Dear Upper School Parents & Students, 

Today marks the halfway point of the 2nd quarter. With two weeks until Thanksgiving break, the semester is rapidly flying by! 

This week, Upper School students enjoyed a visit from Marcus Amaker as part of the Dent Poetry and Prose series. Marcus is Charleston’s first Poet Laureate, an opera librettist, and an Academy of American Poets fellow. Thank you to Mr. Wynn and Ms. Mitchell for the opportunity to hear spoken verse! 

On Wednesday afternoon, 41 SDS Upper Schoolers left to attend the annual Youth in Government conference in Columbia. As of the writing of this post, students were actively presenting and debating their bills! As such, I’ll have more updates in next week’s edition. Thank you to Ms. McGrath, Dr. Duncan, Ms. Sullivan, and Dr. Fisher for all the work that they did to help our students prepare and for chaperoning the trip! 

Senior Parents: Senior ads orders are now available. Please place your order by November 14 to ensure space is reserved for your Senior. To place an order, please check your email for a message from yearbook@sdsgriffin.org, or click here to access the online order form.

Looking forward, here’s what is on the horizon for the division: 

• Friday, November 7
  • Parents’ Community Family Movie Night @ 6 PM on Presnell Front Lawn
• Saturday, November 8
  • SDS SAT Administration @ 7:00 AM in Presnell
• Monday, November 10
  • 11th Grade College Night @ 6:00 PM in the Seminar Room
• Tuesday, November 11
  • Veteran’s Day: Flag the Lawn
• Wednesday, November 12
  • 10th Grade Presentation: Distracted Driving Awareness
• Saturday, November 15
  • Touch-a-Truck Community Event @ 9:00 AM 
• Monday, November 17
  • International Student Day
• Tuesday, November 18
  • US Coffee with Counselors @ 8:00 AM in the Intermediate Library
    • Topic: Stress, Perfectionism, and Pressure
• Wednesday, November 19
  • Senior Parents: Financial Aid Night @ 6:00 PM in the Seminar Room
• Friday, November 21
  • Parents’ Community Bake Sale
• Monday, November 24 - Friday, November 28
  • Thanksgiving Break!

Winter sports are gearing up, so please check the athletic calendars for the most up-t0-date information. 

I hope that everyone will join us for the Parents’ Community Family Movie Night this evening, and I wishing you all a restful weekend!

Warmly, 

Jenny Glenn
Head of Upper School