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GRADE NEWS

• August eight-11 or Baronial 15-18, 9:00 a.k.-12:00 p.k.: College Application 'Word'store
  The College Counseling Office will be hosting their annual Higher Application 'Word'store to rising seniors in August. This is a voluntary program for students to become familiar with, and practice all aspects of the college awarding process. The cost is $150 per session, with express financial assist bachelor. The program will allow students to:
• Develop a cardinal college essay
• Make full out key pieces of the Common Application online
• Complete a higher resume
• Work with counselors on college specific/supplemental essays
• Become familiarized with Naviance's application-specific features
• Practice interviewing skills
• Visitspsfg.org/wordshop to annals.
• For other questions, please contact members of the Higher Counseling Office,Melissa Coffey Brooks '03,Liz Lightfoot, orMegan Hudson. This plan is only open to rising SPSG Seniors.
  

Thank you for Making the Inaugural Swamp Soiree a Huge Success!
A sell-out crowd gathered Sat evening to enjoy keen food, tantalizing auction items, and the sounds of Arty Hill and The Long Gone Daddys – all to benefit The Gator Fund and alumnae-sponsored scholarships. A big Gator shout-out goes to our parent volunteers who served on the Soiree Leadership Committee: Co-Chairs Kelle McPeters Sawers '82, P'19 and Patti Steinberg P'19; Auction Chair, Melanie Ponsi P'13, 'xix; Decorating Co-Chairs, Jennie Blenckstone Boyce '88, P'18, 'twenty, '21 and Kelle McGovern P'17; Ticket Sales Co-Chair, Courtenay Wells Arendt '86, P'15, '18; Raffle Co-Chairs, Jeanette Guy '22, Jamie Seymour P'10, '12, '17 and Kim Zaharris P'17; and Drinkable Chair, Rusty Pachilis P'18. Click here to enjoy photos from the outcome.

PARENTS

• SPSG Summer: Enroll past April 1 to receive a 10% Early on-Bird Discount!
  A ten% Multi-Sibling Discount is Besides Available
  SPSG Summer registration is open! Nosotros offer a variety of coed and all-girls camps from June-August! Visitspsfg.org/summertime for more information and to annals.
  Summertime programs include:
• Gatorland Day Camp
  NEW! Swamplings Kindergarten program and 7th and 8th grade
  Leadership Development
• Sports Camps
  Gator Girls Lacrosse, Volleyball, and Soccer
• Arts Camps
  Theatre, Dance, and Filmmaking
• Enrichment Courses
  Driver'southward Ed and Babysitting Training
  NEW! Gator Girls Math andFootstep Upward Academic Tutoring
• Summer at St. Paul'due south Plus
  Demand an pick for your piffling ones? Sign up forSt. Paul'southward Plus Summer, open to girls and boys ages ii-5.
• Midweek, March 16, 7-8:xxx p.chiliad. in The Ward Eye: Parent Teaching Series – The Adolescent EncephalonPresented by Mary Turos of Confident Student
  This event is open to Middle and Upper Schoolhouse parents. DelightRSVP to Upper School Advisor Laurie May.

• Tuesday, Apr five, 6:thirty-8:00 p.1000. in the Commons: Bound Mingle
  A casual evening of appetizers and adult beverages for new and returning parents. Learn nearly events, initiatives and volunteer opportunities for the 2016-2017 school year. Parents may visit tables and conversation with representatives from all areas of school life.
  

• Feedback Needed! Developed Pedagogy Series Survey
  We are pleased to offer mission-driven, adult-didactics programs that provide opportunities to connect with others, be artistic, accept fun, and larn something new.
• Equally nosotros await to expand our adult pedagogy programming, and build off the popularity of our Intro to World Religions form offered this winter, we would love to hear your input: what interests you? What would you similar to encounter offered at SPSG?
• Please complete this one-question survey in club for us to create these opportunities for you. Thank you!

• Produce Commitment for Parents
  Click here for this week'southward bill of fare! Orders are due byMon, March 14, and deliveries will be fabricatedTh, March 17. You may option upwardly your box in the SPSG kinesthesia room; if you lot exercise non know where this is, please enquire the front desk.
• Director of Human Resources Shannon Duckett will email parents equally orders are delivered, for same-day selection up. Visitspsfg.org/produce to place your order.

• Free Webinars for Parents
  The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education will begin parent webinars this month at no accuse to parents. The webinars may be watched live, or a recording of them may exist streamed at any time subsequently. Topics will include How to Talk to Your Children near Sex  presented past Debbie Roffman, and Parenting in the Digital Age  presented by Jenni Voorhees.
• To view these webinars, pleaseclick here to create your log-in. Once yous have created your account, yous may usethis link to view the webinars.

