ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24
FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dear members of the Buckingham Friends School community,
Each year as we prepare the Annual Report, my reflections center on innumerable experiences of our students, accomplishments of talented teachers, stewardship of our
trustees, engagement of parents and families, and the generosity of the extended BFS community. This report presents the story of all of those gifts, each deeply valued and appreciated, and I extend heartfelt appreciation to all who gave so generously.
Giving to BFS came from all directions. Annual Fund gifts provided program support, funded new materials and books, and helped us to increase faculty salaries. Proceeds of the Auction enhanced financial aid while benefiting the entire community. Significant giving through Pennsylvania’s EITC program boosted financial aid and the operating budget. Special gifts added to the JEM Fund, new athletic equipment, and much more. Every gift, each an expression of care and support, and the participation of so many members of the BFS community had an important impact on all that we valued, pursued, and accomplished.
This year, though, it’s impossible to overlook the extensive physical changes that amounted to a collectively envisioned, mission-guided renewal of our campus that positions the School for a vibrant and purposeful future while honoring the spirit and character that have been hallmarks of BFS for 230 years. Thoughtful renovations of the Main Building have improved teaching and learning in the Upper and Middle Schools and provide increased connections between classes in each division. They also have created two new expanded learning commons and smaller spaces for collaborative work and
MISSION
Buckingham Friends School honors the Light within each person, inspires scholarship and spiritual community, and instills the value of caring for others and our world.
2023-2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Alexis Ridge-Simek, Clerk
Laura Kinnel, Assistant Clerk
George Yarnall, Secretary
Lisa Pretecrum, Treasurer
Drew Augenblick
Brad Bovee
Andrew Garrett ‘80
Michael Godshall
Daniel Holton-Roth ‘91
Chris Kerr
Lukas Makris
Annette Miller ‘73
Anne Porter
Tom Rogers
Julie Spears
ADMINISTRATION
Paul Lindenmaier
Head of School
Rossana Zapf
Associate Head of School
Melissa Clayton
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Katelynn Connolly
Director of Advancement
Sam Frenkel
Director of Finance and Operations
Karen Kemp
Director of Technology Innovation and Design
EDITOR
Katelynn Connolly
COVER PHOTO
Ozzie Oswald
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
blazar design studio
student support. A new properly sized Gymnasium is resplendent with natural wood and ample windows that are beautiful without being extravagant. The new Science Building moves the program from a box in a building to a destination nestled in the woods, where students have greater access to the natural world on our 44acre, wooded campus. A Community Connector building creates a bridge from the Arts Building to the Gymnasium and improves accessibility. Two new playgrounds and a bus canopy/pickup area greatly improve the student experience.
“ THE NEW SCIENCE BUILDING MOVES THE PROGRAM FROM A BOX
IN
A BUILDING
TO
A
DESTINATION NESTLED
IN THE WOODS, WHERE STUDENTS HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO THE NATURAL WORLD ON OUR 44-ACRE, WOODED CAMPUS.”
It’s extraordinary for a school as small as BFS to undergo this much capital improvement in so little time. Incredibly, all of the improvements—all of the future-focused, curricula-centered transformations—have been accomplished without using tuition dollars or money from our modest endowment. On behalf of the
entire BFS community, I extend heartfelt thanks for the breadth of vision and the depth of giving provided by so many community members.
One project, one final phase of our vision for BFS’s campus, lies before us. This year, we will harness the momentum we have experienced and continue to move forward regarding the renovation and expansion of the Arts Building. In doing so, we will further improve opportunities for students to express their originality, develop creative abilities, integrate more fully with other subjects, learn how the arts inspire and enrich our lives, and enhance their capacity to reflect our world and the human experience. I am pleased to share with you the enclosed booklet presenting the vision and plans, which are aligned with the campus plan we created as a community in 2020, and refined during an engaging process with our faculty, community members, and architects.
It is beyond evident to me that people, regardless of their affiliation with BFS, care deeply about this special school and everything we stand for. Thank you for your generosity and support of Buckingham Friends School.
