Subject: Quaker Notes: A Whiff of Spring
From: "Sidwell Friends School" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:00:54 +0000

February 10, 2019

The famed Yale Whiffenpoofs, featuring its first woman member Sofía Campoamor '15, stopped by campus to perform. Considered the oldest collegiate a capella group in the country, the Whiffs were joined by alumnus Jon McBride '60. Congratulations to Alex DiMeglio '16 who was recently tapped as the Whiff's next musical director!

State of the School Rescheduled:  Thurs., Feb 21

Come and join Head of School Bryan Garman on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 8:15-9:15 a.m. in the Robert L. Smith Meeting Room. A Lower School livestream will be available in the Quaker Meeting Room. Click below to read more.

BSU Production

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of this Sidwell tradition as students from all three divisions take the stage Friday night at 7:00 p.m. for the annual Black Student Union Production. Students will perform dramatic monologues, singing, dancing, and video presentations that address the experiences of black students and other students of color. The Production will be followed by a brief talkback-style conversation with the cast and director.

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Dear Families,

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone who celebrated this past week. I am busy eating my way through New Orleans this weekend, and I hope that your days off have been equally delectable. Families of 3rd and 4th graders (and anyone else interested), I look forward to seeing you on Thursday (Valentine’s Day) at 8:30 a.m. for our coffee.

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Dear Middle School Families,

We appreciated seeing some of you on Tuesday evening for the conversation with Dr. Ali Michael and Toni Graves Williamson, both national diversity practitioners, about racial identity development and stereotype threat. Our work on those topics during the faculty meeting on Tuesday was excellent, and we also appreciated their support of affinity group leaders.

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Dear Friends,

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend! This coming Wednesday, in honor of Black History Month, Upper School students will collaborate with Lower and Middle School students to put on the annual Black Student Union Production, a creative montage of dramatic monologues, poetry, song, and dance, that will explore and represent black experiences and identities.

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Dear Friends,

Congratulations to Marie McNair and Dance Ensemble on a great winter show. Her students clearly invested countless hours preparing for their performance, and they put on a flawless show. It is always nice to see hard work come to fruition—well done, Marie.

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