School NEWS

• 2016-2017 Bookish Year: AP Information science Principles
  For the 2016-2017 academic year, SPSG is proud to introduce an AP Computer Science Principles class. This class focuses on the innovative aspects of computing and the computational thinking practices that help students see how calculating is relevant to many areas of their everyday lives. This is a fantastic course for students who are interested in learning about technology without any prior knowledge or programming skills. This course is geared not simply to students interested in pursuing computer sciences, but rather to students who are interested in the skills they utilize every day with computers and other technologies.
• AP Principles of Informatics:
  Did you know that information science powers the technology, productivity, and innovation of today'due south globe? If words similar 3-D blitheness, engineering, music, app development, medicine, visual design, robotics, or political analysis describe your daughter's future or interests, AP Computer Science Principles is a beginning step forrad. AP Information science Principles volition introduce students to the creative aspects of programming, abstractions, algorithms, large information sets, the Internet, cyber-security concerns, and calculating impacts, all of which are essential to over 130 careers. AP Computer science Principles will give students the opportunity to utilise technology to address real-world problems and build relevant solutions. Click hither for a sample of career areas and majorsthat use these skills and sample activities students will consummate.
• Pre-requisite: Algebra one; no pre-requisite knowledge of any programming linguistic communication is required.
  
• Check out this videoto learn more.
• Global Gators: Vii Countries in 2016
  Argentina, Commonwealth of australia, Communist china, Costa Rica, France, Scotland, and Spain
  At St. Paul'southward School for Girls w e empower vocalisation, nurture intellectual curiosity and creativity, and inspire confident leaders who serve in the world. This spring, SPSG students and faculty will participate in trips or exchanges with seven different countries, and return with an enriched view of the world.
• Where volition our SPSG Gators be today? Check out our Global Gators weblog.
  
• This Dominicus, March xiii: Daylight Savings
  Spring frontwards! Prepare your clocks an hour ahead this Saturday evening.
  
• Fri, March 18: Half-Mean solar day
  Apex dismissal for leap intermission.
• Spring Pause runs throughMonday, March 28. Schoolhouse resumesTuesday, March 29.

• Friday, April 1, 6:thirty-8:xxx p.yard.: International Block Party
  Now inbound its tertiary year, the annual SPSG/SP International Block Party is already an integral part of community life at our schools, and honors the international heritage in our communities. Students, faculty, alumni and friends alike gather to share their cultural heritage by cooking traditional dishes, wearing national garb, demonstrating their homeland's music and dance, and sharing stories.
• Registration is now open for this yr'southward Block Party.Delight sign-upwardly today, and let us know what part of the world you will bring to the St. Paul's Schools on Friday, April 1 by sharing a dish and/or demonstrating a cultural activity. This is afree event.

• Summer Commuter's Instruction
  Ourdriver'south teaching classesinclude 10 classroom lessons and half dozen hours of drive time to be set up individually past each pupil. This programme is open to all students, equally well as students outside of the St. Paul'south Schools. Studentsmust be 15 years oldat the time of the class.Online registrationis required.

ARTS

• Tonight, Friday, March 11, half dozen:00-7:00 p.m. in The Ward Center: Inertia Choreography Showcase
  The beginning annual Inertia Choreography Showcase presents works of dance created and performed by students. The Ward Eye Octagon provides an intimate setting that connects performers and audience members for a unique dance experience. With the opportunity to requite feedback to the choreographers, the audience volition be transformed into budding producers. Admission is free and open to the public.Click hereto view our flier.
• Tomorrow, Saturday, March 12, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.grand. in The Ward Centre Theater: Community Set Build Day
  The Ward Centre Theater invites you to bring together us for our second community build-day for our bound production ofArsenic & Old Lace. We volition be building prepare pieces, painting, and more often than not merely working on the technical side of the production. There will be pizza provided for lunch.This is open to all members of the community and friends. It's the perfect take a chance to get involved in the arts, get your proper name in the program, and see how a show gets put together!Electronic mail Sarah Watson, Resident Designer/Scene Shop Manager, if yous are interested in joining us for all or role of the 24-hour interval.
  

• Leap Shorts
  The product staff of Jump Shorts, our drove of student-written, comedy performances, is looking for actors, directors and assistant directors to join this extra-curricular theatrical endeavor. Please contact faculty advisor Ann Turiano for additional data: aturiano@spsfg.org. Operation dates are May 6 and 7.
  
• Music Lessons Available
  Our Applied Music Lessons at The Ward Center are open to Centre, Lower, and Upper School arts students, also every bit the community, through the cease of the schoolhouse year. Students have the opportunity to study pianoforte, vox, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, woodwinds, contumely, drums, percussion, guitar (electric and acoustic), and electric bass, amid other instruments. They will also perform in a spring recital. While lessons have commenced for the term, openings are available at prorated rates. Please contact Lee Mueller for additional information and to register: lmueller@stpaulsschool.org.

ATHLETICS

• Click here for the weekly game schedule.

• Autumn Sport Starting time Date
  If your daughter is interested in playing a fall sport, please exist mindful of the Baronial fifteen kickoff date when making summer plans. Upper School students are expected to exist at the first practice to participate on a team this fall.

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If you take any questions, delight feel gratuitous to contact:

Monica Davis
Atomic number 82 Class Coordinator
mdavis@jhu.edu

St. Paul'southward School for Girls

P.O. Box 8000, Brooklandville, Maryland 21022
TEL. 410.823.6323   FAX. 410.828.7238

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