Subject: SFS PA Grade 11: News and Calendar Updates
From: "Barbara Swoboda" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 21:35:07 +0000

Dear Fellow 11th Grade Parents/Guardians:

We are in home stretch! Here are some important dates/events going to the end of the school year and into the summer.

IMPORTANT JUNIOR EVENTS / DATES

April 18, Wednesday – Washington Area Independent School College Fair at Georgetown Prep 6:30pm-9pm

April 28, Saturday – 11th Grade Community Service Event – All juniors and parents/guardians welcome! – 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM – SFS and Tubman Elementary School (see details in upcoming separate email)

June 12-14 - College Application Workshop Option #1

8:00 am - 12:30 pm Robert L. Smith Meeting Room and Upper School

Questions - contact the college counseling office

July 31-Aug 2 College Application Workshop Option #2

8:00 am - 12:30 pm Robert L. Smith Meeting Room and Upper School

Questions - contact the college counseling office

VOLUNTEERING NEEDS

US Faculty Staff Appreciation Breakfast

Here’s your chance to say thank you to our dedicated teachers, coaches and administrative staff! The Upper School Parents Association is organizing our annual appreciation breakfast on Friday, May 4.  They are looking for volunteers to donate baked goods, other breakfast treats, fresh fruit, ground coffee, tea, and juice, as well as flowers and signage. Contributions should be dropped off at the Upper School cafeteria or faculty lounge no later than 7:45 a.m. on Friday, May 4th.  Two volunteers are also needed to help set up the breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and two volunteers are needed to accept donations in the cafeteria from 7:30-8:30 a.m.  Sign up to bring food and/or volunteer here.  Please contact Lisa Newcombe at [email-masked] or Jesse Cowan at [email-masked] if you have any questions.

INFORMAL COFFEES

April 20, Friday - after drop-off, feel free to join fellow parents/ guardians at Le Pain Quotidien on Massachusetts Ave. for a cup of coffee and fellowship; please note this is not a school-sponsored event

SCHOOL EVENTS

April 17, Tuesday - Founders Day

All members of the community are invited to gather on Founder's Day, April 17, in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room for a conversation with journalist Anne Farris Rosen at 6:30 p.m., followed by Meeting for Worship at 7:30 p.m. Anne will speak about Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist, a book by her father, John Herbers, that she helped edit. A light supper will be offered at 6:00 p.m., and childcare will be provided for school-age children. Please email [email-masked] if you plan to join us.

April 21, Saturday - 6:30pm – A Night for Scholars, the annual SFS fundraiser benefitting financial aid

ATHLETICS

May 24 - US Athletic Awards

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Kogod Arts Center

For schedule of athletic events, click here:  https://www.sidwell.edu/athletics/upcoming-games.

OTHER KEY DATES

April 25 - 36th Annual John Fisher Zeidman Lecture

8:00 pm Robert L. Smith Meeting Room

Join us for the 36th Annual John Fisher Zeidman '79 Memorial Lecture, featuring Max Baucus former US Ambassador to China at 8:00 p.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. Register here. If you already registered there is no need to re-register.

May 3, Thursday

US Dance Ensemble

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Athletic Center

May 4, Friday

US Spring Choral Concert

7:30 pm Robert L. Smith Meeting Room & Rubenstein Gallery

May 6, Sunday

Artrageous

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm Arts Center & Robert L. Smith Meeting Room

May 6, Sunday

US Instrumental Music Concert

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Arts Center Courtyard & Robert L Smith Meeting Room

May 9, Wednesday – No classes

May 11, Friday

Upper School Grandparents & Friends Day

Kogod Arts Center & Robert L. Smith Meeting Room

For more information and to register click here.

May 18, Friday

US Art Show & Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery, Arts Center

May 18 (8:00PM), May 19 (8:00PM), May 20 (2:30PM)

US Spring Play – ARCADIA

Mary Ellen Caplin Theater

Join us for ARCADIA written by Tom Stoppard. Winner of the 1995 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play and the 1994 Olivier Award for Best Play. For tickets click here.

May 25, Friday

Prom (more information forthcoming)

May 29 – June 6 : Exam Period

June 7, Thursday – Last day of Class

June 10, Sunday - 2:00pm – Commencement Exercises

As always, please consult the SFS website for the most current information, as dates and times may be subject to change.

Your Parent Reps:

Lisa Horowitz (mother of Erica Wang) – [email-masked]

Mary Kostel (mother of Philip DiMeglio) – [email-masked]

Kimberly Stephens (mother of Andrew Stephens) – [email-masked]

Barbara Swoboda (mother of Joey Fredell) – [email-masked]

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