Gratefully yours,
Paul Lindenmaier Head of School
FROM THE SUPER SEVEN TO THE FANTASTIC FIFTEEN…
Faculty, family, and friends celebrated the graduating Class of 2024 in the historic Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse on the evening of June 6. Sentiments of gratitude were shared, performances as unique as each child were displayed, and the sense of wholeness was ever-present in the room. This
year’s selected speaker, English teacher Jack Knetemann, spoke about the many strengths and accomplishments the graduates possess as individuals and as a group with stories showing how these qualities enriched their personal BFS experiences as well as the whole community. There were themes of embracing change,
having courage, and remaining focused on personal priorities as Jack reminded the graduates to “stay gold.” Following personal testimony about each student delivered by the dedicated faculty, the BFS Class of 2024 received their diplomas and made their final address to all in attendance with the traditional “As We Leave This Friendly Place.”
Congratulations to the BFS Class of 2024!
We are proud to share this list of secondary schools that our most recent graduates have chosen to build upon their BFS education: George School, The Pennington School, Solebury School, The Hun School, and Holicong Middle School.
FISCAL YEAR
(JULY 1, 2023–JUNE 30, 2024)
It is with much gratitude that we thank the Buckingham Friends School community for their generous and meaningful gifts and pledges during the 2023/ 2024 school year. With a total of $3,090,860.72 raised, we value every gift, pledge, and your continued support and belief in our mission.
ALL FUNDS COMBINED
THIS LIST REFLECTS ALL GIFTS FROM JULY 1, 2023, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024. ANY GIFTS RECEIVED AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN THE 2024- 2025 ANNUAL REPORT OF GIVING.
$400,000+
The Estate of Bernice F. Snyder
$150,000- $399,999
Anonymous
Carol and Louis Della Penna
The Scott Family
$100,000 - $149,999
Ashley Garrett ‘72 and Alan Jones
Geoff and Laura Kinnel
Matthew and Jennifer Zelesko
Zelesko Family Fund
$40,000 - $99,999
Karen and Alan Sheriff
The Sigety Family
Lousteau Family Foundation
George and Anne Yarnall Yarnall Family
$25,000 - $39,999
Charities Aid Foundation America
Christiane Duncan ‘92 and Robert Whittenberger ‘89
First Nat’l Bank of Newtown
Eric and Pam Pillmore
The Waldman Family
$15,000 - $24,999
110 Commerce Way, Inc.
Eric and Pam Pillmore Charitable Fund
Heather Fowler and Marshall Lewy
Peter and Jill Reardon
TB Philly, Inc.
Jeffrey Williams
$10,000 - $14,999
Dr. and Mrs. Neil Cohen
Commonwealth Fund-Grants
Karen and Bryan Connolly
Michael and Christine Godshall
Inspired Closets of Philadelphia
Andrew and Amy Taylor Popkin ‘78
Elizabeth D. Sigety
Sara Webster
Dale and Gail Whittenberger
$5,000- $9,999
Drew Augenblick
Jennifer and Steven Bilt
Martha Bomar and Joshua Linder
Lowell Cloete and Karen Robinson
Susan Hanover
John D. Spears Charitable Fund
Bob and Nortrud Loy
Yota Palli and Lukas Makris
Lisa Pretecrum
Marga R. Rogers ‘52
John and Cookie Spears
Tyndale USA
Dorothy and Mike Zelesko
$2,500 - $4,999
Jennifer and John Cecilian
Andrew and Katelynn Connolly
Kim and Bill Dunn
Rob (’78) and Trey (’16) Dusek
Rachel Finkle and Sven Helmer
Bonnie and Andrew Garrett ‘80
Mr. Robin Kinnel
Paul and Margaret Lindenmaier
Lumen Financial Group
Lisa Parry
Arthur Ridge
Brian and Elizabeth Rizor
Tom and Kathy Rogers
Ami Shah and Div Telwala
Jeff Nicholas and Liz Sigety
Scott Wallace ‘65
Susan Keim Wiggins ‘77
$1,000 - $2,499
AmeriStructure, LLC
Anchor Run CSA
Anonymous
Chris and Stacey Antar
Amanda Ayre and Ian Kennedy-Kelly ‘88
Paul Bergquist and Anna Rivkin
Brad Bovee
Buckingham Friends Meeting
Buckingham Friends School School Board
Alexis Bundy and Raymond Flynn
Cecilian Partners, Inc.
