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Tuesday - January 5, 2010


From the School

This Week's Query
Can we find new friends without abandoning our old ones?Notes from Sally
I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday!
This week’s assembly will be presented by our 8th grade drama students, The 37th Street players. Parents are welcome to join us!
To all who pick up on 37th Street in the afternoon - as you know, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the street is very crowded. A police officer came through today and cleared everyone out with the threat of tickets. A reminder: with only a few exceptions, your children are not out and ready to be picked up right at 3:20, and coming early and sitting does not help the traffic. Please delay your arrival until about 3:30 – or later – so that we do not have the massive jam. Thank you!
Has your address, phone number, email information, or emergency contact information changed? Please update your information through the Parent Portal! We want to know how to reach you.
Welcome Huijin Yan, who will be teaching the Chinese classes until the end of the year. Her email is yanh@sidwell.edu, and she can be reached at extension 202-537-8432.
There are a number of events coming up in the next few weeks – please mark your calendars for these:
Tuesday morning, January 12: Conversations with Jack for 6th grade parents. Dining Room at 7:45 AM.
Wednesday evening, 1/13: All-Middle School Parents Association Meeting. Please join us for two very interesting speakers on Parenting in the Digital World. (Details follow)
Thursday evening, 1/14: Concert by the 5th grade chorus and the 5/6 orchestra. (Repeated for assembly on Friday, 1/15)
Thursday morning, January 21: Parents are invited to join us for Meeting for Worship.
Monday evening, January 25: Program for all Middle School parents on body image, media messages, and nutrition issues. Noted area expert (and SFS parent) Laura Ratner will be speaking to all students during the day and to parents in the evening.
Friday evening, January 29: presentation by Middle School’s Playback Theater Troupe Vertical Voices.
Friday evening, February 5: 7/8 dance with concurrent peer group meetings.
Monday, February 8 – Friday, February 12: CTP testing. Please do not schedule appointments during this week!
Wednesday morning, February 10: 7th grade Conversations with Sally
Monday evening, February 8: Upper School curriculum presentation for parents of all 8th graders.
Thursday evening, February 18: the annual Black Student Union show
Monday evening, February 22: a special evening for Middle School parents entitled Looking Ahead to College: Keeping Things in Perspective.
Monday morning, March 1: 5th grade Conversations with Sally
Wednesday morning, March 3: 6th grade Conversations with Sally
Wednesday morning, March 10: 8th grade Conversations with Sally
These all promise to be great programs – hope you can join us for many –or all – of them!
Our friends at Hearst School are collecting wine corks through a program that reuses them. If you would like to send your used corks – natural or synthetic – as part of this effort, we will collect them in the office and give them to the folks across the street.Instrumental Music Notes
5/6 Full Orchestra rehearsal (string ensemble, concert band, handchime choir, and guitar trio) Wednesday, 2:40-3:15 PM
7/8 Orchestra rehearsal (string ensemble, concert band and harp only) Wednesday, 12:55-1:50 PM
Special AFTER SCHOOL rehearsal for 5/6 Full Orchestra Tuesday January 12th 2:30-5:00 PM (refreshments provided) Arts CenterChoral Notes
The 5th grade chorus and 5/6 orchestra will be performing their winter concerts on Thursday, January 14th at 7:30pm and Friday, January 15th at 2:30pm. The dress for both groups is “black and whites”. All 5th graders (who are NOT in the 5/6 orchestra) should arrive in the MS chorus room by 7:00pm on Thursday, January 14th. Please contact Ms. Holtz (x2445) if you have any questions or concerns. All 5th graders are receiving a flyer with this information—please ask for it!Reminder: H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Vaccine Clinic, Jan 6
Wednesday, January 6, 2010, Lower School Gymnasium, Bethesda, MD, 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Open to all Sidwell families, especially for children under the age of 10 that need their second dose of the H1N1 vaccine

