Subject: SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter 5-31-15
From: "SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 09:00:24 -0400

Sunday - May 31, 2015

		

		

		 

					

							
								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU 

							
							
								Announcements

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE 
NOTES FROM ALL SCHOOL PARENT MEETING WITH BRYAN GARMAN ON MAY 12 
TAKE THE GENERAL SCHOOL COMMUNICATION SURVEY BY JUNE 5 
BOB WOODWARD & ELSA WALSH TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT 
HOST FAMILIES FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS NEEDED! 
JOIN THE PA ARTS COMMITTEE 

							
							
								Events

SENIOR PROJECT PERFORMANCES 
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING WITH BRYAN GARMAN 
TENNIS ROUND ROBIN PHOTOS 
ALL COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP JUNE 7 
AUCTION ITEM PICKUP BY JUNE 1 
VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2015 NEXT-TO-NEW SALE! 
VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2015 NEXT-TO-NEW SALE! 
SPRING CLEANING? DONATE ITEMS TO THE NEXT-TO-NEW SALE 

							
							
								Other

QUAKER QUOTATIONS 
NEWS FROM THE NURSE: ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS 

							

                            News Around the School

                            

                                
                                MS NEWS

                                LS NEWS

                            

								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Friends,
As I write this last e-newsletter message of the 2014/15 academic year, I am struck by how quickly this year has flown by.  I am guessing that many of you feel this way, too. 
It has been a wonderful year, and I feel a great sense of pride in all of the students in our School community.  I am grateful to the teachers in our school who have worked tirelessly to educate our students.  In my recent conversations with graduating seniors and their parents, I have heard again and again about how passionate, brilliant, and inspirational our teachers are. 
I am also grateful to the parent community for all of the support I have received this year.  Your willingness to partner with us as we guide and educate your children is essential.  I look forward to our continued work together!
I wish you all a very restful and relaxing summer, and I look forward to another incredible year!
With warm regards,
Mamadou Gu&egrave;ye
Upper School Principal
Important Dates:
May 28 - June 3: Semester exams
June 2 &amp; 3: MBS book buyback, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Crane Room
June 4: Last day of school
June 5: Upper School graduation

							
								Announcements

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
Final Exam Schedule: 
May 26: Review Day (last day of regular classes)
May 27: Reading Day (no regular classes&mdash;students may schedule meetings with teachers)
May 28: Science Exam
May 29: Language Exam
June 1: English Exam
June 2: Math Exam
June 3: History Exam
June 4: Last Day of School
June 5: Upper School Graduation

NOTES FROM ALL SCHOOL PARENT MEETING WITH BRYAN GARMAN ON MAY 12
Notes summarizing the discussion in this meeting with Bryan Garman are posted on the All School PA web site (right hand side) for anyone who could not make the meeting and is interested to learn more about the topics discussed including the self-study and climate survey, student support and athletics.

TAKE THE GENERAL SCHOOL COMMUNICATION SURVEY BY JUNE 5
Parents, please take a few minutes to share your opinions on general School communications including weekly division e-newsletters, social media, wall calendar, printed directory, and more.
Click here to take this survey which will be available until June 5.

BOB WOODWARD & ELSA WALSH TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT
Esteemed journalists Bob Woodward and Elsa Walsh will address the 127th graduating class on June 5. Read more on the website, and like Sidwell Friends School on Facebook, and follow @sidwellfriends on Twitter for photos and video after graduation.

HOST FAMILIES FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS NEEDED!
Seeking two host families for 2015/16 school year to host exchange students from China and Ramallah Friends School. Please consider this opportunity! It&rsquo;s a wonderful way to bring the world into your own home and enrich the lives of our exchange students. Please e-mail Min Kim if you are interested in serving the School in this capacity.

JOIN THE PA ARTS COMMITTEE
Be part of this fun group that supports the arts and plans events throughout the year, including Artrageous, e-mail PA Arts Committee Co-Clerk Jane Legg and get on the mailing list now! Summer is planning time for the Arts, join the fun!

							
								Events

SENIOR PROJECT PERFORMANCES
The PA Arts Committee and Upper School Arts Faculty invite you to attend the 3 remaining performance based senior projects.  Lemonade and cookies will be served after each performance.

