2006-2007 Fall/Winter Directions - Friends' Central School

TAKE NOTE
Enjoying the exhibition
In May, the Friends’ Central Quaker Life
Group organized an exhibition in observance
of Memorial Day outside the cafeteria,
followed by a potluck picnic to
honor the sacrifice of men and women
who gave their lives, to mourn the damage
of war and the suffering of all it
affects, and to honor those who have
given their lives in the nonviolent struggle
for justice, freedom, and peace. The display
featured information about wars the
United States participated in, some personal
accounts of war and nonviolent
action, information on the Quaker peace
testimony, information about the peace
witness in other religious traditions, information
about conscientious objection,
and information about literature on nonviolence.
This year’s Quaker Life Group is
off to a strong start. They met on
November 15th to hear from four faculty
members in the School.
Daniel Colon ’96 won a Fulbright
Scholarship to conduct dissertation
research in Santiago, Chile. Colon earned
a B.A. from Tufts University and then
returned to Friends’ Central to teach
Daniel Colon ’96
Spanish from 2001–2003. He is currently
pursuing a Ph.D. in Latin American and
Brazilian Literature at the University of
Notre Dame. His dissertation will offer a
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post-Cold War re-reading of
the political poetry of Chilean
Nobel Laureate, Pablo Neruda.
In Santiago, Colon will be
researching archives containing
manuscripts and letter at the
Pablo Neruda Foundation and
interviewing writers and politicians.
For more from Colon,
please read “Notes From
Friends.”
Gabe Bloomfield ’07 was a
semi-finalist in the Young
Playwrights’ Inc. national competition
this summer for his
play, “Snow is Falling.” Gabe will be writing
and directing a new play for the ninth
and tenth grades to premiere on May
25th, 2007.
Patrick Carrenard ’01 is the 2006-2007
recipient of the Joey Pozzuolo Memorial
Scholarship at Temple Law School. The
scholarship was established by Joey’s family
to benefit a Friends’ Central graduate or
faculty member attending Temple Law
School. There have been three recipients
so far, Patrick, Catherine Gowa ’98, and
former faculty member, Chesley Lightsey.
The seventh grade enjoyed their annual
trip to Echo Hill, an outdoor school on
the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay,
in September. The camping trip, organized
by Middle School teacher Angelo
Valle, introduces the seventh grade to the
focus of their science curriculum—living
in the natural world. The activities include
ecology, boating, and orienteering and are
designed to encourage the class to work
together even as each member tests his or
her individual strength and creativity.
M. Ziffer ’07, W. Hockeimer ’09, A. Turka ’08, B. Laing ’08, E. Berger ’08,
R. Segal ’08, E. Baron ’06, L. Brenner ’08, A. Thomas ’06, N. Nacov ’06,
A. Valen-Levin ’06, D. Gershkoff ’06, S. Amado ’06, E. Simins ’06,
M.Lytton ’06, J. Senker ’06, L. Loesch-Quintin ’06, E. Radson ’07, A.
Corenswet ’09, S. Backal-Balik ’09, E. Pereira ’07, N. Kirk ’07, R. Arauz-
DeStefano ’07, E. Atta-Fynn ’07, J. Kantor ’07
Thirty-four Friends’ Central students participated
in Le Grand Concours, or National
French Contest, a 60-minute national
examination, designed, written, financed,
and disseminated by the members of the
American Association of Teachers of French.
Its purpose is to help stimulate further
interest in the teaching and learning of
French and to help identify and reward
achievement on the part of both students
and teachers. Over 100,000 students participate
nationwide.
Justin Nicolai ’10, Chloe Terres, Samantha
Greenberg ’10, Samantha Karpinski ’10, Christian
Weber ’10, Lauren Wilkinson ’10, Megan Holt ’10,
Madelena Rizzo ’10, Lizzie McMorris ’10
Yorito Nakata ’12, Samuel Brodfuehrer ’12, Franz Hueber ’12, James Ulrich ’12, Pedro Rangel ’12, Gemmika
Champion ’12, Shae Norcini ’12, Katherine McElroy ’12, Paula Burkhardt ’12, Liza Bergmann ’12 at Echo Hill