SFDS eNewsAnnouncements

Search Committee for Head of Upper School

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:06:09 +0000

The membership of the Search Committee is listed below.

Carolyn Sasser has agreed to serve as Chair. She will be the primary person responsible for connecting with consultants, scheduling meetings, and facilitating a thoughtful and inclusive process.

Committee Members are:

Carolyn Sasser – Administrator, Business Manager
Sue Collentine – Administrator, Head of Lower School
Lisa Busby – Teacher – High School Admissions, Coordinator of Strategic Plan Implementation
Renee Otero – Teacher – Librarian, Director of Diversity
Carter Graham – Teacher – Grade 5
Jeff Turner – Teacher – Grade 6/7 Math
David Wildkress – Teacher – Grade 7 Learning Resource Program
Chris Corrigan – Teacher – Service Learning, Technology, Writing Lab
Laura Spivy, Parent, member of Board of Trustees
Beth Berliner, Parent, member of Board of Trustees
John Hayashi, Parent, member Parent Group on Diversity, Admission Volunteer

I am not an official member of the Search Committee, but I will sit in on the meetings and interviews as an observer.

The initial responsibilities of the Search Committee will be to: a) read resumes, b) work with consultants to identify a group of semi-finalists, c) interview the group of 12-15 semi-finalists, and d) select three finalists. This part of the process is strictly confidential. The larger community will not have any information about the group of semi-finalists. It is important that all of us respect the confidentiality of this part of the process.

The public phase begins with the introduction of the three finalists who will each spend a day at SFDS. All members of our community will have an opportunity to interview the three candidates and offer feedback to the Search Committee. The Search Committee will at the end of the process send its recommendations to the Head of School for a final decision and the official offer of an employment contract with SFDS.

The Search Committee has an important and time consuming task ahead. A Thank You is certainly appropriate in anticipation of their work!

Sincerely,

Dr. David Jackson

SFDS Emergency Communications Update

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:14:22 +0000

We are enhancing our emergency communications systems and need your help!

Our present emergency communication model uses an out-of-state mass notification service that forwards a recorded voicemail from SFDS to our parents, guardians and out-of-state contacts. Since voice traffic dramatically increases during emergency situations, we are supplementing our model with additional emergency channels.

1) FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AS AN EMERGENCY CHANNEL

Twitter allows any cell phone to communicate in mass to other cell phones via Tweets (140 character text messages). We like Twitter for its low network overhead, its scalability, ease of use, and price. Simply put, it allows us to text the parent body, in mass, in case of an emergency.

We will continue to manage and use our out-of-state mass notification service. The Twitter emergency communication model will be a voluntary and complementary communications channel.

Here’s how it works:
SFDS has created three accounts that we ask our parents and guardians to “follow.” In case of an emergency (and during testing) you will receive three text messages from SFDS. Each message will be from a different SFDS cell phone and cell phone carrier:

SFDSe1 will be sent on the Verizon network
SFDSe2 will be sent on the AT&T network
SFDSe3 will be sent on the Sprint network

Follow us!
Parents do not need to have a Twitter account to receive Tweets. To voluntarily receive SFDS emergency text messages on your cell phone, just send the following text messages:

“Follow SFDSe1″ to 40404
“Follow SFDSe2″ to 40404
“Follow SFDSe3″ to 40404

Note: Do not use the quotation marks and capitalization doesn’t matter. You will receive confirmation texts from Twitter for each account that you are following. These accounts are only for emergency and testing purposes, and will not to be used by SFDS or Twitter for any other purpose.

2) MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE GREAT SHAKEOUT

On October 20th, San Francisco Day School is participating in the Great California ShakeOut to help our school expand its emergency preparation efforts.

We will test this system periodically throughout the year:

First Twitter test is Thursday, October 20, as part of the Great California ShakeOut
Following tests will take place on the first Tuesday of the month at noon, in concert with SF’s “Tuesday Noon Siren” project. This is a local effort to remind SF residents to plan for natural disasters, terrorist attacks or epidemics.

3) UPDATE YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO

It is every family’s responsibility to provide the School with up-to-date home, employment, and emergency contact information. Please update and confirm your information at https://familyaccess.inresonance.com/sfds/. Click here for detailed instructions and contact registrar@sfds.net, if you encounter technical difficulties.

PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO SIGN UP BY THURSDAY, OCT. 20TH!

Questions? Concerns? Contact Danny De Leon at 415-568-3640. Click here for more info on the Great California Shakeout.

A Call for Yearbook Ads…Deadline is Jan 22!

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:33:05 +0000

Please don’t miss this opportunity to show your appreciation for an SFDS student!

Yearbook recognition ads are a great way for parents, families and friends to commemorate student achievements and important milestones. To purchase your ad online, go to www.JostensAdService.com and choose your ad size, template and upload your pictures. If you prefer to upload a custom ad, you can save it as a JPEG and upload as one image.

Questions? Contact our Jostens representative, Lana Chung 415-310-9980 or Lana.Chung@Jostens.com.

Details*:
Full Page $180.00
1/2 Page $95.00

*Please contact Michelle Phillips, 2010-11 Yearbook Advisor, with any concerns or questions regarding pricing. 415-568-3634 or mphillips@sfds.net

All ad orders must be placed online by Saturday, January 22!