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Tuesday - February 16, 2010 From the School This Week's Query How do I stay focused when others are distracting?Notes from Sally This week's assembly will be about Haiti, with help from our 6th graders and Upper School teacher Shields Sundberg. Parents are welcome to join us. Parents are also warmly welcomed to join us for Meeting for Worship in Kenworthy Gym at 8:10 a.m. on Thursday morning, followed by coffee. You will find more specifics elsewhere in the letter. Reminder about our special evening: "Looking Ahead to College; Keeping Things in Perspective" next Monday night, February 22nd at 7:30 p.m. in the Middle School Drama Studio. The 7/8 Dance and the Parent Peer Groups for 7th and 8th grade have been rescheduled for Thursday evening, March 4th. (The following day is a professional day; Middle School students do not report.) The dance will run from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m in the Dining Room. 7th grade Conversations with Sally will be held on Wednesday, February 24th at 7:45 p.m in the Dining Room. We do not have a new date from the Upper School for the 8th grade Curriculum Night; as soon as that is firmed up, we will send a newsflash. All Minimester forms are due; the committee will be placing students into groups this week. I'm sure we're all looking forward to getting things back to a normal schedule! Please do be careful driving in, especially if you use 37th Street. As of Monday afternoon, the area directly in front of Middle School is clear, but the street will not be able to absorb our typical afternoon carpool lines, particularly on Wednesday when we dismiss at the same time as Hearst.Instrumental Music Notes 7/8 String Ensemble Wednesday Rehearsal Period 5/6 String Ensemble Wednesday Rehearsal Period Beauty and the Beast Pit Band Wednesday 3:45-5:00 Jazz/Rock Band Thursday 3:45-5:00The 6th Annual Anindya Dehejia '78 Memorial Lecture Please join us for a presentation by Jeffrey D. Sachs on Wednesday, February 24th at 3:45 p.m. in the Kogod Arts Center. Professor Sachs is the director of The Earth Institute, the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and a professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He also serves as special advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015, and the president and co-founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty. From 2002 to 2006, he was director of the UN Millennium Project and special advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He also is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Common Wealth and The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. Professor Sachs was named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2004 and 2005 and is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation. As director of The Earth Institute, he leads a large-scale effort to integrate the sciences—including climatology, hydrology, engineering, economics, geography, and public health—into a new field of sustainable development. In this capacity, he has helped to launch major new education programs, public outreach, and public policies to promote the practical application of inter-disciplinary knowledge to solve global problems. Recently, Professor Sachs has worked to encourage a school-to-school partnership between SFS Middle School students and students in Ghana. A reception will follow the lecture. Please RSVP by Friday, February 19 to [email protected] or 202-537-8125.Friends Family Science Night at the Air & Space Museum, March 2 Family Science Night Invitation, March 2Once again, Sidwell Friends as been invited to join other Quaker schools in the region for a special evening at the Air & Space Museum on Family Science Night, Tuesday, March 2 from 6:45-9:00 p.m. Buses will depart from the Wisconsin Ave campus at 6:15 p.m and return by 9:20 p.m. We have space for 175 people from Sidwell. The program is geared for students in 3rd grade and up; younger children should not attend. Selected museum galleries will be open before the program. The evening includes the IMAX film Cosmic Voyage and a presentation by scientist Jeff Goldstein on current attempts to pick up signals from planets in other solar systems. Those of you who attended last year know that Dr. Goldstein is a dynamic presenter and makes complex space science accessible to all. Please send an email to reserve your spot to Sam Francis, LS Science Teacher. ([email protected]). Indicate how many people in your family will be attending and the name and grade level of any Sidwell students. The cost is $5 per person(bus costs) with a $15 per family maximum. No individual entry to the museum on that night. Hope to see you there! Read More PA Announcements Meeting for Worship Parents are invited to attend Meeting for Worship with the Middle School students this Thursday, February 18th from 8:10 to 8:40 a.m. in the Kenworthy gym. This is one of only three opportunities parents enjoy each year to share a special moment in the life of the middle schoolers, you may not want to miss it! Parents and teachers are invited to linger for a moment and join the co-clerks of the MS Quaker Life Committee for coffee immediately following meeting at the foyer by the Kogod Arts Center.Help for Haiti Dance Help for Haiti Dance THIS Friday—refreshments needed! We are hoping to have a big turnout for Friday night’s Help for Haiti Dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Please join the effort and help provide food for the evening. We know everyone