 8th graders: Come join the Math Olympiad Team! The first competition will be held on Tuesday, November 18th  from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm in Ms. Lamb&rsquo;s room. The contest is open to everyone and you do not have to attend the 5/6 Math Club to participate. If you are interested or would like more information please check in with Ms. Lamb (room 205).
If you have not been by the Fox Den to see the shirts designed by last year&rsquo;s 6th graders, they are worth checking out!  I am so proud of their sustainable shirts and the leadership they have provided in this area!
Please remember to send in your leftover Halloween candy and your UNICEF boxes.

							
								Announcements

FINANCIAL AID FOR 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR
If you are a current financial aid recipient, you will receive an email on Monday, December 1st with information regarding the financial aid process. If you are not receiving financial aid currently, but want to apply for the upcoming school year, please email or call 202-537-2402.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NOTES
7/8 Handbell Choir - Tuesday 7:25 am
5/6 Orchestra &ndash; All instrumentalists including handchime choir and guitars - Wednesday at rehearsal period
7/8 Orchestra &ndash; All instrumentalists including handbell choir - Wednesday at rehearsal period
7/8 Full Handbell Choir - Friday 11:00 am

NURTURING INNOVATION - MONDAY, NOV. 17
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, Nov. 17. 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 on Nov. 17 is from 6:30p-8:30p in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Child care for grades 3-8 may be available. Please e-mail or call 202-537-8110 to RSVP. If you are interested in child care, please note this in your response.

NOV 17 EARLY RELEASE DAY - SHUTTLE and SPARC
Inter-campus shuttle - will run as normal in the morning. The afternoon shuttle will leave the LS at 12:15p and arrive on the DC Campus at 12:30p. The shuttle will leave the DC Campus at 12:30p with MS and US students and will arrive around 12:45p, students should be picked up promptly.
SPARC event - If you would like your child to stay in MS AS for the afternoon (Special lunch, movie, activities), please sign up at the MS SPARC page &ndash; select SPARC program. There are two options &ndash; 12:00p &ndash; 3:30p and 12:00p &ndash; 6:00p ($40). Participants already enrolled in the MS AS Program do not need to sign up or pay an extra fees.

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
If Stargirl whets your appetite for more student drama, mark your calendars for the Upper School presentation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the weekend of November 21, 22 and 23rd.  For more information about both Stargirl and the Upper School play see this link.

SAVE-THE-DATE: AUCTION BRAINSTORM PARTY 11/19
We need your help brainstorming unique donation ideas for this year&rsquo;s scholarship auction. We want to hear your brilliant ideas! Bring your friends and creativity and we&rsquo;ll supply the wine, beer and appetizers. All auction enthusiasts are encouraged to attend - no need to be on the committee! The Auction Brainstorm Party will be held on Wednesday, November 19 from 7-9 p.m. at the home of Vanessa and Ned Johnson (3530 Tilden Street, NW). Please RSVP by November 12 by e-mail.

Interested in making a donation to this year&rsquo;s Auction &ldquo;Celebrate DC?&rdquo; We would be grateful for your support! Simply click here to make your donation today. The donation deadline is February 1, 2015.

							
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COMMUNITY SERVICE CORNER
Nov. 21: 8th grade Hangout - Veggie Cutting for Martha&#39;s Table
Dec. 1-16: Holiday gift collection begins for Mary&#39;s Center, collection bins in lobby

Ongoing Toiletries Collection Bins in Lobby for AWC
For volunteer opportunities, contact MS Community Service Co-clerks Eva Xanthos or Lisa Arrington or your Grade Reps.
For the 2014 holiday season: the Middle School Community Service Committee will be supporting A Wider Circle&#39;s gift giving program. This allows our families to adopt a family that is unable to purchase gifts for the holidays. Read on for details of how this experience impacted one Sidwell Friends family:
 
This was one of the highlights of our family&#39;s holiday season last year! After receiving a detailed wish list, the four of us had so much fun putting gifts together for each member of our Wider Circle family. Our experience was made even richer by getting to know the parent, a single mother in this case, and delivering the gifts to her apartment when her kids were away.
It was a powerful opportunity to put ourselves in the places of those less fortunate and help make their holiday wishes come true. Please consider signing up or, if it feels like too big of a commitment, you may wish to partner with another Sidwell Friends family!
If you&#39;re interested or have any questions, please contact Marjan via email or at 202-664-4706.