$24.00 for H1N1 vaccine, $30.00 for Seasonal vaccineDrop Off Protocol in Garage
Please remember that drop off and pick up should take place in the lane closest to the School. If there is a tie up and you must drop off in the parking lane of the garage, please pull past the stairs and pull over to the right as tightly as you can to the parking spaces and parked cars. This will help to provide safer conditions and an easier flow of traffic.Events for Student Scholarships Annual Auction
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 17, 2010 for the From Sea to Shining Sea themed benefit auction at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium. All auction proceeds go directly to student financial aid. This will be a fabulous event you won’t want to miss! In the meantime, please consider making a tax-deductible donation. The Co-Chairs Tia Cudahy, Mimi Kirstein and Nancy Jacobson Penn are asking each of you for your help. Do you have any special ideas, talents or connections that you could donate or help us to arrange? If so, please contact events@sidwell.edu. We’re especially looking for: Read MoreIt's Sally Foster Time!
Stock up now for next year! Sally Foster is a school-wide sale that includes quality gift-wrap and delicious gourmet chocolates among many other great gift items available through a convenient online catalogue. 50% of all sales go directly to student financial aid. All orders may be placed now through January 31, 2010 at www.sallyfoster.com. When prompted at check-out, enter the SFS account code 505552 so that 50% of the proceeds are properly recorded to our school.Variety Found to Counteract Winter Blahs!
Take action NOW to make January an exciting and fulfilling month. Buy your tickets to the SFS Variety Show, the annual extravaganza featuring alumni who are professionals in the performing arts. The Eighth Annual Variety Show is set for Saturday, January 30, 2010, at 8 p.m. in the Kogod Arts Center. All proceeds benefit student financial aid. This year we showcase comedy, dance, drama, and music ranging from classical to rock to jazz. Hosted by perennial favorite NBC4 News Anchor, Doreen Gentzler, with students from the SFS Jazz Ensemble as the House Band, and featuring performances by our spectacular professional alums: Read MoreMS Drama Announces Auditions for the MS Musical: Disney's Beauty & the Beast, Jr.
Musical Info Fact Sheet (2).docxStudents in Grades 7 and 8 are eligible to audition, or work backstage. Audition date: Tuesday, January 19 from 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. in the MS Drama Studio. Snack will be provided. Plan to stay for the entire 3 hours.
Scripts are available for review in the MS Library. All students are encouraged to read it before auditions. The Audition will consist of: Read MoreShakespeare Monologue Competition for Students Grades 6-9
Shakespeare Monologue Festival.docxSponsored by the University of Maryland, Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies and Imagination Stage. Auditions to select the SFS Middle School representative are on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 3:45 p.m. in the MS Drama Studio. Sign up on January 11 to audition.
Information attached, and also www.crbs.umd.edu/programs/monologue/2010/student_guidelines.html
Questions? See Tim Reagan, MS Drama Teacher.
Read MoreMiddle Years - January 2009
Middle Years - January 2010Read the latest issue of Middle Years, a newsletter for parents of middle schoolers. Read More


PA Announcements

Middle School PA Meeting -- Parenting in the Digital Age, Jan 13, 7 PM
Please join us on Wednesday, January 13th at 7:30pm for a timely and informative presentation on Parenting in the Digital Age. We will be joined by Melissa Morrow, an FBI agent in the Child Exploitation Unit, and Michelle Parker, a psychologist, former student and teacher, and current parent at Sidwell. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. A light dinner will be available at 7pm for those who are coming straight from work or for those who would like to mingle with other parents prior to the meeting. Look for more information to follow from your grade reps.Seeking Parents to be Parents Association (PA) Officers!
Was one of your New Year Resolutions to get more involved in your school community? If not, why not make it so? The Parents Association is seeking volunteers to fill positions for the 2010-2011 school year. We need candidates for the all-school Co-Vice Presidents, the all-school Nominating Committee Clerk and in each of the Divisions (US, MS, LS), the Co-Vice Clerks, Nominating Clerks, Grade Representatives and At-Large Representatives. (Vice-Presidents and Vice-Clerks move up to the President and Clerk positions the following year.) Job descriptions for all of these positions can be found In the PA Section of the SFS website under Job Descriptions.

If you are interested in serving, would like to suggest someone else, or simply need more information, please feel free to contact the MS Nominating Committee Clerks, Robin Porter (robinporter@rcn.com) or Norma Scogin (normascogin@gmail.com) or the Clerk of the Nominating Committee, Peggy Dotzel (margaret.dotzel@verizon.net).Needed for ArtRageous, Sunday, Jan 31, 1-4 PM
Films by students to be shown in the Black Box Theater; student art works (paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, mobiles, whatever) to be displayed in the student art show; dancers, singers, and musicians to perform in Chamber Arts or in Town Square. Filmmakers, please contact Rebecca Boylan (boylanr@georgetown.edu). Visual artists: Lucinda Leach (juseno@aol.com). Musicians, dancers, singers, dramatic readers: Ginnie Lum (pianolum@gmail.com).

