Subject: SFS Summer Newsletter 7-16-17
From: "Sidwell Friends School" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 13:01:08 +0000

July 16, 2017

From the School

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION

We are currently compiling the 2017/18 Sidwell Friends Directory and updating our Urgent Notification System. Distributed in September, the directory contains household information (home address, phone number, email address) for SFS families, as well as faculty/staff phone numbers and email addresses. The Urgent Notification System is used to inform the community about weather-related closings and delayed openings and other emergencies. Please help us ensure that your contact information is up to date, including information about who we should alert through our Urgent Notification System.

Directory: Please make sure that your household information is correct, and update it if anything has changed. To do this, visit the Parent Portal by selecting "Parents" from the Community menu in the top right-hand corner of the homepage, www.sidwell.edu. Once you are in the Parent Portal, click on the orange QuakerZone button and then on "Household" to review your family's contact information. Please note that information for the print version of the student directory will be retrieved from our files on July 21. After that date, no changes can be made to the printed directory. (The online directory, however, is updated regularly.)

Urgent Notifications: Please review your emergency contact information, including any alternate contacts such as nannies, grandparents, or other caregivers who should be notified in the event of an emergency. You can read the School's urgent notification policy for more information. A test of the Urgent Notification System will take place on Thursday, August 17, at 11:00 a.m. The School will remind the community before it occurs. For this test, the system will call and email all parents and alternate contacts that the School has on file. Text messages will also be sent to the parent cell phone numbers on file.

Carpool Finder: New families will be added to the directory and carpool finder by July 20, 2017.

Events

NEXT-TO-NEW DROP-OFF: JULY 22

Our yearly sale of next-to-new, high-quality items will take place October 13–15. All proceeds will go to student financial aid through our annual giving program.

Please bring donations for the sale to the Wannan Gym on the Wisconsin Avenue campus between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 22. If you're out of town in July, donations will also be accepted on Saturday, August 19, and Wednesday, August 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. After the school year begins, donations will be accepted every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday morning through September 30.

We are happy to take anything from clothing, rugs, and accessories to larger items. Information about standards for donations is available online.

We are also looking for volunteers:

If you are open to a little exercise, please plan to stay and help us sort, pack, and stack donated items.

If you can't join us on Saturday, you may sign up to volunteer at another time.

If you'd like to help us with pricing and checking the safety of donations online (perhaps from your air-conditioned home!), we welcome that type of help as well.

If you need help transporting a large item (e.g., desks, sofas, chairs) or would like to help with large-item hauling (pickup truck, minivan) let us know that, too.

Send any questions about donating or volunteering to [email-masked].

ATTEND SUMMER ALUMNI EVENTS, NEAR AND FAR

New England Summer Reception
Thursday, August 10
All members of the SFS community are invited to an informal summer gathering in Martha's Vineyard. Whether you are vacationing, working nearby, visiting colleges, or retired on the Cape, we hope you'll join us. RSVP today!

SFS Night with the Nationals
Monday, August 28
Join other members of the SFS community for a fun evening at Nats Park, as the home team takes on the Miami Marlins. The first pitch is at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are $45 and include a $25 concession coupon. Tickets can be purchased here.

Announcements

GRADUATION PHOTOS

Graduation photos from all three divisions have been posted on the web! Check out our event photo albums.

LEND A HAND

If you would like to be more involved with Parents Association activities and fundraising to support the School community, email us at [email-masked].

TOILETRIES FOR THE LS GIVING TREE PROJECT

The Giving Tree Project is an ongoing collaborative effort to create a community of students who understand that there are people who do not have the things that they need, as opposed to what they may want. Lower School students have worked together across grade levels and classes to generate a list of those items. They ask the larger community to help by collecting items that students will then distribute to clients of Bethesda Cares.

If your summer adventures take you to establishments with toiletries, please remember to collect and save them for the Lower School Giving Tree Project. You can bring them in on Next-to-New donation days (please make sure to pack them separately and label them as toiletries) or drop them off when the school year begins. Desired items extend beyond hotel toiletries, so if you happen to have additional items on the list below, please feel free to bring them in as well.

Accepted items include shampoo, conditioner, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, lip balm, cotton swabs, cotton balls, tissues, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, saline eye drops, granola bars, and protein bars.

Calendar

Wednesday - July 19, 2017

PBS - Back to School Summer Tips

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Robert L. Smith Meeting Room and other Arts Center Classrooms

Saturday - July 22, 2017

Next to New Drop Off

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Wannan Gym, Wisconsin Avenue Campus

Sidwell Friends School

3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20016 • 202-537-8100

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