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Tuesday - March 2, 2010 From the School This Week's Query How can we find the right balance between our social and academic lives?Notes from Sally Parental Permission Middle School.docxEvents this week: Conversations with Sally 6th grade Wednesday morning. Curriculum Night for 8th grade families tonight at 7:15 in the Middle School Drama Studio. Reminder to 7/8: The dance is this Thursday night from 7:00 – 9:30 in the Upper School Dining Room! The school dress code applies. Admission price is one food item for our food drive. Peer groups will meet concurrently. Our food drive is in full swing. Please remember to grab your child and go shop for food items on your list. As a result of the storm, our food drive is a week shorter than it was last year and the demand for items is greater. Please help us help our partner organizations. We are also looking for parent volunteers to aid in counting and transporting the weeks of March 8th. If you can have any time, please contact Sherri Cafritz at [email protected]. The research team from the Yale School of Forestry will be here on campus on Wednesday and Thursday. We would like very much to have every student’s participation in the survey process! Permission forms went home last week; if you have not yet seen one, another copy is attached to this letter. Thank you so much for your consideration of this request! Next Tuesday we will be holding the annual National Latin Exam for all students who take that language. In addition, all 8th graders and 7th graders who take Chinese will be going to National Geographic to see the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit in the morning. Monday was the first day of the third trimester and the beginning of spring sports. Second trimester reports will be posted before spring vacation. Congratulations to the Middle School Playback Theatre Troupe, Vertical Voices, who performed on Sunday afternoon at Interesections: A New American Arts Festival at the Atlas Theatre! Read MoreInstrumental Music Notes 7/8 String Ensemble Wednesday Rehearsal Period 5/6 String Ensemble Wednesday Rehearsal Period 7/8 Pit Band Wednesday 3:45 – 5:00 7/8 Jazz/Rock Band Thursday 3:45-5:00 Choral Rehearsals this Week Wednesday, March 3rd Boys Ensemble during Rehearsal Period 8th Grade Small Group I 7:25-7:55AM Thursday, March 4th Girls Ensemble 3:30-5:00pm ***Reminder: The Girls Ensemble has rehearsal at the National Cathedral on Saturday, March 6th from 8:00 to 10:00 AM Choral Performance at the National Cathedral On Tuesday, March 9th the 7/8 Girls Ensemble will participate in a treble choir festival at the National Cathedral. They will join five other area schools in an evening of beautiful choral music. The concert begins at 7:30pm and is free to the public. Please come and support our talented singers! Upper School Theatre Performance Reservations are now being accepted for the Upper School production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. This masterpiece is probably the most famous of all comedies. It revolves wittily around the most ingenious case of "manufactured" mistaken identity ever put into a play. Many students have enjoyed reading this play as part of the 10th grade English literature curriculum. Performances are Friday, March 12th and Saturday, March 13th at 8:00 pm and Sunday, March 14th at 2:30 pm. Read MoreDance is a Huge Success for Haiti! On Friday February 26th, the Dining Room was rocking and the community joined together to raise much-needed earthquake relief funds for Haiti. To the music of Rickey Payton, his Urban Nation Hip Hop Choir, Glenn Pearson, and their bands, everyone danced, enjoyed great food, and celebrated coming together as a community for an important cause. The Help for Haiti Dance was a tremendous intergenerational effort. Upper School students manned the donation table and decorated, parents provided delicious food, Meriwether-Godsey prepared fruit displays, the US Photography Club donated photographs and artists of all ages made the array of colorful Haitian flags which decorated the walls. Middle School Principal, Sally Selby even provided a cameo singing appearance. To date, the community through the combination of the Help Haiti Dance, 4th grade coin collections, Middle School bake sales and coin collections, and other donations has raised almost $30,000 to help those in Haiti who are in desperate need. Many thanks to everyone for showing that Sidwell Friends can make a difference. Friends Family Science Night at the Air & Space Museum -- TONIGHT! 