Subject: US Weekly E-Newsletter 11-13-16
From: "SFS US Weekly E-Newsletter" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 09:00:21 -0500

Sunday - November 13, 2016

		

		

		 

					

							
								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU 

							
							
								Announcements

SHORT-TERM HOST FAMILIES NEEDED 
PARENT INPUT ON NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION 
HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FOR FAPAC: THROUGH DEC. 2 
ACTION NEEDED BY JAN. 6: SFS FINANCIAL AID 
UPPER SCHOOL GLOBAL PROGRAMS 

							
							
								Events

PBS FALL COFFEE GATHERING: NOV. 15 
FRANCE SUMMER PROGRAM INTEREST MEETING: NOV. 15 
ROUND HOUSE THEATER FEATURING KATIE KLEIGER '11: NOV. 25 
PCW PARENTING EVENT: NOV. 15 
SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD RECEPTION: NOV. 16 
ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: NOV. 22 
SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INFO SESSION/RECEPTION: NOV. 16 

							
							
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QUAKER QUOTES AND QUESTIONS 

							

                            News Around the School

                            

                                

                                

                            

                            
								Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU
Dear Friends,
On Wednesday following the election, the Upper School community gathered at lunchtime for a meeting for sharing. Even as we recognize that there is a range of political views in our community, the meeting allowed us to gather to affirm our shared community values and seek the good in all. The hateful rhetoric that characterized much of this election does not and should not define who we are as a nation. As we move toward a place of greater mutual understanding across the many divisions that this election highlighted in our national body politic, we can guide our students to uphold the fundamental Quaker values of respect and community as they enter the larger world. Embracing our shared values will allow us to move forward together and work toward the greater common good.
Earlier in the week, Upper School students had the chance to learn more about the various international and domestic School-sponsored travel opportunities available this year, including trips to Japan, Jamaica, France, New Orleans, West Virginia, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Tanzania, and South Africa. For more information about all of these trips, please visit www.sidwell.edu/trips. Students will apply using a common application, which is due December 1. Some financial aid for these trips is available. Please direct questions to Global Initiatives and Service Learning Coordinator Shoshanna Sumka at [email-masked].
Tomorrow evening (November 14) at 7:00 p.m., parents of 10th graders will have the opportunity to learn more about the required standardized testing for college admissions. Our College Counseling office has invited Matthew Pietrafetta from Academic Approach, an organization that specializes in standardized testing, to help parents navigate this process. Director of College Counseling Patrick Gallagher will also offer general information about the college admissions process and timeline.
The 9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie Bake will take place on Sunday, November 20, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. The pies will be taken to area shelters for Thanksgiving. This is a great event for students and parents to work together to serve our larger community.
Please come out to see the Upper School play, Lost in Yonkers, this weekend (November 18-20)!
Warmly,
Mamadou
Mamadou Gu&egrave;ye
Upper School Principal

							
								Announcements

SHORT-TERM HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
We need short-term host families from January 22 to 28, 2017, for a group of visiting students from our sister school in Shanghai, the high school attached to Fudan University. There will be a total of 14 students and one teacher---eight girls and six boys.
The Fudan group will spend Chinese New Year with us, so the host siblings are invited join the Fudan students for a special Spring Festival eve dinner on Friday, January 27. The students will all speak English and are led by their English teacher, Sun Ting, who is also the mother of Hengchu Zhang &#39;10, SFS Chinese exchange student. This is the 25th year of our exchange with Fudan High School, and, with the help of your hospitality, we are looking forward to celebrating that long-standing relationship.
Host families would provide transportation to and from school (on the host family schedule---the students will adapt) and a room for the visiting students. The Fudan students will spend two days shadowing SFS host students, and then will visit sites in DC on their own; host families do not need to serve as tour guides.
This is a great chance for our Sidwell Friends community to reciprocate for the hospitality shown to our students over the years in Shanghai. Many thanks for your help in hosting this group! 
Please contact Qihui Tang at [email-masked] for more information if your family is interested in hosting one or more of the Shanghai students.

PARENT INPUT ON NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION
Last call: We invite Middle and Upper School parents interested in interscholastic athletics at Sidwell Friends to complete a short survey (link below). The new AD will have responsibility for interscholastic sports in grades 7-12; Anne Renninger will continue to serve as PE Department Chair, working with grades 5-12. We will share your input with the faculty search committee, the PA leadership team, and Bryan Garman. Please complete the survey by Monday, November 14.

