Subject: US Weekly E-Newsletter 6-5-16
From: "SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 09:00:23 -0400

Sunday - June 5, 2016

		

		

		 

					

							
								Principal's Letter
                                
                                Sorry, no news is available at this time.

								Announcements

TIME TO UPDATE HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION 
GOODBYE COFFEES WITH SALLY 
ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS AND IMMUNIZATIONS 
REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS 

							
							
								Events

ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: TODAY! 
ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: JUNE 5 

							
							
								Other

SPECIAL THANKS FROM PLAS TO FOUNDERS LISA FUENTES AND FELIX SANCHEZ 
THANK YOU, PARENT VOLUNTEERS 

							

                            News Around the School

                            
                                
                                US NEWS

                                

                                LS NEWS

                            

								Principal's Letter
                                
                                Sorry, no news is available at this time.

								Announcements

TIME TO UPDATE HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION
If your contact information or address has changed in the past year or is changing over the summer, please remember to update your contact information on the Parent Portal. This is the information we use for all communications with you---the print directory, weekly parent e-newsletters, calls from the School nurse about your child, urgent messages about School openings or closings, etc. To check or update your information, please log in to the Parent Portal and click on Update Household Information.

GOODBYE COFFEES WITH SALLY
Join Sally on Friday, June 3, and Monday, June 6, from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. on the Zartman House Terrace for coffee and pastries. Come show Sally your appreciation and wish her well for the many years to come.  

ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS AND IMMUNIZATIONS
DC_School_Immunization_Flyer_201617.pdfAll 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 into 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, public health authorities will be notified.
 
In addition to submission of the DC Universal Health Certificate as described above (12 months prior to 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 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 SFS website.

REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS
Reimbursement_Request_Form.pdfBelieve it or not, the end of the year is upon us. This means that the Parents Association is closing out its 2015/16 books and setting its 2016/17 budget. But we can&#39;t do either without receiving as many reimbursement requests as possible by June 15. So please submit them asap, either by dropping them in the PA mailbox at Zartman House or by mailing them to the PA treasurer, Mike Raibman. Please remember that you need to submit original receipts with your reimbursement request. E-mail Mike with any questions ([email-masked]). Thanks for your help!

							
								Events

ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: TODAY!
Join members of our community at Meeting for Worship today, June 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Refreshments will be served at the rise of meeting. Young school-age children will be invited to leave meeting after about 15 minutes to join the children&rsquo;s program.

ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: JUNE 5
Join members of our community at Meeting for Worship on Sunday June 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Refreshments will be served at the rise of meeting. Young school-age children will be invited to leave meeting after about 15 minutes to join the children&rsquo;s program. Please let Kathi Webb ([email-masked]) know if your child will participate in the children&rsquo;s program.

							
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SPECIAL THANKS FROM PLAS TO FOUNDERS LISA FUENTES AND FELIX SANCHEZ
The Parents of Latino Students (PLAS) offers a special thanks to its founders, Lisa Fuentes and Felix Sanchez, for their many contributions to the Sidwell Friends community as their youngest children graduate this June.
Lisa, who has been with the School since 1992, is seeing her fourth child graduate; Felix has been with us since 2000 and is marking the graduation of his second child. They have both been actively involved with the Parents Association in various capacities, but especially notable is the way that they strengthened the Latino community by helping recruit Latino families, coordinating a Dia de los Muertos altar, and offering much knowledge and experience in their pursuit of increasing the School&#39;s diversity.  

THANK YOU, PARENT VOLUNTEERS
To the many parents who have given their time and energy on behalf of our community---thank you! It is a pleasure to collaborate with such interesting and thoughtful people. Wishing you all a summer of fun with some time to recharge your volunteer batteries.

                            
                                
                                US NewsCongratulations to all of the Quaker athletes!
The Athletic Awards were held on May 26 and recognized student athletes for their achievements.
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                                LS NewsCelebrating Diversity
Lower School families gathered to celebrate the rich array of cultures in our community.
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                        Upper School Weekly E-Newsletter Submissions

                        How to Submit an Article to the E-Newsletter. Fill out the form at www.sidwell.edu/submit by 12:00 p.m. Thursday. 
                        
                        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, Jun 5th 
		
				All-Community Meeting for Worship 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room & Lobby
				10:30am - 11:30am

				

		
				Senior Meeting for Worship 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
				4:00pm - 6:00pm

				

	Mon, Jun 6th 
		
				US Exams - Science 
				
				US Dining Room and US Classrooms

				

				
		
				Goodbye Coffee with Sally 
				
				Zartman Drawing Room & patio
				7:45am - 8:30am

				

		
				Graduation Rehearsals 
				
				Courtyard, Zartman Garden, Athletic Center 
				1:30pm - 4:30pm

				

	Tue, Jun 7th 
		
				US Exams - Language 
				
				US Dining Room & US Classrooms

				

				
		
				Senior Project Performance 
				
				Rosenberg Theater, Theater Arts Studio
				5:30pm - 8:30pm

				

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

				

	Wed, Jun 8th 
		
				US Exams - English 
				
				US Dining Room & US Classrooms

				

				
		
				IA Meeting 
				
				Alumni Lounge
				8:00am - 12:00pm

				

		
				Graduation Rehearsals 
				
				Courtyard, Zartman Garden
				3:00pm - 4:00pm

				

		
				Senior Project Performance 
				
				Rosenberg Theater, Theater Arts Studio
				5:30pm - 8:30pm

				

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

				

	Thu, Jun 9th 
		
				Middle School Last Day of Classes 

				8:00am - 3:30pm

				

		
				Lower School PK-3 Last day of School 

				8:30am - 12:00pm

				

		
				Lower School Closing Ceremony 

				9:00am - 10:30am

				

		
				Japanese Class 
				
				US Room 130
				6:00pm - 8:00pm

				

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

				

	Fri, Jun 10th 
		
				US Commencement 

				10:30am - 12:00pm

				

		
				8th Grade Graduation Party 
				
				Off Campus
				6:30pm - 9:30pm

				

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