QUAKER QUOTE
William Penn brought his innovative thinking to the founding of governmental institutions in Pennsylvania. He was instrumental in creating the West Jersey Concessions and Agreement of 1677 which were a set of governing principles that created a legislative assembly selected by the &#39;inhabitants, freeholders and proprietors&#39; of the colony. Native people were represented in these early assemblies - demonstrating Penn&#39;s commitment to inclusion and fairness.

The Frame of Government that followed in 1682, &quot;constituted a parliament consisting of two houses. The upper house, or the council, consisted of 72 members who were the first fifty purchasers of 5,000 acres or more in the colony and had the exclusive power to propose legislation. They were also authorized to nominate all officers in church and state and supervise financial and military affairs through committees. The lower house, or the assembly, consisted of smaller landowners. It had no power to initiate legislation, but could accept or reject the council&rsquo;s legislative proposal only.&quot; from Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, Wikipedia

William Penn&#39;s vision of democracy is credited with providing a basis for the US Constitution.
Quaker Quotes are intended to deepen the understanding of Quakerism within the SFS community. Questions may be directed to Cynthia Richie Terrell.

MS NEWSLETTER INFORMATION
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									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Tue, Nov 11th 
		
				6th Gr. Parent Peer Groups 
				
				MS Library
				7:30pm - 8:30pm

				

	Wed, Nov 12th 
		
				5th Grade Conversation with Michelle Parker 
				
				Rosenberg Theater
				8:00am - 9:15am

				

	Thu, Nov 13th 
		
				PA Arts Committee Mtg 
				
				US Library Board Rm
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, Nov 14th 
		
				7th Grade Conversation with Michelle Parker 
				
				Rosenberg Theater
				8:00am - 9:15am

				

		
				Stargirl - MS Fall Play 
				
				MS Drama Studio
				7:30pm - 9:30pm

				

	Sat, Nov 15th 
		
				Stargirl - MS Fall Play 
				
				MS Drama Studio
				2:00pm - 4:00pm

				

	Mon, Nov 17th 
		
				All School Professional Day - Half Day 

				

				

		
				Tony Wagner Lecture 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room, Meeting House Foyer
				6:30pm - 8:30pm

				

	Fri, Nov 21st 
		
				8th Grade Conversation with Michelle Parker 
				
				Rosenberg Theater
				8:00am - 9:15am

				

		
				8th Gr. Hangout 
				
				Wannan Gym and MS Courtyard
				3:30pm - 5:00pm

				

		
				US FALL PLAY - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by JAY PRESSON ALLEN 
				
				Arts Center Theater
				8:00pm - 10:00pm
				
				Visit this Link

				

	Sat, Nov 22nd 
		
				US FALL PLAY - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by JAY PRESSON ALLEN 
				
				AC Theater
				8:00pm - 9:30pm
				
				Visit this Link

				

	Sun, Nov 23rd 
		
				US FALL PLAY - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, by JAY PRESSON ALLEN 
				
				Arts Center Theater
				2:30pm - 4:30pm
				
				Visit this Link

				

	Wed, Nov 26th 
		
				Thanksgiving Break 

				
				11/28/2014

				

	Mon, Dec 1st 
		
				MS PA Steering Comm. Mtg 
				
				Rusch Team Rm
				8:00am - 9:00am

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Sat, Nov 15th 
		
				Football - Varsity vs. DCSAA Quaterfinals 

				

				

	Tue, Nov 18th 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation 

				7:30pm

				

	Fri, Nov 21st 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Washington & Lee  

				5:00pm

				

	Sat, Nov 22nd 
		
				Football - Varsity vs. DCSAA Semifinals  

				

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - MAC Jamboree @ Georgetown Day School  

				9:00am

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays 

				5:30pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. WMPSSDL Relays 

				5:30pm

				

	Mon, Nov 24th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage at Bethesda Chevy Chase HS 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Bethesda Chevy Chase HS  

				7:00pm

				

	Tue, Nov 25th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Middletown 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Middletown  

				5:00pm

				

	Fri, Nov 28th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Alumni Game 

				11:00am

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Alumni Game 

				12:30pm

				

	Sat, Nov 29th 
		
				Football - Varsity vs. DCSAA Finals 

				

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage @ WIse HS 

				10:00am

				

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