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FOR FAPAC: THROUGH DEC. 2
Please help us provide toys for the Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC) holiday gift drive. FAPAC, which trains and supports foster, kinship, and adoptive families, hosts a holiday party for children in the DC foster care system and their foster, adoptive, and birth families; presents will be given to all of the children at this event on December 17.
Sign up here to drop off new, unwrapped gifts in their original packaging, or give gift cards, today through December 2. Gifts should be left in boxes by Dean Woods&#39;s office. Gift cards should be left with Shoshanna Sumka, room 222. The value of each gift should be less than $50. Volunteers are welcome to help wrap gifts.
Thank you for helping with this Sidwell Friends tradition. Questions? E-mail them to [email-masked] or [email-masked].
For more about FAPAC, visit dcfapac.org.

ACTION NEEDED BY JAN. 6: SFS FINANCIAL AID

		

		

Welcome to the official start of the financial aid season! The Parents&#39; Financial Statement (PFS) is now available for families looking to apply for financial aid for the 2017/18 academic year.
 
Families can log in by visiting the SSS for Families website and clicking &quot;Log in to Complete or Update Your PFS&quot; or by accessing the SSS Family Portal directly. You may find this information helpful: SSS Family Guide to Financial Aid.
Applications from current families are due no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 6. Submitting an application after the due date may prevent your family from receiving the full award for which you qualify. And please remember, information from both parents must be submitted regardless of marital status. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Frankie Brown, director of admissions and financial aid, at [email-masked].

UPPER SCHOOL GLOBAL PROGRAMS
Sidwell Friends will be offering a number of travel opportunities for our students over spring break and during summer 2017. Trip and financial aid applications are due on December 1. Students will be notified of trip placements and aid awards in January. Please visit the SFS Trips webpage at www.sidwell.edu/trips. More information will be shared with students at Collection on November 9.

							
								Events

PBS FALL COFFEE GATHERING: NOV. 15
Parents of Black Students (PBS) invites you to enjoy tea and coffee with other parents in your division for an opportunity to meet new families and to reconnect with old friends. Please join us on Tuesday, November 15, at the location of your choosing. All parents are welcome!

Upper School: Zartman Drawing Room, 8:15 a.m.
Middle School: Chorus Room, Upper School Arts Center, 8:15 a.m.
Lower School: Quaker Meeting House, 8:45 a.m.

FRANCE SUMMER PROGRAM INTEREST MEETING: NOV. 15
To learn more about the two-week summer program in Southern France, &quot;Language and Cultural Immersion in the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrenees Region,&quot; please join trip leader Claudine Mace on Tuesday, November 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m. in room 104/106. There will be light refreshments.
Global programs information can be found at www.sidwell.edu/trips. Applications are due on December 1.

ROUND HOUSE THEATER FEATURING KATIE KLEIGER '11: NOV. 25
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley with Katie Kleiger &#39;11
Friday, November 25, 8:00 p.m.
Round House Theater
4545 East-West Highway 
Bethesda, MD 20814
Parents and students are invited to join fellow SFS community members and alumni for a pre-show reunion in the lobby at 7:30 p.m. Then, stay for a discussion with the cast following the show. This is an awesome opportunity to come together to celebrate the arts and to learn more about a career in the arts post-SFS from an alumna working in the field!
Discounted tickets are available to the SFS community through November 13. Discounted prices are $27 and $40.50. Free tickets are available for students with an SFS ID. For tickets, please call the Round House Theater box office at (240) 644-1100 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mention you are with the Sidwell Friends group. Tickets will be available at Will Call the night of the show.
An additional opportunity for teens is Round House Theater&rsquo;s Teen Night on December 2 at 6:30 p.m. For $10, high school students can enjoy pizza, a discussion about the show, and the performance. The Round House Play It Forward program also offers one free ticket per season to a high school student.
Questions? Contact the all-School PA Arts co-clerks at [email-masked].

PCW PARENTING EVENT: NOV. 15
Parenting event off-site at NPS: All Parents Council of Washington (PCW) member school parents are invited to attend Parent Speak on Tuesday, November 15, at National Presbyterian School (4121 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC). The morning begins with light refreshments at 8:30 a.m., followed by the program from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.   
Parent Speak is a moderated conversation of parent-selected topics that matter the most to you! PCW member school parents are invited to attend this open and honest exchange of ideas, concerns, and tried-and-true tips for parenting at every age and stage of development. For more information or to RSVP, please click here.

SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD RECEPTION: NOV. 16
The School Year Abroad (SYA) admissions team will be hosting an area reception for parents and students interested in the program on Wednesday, November 16, in the US Library from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Light snacks will be served. 
Please join us and get all of your questions answered about this unique educational opportunity.

ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WORSHIP: NOV. 22
Quaker values underpin our efforts to let our lives speak, and our individual commitments to anchor our actions in tenets of equity, justice, integrity, community, simplicity, and peace. Meeting provides us with an opportunity to seek wisdom and a way forward. When we enter the meeting room in shared silence, we enter a place where we are all equal.  Please join other members of our community for meeting on Tuesday, November 22, at 6:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Refreshments will be served before and after meeting. Following meeting, guests are welcome to enjoy the Upper School Arts Guild starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Mary Ellen Caplin Theater. If you plan to attend, and especially if you have a child who would like to join our children&rsquo;s program, please REGISTER HERE. Friends and family who might be visiting are also most welcome.

SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INFO SESSION/RECEPTION: NOV. 16
The School Year Abroad (SYA) admissions team will be hosting an area reception for interested students and their parents. It will be held Wednesday, November 16, in the Upper School Library from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Light snacks will be served. Please join us and get all of your questions answered about this unique program.

							
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QUAKER QUOTES AND QUESTIONS
 
&ldquo;We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity; it is our desire that others&rsquo; feet may walk in the same.&rdquo;
---Margaret Fell, letter to the King on persecution, 1660
&ldquo;There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.&rdquo;
---James Naylor, deathbed testimony, 1660
 
Quaker quotes alternate with questions about Quakerism in this newsletter feature. To ask a question about Quaker history or practice, e-mail our Sidwell Friends Quaker Life Committees&rsquo; authors at [email-masked]!

                            

							

                                

                                

                            
						 
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									 Calendar

									

												
												
	Sun, Nov 13th 
		
				Best Buddies Student Mixer 
				
				Wannan Gym + Sledge Garden
				10:00am - 4:00pm

				

		
				US Play - Wet Tech 
				
				Caplin Theater
				1:00pm - 5:30pm

				

		
				Cross Country Banquet 
				
				US Dining Room
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

		
				US Play - Rehearsal 
				
				Caplin Theater
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Mon, Nov 14th 
		
				US Collection 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				2:35pm - 3:20pm

				

		
				US Play - Supper 
				
				Kogod Center 
				5:00pm - 6:00pm

				

		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				Caplin Theater
				6:00pm - 9:30pm

				

		
				10th Grade Parent Night with College Counseling 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

		
				5th and 6th grade Parent Peer Group Meetings 
				
				Middle School
				7:30pm - 9:00pm

				

	Tue, Nov 15th 
		
				PBS Division Coffees 
				
				LS Quaker Meeting House, Zartman Drawing Room, Rubenstein Gallery
				8:00am - 10:00am

				

		
				US MFB 
				
				Theater Arts Studio
				2:30pm - 4:00pm

				

		
				US Play - Supper 
				
				Kogod Center 
				5:00pm - 6:00pm

				

		
				France Summer Trip Parent Meeting 
				
				US Room 104/106
				6:00pm - 8:00pm

				

		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				Caplin Theater
				6:00pm - 9:30pm

				

	Wed, Nov 16th 
		
				Annual Fund Parent Giving Day: Phonathon 
				
				Alumni Lounge
				8:00am - 8:00pm

				

		
				AC/PG meeting 
				
				US Library Board Room
				12:00pm - 2:30pm

				

		
				US Collection 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				2:35pm - 3:20pm

				

		
				US Play - Supper 
				
				Kogod Center 
				5:00pm - 6:00pm

				

		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				Caplin Theater
				6:00pm - 9:30pm

				

	Thu, Nov 17th 
		
				Varsity Swim and Dive Parent/Guardian Meeting 
				
				Rusch Team Room
				4:45am - 5:45am

				

		
				US MFW 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				9:35am - 10:20am

				

		
				US Play - Supper 
				
				Kogod Center 
				5:00pm - 6:00pm

				

		
				US Play Rehearsal 
				
				Caplin Theater
				6:00pm - 9:30pm

				

	Fri, Nov 18th 
		
				6th Grade - Conversations with Rachel 
				
				MS Room 111
				8:00am - 9:15am

				

		
				US FALL PLAY - "LOST IN YONKERS" 
				
				Mary Ellen Caplin Theater
				8:00pm - 10:00pm
				
				Visit this Link

				

	Sat, Nov 19th 
		
				All School Family Community Service 
				
				Off Campus - National Mall
				9:00am - 12:00pm

				

