Subject: SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter 11-30-14
From: "SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:01:10 -0500

Sunday - November 30, 2014

		

		

		 

					

							
								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU 

							
							
								Announcements

"THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE" 
SYA RECEPTION 
SFS HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE 
MEET THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 
COMMUNITY SERVICE TRIPS: REGISTRATION IS OPEN 
ADVERTISE IN THE 2015 AUCTION CATALOG 
NOW ACCEPTING AUCTION DONATIONS 

							
							
								Events

AMBASSADOR RASOON SPEAKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUSION 
CELBRATE MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS WITH THREE EVENTS IN DECEMBER 
CANDLELIGHT MEETING AT BETHESDA FRIENDS 
MARK HYMAN FEBRUARY 9: CHILDREN AND ATHLETICS 

							
							
								Other

QUAKER QUOTES 

							

                            News Around the School

                            

                                
                                MS NEWS

                                LS NEWS

                            

								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
As we enter the final three weeks of the semester before the Winter Break, I want to encourage students to get plenty of rest so they can maintain a sharp focus in class as they finish out the work of the semester.
A holiday gift drive is underway at the Upper School. Please consider donating a gift for a child in need.
With warm regards,
Mamadou Gu&egrave;ye
Interim Principal
Upcoming Events: 
December 13, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.: FAPAC Holiday Party, Dining Hall
December 13, 8:30-10:30 p.m.: Winter Dance, Dining Hall
December 14, 2:30: Choral Concert, AC Theater
December 17, 7:30 p.m.: Instrumental Concert, AC Theater

							
								Announcements

"THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE"
Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Many thanks to Ed Crow and Gil Thompson for another wonderful production and for the countless hours of preparation.
Please enjoy photos of the performance that are online.

SYA RECEPTION
Please join representatives from the School Year Abroad program for an informational meeting on Wednesday, December 3, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Upper School&#39;s Goldman Library. Parents and students are invited. Contact Erika Berry with questions: [email-masked].

SFS HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE
Sidwell_Friends_School_Holiday_Gift_Drive.docxOnce again, it is the time of year for the SFS all-school holiday gift drive. This is a Parents Association- sponsored event. As in past years, we will provide donated gifts to benefit participants at two agencies with which we have long-term partnerships: Martha&#39;s Table on 14th Street, and the Rosemount Center in Mount Pleasant. This year, we are adding the Foster and Adopted Parents Action Center (FAPAC) to our list of partners. In the spirit of giving this holiday season, please help us make this time-honored School tradition a success by donating a gift to benefit a child from infant to age 18.
HOW IT WORKS:

	Place unwrapped gifts in a large bag. Please include wrapping paper.
	Drop them off under the holiday tree in the Upper School library or in Mr. Connell&rsquo;s office (Room 222).
	Delivery dates are Tuesday, November 25, through Friday, December 12.

GIFT SUGGESTIONS:
Anything your child would enjoy receiving! Books are highly valued, as are board games, Legos, African American and Latina dolls, and crafts kits. Gift certificates help with shopping for teens. Suggested stores for gift certificates are Target and Old Navy (shops that are in walking/Metro distance of recipients). Diapers are also appreciated. PLEASE: NO action figures that carry weapons.
OUR PARTNERS:
Rosemount Center. Located in Mount Pleasant, Rosemount provides a range of services, daycare, bilingual instruction, home visits, and physical and occupational therapy. SFS Upper School students partner with the Rosemount Center, providing support in the classrooms primarily to children of recent immigrants.
Martha&#39;s Table. All three divisions of the School have been participating with Martha&#39;s Table for many years. Your participation in holiday gift giving supports families that participate in Martha&#39;s Table Children, Youth, and Family Learning Programs. The program serves hundreds of children from the 14th Street corridor and surrounding neighborhoods in D.C.
FAPAC &ndash; The mission of FAPAC is to significantly improve the lives of children in the District of Columbia child welfare system by empowering their foster, kinship, and adoptive parents to advocate for their children&rsquo;s needs and ensure the inclusion of those perspectives at every relevant table. FAPAC provides comprehensive support and training that enables foster, kinship, and adoptive parents to access the services needed to care for children who have experienced neglect and abuse, and to develop skills to serve as foster parents and mentors in the D.C. foster care system.

MEET THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Profiles and photos of the trustees are now available online. Click the link to learn more about the members of the board.
http://www.sidwell.edu/about_sfs/board-of-trustees/biographies/index.aspx

COMMUNITY SERVICE TRIPS: REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration is now open for two Sidwell Friends School overnight community service trips: New Orleans Service Trip and West Virginia Workcamp. Use the link below to sign up for a rewarding and enriching experience with fellow SFS classmates and staff members!
New Orleans: $1,500/student
March 21-28, 2015
West Virginia: $1,000/student
June 14-20, 2015
Register online: https://thriva.activenetwork.com/Reg4/Form.aspx?IDTD=2461&amp;RF=11209590

ADVERTISE IN THE 2015 AUCTION CATALOG
Interested in showcasing your business or organization in the Sidwell Friends Auction catalog? Advertisements help defray the costs of producing the Auction and will be seen by more than 8,000 alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of the School. To learn more about advertising opportunities, please view the Advertising Agreement. The deadline for ad copy is January 30, 2015. For questions, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at [email-masked] or 202-537-8442. Thank you for your support!

