Dear St. Andrew's Families,

We have had another packed week, but look forward to next weekend's Alumni Arts Festival beginning Friday, November 8. The festival celebrates alumni in the arts with special speakers, the world-renowned Cypress String Quartet, a gallery show and workshops with over 30 alumni artists. All the students are signing up for workshops and you are absolutely invited to join them for all or part of the festivities.

Friday, November 8

12:00 p.m. — Investigative Journalist Cora Currier '05 (Bio), A. Felix duPont, Jr. Chapel
6:45 p.m. — Alumni Arts Festival Gallery Opening, Warner Gallery (Artist Catalogue)
8:00 p.m. — Cypress String Quartet, Engelhard Hall

Saturday, November 9

9:00 a.m. — Keynote, Award-Winning Filmmaker Eva Sayre '97 (Bio), Engelhard Hall
10:00 a.m. — Workshops with Alumni Artists (View and Sign Up)
2:00 p.m. — The Cannon Game vs. Tatnall School

We invite you to sign up for workshops and register for all events in the Alumni Center.

All the best,
Will Robinson '97
Communications

A Parent Gift

In one of the most poignant and emotional moments of the year so far, Michael Alexander '15 presented Tad with a flag from his father serving in Afghanistan. The flag was flown in honor of St. Andrew's over the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force at the Afghanistan Fallen Comrade Memorial, Camp Vance Compound, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. It will be forever displayed in Founders Hall as a reminder of the service and sacrifice of Michael's father and all our military personnel.

Students Welcome Jodie Markell

Professional actor and director Jodie Markell spent a day on campus this week offering master classes to film and drama students. Jodie is the aunt of William Wetter ’14 (sister of William’s mom, Allison) and was incredibly gracious and generous with the students. "I really enjoyed working with Mrs. Markell," said Bella Miller '14. "She jumped right in without any hesitation and gave really clear advice and asked really interesting questions about my character that I had never considered before. She offered a new challenge, but I think having a fresh voice in my head was really helpful and I hope she will come back and help us work on future projects!"

Wednesday Night Chapel

Please listen to this week's Wednesday Night Chapel talk from Al Wood (right with his beautiful family). It's been making the rounds for good reason.

Congratulations Lea Wainwright P'15

We send our congratulations and appreciation to Lea Wainwright P'15 on being named the 2013 Delaware Teacher of the Year. Lea has excelled as a French teacher for 20 years and works at nearby Appoquinimink High School. The News Journal wrote a great piece about Lea in yesterday's paper.

November Polar Bear

The air was mild, but the water was cold on Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. for the second Polar Bear jump of the year. The III Form continued their strong participation and Batman made an appearance to ensure everyone's safety.

Congratulations Boys Soccer!

Boys Varsity Soccer finished the regular season at 10-4-1 and played absolutely beautiful and tireless soccer en route to suffering only one loss in their last eleven games. The boys earned the #5 seed in the state tournament and will play Brandywine at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Go Saints!

Students Attend United Way of Delaware's GSA Summit

We are so proud of our Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) leaders who represented St. Andrew's this weekend as models for other schools in Delaware. Five VI Form girls traveled to Wilmington to discuss and learn about ways to be advocates for LGBTQ high school students. Here they are below with U.S. Senator Chris Coons.

Movember 2013

On behalf of our many participants, we apologize in advance for any awkwardness that arises from our effort to grow moustaches this month as part of Movember. Today is our first day and many of us are throwing vanity to the wind to raise money and awareness for men's cancer. Please visit the St. Andrew's team page to learn more or join us!

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The SAS Disc Club

Daniel DeVeau ’14 and John McArthur ’16 offered one of the most compelling club advertisements to date with their video for the St. Andrew’s Disc Club. The boys hit a variety of trick shots around campus in an attempt to lure new members.

In the Classroom

Joshua Meier leads his Photography I students in a critique of work displayed on a new photo wall built earlier in the week by Jason Wiley.

A St. Andrew's Moment

The entire community celebrates Happy Vasquez for his 45 years of service to St. Andrew’s during a recent School Meeting.

Interdisciplinary Event

Arts Department Co-Chair will provide a lecture on art history to US History 5/6 students at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Engelhard Hall. You can find his talk on our livestream channel. Special thanks to Patrick Finnegan ’15 for manning the camera tonight.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!

It's never too early to send along travel plans for both Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. Please send itineraries to Dave Miller at damiller@standrews-de.org.

▪ November 8 — Haroldson Master Class and Concert, Cypress String Quartet
▪ November 8-9 — Alumni Arts Festival, Homecoming
▪ November 23 — V Form College Day (details)
▪ November 23 — Leave for Thanksgiving Break, 12:00 p.m.
▪ December 2 — Return from Thanksgiving Break, 6:00 p.m.

Full School Calendar — Athletics Calendar