Tradition & Today - Baldwin School

People of Color Conference (ABOVE)
Dean of Students Pooh Gephart and juniors, Morgan Dawkins,
Kayla Cohen, Delia Sudler and Diane Ku volunteered for Habitat
for Humanity in New Orleans, LA in December 2008 when they
attended the National Association of Independent Schools People
of Color Conference. The first day of the conference was spent laying
sod in the rain with Habitat in the Musicians Village of the 9th
Ward, followed by two full days of workshops and presentations.
Holiday Community Service (RIGHT)
Getting ready to send more than 70 “Santa Sacks” to children
served by the Consortium of West Philadelphia are front row
– third graders, Zoe Stevens, Sophie Krause and Haley Tavares;
and back row – sophomores Elizabeth Auritt and Traianne Peek.
In December 2008, students and faculty purchased, collected and
wrapped new gifts and organized them into customized sacks, each
for an individual child designated by the Consortium. The project
was organized by Hattie Holmes, former head of housekeeping at
Baldwin.
B A L D W I N N E W S M A K E R S
Book Fair
FAR LEFT
“Bear-E Yourself in a Book” was the theme
of this year’s annual Book Fair held during
the first week of December 2008 at Children’s
Book World in Haverford. The Fair included
such special events as a poster contest, a PreK
slumber party, Muffins with Mom, Pretzels
with Pop and cookies and hot chocolate for the
Middle School. Dressed for the PreK slumber
party are Co-chairs Shinju Lee, Annmarie
Cappalonga Bunn ’85 and Kim Beauvais.
LEFT
Third grader Sabrina Rustgi won the Book Fair
poster contest with her beautiful artwork.
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