NOW ACCEPTING AUCTION DONATIONS
This year&#39;s scholarship Auction, &quot;Celebrate DC,&quot; will take place on Saturday, April 18, in the Athletic Center. You don&#39;t want to miss it! We hope you will support this important fundraiser by making a contribution by February 1, 2015. Not sure what to donate? View the list of donation ideas. Donation contracts can be filled out online, or you may print off this contract and send to the School or fax to 202-537-8449. For questions regarding the auction, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at [email-masked]. Thank you for your support!

							
								Events

AMBASSADOR RASOON SPEAKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INCLUSION
South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool will be our guest Tuesday, December 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Ambassador Rasool is regarded in his home country as a distinguished public servant who has worked to bring integration, tolerance, and inclusion to South Africa. He began working in the anti-apartheid movement in high school and met Nelson Mandela while in prison. He subsequently held a number of senior positions in government and served as a member of parliament and as special advisor to the state president.
The ambassador will be speaking about human rights and his own experiences working for tolerance, acceptance, and inclusion. Ambassador Rasool was recently in the news surrounding the November 14 first-ever Muslim service to be held at the Washington National Cathedral. He and the cathedral&rsquo;s director of religious liturgy, Rev. Gina Campbell, co-sponsored the service.
The ambassador will share his reflections for about 45 minutes, followed by a period of audience questions and answers. Interested students are welcome to attend this talk. Light refreshments will be available at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of the meeting room. This event is sponsored by the Parents Association, and all in the Sidwell Friends community are invited.Please e-mail Kathi Webb ([email-masked]) if you would like to use the free child care that will be provided for Sidwell Friends students. 

CELBRATE MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS WITH THREE EVENTS IN DECEMBER
Winter Chorus Concert 
Sunday, December 14, 2:30 p.m.: The full chorus, chamber chorus, and several student-led Upper School a capella groups will perform in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room.
Art Exhibition &ndash; Gallery Opening and Instrumental Concert
Wednesday, December 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Celebrate the opening of the Upper School Fall Art Exhibition in the Rubenstein Gallery. The show includes work created in the Drawing, Digital Art, Photography, Ceramic, and AP Studio Art classes. The gallery opening will be followed by the Instrumental Concert at 7:30 p.m. Make it your arts night at Sidwell Friends! Refreshments will be provided. 
If you would like to help our Arts faculty with the installation of the student work, please e-mail Anna Tsouhlarakis, Studio Art teacher and director of the Rubenstein Gallery ([email-masked]).

CANDLELIGHT MEETING AT BETHESDA FRIENDS
December 22: Candlelight Meeting for Worship on Sidwell Friends Lower School campus
Please mark your calendars for Bethesda Friends Meeting&rsquo;s annual Candlelight Meeting for Worship on Monday, December 22, at 8:00 p.m. in the meetinghouse on the Lower School campus. (The address is 5100 Edgewood Lane, at Beverly; the meetinghouse is to the left of the School property.)
During the last 15 years, many have come to appreciate, in the midst of nonstop holiday activity and anxiety, this peaceful hour together. It affords us all some needed respite. From infants to teens, oldsters and youngsters, all are most welcome. This is a refreshing way to celebrate the season, so please join us.
For details: Ralph and Coralie Bryant (301-657-3767) and Peter Nielsen-Jones (202-722-1390, [email-masked]).

MARK HYMAN FEBRUARY 9: CHILDREN AND ATHLETICS
Mark Hyman, author of Until It Hurts, is coming to speak with parents at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, February 9. Mark&rsquo;s book addresses youth sports and how parents can help their children safely navigate America&rsquo;s increasingly pressured youth sports environment. Sponsored by the Parents Association Athletics Committee and the Athletics Department.

							
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QUAKER QUOTES
&quot;There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can go many times in the day and lift up our soul in praise, thankfulness, and conscious unity. With practise this God-ward turn of the mind becomes an almost constant direction, underlying all our other activities.&quot;
 
---Kenneth Boulding, 1910-1993
Kenneth Boulding was an economist, poet, philosopher, educator, and peace activist who traveled widely among Friends with his wife, Elise Boulding.
Quaker quotes are intended to deepen the understanding of Quakerism in the SFS community. Suggestions and questions may be addressed to Cynthia Richie Terrell at [email-masked].

