This special association honors alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends who choose to sustain the mission of Germantown Friends School through planned and estate gifts. Members of the Open Door Society have made a provision in their estate plans to support GFS, through their will or by some other deferred gift that ultimately benefits the school. For more information about The Open Door Society, please contact Lise Twiford, director of development, at or ltwiford germantownfriends.
The ultimate goal is to garner support from the extended GFS community in order to create and grow an endowment for the global studies program. The Winchester College Exchange, established in , enables four seniors each year to attend the prestigious school in Winchester, England, for three weeks. And the brand-new Spanish immersion trip to Peru for advanced Spanish-language students will serve as a capstone experience to their study at GFS. Student trips resonated deeply with alumni as well; they provided powerful educational and introspective experiences and memories, as well as created bonds-for-life with students from other parts of the world.
In [that] rich, educational environment… I felt inspired and empowered, as both a student and as a woman of color. We have students who are traveling to South Africa and visiting Robben Island one day, and hiking into a remarkable cave in the Cradle of Humankind, where an early hominid was found, on another.
What is more thrilling than that? Top: Boarding the plane to kick off the European Choir tour. Middle: French students at Berlioz's Tomb in Paris in Above: Spanish V students help clear a hillside in Puerto Rico for a coffee plantation in If you are interested in making a donation to support student travel this year, helping to create an endowed fund, or would like more information, please contact Lise Twiford, director of development, at or ltwiford germantownfriends.
Their endearing warmth and deep love for GFS and its students was contagious. The Loebs took great joy in financially supporting the school. The Loebs continued as proud supporters of the arts at GFS until their deaths in and , respectively. As they mourned their loss, they considered how they might honor the memory of their parents and continue their legacy. The answer: the David S. Loeb, Jr.
Loeb Memorial Scholarship Fund, established in. The collective effort to meet the challenge was contagious. Faculty, parents, and alumni shared personal stories about what inspires their love for GFS. Students wrote thank you notes to the first donors. Even the Tiger showed up to pose for pictures with students decked out in Valen-. The love the community showed for our school was overwhelming, and we far surpassed the goal of gifts—with the final number of donors topping out at , or percent of the original goal.
The inaugural recipients of this new fund are two current Upper School students, who exemplify the qualities of David and Barbara: curious, creative, care and compassion for community, and love of the arts. By Michelle Sonsino. In January , supported by the Class of Grant, Culp and Friedman traveled to Cuba to explore how individuals, groups, and students are working to strengthen their communities and make lasting social change—through art.
In Cuba, art is not a luxury, but a central concept, tool, and way of life that shapes society. In Cuba, the arts are funded by the government: free dance classes are conducted in parks and children can take art at local community centers. In Cuba, art shapes education and advocacy in bold, unapologetic ways, bringing people of all ages together to make change and express themselves.
Culp and Friedman were inspired to learn more after they discovered some beautiful Cuban artists during their J-Term class. Through rich and often extremely open conversations with a diverse array of people, Culp and Friedman gained a much deeper understanding of the complexity of the region, and the beautiful and powerful work that is happening all over the island.
Highlights of their itinerary included trips to community arts centers, which organized social justice projects with kids, such as poster and banner design and filmmaking; viewing public music and art schools outside Havana, which provide free classes year-round; visiting a cooperative community centered on collaboratively advocating through musical and artistic expression; observing an art class in a local garden; speaking with an Afro-Cuban filmmaker, who is celebrated throughout the country; and meeting many talented and powerful artists, some well-known and others under the radar, such as Gloria Rolando.
Head Masters Three teachers transitioned to department-head roles this year, exhibiting their expertise and experience—and passion for education. As the new director, he is committed to ensuring that all students learn how to create, build, and problem-solve with modern technology—and understand the ethics of using digital platforms.
As the clerk of the Design Lab Working Group, an interdepartmental research and program development committee, he is excited to help identify new, relevant ways to teach theory, design, and application.
In middle school, he was able to spend more time tinkering with. The poor teacher running the computer lab was unable to fix it. While studying for his degree, he created his own experiments: writing code, machining parts, and designing setups, learning and applying many computer science languages. Additionally, he has taught in higher education as an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Connecticut.
Her grandfather had studied the Classics in Haiti, and the two bonded over the study of language. As she learned more about the culture and stories of ancient times, she developed an expertise in translation and reading; in eighth grade, she entered the Massachusetts Junior Classical League and attended state and national competitions and conventions. In college, she interned at a middle school in Holyoke, MA, where she was concerned to see students who were not excited about learning, and developed an interest in equity and education.
He has been teaching theatre at GFS since , and moved into the role of co-head last school year, partnering with former longtime department head Lisa Burns to create a rich, thoughtful, and joyful program for all ages.
People For People Charter School. While she loved teaching language arts, she ultimately decided to return to her first love: Latin. In class, as a department head, and as a mentor, she helps students discover and appreciate the world beyond what we know and see, and encourages them to ask questions, travel, read, and discuss. It also offers joyous opportunities for our youngest learners. At Eastern College, he studied intercultural communication with a focus on theatre, dance, and economic development—a deeply interconnected combination that continues to guide and inspire his leadership.
After college, Miller went on to study with different artists and companies, and worked professionally as a performer and director before. Collaborative Arts. The company uses theatre to bring together students from diverse neighborhoods and backgrounds in creative, collaborative relationships. In addition to serving on the board at Yes! His deep roots in the community add greatly to the GFS theatre experience, showing students the impact they can make through the arts.