Centerbrook
CNS Cleaning Company
Chris and Wendy Connard
Nancy and Terry Culleton
Patrick Darken and Mary Ellen Neylon Darken
Courtney and RJ Donnelly
Rod and Valerie Eastburn
Katie and Dennis Ferretti
Friends Fiduciary
Jill Frazier ‘94 and Christopher Peters
Gilmore and Associates, Inc
Robert Goldsborough ‘62
Beryl Hirsch
Dana Hunting and Derek McGeehan
Olwen and Bill Jarvis
Nadav and Amy Kaufman
Gail Keim
Laura and Andrew Kent
Mike and Sabrina Liddell ‘94
Naomi and Craig McMackin
The Merck Foundation
Lincoln and Julie Merwin
Annette White Miller ‘73
Phillips Family Charitable Fund
Jennifer and Robert Piasio
Catherine Anne Porter
Susan and David Rattner
Daisy Rodriguez-Kelly and Kevin Kelly
Robert N. Roop
Megan and Paul Sandhu
Matthew and Tiffany Schmidt
Mark Schmukler and Kaitlin Doyle
Schultz & Williams, Inc
Deanna and Bernis Shelton
Susan Smith
Solebury Friends Meeting
Lee and Marion Soskin
T&T Tree Service Inc.
Molly and Craig Unterseher
Karen Wachsmuth and Michael Hanke
Washington Crossing Animal Hospital, LLC
Webster Law
W.S. Cumby Construction
$500 - $999
Anne E. O’Day, DMD, MS
Anonymous
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Raymond and Elizabeth Bell
Gary Brackenridge
Caleb’s American Kitchen
Class of 2026
Debby Cepparulo
Laurie Rendall Coursin ‘63
Lee Randolph Cox ‘61
Dan and Betsy Crofts
Ellie and Jim Cusick
Michael and Alberta Duncan
Sarah Eastburn ‘99
EduTech
Gary Fassler and Gail Munz Fassler
Gallop Printing, Inc.
Jessica Getz and Gareth Smith
Douglas Haigh and Sandra Moreno
Rhiannon and Shawn Harrington
Bridget and Anders Haunso
Penn and Diane Holsenbeck
Indigenous Ingenuities
Cassandra Jackson and Reginald Ross
Joe and Nadine Lee
Caleb Lentchner
Michael and Simrit Lynch ‘03
John Mason and Kim Kiendl
Margaret and AJ Mayorga
Lauren and Ryan Mellon
Bethann Morgan ‘77
Grace and Shepard Morgan
Gregory Murphy
John and Silvia Napierski
Ozzie and Jane Oswald
Peddler’s Village
Jen and Jeff Pelus
PRN Consultants
Cassandra and Daniel Rasmussen
Evan Rattner ‘93
John and Amy Rieszer
Ariel Scott Siebe ‘96
Joseph Simek and Alexis Ridge-Simek
Dick Stephenson ‘44
Stephanie Thliveris
Sean Tracy
Michael-John Van Rhyn ‘78
Kimberly and Randolph Viscio
Wisler Pearlstine, LLP
Donald Woods
Leila Yusuf-Brown and Terrence Brown
$250 - $499
Andrew Abrams
Kelli and Ben Annequin
Anonymous
Jane W. AuWerter
Ayres Law LLC
Marguerite Ayres
Ann Shellenberger Bell ‘68
Bountiful Acres Garden Center
Annabelle Brainard ‘72
Christopher and Whitney Chandor
Class of 2024
Class of 2025
Class of 2028
Alex Cohen ‘95
Compass RE
Leila Yusuf
Cooper Mechanical, Inc.
Crofts Family Fund
William Dockhorn and Carol Wengert
Dragonfly Yoga Studio
Janet F. Gendaszek
Monai Goldstein
Robert and Christine Hale
Sam Hamill
Judith Heggestad
Brian and Sheila Joseph
Jules Thin Crust, LLC
Tom and Laura Kaufmann
Marcus Keep ‘73
Karen and John Kemp
Thomas and Doreen Kilkenny
Lockatong Engineering
McCaffrey’s Markets
Ken Miller ‘64
Anne Monoky and Curt Goldman
Jeff and Susan Moody
Chris Moore
Mira Nakashima-Yarnall and Jonathon Yarnall
Topaz and Charles Nobles
Mary Palladino
Lydia P. Quill
The Rapaport- Schabio Family
Laura Swanstrom Reece ‘87
George and Frances Rhoads
Cori Richards-Jones and Roland Jones
Jenna and Jimmy Richardson
Abigail Rizor ‘13
Gary Robinson and Amy Whitney
James A. Rose V ‘67
Sagefrog Marketing Group
Joseph and Rosemary Simek
Elizabeth Soskin and Roger Amidon
Sarah Stark and Lowell Flax
Cathy Stevens
Ian Stevens ‘86
Tinsman Bros. Inc.