	June 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mary Ellen Caplin Theater - Isabelle Charo will perform a 40 minute classical piano recital featuring works by Ravel, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, and others.
	
	June 2 and June 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Rosenberg Theater - Matteo Caramazza will perform a 50 minute performance of Eric Bogosian&rsquo;s Wake Up And Smell The Coffee. Due to language and subject matter, audience discretion is advised.
	
	June 3 at 8:00 p.m. in the Choral Music room - Chanel Palmer will perform &quot;Denatured,&quot; a 45 minute play, written, directed and filmed by Chanel.

VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING WITH BRYAN GARMAN
You are invited to a Virtual Town Hall Meeting with Bryan Garman and moderated by Doug Thornell &rsquo;95. The Town Hall will take place on June 12 at noon. You can submit your questions in advance when you register online.

TENNIS ROUND ROBIN PHOTOS
On the afternoon of May 17, more than 80 people came out to play and watch the matches at the Sidwell Friends Tennis Round Robin hosted at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (home of the Washington Tennis and Education Foundation and the CitiOpen). On behalf of co-chairs Raina Fishbane and Eleni Rossides, Varsity Tennis Coach Octavio Delasobera, and Assistant Coach Mike Kennedy, many thanks to all those that supported the event. We are pleased to announce that $5,000 was raised in support of student financial aid. If you are interested in volunteering for the 2015/2016 Tennis Round Robin, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events. Photos of the event can be viewed online.

ALL COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP JUNE 7
You are invited to an All Community Meeting for Worship on Sunday June 7 at 10:30 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room on the Wisconsin Avenue campus.  Light refreshments will be served at the rise of Meeting.

An alternative program will be offered for school-age children.  Children will start Meeting with the group and be invited to join the leaders of the children&rsquo;s meeting after 20 minutes of worship. Please RSVP to Kathi Webb if you plan to have your child(ren) participate.

Learn more about Meeting for Worship online by visiting the PA Quaker Life Committee&#39;s resource page on the parent portal. A Quaker Book of Wisdom by Robert L. Smith also contains a helpful chapter titled &ldquo;Worship&rdquo; sharing his experiences at Meeting throughout his life.

AUCTION ITEM PICKUP BY JUNE 1
Still need to pick up your Auction prizes? Please visit the Office of Institutional Advancement, located in the lower level of Zartman House on the Wisconsin Avenue campus, no later than June 1 to claim your certificates and tangible items. Many thanks for your support! Contact Jessie Jacobson with questions.

VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2015 NEXT-TO-NEW SALE!
Calling all volunteers and section heads for the 2015 Next-to-New Sale! Volunteers are needed from September through mid-October to manage sections, organize, price items, set items up for display, serve as cashiers, clean up post-Sale, and pick up local donations. You can spend as much time helping as you would like, even a few hours is a huge help! If you&#39;re interested in volunteering, please contact Co-Chairs Felice Roggen and Melanie Jacobsen.

VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2015 NEXT-TO-NEW SALE!
We are currently seeking volunteers and section heads for the 2015 Next-to-New Sale. Starting in early September and running through mid-October, we need volunteers to manage sections, organize, price, set up donations for display, serve as cashiers at the Sale, clean up post-Sale and pick up local donations. You can spend as much time helping as you would like--even a few hours is a huge help! If you&#39;re interested in volunteering, please contact Co-Chair Felice Roggen at [email-masked]. 

SPRING CLEANING? DONATE ITEMS TO THE NEXT-TO-NEW SALE
Are you in the throes of spring cleaning? Do you anticipate a summer move? Are you going to tackle a home improvement project once school is out? Consider donating items that you are no longer using to the Next-to New Sale, the School&#39;s large community secondhand sale that takes place in the Wannan Gym over Homecoming Weekend! Our biggest needs include furniture, bikes, clothing (including boutique items, bags, wallets, jewelry, shoes), toys, housewares, rugs, sporting equipment, strollers, infant/toddler clothing, and children&rsquo;s books (we are not accepting adults&#39; books). All donations are eligible for tax deduction. To coordinate a dropoff time before the next school year starts, please contact Jessie Jacobson, director of special events, at [email-masked].

