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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 sldcafritz@aol.com.
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
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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


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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


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