		
				11th Grade Community Service & Gathering 
				
				Off Campus and US Dining Room
				12:30pm - 5:00pm

				

		
				US FALL PLAY - "LOST IN YONKERS" 
				
				Mary Ellen Caplin Theater
				8:00pm - 10:00pm
				
				Visit this Link

				

	Sun, Nov 20th 
		
				9th Grade Thanksgiving Pie-Bake 
				
				US Dinning Room
				10:00am - 4:30pm

				

		
				All School Family Community Service 
				
				Off Campus - Bread for the City
				2:00pm - 4:00pm

				

		
				US FALL PLAY - "LOST IN YONKERS" 
				
				Mary Ellen Caplin Theater
				2:30pm - 4:30pm
				
				Visit this Link

				

	Mon, Nov 21st 
		
				US Collection 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				2:35pm - 3:20pm

				

	Tue, Nov 22nd 
		
				US MFB 
				
				Theater Arts Studio
				2:30pm - 4:00pm

				

		
				All-Community Meeting for Worship 
				
				Robert L. Smith Meeting Room
				6:00pm - 7:00pm

				

		
				US Arts Guild 
				
				Caplin Theater
				7:00pm - 9:00pm

				

	Wed, Nov 23rd 
		
				THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL 

				
				11/25/2016

				

				AC/PG meeting 
				
				US Library Board Room
				12:00pm - 2:30pm

				

	Fri, Nov 25th 
		
				Community Arts - Roundhouse Theater 
				
				Off Campus - Roundhouse Theater Bethesda
				8:00pm

				

	Mon, Nov 28th 
		
				School Reopens 

				

				

		
				PA Quaker Life Committee Coffee 
				
				Zartman Drawing Room
				8:00am - 9:00am

				

		
				US Collection 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				2:35pm - 3:20pm

				

	Tue, Nov 29th 
		
				US MFB 
				
				Theater Arts Studio
				2:30pm - 4:00pm

				

	Wed, Nov 30th 
		
				7th Grade - Conversations with Rachel 
				
				MS Library
				8:00am - 9:15am

				

		
				AC/PG meeting 
				
				US Library Board Room
				12:00pm - 2:30pm

				

		
				US Collection 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				2:35pm - 3:20pm

				

	Thu, Dec 1st 
		
				PA Executive Committee 
				
				Rusch Team Room
				8:30am - 9:30am

				

		
				US MFW 
				
				RLS Meeting Room
				9:35am - 10:20am

				

		
				Inter-School Conversation on Race and Equity 
				
				US Rooms 104/106, 210, 212, 214, 218
				5:30pm - 9:30pm

				

	Fri, Dec 2nd 
		
				Middle School - NO SCHOOL (Faculty Report Writing) 

				

				

	Sat, Dec 3rd 
		
				PBS Holiday Pot Luck 
				
				Off campus
				6:00pm - 9:00pm

				

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									Athletics

									

                                                
												
	Tue, Nov 15th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage @ HD Woodson 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage @ HD Woodson 

				4:30pm

				

	Fri, Nov 18th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Stuart Country Day 

				5:00pm

				

	Sat, Nov 19th 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Wise HS 

				11:00am

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Wise HS 

				12:30pm

				

	Mon, Nov 21st 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				7:30pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation 

				7:30pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				7:30pm

				

	Tue, Nov 22nd 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Friendly HS 

				4:30pm

				

	Wed, Nov 23rd 
		
				Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity - Scrimmage @ DeMatha 

				2:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Scrimmage @ DeMatha 

				4:00pm

				

	Fri, Nov 25th 
		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Alumni Scrimmage 

				11:00am

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Alumni Game 

				12:30pm

				

	Tue, Nov 29th 
		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity at Stone Ridge School 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day 

				4:00pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Scrimmage vs. Richard Montgomery 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity at St. Albans 

				5:30pm

				

	Wed, Nov 30th 
		
				Wrestling - Varsity at Landon 

				5:00pm

				

	Thu, Dec 1st 
		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic vs. National Collegiate 

				6:45pm

				

	Fri, Dec 2nd 
		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic 

				

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity at Holton-Arms 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Landon 

				4:30pm

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Quaker Classic vs. St. Mary's 

				4:45pm

				

	Sat, Dec 3rd 
		
				Wrestling - Varsity - Bishop Ireton Invitational 

				

				

		
				Basketball - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic  

				

				

		
				Basketball - Girls Varsity - Quaker Classic vs. Washington & Lee 

				4:15pm

				

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