							
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QUAKER QUOTATIONS
&quot;My prayer for each of you is that you will make your life commitments on the basis of who you are and not on the basis of external voices.
Be patient with yourselves during the searching years it usually takes to find your own path to an integrated and expressive life.
It won&#39;t be easy. There are no shortcuts.&quot;
-- Earl Harrison, former Head of School, speaking to the graduating class of 1998
Quaker quotations are intended to deepen the appreciation of Quakerism in the Sidwell Friends School community. Questions and suggestions may be directed to Cynthia Terrell.

NEWS FROM THE NURSE: ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS
This is just a friendly reminder as we begin to prepare for the 2015/16 school year.
Physical Examinations and Immunizations Required for Attendance
All health-related forms must be submitted online via Magnus Health. No paper health forms will be accepted at the School.
Annual Physical Exams: All students are required to have an annual physical exam during the 12-month period immediately preceding the first day of the school year. You will receive an automated e-mail reminder directly from Magnus Health six weeks prior to the expiration of the physical examination. A DC Universal Health Certificate must be completed and signed by a physician or advanced practice nurse and submitted to the School via Magnus Health. (Sign in to the parent portal and click on the link Update Student Health Information). Parents will be given both oral and written notice if they fail to provide the required form. If, after 30 days, it has not been submitted, the public health authorities will be notified.
In addition to submission of the DC Universal Health Certificate as described above (12 months prior to the first day of school), in order to participate in all School and physical activities, students must update the Vital Health Record (by July 1 within the calendar year) and the Consent to Treat Form (by July 1 within the current calendar year).
If you find that you will not be able to furnish the School with an updated Health Certificate by the expiration date of the last physical examination, you may have the health care practitioner write a note indicating that your child &ldquo;is cleared to participate in physical and other school-related activities until the next physical exam scheduled on . . . .&rdquo; This note will suffice until that scheduled physical exam is completed, and should be submitted via Magnus Health.
Immunizations: In accordance with DC law, all students must submit documentation that they have been vaccinated against specific illnesses before the school year begins. Tdap, meningitis, and HPV immunizations are required by the DC Department of Health for students 11 years and older entering 6th through 12th grades.
No student will be allowed to attend School without a Certificate of Immunization unless the student has been exempted in accordance with law. In order for a student to be exempted from providing certification of immunization, parents must submit a completed religious or medical exemption form on an annual basis to Magnus Health, via the parent portal on the School&#39;s website.

                            

							

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After a year of studying ancient China, 4th graders host an &ldquo;expo&rdquo; for the Lower School
Read More

						 
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									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Sun, May 31st 
		
				Senior Family Meeting for Worship 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
				4:00pm - 6:00pm

				

	Mon, Jun 1st 
		
				US Exams - English 
				
				US Dining Rm, US Classrooms
				8:30am - 10:30am

				

		
				Senior Project Recital 
				
				Mary Ellen Caplin Theater Kogod Arts Center
				6:30pm - 7:30pm

				

	Tue, Jun 2nd 
		
				US Exams - Math 
				
				US Dining Rm, US Classrooms
				8:30am - 10:30am

				

		
				Senior Project Performance 
				
				Rosenberg Theater
				7:00pm - 8:00pm

				

	Wed, Jun 3rd 
		
				US Exams - History 
				
				US Dining Rm, US Classrooms
				8:30am - 10:30am

				

		
				Senior Project Performance 
				
				Rosenberg Theater
				7:00pm - 8:00pm

				

		
				Senior Project Performance 
				
				Choral Music Room
				8:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Thu, Jun 4th 
		
				Middle School - Last Day of School 

				8:00am - 3:30pm

				

		
				Lower School Closing Ceremony 

				9:00am - 10:30am

				

		
				Lower School - Last Day of School 

				9:00am - 12:00pm

				

		
				Middle School Closing Ceremony 
				
				AC Theater
				7:00pm - 9:30pm

				

	Fri, Jun 5th 
		
				US Closing Day 

				

				

		
				Upper School Commencement 
				
				Zartman Garden
				10:30am - 12:00pm

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Sun, May 31st 
		
				Baseball - Varsity - DCSAA Championships @ Nationals Stadium 

				11:30am

				

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