will be hungry after cheering on the SFS basketball team at the Kenworthy Gym farewell and we don’t want any dancers to miss a beat! Savory and sweet food items may be brought to the Upper School Dining Room anytime after 2 p.m. on Friday, February 19th. We’d like to suggest the following: Last name beginning with A – K, please bring a savory food, snack or appetizer (e.g., pretzels, cheese plate, sandwiches, pasta salad…) Last name beginning with L – R, please bring a vegetable or fruit snack or appetizer (e.g., cut-up veggies and hummus, fruit plate, green salad…) Last name beginning with S – Z, please bring a sweet snack or dessert (cookies, brownies, etc… ) Please bring your item wrapped and ready to serve (already cut or sliced, washed, on a plate or platter, hot or cold, etc.) and be sure that you bring any necessary serving utensils if your item isn’t a “finger food”. We suggest bringing items on recyclable plates or trays; label with your name any serving items or trays you wish returned, and be sure to collect them at the end of the evening and take them home. No peanuts, please, and if you are concerned about potential allergens please attach a list of ingredients to your wrapping. Non-perishable food items only (pretzels, crackers, cookies, etc.) also may be delivered to Lydia Adelfio’s office at Zartman House anytime during the school day beginning Thursday, February 18th. We will provide all necessary eating utensils, plates, napkins, and drinks—so we only need your yummy treats! If you would like to volunteer to help receive food and set-up, to serve, clean-up, or have any other questions about refreshments, please contact Roxann Steinberg at [email protected]. Thanks, and hope to see you there!Middle School Book Fair--Collecting Used Books Now! We are now collecting gently worn books for the Middle School Used Book Fair that will take place in April. We’ll accept fiction and nonfiction books of interest to middle school students. Some picture books will be fine, but please no adult books, textbooks, workbooks, etc. People can drop bags/boxes of books off by Cynthia Grady’s desk in the library. If you have any questions please send an e-mail to Colette Chichester (email: [email protected]) and Fatim Haidara (email: [email protected] ).PA Arts Committee PA Arts Committee Meeting scheduled for February 18 (7:45-9:30 in MS Library) has been cancelled. We will meet again on March 11, same time and place. Everyone is welcome! Other News Green Tip Green De-Icing Salt gets into the soil and can leach heavy metals (Nitrogen and Cyanide) into the water supply, deprives plants of nutrients (creating more algae) and can burn pets’ paws. Some greener ways to remove ice from roads, sidewalks and driveways: 1. Sand or birdseed doesn’t de-ice, but give you traction. 2. Use less salt: the optimal salt amt. is 1 handful per sq. yd or 3 sq yds for CaCl. 3. Read the label: Sodium Chloride (NaCl) can contain cyanide. Potassium Chloride (KCl) should also be avoided (used in large quantities by Dr. Kevorkian for euthanasia). Calcium Chloride (CaCl) is better. Keep all salt away from plants. 4. Avoid Nitrogen products – ineffective at low temps and require a lot of the product, plus the Nitrogen will run off and contaminate the water supply. 5. If replacing your driveway, consider “snow melt mat” (heats from below). Questions, comments to Louise Micallef at [email protected] Information How to Subscribe To receive the Tuesday Letter via e-mail, send an e-mail to [email protected] with only the word "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. How to Unsubscribe If you have wish to have your name removed from the subscription list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with only the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. How to Submit an Article Send submissions to [email protected] by 2 p.m. Tuesday. Please reference "Newsletter Submission" and the publish date(s) in the subject line. Items should be submitted as text in the body of the e-mail. PLEASE do not include any formatting such as indents, bullets, boldface or all-caps. Please keep submissions succinct. If you have a form or flyer to include with your submission, please send it as a PDF attachment to your email. Receipt of your submissions will be confirmed as soon as possible. Note concerning the School Calendar: the calendar entries that appear in the right column of each Newsletter are automatically generated by the official school calendar and are not subject to editing by the Newsletter Editors. All changes or additions to the school calendar must be made through the school scheduling office, reachable at: [email protected]. The Parents Association newsletters are a forum for communication among parents and provide announcements concerning School or PA events or information related to a School or PA event. MS newsletter submissions should be sent to [email protected]. Calendar Tue, Feb 16th College Counseling meeting US 104/106 7:30pm - 9:00pm Wed, Feb 17th Curriculum Evening for Parents of Students in 9th, 10th, and 11th Grades AC Theater 7:00pm Thu, Feb 18th US Course Selection Open Online BSU Celebration Evening Performance Mary Ellen Caplin Theater 7:00pm PA Arts Committee Meeting MS Library Classroom 7:45pm - 9:30pm Fri, Feb 19th Middle School Assembly AC Theater 2:30pm - 3:20pm 8th grade Hangout Wannan Gym, Grades 5/6 Science Classrooms and Hallway 3:30pm - 5:00pm 7th Grade Hangout US Dining Room 3:30pm - 5:30pm Kenworthy Farewell Celebration Kenworthy Gym 5:30pm - 6:30pm Help for Haiti Dance