Caroline Worsley-Koca and Dursun Koca
Rossana Admana Zapf
$100 - $249
Anonymous (2)
Frances Benson Altman ‘72
Nancy Amidon
Robert and Cheryl Baldi
Mary Jo Banis
Jena and Fred Bare
Heather L. Barnes ‘90
Morton and Janet Barnett
Kira and David Barrett
Frank Barry ‘51
Dan Baum-Baicker ‘03
Sara Baxter
Steve and Nadine Baxter
Carmen Berelson
Steve and Nancy Bernardini
Amy and Michael Bohn
James Brophy
Anna Resek Chung ‘95
Melissa Clayton
Tracy and Bob Collie
David and Nancy Keim Comley ‘83
Jackie Connard and Rennie Milne
Bouzha Cookman ‘71
Brian and Lauren Cortright
Eliza Baldi Costabile ‘93
Halie Craig
Stephen Cunning Jr. ‘96
Kristy DeFlores and Joshua Elliot
Meghan Delaney
Carol Ann Della Penna
Debbie DiMicco
Doylestown Monthly Meeting
Bill and Janet Eaton
Kimberlee Shoup Erney ‘78
Ottilie Flax ‘29
Sam Frenkel
Doug Friend ‘63
Alice and Mark Funk ‘66
Erik and Abigail Galardi
Michael and Jill Gallina
Adam and Jennifer Gibson
Cori Ginsberg-Seraydarian ‘87
Jay and Donna Ginsberg
Bill Gribbell ‘74
Bob and Mary Goldman
Linda Grubb and Kenneth C. Leonard, Jr.
Natalie Hamill and Josh Perlsweig
Andrew and Allison Hamilton
Dennis and Danielle Haupert
Robert Hillier and Jordan Hillier Adams ‘07
Emily Holton-Roth ‘94
Sarah Holton-Roth ‘93
Gergana Hubcheva and Justin Fraser
Robert and Claire Huffman
Marc and Bonnie Inver
Linda Kamel
Andy Kantra and Malaine Reed
Grace Kantra ‘19
Chris Keep ‘71 and Alison Mitchell ‘81
Russ Keep ‘69
Stephen Keib
Amelia and Kevin Kelly
Angad Khalsa
Anne-Marie and Lukasz Kisielewski
Jack Knetemann
Elizabeth and Peter Knouse
Ginny Work Kosoff ‘52
Lesley Larson
Deborah Northup Leng ‘62
Seychelle Leonard and Jeff Ferry
John Leydon ‘55
Jan Lipes and Janet Schulman
George and Maureen Long
Catherine Longabucco
Deborah Morgan Luquer ‘54
Rusty and Carol MacMullan
Genna and Dominic Marano
John and June Maziarz
Bob and Stephanie McBride
Douglas Wayne McGeehan
Herman Mihalich and Val Fusco
Crystal Miller-Spiegel and Ian Spiegel
David Mook
Kristin and Daniel Moore
Jennifer Murray
Laurance Narbut ‘85
Todd Patterson ‘69
Joyce Paul
Lynn Peacock
Peter and Karen Pearson
Ethan and Ginny Perry
Hannah Perry ‘07
Nelson and Christina Peterson
Alan H. Plough ‘69
Louann Plough
Katharina and Daniel Polka
Quaker Hill Foundation
Alison and Daniel Quill ‘85
Susan and Matthew Quinn
Marietta and Randy Quinby
Ellen W Reiss
Jim and Diana Resek
Sarah and Mark Richardson
Thomas L. Richie ‘66
Claude ‘52 and Margaret Robinson
Linay and Bruce Robinson
Gail and Richard Roche
Jesse Sandberg ‘03
Nancy and Keith Sandberg
Nicole Saunders and Alex Roche
Adam and Jessica Schmucker
Chris Searle
Larry Shane ‘48
Tom Sharbaugh and Krisitn Hayes
Kris Sinisi
Elizabeth Slim
Carol Spears
Marcia and Jeffrey Stark
David Starkey and Stephanie Jones ‘69
Pru Stasikewich ‘64
Barry and Becca Stephens
Jennifer and Eric Stephens
Jay and Joan Tanner
Kathryn Tanner ‘08
Susan Taylor and Michael Murphree
Laura Tendler
Barry and Cheryl Tice
James Townsend Jr. ‘57
Jillian Venne
Randall Wallace ‘68
Jonathan Weiner and Deborah Heiligman
Charles and Michelle Wendig
Greg Worsley
Vikki Zebro
UP TO $99
David Barry ‘55
Colleen Baumgardner
Bill Becker ‘18
Erika Bergquist
Regina Bernard and Ricardo Carreno
Fallon Brackenridge ‘24
Graham Brackenridge ‘26
Lorna Brackenridge ‘23
Julian Brown
Brooke and David Buchanan