                            

							

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									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Tue, Dec 2nd 
		
				PA Diversity Committee 
				
				US Library Board Room
				5:00pm - 7:00pm

				

		
				PA Event - Ambassador Rasool 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Thu, Dec 4th 
		
				PA Executive Steering Committee Mtg 
				
				Rusch Team Rm
				8:30am - 9:30am

				

	Fri, Dec 5th 
		
				MS Report Writing - Half Day 

				

				

		
				Playwrights Festival 
				
				AC Theater
				4:30pm - 8:30pm

				

	Wed, Dec 10th 
		
				MS Winter Concert 
				
				AC Theater
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Thu, Dec 11th 
		
				PA Arts Committee Mtg 
				
				US Library Board Rm
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, Dec 12th 
		
				LS Holiday Program - Gr. 2,3,4 
				
				LS Gym
				9:00am - 10:00am

				

	Sat, Dec 13th 
		
				FAPAC Holiday Party 
				
				US Dining Room, US Lower Floor
				10:00am - 3:00pm

				

		
				US Winter Dance 
				
				US Dining Rm
				8:30pm - 10:30pm

				

	Sun, Dec 14th 
		
				US Winter Choral Concert 
				
				Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
				2:30pm - 4:30pm

				

	Tue, Dec 16th 
		
				LS Holiday Program - Gr. PK, K, 1 
				
				LS Gym
				9:00am - 10:00am

				

	Wed, Dec 17th 
		
				PA US Steering Comm. Mtg 
				
				Rusch Team Rm
				8:00am - 9:30am

				

		
				Fall Art Show Opening 
				
				Rubenstein Gallery
				5:30pm - 7:30pm

				

		
				US Winter Instrumental Concert 
				
				AC Theater
				7:30pm - 9:00pm

				

	Fri, Dec 19th 
		
				US Arts Guild 
				
				Robert L. Smith Mtg Rm
				7:00pm - 10:00pm

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Tue, Dec 2nd 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Open Diving Meet 

				3:45pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Open Diving Meet 

				3:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Maret School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Baltimore Friends 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity at Maret School 

				5:45pm

				

	Wed, Dec 3rd 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Quad Meet 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Quad Meet 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity at Landon 

				5:00pm

				

	Thu, Dec 4th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - SFS Tournament: 12/4 - 12/6 

				
				12/6/2014

				

				Wrestling - Varsity - Tri with SFS, Maret, & Wilson  

				4:30pm

				

	Fri, Dec 5th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - SFS Tournament 12/5 & 12/6 

				
				12/6/2014

				

	Sat, Dec 6th 
		
				Wrestling - Varsity at Model Secondary School 

				

				

	Mon, Dec 8th 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Madeira 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Freshman at Landon 

				4:15pm

				

	Tue, Dec 9th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Holton-Arms 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity - St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Tri 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms 

				5:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity at Flint Hill 

				6:15pm

				

	Wed, Dec 10th 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Quad Meet 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Tri Meet with Gonzaga & GDS 

				4:00pm

				

	Thu, Dec 11th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Maret School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity at Maret School 

				5:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				5:45pm

				

	Fri, Dec 12th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Dive Invitational 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Dive Invitational 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Dive Invitational 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Freshman at Flint Hill 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at St. Andrew's School 

				5:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School 

				5:45pm

				

	Sat, Dec 13th 
		
				Wrestling - Varsity - Mercersburg or Loudon County Duals  

				

				

	Mon, Dec 15th 
		
				Swimming - Boys 7/8 vs. Holton-Arms 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls 7/8 A at Holton-Arms 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls 7/8 C at Holton-Arms 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Holton-Arms 

				3:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms 

				4:30pm

				

	Tue, Dec 16th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Madeira 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Freshman at St. Albans 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at St. Albans 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity at St. Albans 

				5:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Madeira 

				5:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity at St. Albans 

				6:15pm

				

	Wed, Dec 17th 
		
				Indoor Track - P.E. Class (Coed) vs. Georgetown Preparatory Run & Gun  

				

				

		
				Swimming - Boys 7/8 at Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys 7/8 B at Bullis 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Wrestling - 7/8 vs. Bullis 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls 7/8 C vs. Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Swimming - Girls 7/8 vs. Stone Ridge School 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Swimming - Boys 7/8 vs. Meet @ Stone Ridge 

				2:45pm

				

	Thu, Dec 18th 
		
				Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Georgetown Day 

				2:45pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Potomac School 

				4:15pm

				

		
				Wrestling - Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Potomac School 

				6:00pm

				

	Fri, Dec 19th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Quaker Invitational 12/19 & 12/20 

				
				12/20/2014

				

				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Florida Trip  

				
				12/22/2014

				

				Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Wilson H.S. 

				4:15pm

				

	Sat, Dec 20th 
		
				Wrestling - Varsity - SFS Tournament/Beast of the East 

				

				

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