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, Tonight, 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. T Read MoreSave the date for the "From Sea to Shining Sea" Live Auction-April 17, 2010 There are some incredible items in this year's auction. Over the next couple of weeks we will be highlighting some of our favorites. Also, talk to your friends because many of these items work well for groups. 1) Napa Valley and San Francisco Trip-Luxury Lodge at Meadowood and the Ritz San Francisco. 2) The Portrait Gallery event is back! Dinner and private tour of an exhibit 3) Dinner with Senator Evan Bayh, Senator Joseph Lieberman and Ron Brownstein 4) Dinner for twenty people with the Turkish Ambassador at the Residence 5) Cypriot-Style Barbeque at the Residence of Cyprus with the Ambassador and his wife 6) On Set with the TV Show Entourage; meet the director and actors Environmental Service Expedition to Hawaii Looking for a great summer experience? Consider going on the Grand Hawaii: Environmental Service Expedition scheduled for July 6-21, 2010. The trip is open to entering 8th-11th graders. Teacher chaperones: Margaret Pennock and Dave Wood Read MoreTitle - Middle Years - March 2010 Middle Years - March 2010 Read More PA Announcements Sorry, no news is available at this time. Other News Newsletter 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. 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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, Mar 2nd 8th Grade Curriculum Night MS Drama Studio 7:15pm 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 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 Sidwell Summer: Coffee with the Kaleidoscope Directors Lower School Multipurpose Room 9:30am - 11:00am Sun, Mar 7th Senior Portraits Senior Center, US 10/12, Crane Room 8:30am - 6:00pm Mon, Mar 8th PA MS Steering Committee Meeting MS Library 8:00am Wed, Mar 10th Conversation with Sally for 8th Grade US Dining Room 7:45am Thu, Mar 11th PA Arts Committee Meeting MS Library Classroom 7:45pm - 9:30pm Fri, Mar 12th US Play "The Importance of Being Ernest" Mary Ellen Caplin Theater 8:00pm Sat, Mar 13th 6th Grade Parent Reception TBD SAT Testing 8:00am DC Diversity Career Fair US Dining Room 8:00am - 4:00pm US Play "The Importance of Being Ernest" AC Theater 8:00pm Sun, Mar 14th Daylight Savings Time Begins Senior Portraits US Senior Center, US 10/12, Crane Room 9:00am - 3:00pm US Play "The Importance of Being Ernest" AC Theater 2:30pm Mon, Mar 15th Middle School Minimester 3/18/2010 MS Minimester 3/18/2010 Tue, Mar 16th Senior Project Meeting US Room 112 2:30pm - 4:00pm Fri, Mar 19th Spring Vacation--No School US Grades Posted Online More Athletics Sat, Mar 6th Lacrosse - Girls Varsity - St. Andrew's Playday 11:00am Tue, Mar 9th Baseball - Junior Varsity at Walter Johnson HS 4:30pm Lacrosse - Boys Varsity vs. Walter Johnson HS 4:30pm Thu, Mar 11th Baseball - Varsity at Riverdale Baptist 5:00pm Fri, Mar 12th Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at The Heights 4:00pm Sat, Mar 13th Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. St. John's College HS 1:00pm Baseball - Varsity at St. Albans 2:00pm Tue, Mar 16th Lacrosse - Girls Varsity at Potomac School 4:00pm Lacrosse - Boys Varsity at St. John's College HS 4:00pm Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Potomac School 4:15pm Softball - Varsity vs. Potomac School 4:15pm Softball - Junior Varsity at Potomac School 4:15pm Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at Potomac School 4:15pm Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity at Potomac School 5:15pm Wed, Mar 17th Lacrosse - Boys Junior Varsity vs. St. John's College HS 4:30pm Baseball - Junior Varsity vs. Potomac School 5:00pm Thu, Mar 18th Lacrosse - Girls Varsity vs. Stone Ridge School 4:15pm Softball - Varsity at Stone Ridge School 4:15pm Softball - Junior Varsity vs. Stone Ridge School 4:15pm Tennis - Boys Varsity vs. Flint Hill 4:30pm Baseball - Varsity at Potomac School 4:30pm Tennis - Boys Junior Varsity at Flint Hill 4:30pm Lacrosse - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Stone Ridge School 5:30pm Sat, Mar 20th Lacrosse - Boys Varsity - Quaker Classic at Baltimore Friends 9:00am More 3825 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 Tel: (202) 537 8100 Fax: (202) 537 8499
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