Fran Burton Cagle
Charles and Melissa Calvert
Nelson Camp and Alice Maxfield
Sophie Caronello ‘88
Daniel Chang
Heather Chantal and Joshua Griffiths
Marian Cheng
Judy Clarke
Lucy Clayton ‘17
Patsy Clayton
Frank Connard Jr ‘57
Samantha and Joel Covington
Richard Cox
Meredith and James Cozzarelli
Anita Verna Crofts ‘84
Sarah Crofts ‘87
Barbara Cross
Abad Cruz and Abigail Santiago
Afia Dash
Marne Dietterich
Laura Downs
Art Du Vin
Bridget and Francis Duffy
Elizabeth Eschallier
Joyce Falsetti
Catherine Brooks Faure ‘85
Rhodes Christopher Faure ‘12
Patti Force
Erin Foster and Dennis Galvin
Sydney Fox
Amanda and Michael Frank
Stephanie Gordon Ftouh
Joseph Fusco
Carolyn Gadbois
James and Deborah Gallagher
Tori Gallagher ‘18
Megan Gambino
Philip W. Garrett-Engele ‘68
Douglas Gauck ‘84
Rosemarie and Donald Gibson Jr.
Rachel Girman
Rachel and Nora Griffin-Snipes
Benjamin Goldman
Joan Goldman
Ben and Alison Goodman
Eileen and Scott Griffiths
Dawn and Ken Harms
Jessica Harms and James Arnold
Jonah Dylan Finkle Helmer ‘13
Bruce Henderson and Cynthia Wallace
Joan Hilderley and Alex Clarke ‘79
Vickie Hodge and James Farrell
John and Christine Hoenstine
Joseph Holbert
Daniel Holton-Roth ‘91
Anna Honer ‘13
Stephanie and Roger Howard
Olivia Huffman ‘30
Maddie Huffman ‘26
Joanna Hurd
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hurd
Jennifer and Jacob Igval
Anna Johnson and Tucker Bodine
Sheila Ann Joseph
Jaime Katz
Jean Kaufman and Yossi Blutreich
Brennan Kinnel ‘10
Claire Kinnel ‘13
William C. Kuehn ‘57
Chloe Lentchner ‘15
Julian Lentchner ‘19
Lynn Lis and Tom Barker
Bill Lynch
Kimberly and Darren Malone
Peter and Camille Mancuso
Michele and Thomas Mazzo
Bridge McCartan
Jessica McCullough
Carly Mendelssohn and Matthew Eaton
Stacey Metzler
Laura Miller and Ben Fraser
Liz Minor
Toby and Juanelle Mochel
Jeffrey Morgan ‘58
Sean Mount ‘91
Paul Moyer
Mary Jackson Narbut
Mary Beth Nyce
Shannon O’Connell
Sara Oswald ‘15
Jean Partridge
Patricia Rasmussen
Elizabeth Cepparulo Renzo ‘96
Colby Rieszer ‘22
Keira Rieszer ‘25
Laura Roberts-Sampson
Roxana Barry Robinson ‘60
Sarah Robinson ‘94
Pamela Crilley Ross
Alexander T. Ryan ‘96
Wilford Saunders Jr. ‘83
Brenna Schreck ‘87
Eleanor Funk Schuster ‘70
Francie Plough Seder ‘72
Amol Shah
Aria Simek ‘26
Fiona Simek ‘22
Dawn Smeja
Rick and Jane Stager
Michael Styler
Lisa and Eric Thayer
Mishka Ivan Torres ‘26
Betsy Todd Uhl ‘56
Peggy Richie Weymouth ‘56
Holly L Wroten
Whitney Yarnall ‘01
Jackie Young
David and Rebecca Zemach-Lawler
Riannon and Jeremy Zorn
UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT
Curtis and Cinda Ball
Sally Drayer
The Kelly Family
Chris and Catherine Kerr
Catherine Kerr ‘00
Nick Kerr ‘96 and Jessica Kasten
Kearney McDonnell ‘08
Robert McLean and Jenepher and Edward J. Kelly Jr. Foundation
Jonathan and Jennifer Robinson
Isabella Tamburrino-Schreiber
Julie Spears and Eric Kaufmann
EITC PARTNERS
We are grateful to our EITC partners whose contributions amounted to a total benefit of $344,204.82 this past year for financial aid to qualified families. EITC is the improved Tax Credit program through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. BFS supporters also have the opportunity to participate in the EITC program through our membership in the Friends Collaborative* to receive tax credits.