Also, please save for the igloo building ArtRageous project aka the “I-Glue”: 1 Gallon and 1/2 gallon PLASTIC and cardboard juice and milk containers (rinsed out, please and not flattened!) When you have a stash and you are sick of seeing them in your kitchen, please contact Sara Jones (sarajo4420@gmail.com).
We are also looking for clean, used crew neck t-shirts. Bettina Stern (Bettina@stern.bz).


Other News

Green Tips
What Happens to your Christmas Tree Now? Unfortunately, just because someone picks up your tree doesn’t mean it will be recycled or composted. It could end up in a landfill, where it will take time to biodegrade. So, check with your municipality to find out what they do with trees. If they don’t recycle or mulch, you have options. Take your tree to a local recycling plant, such as Unity Disposal & Recycling (301) 990-2049, Fort Totten Transfer Station (202) 727-1000, Arlington, VA Christmas Tree Dropoff (703) 228-6570 or College Hunks Hauling Junk at 1-800-JUNK-USA. Or you can chop it yourself and use it for firewood and kindling. Comments, questions to Louise Micallef at micallefj@aol.comNewsletter Information
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Calendar


Wed, Jan 6th

Upper School Reading Day


Thu, Jan 7th

Upper School Exam: Languages


Fri, Jan 8th

Upper School Exams: English


Mon, Jan 11th

Upper School Exam: Math


Tue, Jan 12th

US Reading Day


Wed, Jan 13th

Upper School Exam: History


Thu, Jan 14th

Upper School Exam: Science


Fri, Jan 15th

No Classes--Upper School Only


Upper School Exam Make-Up Day


Mon, Jan 18th

Martin Luther King Jr. Day-- No School


Martin Luther King, Jr. Day


Tue, Jan 19th

Lower School Faculty In-Service Day


No School--Lower School Only


US 2nd Semester Begins


Thu, Jan 21st

9th Grade Introduction Breakfast with Community Service Director

US Dining Room
7:30am


Fri, Jan 22nd

Arts Guild

AC Theater
7:00pm - 9:30pm


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Athletics


Mon, Jan 4th

Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Episcopal High School


4:15pm


Tue, Jan 5th

Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at Maret School


4:15pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


4:15pm


Wrestling - Varsity at St. James School


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. Holton-Arms


5:45pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at Maret School


6:00pm


Wed, Jan 6th

Winter Soccer - Girls 7/8 vs. National Cathedral School


2:30pm


Wrestling - 7/8 vs. Landon


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A at Bullis


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Thu, Jan 7th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. St. Albans


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B at St. Albans


2:30pm


Mon, Jan 11th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 B vs. The Heights


2:30pm


Wrestling - 7/8 vs. Bullis


2:45pm


Wed, Jan 13th

Winter Soccer - Girls 7/8 at National Cathedral School


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A vs. Holy Child


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B at Holy Child


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 - Landon at Holton-Arms


2:45pm


Thu, Jan 14th

Basketball - Boys 7/8 A vs. Washington Latin


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Washington Latin


2:30pm


Wrestling - 7/8 vs. The Heights


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Swimming - Boys 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Swimming - Girls 7/8 at Stone Ridge School


2:45pm


Sat, Jan 16th

Wrestling - Varsity vs. Capital Duals


Tue, Jan 19th

Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity vs. Edmund Burke


4:00pm


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. Edmund Burke


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Woodberry Forest


5:00pm


Wed, Jan 20th

Wrestling - Varsity at Episcopal High School


Basketball - Girls 7/8 A at Maret School


2:30pm


Basketball - Girls 7/8 B vs. Maret School


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


4:15pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. Georgetown Day


5:45pm


Thu, Jan 21st

Winter Soccer - Girls 7/8 vs. Georgetown Day


2:30pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 A at Potomac School


2:45pm


Basketball - Boys 7/8 B vs. Potomac School


2:45pm


Wrestling - 7/8 at Potomac School


2:45pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity at Madeira


4:30pm


Basketball - Girls Varsity at Madeira


6:00pm


Fri, Jan 22nd

Wrestling - Varsity vs. MAC Tournament


10:00am


Basketball - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Freshman vs. Field School


4:00pm


Basketball - Boys Varsity at St. James School


5:00pm


Basketball - Boys Junior Varsity at St. James School


5:00pm


Basketball - Girls Junior Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


5:30pm


Sat, Jan 23rd

Swimming & Diving - Boys Varsity at St. Albans


9:00am


Swimming & Diving - Girls Varsity vs. National Cathedral School


9:00am


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