US Dining Hall 7:00pm - 11:00am Sat, Feb 20th DC CAMPUS CAMPS EXPO Middle School 11:00am - 1:00pm 8th Grade Parent Reception Edgemoor Club 6:30pm - 8:30pm Valentine's Dance US Dining Room 8:30pm - 11:00pm Mon, Feb 22nd Looking Ahead to College: Keeping Things in Perspective MS Drama Studio 7:30pm Tue, Feb 23rd Lower School Conference Half -Day Lower School Dismissal at 12:15 PM Fair Share Committee Meeting US Library Board Room 4:00pm - 9:00pm 8th Grade Curriculum Night MS Drama Studio 7:00pm Middle School Maryland Math League US Dining Hall 7:00pm - 9:45pm Wed, Feb 24th Lower School Conference Day No School--Lower School Only Conversation with Sally- 7th Grade Parents US Dining Room 7:45am Thu, Feb 25th Lower School Conference Half-Day Lower School Dismissal at 12:15 PM MS Meeting for Worshop AC Meeting Room 8:10am - 8:40am Fri, Feb 26th 5th grade hangout US Dining Room 3:30pm - 5:00pm Arts Guild AC Theater 7:00pm - 9:30pm Sat, Feb 27th 7th Grade Parent Reception TBD 7:30pm Mon, Mar 1st Conversation with Sally- 5th Grade Parents US Dining Room 7:45am Tue, Mar 2nd All School PA Nominating Committee Meeting Zartman Drawing Room 8:00pm - 9:30am Wed, Mar 3rd Conversation with Sally- 6th Grade Parents US Dining Room 7:45am PA Executive Committee Meeting US Crane Room 8:00am - 9:00am Thu, Mar 4th 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade Parents Breakfast with Principal, Assistant Principal/Dean of Students, Academic Dean and Director of College Counseling US Dining Room 7:30am MS Meeting for Worship AC Meeting Room 8:10am - 8:40am 7/8th Grade Dance US Dining Room 7:30pm - 10:00pm 7th/8th Grade Parent Peer Group Meeting MS Drama Studio 8:00pm - 10:00pm Fri, Mar 5th No School--Upper and Middle School Only Upper and Middle School Faculty In-Service Day Sat, Mar 6th Tennis Tournament, IA Off Campus Mon, Mar 8th PA MS Steering Committee Meeting MS Library 8:00am More Athletics Tue, Feb 16th Basketball - Boys Freshman at Flint Hill 4:15pm Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. St. James School 5:00pm Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. James School 5:00pm Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Bullis & Bishop McNamara 7:30pm Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Bullis & Bishop McNamara 7:30pm Wed, Feb 17th Basketball - Boys 7/8 A at Flint Hill 2:45pm Basketball - Boys 7/8 B vs. Flint Hill 2:45pm Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. Potomac School 2:45pm Basketball - Girls 7/8 B at Potomac School 2:45pm Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. WMPSSDL 4:00pm Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 4:15pm Wrestling - Varsity vs. Good Counsel 5:30pm Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. Potomac School 6:00pm Basketball - Girls Varsity at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 6:00pm Thu, Feb 18th Winter Soccer - Girls 7/8 at Georgetown Day 2:30pm Wrestling - 7/8 vs. St. Albans 2:30pm Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. St. James School 5:30pm Fri, Feb 19th Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Flint Hill 4:15pm Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Potomac School 4:15pm Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School 6:00pm Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. Flint Hill 6:30pm Sat, Feb 20th Wrestling - Varsity vs. DC Classic Basketball - Girls 7/8 A - Bullis Tournament 11:00am Basketball - Girls 7/8 B - Bullis Tournament 1:30pm Sun, Feb 21st Basketball - Girls 7/8 B - Bullis Tournament 12:30pm Basketball - Girls 7/8 A - Bullis Tournament 3:00pm Mon, Feb 22nd Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Madeira 4:15pm Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Madeira 6:00pm Tue, Feb 23rd Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Washington Latin 4:00pm Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School 4:15pm Basketball - Girls Varsity at Maret School 4:15pm Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Maret School 5:45pm Basketball - Boys Varsity at Potomac School 7:30pm Wed, Feb 24th Winter Soccer - Girls 7/8 vs. National Cathedral School 2:30pm Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Landon 2:45pm Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity - Metros 4:45pm Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity - Metros 4:45pm Thu, Feb 25th Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 4:15pm Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity - Metros 4:45pm Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity - Metros 4:45pm Basketball - Boys Varsity - MAC Tournament at higher seed 5:00pm Fri, Feb 26th Basketball - Boys Varsity - MAC Tournament at St. Andrew's Wrestling - Varsity vs. National Preps Basketball - Girls Varsity - ISL Tournament at higher seed 5:00pm Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity - Metros 5:00pm Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity - Metros 5:00pm Sat, Feb 27th Basketball - Girls Varsity - ISL Tournament at GDS Wrestling - Varsity vs. National Preps Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity - Metros 8:00am Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity - Metros 8:00am Basketball - Boys Varsity - MAC Tournament at St. Andrew's 5:00pm Sun, Feb 28th Basketball - Girls Varsity - ISL Tournament at GDS 2:30pm Sat, Mar 6th Lacrosse - Girls Varsity - St. Andrew's Playday 9:00am More 3825 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 Tel: (202) 537 8100 Fax: (202) 537 8499
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