110 Commerce Way, Inc.
Mark and Janice Waldman
Lowell Cloete and Karen Robinson *
Karen and Bryan Connolly *
Christiane Duncan ‘92 and Robert Whittenberger ‘89*
First Nat’l Bank of Newtown
Michael and Christine Godshall *
Inspired Closets of Philadelphia
Andy and Amy Taylor Popkin ‘78*
The Kelly Family *
Geoff and Laura Kinnel *
Paul and Margaret Lindenmaier *
Lisa Parry *
Arthur Ridge*
Jonathan and Jennifer Robinson*
Marga R. Rogers ‘52 *
Grace and Jonathan Scott *
Julie Spears and Eric Kaufmann *
TB Philly, Inc.
Peter and Jill Reardon
Stephanie Thliveris and Dana Harrison *
Sara Webster *
Dale and Gail Whittenberger*
George and Anne Yarnall*
RESTRICTED GIFTS AND GRANTS
For Quaker-based Faculty Professional Development
T. Wistar Brown Teachers Grant Fund
For Softball Field Infrastructure Improvements Anonymous
Girl’s Lacrosse Uniforms
Matthew and Jennifer Zelesko
For future Capital Projects
Anonymous
Julie Spears and Eric Kaufmann
Drew Augenblick
Paul Bergquist and Anna Rivkin
Martha Bomar and Joshua Linder
Brad Bovee
Charities Aid Foundation America
Dr. and Mrs. Neil Cohen
Katelynn and Andy Connolly
Laurie Rendall Coursin ‘63
Louis Della Penna Family
Christiane Duncan ’92 and Robert Whittenberger ‘89
Rob (’78) and Trey (’16) Dusek
Rod and Valerie Eastburn
The Estate of Bernice F. Snyder
Rachel Finkle and Sven Helmer
Heather Fowler and Marshall Lewy
Ashley Garrett ‘72 and Alan Jones
Bonnie and Andrew Garrett ‘80, P ’19, ‘20
Cori Ginsberg-Seraydarian ‘87
Christine and Michael Godshall
Daniel Holton-Roth ‘91
Catherine Kerr ‘00
Chris and Catherine Kerr
Nicholas Kerr ‘96
Geoff and Laura Kinnel
Mr. Robin Kinnel
Colleen and Tom Kulzer
Rachel and Michael Lousteau
Bob and Nortrud Loy
Annette White Miller ‘73
Gregory Murphy
Jeff Nicholas and Liz Sigety
Yota Palli and Lukas Makris
Phillips Family Charitable Fund
Eric and Pam Pillmore
Catherine Anne Porter
Lisa Pretecrum
Alexis Ridge-Simek and Joseph Simek
Brian and Elizabeth Rizor
Robert McLean and Jenepher and Edward J. Kelly Jr. Foundation
Tom and Kathy Rogers P’01, ‘04
The Scott Family
Karen and Alan Sheriff
Elizabeth D. Sigety
The Sigety Family
Cathy Stevens
The Waldman Family
Jeffrey Williams
Yarnall Family
The Zelesko Family Fund
THE FRIENDS COLLABORATIVE
Through our membership with the Friends Collaborative, EITC program participants will enjoy easier access to enrollment and benefit from the Collaborative’s support team, streamlining this process for you to receive tax credits while supporting financial assistance for BFS students!
