Subject: US Weekly E-Newsletter: 5-7-17
From: "Sidwell Friends School" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 13:01:37 +0000

May 7, 2017

Upper School Weekly E-Newsletter

Principal's Letter

MESSAGE FROM MAMADOU

Dear Friends,

The 9th grade field trip to the zoo was a great success—the weather could not have been more beautiful! Our students spent the day in the sun, enjoying the fresh air and visiting their favorite animals.

The Upper School will hold our first-ever Grandparents and Friends Day this Friday. We will welcome close to 100 grandparents and other special adults to our campus. They will have the chance to meet with students, talk to teachers, and hear presentations on current student projects. If you haven't registered yet, it's not too late! Please click here for more details.

The second week of AP exams takes place this week. I'm sure all of our students will breathe a sigh of relief once their testing is behind them!
Warmly,

Mamadou Guèye
Upper School Principal

Announcements

US FACULTY AND STAFF APPRECIATION BREAKFAST

The Upper School's Parents Association is sponsoring an appreciation breakfast for our dedicated faculty and staff on Friday, May 12. All families are invited to participate. Our teachers, coaches, and administrative staff members welcome this special tradition!

We are looking for volunteers to donate baked goods, other breakfast treats, fresh fruit, ground coffee, tea, and juice, as well as plates and utensils. Contributions should be dropped off at the Upper School faculty lounge no later than 7:45 a.m. on Friday, May 12. If possible, please send your donation on an attractive platter or tray. Please also label any non-disposable dishes with your name, and have your student pick them up in the faculty lounge by the end of the day. Sign up to bring food and/or volunteer at this link.

We will also need three volunteers to help us set up the breakfast at 7:30 a.m., two volunteers to accept donations from drivers in the carpool lane from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m., and three volunteers to help clean up at 12:00 p.m.

Please contact Robyn Alexander at [email-masked] if you have any questions.

Events

PAS FAMILY POTLUCK: MAY 7

The Parents of Asian Students (PAS) affinity group invites all Sidwell Friends families and friends to the Second Annual PAS Family Potluck. The PAS seeks to create an environment that will increase awareness of Asian cultures, languages, and heritages within our School community. All interested parents are welcome, regardless of race, ethnicity, or background.

This year's event will take place on Sunday, May 7, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in a tent behind the Upper School's Zartman House. It is open to all three divisions and is a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and welcome new families into our community.

Please RSVP if you plan to come. We hope to see you on May 7!

GAMETIME! BASEBALL, RESCHEDULED: MAY 9

Due to inclement weather, our last GAMETIME! event for the season has been postponed to the baseball game against the Potomac School on Tuesday, May 9, at 4:30 p.m.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM US GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS DAY: MAY 12

Upper School Grandparents and Friends Day will follow a different model from the Lower and Middle Schools. Rather than following students to classes, guests will begin the morning at 9:30 in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room with Bryan Garman, Mamadou Guèye, and a student panel. From 10:20 to 10:35 a.m., when the Upper Schoolers have their break, there will be refreshments in the courtyard, as well as an opportunity to take pictures. During fourth and fifth periods, several faculty members will offer courses in Arts Center spaces; information about these opportunities will go directly to our guests. Students and their visitors are also invited to a special lunch in the Wannan Gym, where there will be another opportunity for photos.

There is still time to register! If you have questions, please email Kathi Webb, or call her at 202-537-8109.

Other

QUAKER QUOTES AND QUESTIONS

"So I started going to the meeting house on Sunday mornings. What I rediscovered was the simple fact of space. It was a hiatus, a parenthesis inserted into a complicated, twisty life. Even if it held nothing but breath, it was a relief, and in that relief, quiet notions emerged that had been trampled into the ground of everyday life."

–Nat Case (2015)

Quaker quotes alternate with questions about Quakerism in this newsletter feature. To ask a question about Quaker history or practices, email our Sidwell Friends Quaker Life Committee's authors at [email-masked].

Calendar

Sunday - May 7, 2017

PA-Parents of Asian Students Pot Luck

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Zartman Garden & Tent

Monday - May 8, 2017

Track and Field - Girls’ Varsity - "B" Meet (Away)

4:00 PM

Potomac School

Track and Field - Boys’ Varsity - "B" Meet (Away)

4:00 PM

Potomac School

Lacrosse - Girls' Varsity vs. St. Andrew's School

4:30 PM

St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Tuesday - May 9, 2017

Lacrosse - Boys’ Varsity vs. Wilson H.S. (Away)

4:00 PM

Softball - Varsity vs. St. James School (Away)

4:30 PM

St. James School

Baseball - Varsity vs. Potomac School (Home)

4:30 PM

PA-Sponsored EJC Book Discussion

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Upper School Library

Wednesday - May 10, 2017

Softball - Varsity vs. Georgetown Visitation (Away)

4:00 PM

Tennis - Boys’ Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School CANCELLED (Home)

4:15 PM

Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School (Away)

4:30 PM

Thursday - May 11, 2017

Lacrosse - Boys’ Varsity - MAC Tournament

Lacrosse - Girls' Varsity - ISL Tournament @ Higher Seed

5:30 PM

Friday - May 12, 2017

Track and Field - Girls’ Varsity - ISL Championships (Away)

Holton-Arms School

Track and Field - Boys’ Varsity - MAC Championships (Away)

Holton-Arms School

Upper School Grandparents & Friends Day

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Saturday - May 13, 2017

Track and Field - Girls’ Varsity - ISL Championships (Away)

Holton-Arms School

Track and Field - Boys’ Varsity - MAC Championships (Away)

Holton-Arms School

Crew - Girls’ - "VASRA Championships, Day 2" (Away)

Occoquan Boat Club

Baseball - Varsity - MAC Tournament

10:00 AM

higher seed

Lacrosse - Girls' Varsity - ISL Tournament @ Higher Seed

1:00 PM

Monday - May 15, 2017

Lacrosse - Girls' Varsity - ISL Tournament @ Madeira (Away)

4:30 PM

PA Transition Meeting

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room and Upper School

Thursday - May 18, 2017

US Play Dress Rehearsal

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Caplin Theater

US South Africa Trip Parent Meeting

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room

Friday - May 19, 2017

Crew - Girls’ - Stotesbury Regatta (Away)

Philadelphia, PA

PA-10th Grade Parent Coffee

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Off Campus - Le Pain Quotidien

US Art Show and Reception

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery, Arts center

US Play Performance: "MUSEUM"by Tina Lowe

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater

Saturday - May 20, 2017

Crew - Girls’ - Stotesbury Regatta (Away)

Philadelphia, PA

US Play Performance: "MUSEUM" by Tina Lowe

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater

Sunday - May 21, 2017

US Play Performance: "MUSEUM" by Tina Lowe

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater

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