Yet while it presents as one continuous photo, in reality, it is a collage of thousands of images stitched together into a seam-. I wanted to connect all of the buildings with the wires; I was thinking about Comcast and the communication that comes to all of our houses.
Throughout the project, they called me The Connector, I felt like a superhero! I thought of other titles, but I just kept coming back to. I like my titles to be pretty simple and direct. To create the appearance of a continuous photo story, with everything in hyper-focus, she had to manipulate the images and play with perspectives. This is the result of photographing isolated trees, cutting precisely around each and every limb and bloom, then layering the cut-outs in the photographs.
The bridge on one side of the river is just as clear as the other side. Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts wanted the project to be Philadelphia-focused, featuring artists with a connection to the city, to showcase its rich history in the arts, industry, and maker culture.
Our collection includes furniture makers, sculptors, lighting and textile designers; everything was custom made for the. We put a lot of time, effort, and thought into what went into the building and the artists who were selected, and how their work was [in relation to] the architecture. That [Comcast] hallway is big and hundreds of feet long, and she just knows how to work with that scale.
That gave us a great amount of comfort when it came to putting her on the short list. The entrance to Zwerling's installation feels like a light-filled tunnel inviting you to experience a jewel-box-of-a-surprise inside. In order to add more green to her palette, she scouted various locations, including the GFS campus, to find trees in bloom, representative of the Philadelphia landscape, that she could shoot in isolation.
She changed her daily routine,. By summer, she had the concept nailed down, what each panel would represent, and a photo library of hundreds of trees and buildings. During spring and summer of , Zwerling recruited some GFS students and recent alumni to help her cut out each of the elements that went into the collage.
It was a Herculean task. The biggest panel, 65 feet long, when I scaled it up to actual size, I could only see one or two details at a time. I really love that people think I happened to find a day where everything was in bloom. Ask me in a couple of years. This practice of shared wisdom inspired our approach and priorities.
Following a two-year journey of reflection and discovery that challenged the GFS community to imagine our future in a changing world, the School Committee explored the ideas shared by students, families, faculty, staff, and neighbors, while considering economic drivers, the local context, and the broader education landscape. School Com-. With a nearly.
Our vision is comprised of a vision statement, guiding principles, and four priorities: Mission-Driven Program, Learning in Community, Strength and Stewardship, and Responsible Impact. Our campus master plan, a core element of Responsible Impact, outlines exciting upgrades to our facilities that support Volume I We are already moving forward with many components of our strategic vision and are thoughtfully planning steps toward an important campaign that will help us realize our goals.
In addition to campus renewal efforts, we will grow our endowment with the principal objective of increasing equity and access through a more robust financial aid budget. Lighting the Way inspires bold actions and relies on unity and a broad, community-wide commitment to realizing our goals. Now is the time to double down on our core Lower School students explore strategic vision concepts in front of the Loeb Auditorium. Please be on the lookout for regular updates on our progress and examples of our strategic vision in action.
This idea supports the creation of opportunities to inspire the mind, body, and spirit of our faculty, staff, and students. We want GFS to serve as an incubator for innovation in teaching and learning, to continue to support and encourage professional and leadership development. We are committed to investing in the health and well-being of our students.
Our goal is to create and extend educational enrichment programs, forge more community education partnerships, and exchange and share learning within our community and beyond. Over time, the school experienced numerous land acquisitions and construction initiatives, many due to the support of generous donors. GFS partnered with Philadelphia-based DIGSAU and New York-based Leslie Gill Architect to develop a thoughtful strategy for the campus that shares our vision and directives; creates an inclusive, interconnected community; and provides ideal, modern, and adaptive spaces for our students to best learn.
We will continue to honor the Quaker values of simplicity and stewardship in our approach to the design and feel of the campus, embracing renovations and alterations to meet the needs of the GFS student body and support our educational pedagogy.
Foley Volume I After she had finished, she asked her captivated Lower School audience if anyone had a question. King; greeting cards and plush toys, calendars and sock puppets; almost , followers on Facebook. Last summer, two colleagues and I had the privilege of taking a road trip to rural northwestern Connecticut to meet the prolific Sandy Boynton, where we spent a few short hours basking in her creative presence.
When we pulled up to the gate at the foot of a long driveway, we were met, not surprisingly, by two, plump, cartoonish Boynton chickens sitting atop the pillars that flanked the entrance, announcing that we had arrived.
The interior is a tribute to her empire: the entrance hall. She served us tea, talked shop, dispensed advice, all with a healthy dose of her signature, wry humor. Forgive me as I devolve into a bit of fan-girling, but here are seven reasons why I am now the new, selfappointed president of the Sandy Boynton Fan Club.
Before there was Earthquake, the GFS student newspaper that launched in , there was the Pastorian, which, from to , functioned variously as a news publication, alumni magazine, yearbook, and literary magazine—sometimes all at once.
Little boy Billy started to cry, his mother got nervous and baked him a pie. Fast forward to high school, and Boynton saw her first illustrations published in the Philadelphia Bulletin. Boynton began selling her greeting cards while she was an undergraduate at Yale University. I thought he would take care of her. But as we look more and more into this, it might not have been as great as people online perceived.
And the next thing her parents know, Laundrie returned from their trip alone, quickly lawyering up and refusing to speak with authorities after her parents reported his partner missing. Several weeks later, her body was found in Wyoming, and her death was eventually ruled as a homicide by manual strangulation.
Meanwhile, the only person who most likely knows what happened to Gabby is currently on the run with nowhere to be found. The supermodel and AGT host looked super sculpted as she prepped for date night while in her underwear. She credits long outdoor runs for her rockin' bod.
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