SSFS Alumni & Friends Quarterly eNewsletter
Fall 2020
Table of Contents
Fall
2020
Features
- Video: Head of School Rodney Glasgow Chats with Shoshanna Sumka '90
- SSFS Continues Virtual Learning Through First Semester
- Nicole Lee Joins SSFS as Interim Director of DEI
- Looking Forward to 2020-21 Events
- SSFS Family Organizes Hajj Drive-Thru on Campus
- Play by Erin Gruodis-Gimbel '18 Read on Virtual Stage
Remembering Friends
- Jeffrey Lee '69
- Wendy Shindler '89
- Kathy Wright
Join Us!
- Laps for Lexi 2020
- Welcoming Rodney!
- Classes of 1968-72 Virtual Gathering
Around Campus
- Welcome, Friends!
- PVAC Adopts Condensed Three-Season Athletics Calendar for 2020-21 School Year
- SSFS Alumni in Advancement
- Congratulations, Lisa Penkowsky '83!
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Sandy Spring Friends School
Wednesday, September 2 marked SSFS's 59th First Day of School—a first day like no other! Sandy Spring Friends School kicked off the 2020-21 school year in virtual mode, with the first few days of school dedicated to grade and class orientation sessions, building community, and getting comfortable with schedules. And, of course, we welcomed new faculty, new students, and new Head of School Rodney Glasgow to a brand-new year!
As we settle into the routine of a new school year, it is amazing how some things—even in our virtual world—remain the same. Lower, Middle, and Upper School Back to School Nights, College Counseling Information Nights, the All-School Opening Assembly, Laps for Lexi, Community Day: although the experience is different, these events continue to be markers of fall at SSFS.
In that spirit of maintaining community and connection in a world that looks very different, we are delighted to share this Fall Quarterly eNewsletter. Please see the articles below to learn more about SSFS's plans for the virtual first semester, mark events coming up in the next several weeks, learn about the new faculty and staff who joined SSFS over the summer, and celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni. Be sure to bookmark the "Gnu Stories: Highlights from the SSFS Community" podcast, too, for regular podcasts offering updates on happenings at Sandy Spring Friends School.
We hope that you are safe and well, and we look forward to seeing many of you at one or more of our virtual events this fall!
Features
Remembering Friends
Join Us!
September 26, 2020
October 1, 2020
October 3, 2020
Around Campus
This year, we are excited to welcome 23 new faculty and staff members to the Sandy Spring community!
On July 22, the PVAC voted to postpone the start of the fall sports season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As an alternative, PVAC Athletic Directors came together to create a condensed three-season plan beginning in January.
We’re excited to have three SSFS alumni on the Advancement team this year. Meet them below!
Congratulations to SSFS alumna, Middle School humanities teacher, and parent Lisa Penkowsky ’83, who married Mark Nicholson at the beach by the Bay on August 10.