Qualifying individuals and businesses have the opportunity to receive tax credits for supporting financial assistance for BFS students. Individuals and businesses in Pennsylvania can participate in the Friends Collaborative by making a minimum contribution of $3,000 per year for two consecutive years to support tuition assistance at BFS and fellow Quaker schools. In turn, participants receive a PA state tax credit for 90% of their contribution amount. As an example, a $10,000 Friends Collaborative gift to support tuition assistance has a net cost of just $1,000 to the donor – making this truly a win-win for donors and BFS! BFS receives at least 90% of every contribution from BFS donors, and the remainder supports scholarships at other Quaker schools in our area.
Learn more by contacting Katelynn Connolly, Director of Advancement at 215-794-7491 / kconnolly@bfs.org
In honor of “my class of 4th grade performers in the production of H.M.S. Pinafore”
Janet F. Gendaszek
In honor of Steve Bernardini
Penn and Diane Holsenbeck
In honor of Hunter Bundy-Flynn ‘32
Alexis Bundy and Raymond Flynn
In honor of Bekah Comley ‘14 and Nathaniel Comley ‘23
Gail Keim
In honor of Sean Gibson ‘24 and Jennifer Gibson
Rosemarie and Donald Gibson Jr.
In honor of Elizabeth Haines
Doug Friend ‘63
In memory of Sylvianne Eastburn
Janet F. Gendaszek
Jeffrey Morgan ‘58
In memory of Betty Haines
John Leydon ‘55
In memory of Barbara Hillier
J. Robert Hillier and Jordan Hillier Adams ‘07
TRIBUTE GIFTS
IN HONOR
In honor of William Kaufmann ’27 and Hannah Kaufmann ‘30
Tom and Laura Kaufmann
In honor of Alex Kelly ‘23
Donald Woods
In honor of Eduardo Kelly ‘28
Catherine Longabucco
In honor of Geoff Kinnel
Mr. Robin Kinnel
In honor of Roz Mondel
Sam Frenkel
In honor of Lindsay Moody ’97 and Jill Moody ‘04
Jeff and Susan Moody
In honor of Sara Mook
John and Christine Hoenstine
In honor of Grace Nicholas ‘13
Sally Drayer
In honor of Ethan Robinson ’27 and Madison Robinson ‘30
Linay and Bruce Robinson
In honor of Abby Rizor ‘13
Brian and Elizabeth Rizor
In honor of Nancy Sandberg
Deborah Heiligman and Jonathan Weiner
Aaron Zinger and Benjamin Weiner ‘03
In honor of Betts Slim
Penn and Diane Holsenbeck
In honor of Chase Williams ‘13 and Carter Williams ‘16
Susan Smith
IN MEMORY
In memory of Christine Cameron Kuehn ‘54
Deborah Morgan Luquer ‘54
In memory of Diane Partridge ‘95
Jean Partridge
John and Christine Hoenstine
In memory of Chad Peacock ‘90
Lynn Peacock
In memory of George and Margie Rowe
Elizabeth Eschallier
In memory and in honor of Margaret Huber Rowe
Deborah Northup Leng ‘62
In memory of Sarra Yole and Isabel Donaldson
Andrew Abrams
Kelli and Ben Annequin
Kira and David Barrett
JEM FUND | JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL MISSION
Regina Bernard and Ricardo Carreno
Jean Kaufman and Yossi Blutreich
Amy and Michael Bohn
Gary Brackenridge
James Brophy
Heather Chantal and Joshua Griffiths
Marian Cheng
Andrew and Katelynn Connolly
Abad Cruz and Abigail Santiago
Patrick Darken and Mary Ellen Neylon Darken
Katie and Dennis Ferretti
Jill Frazier ‘94 and Christopher Peters
Carolyn Gadbois
Megan Gambino
Adam and Jennifer Gibson
Rachel Girman
Benjamin Goldman
Joan Goldman
Eileen and Scott Griffiths
Natalie Hamill and Josh Perlsweig
Bridget and Anders Haunso
Stephanie and Roger Howard
Gergana Hubcheva and Justin Fraser
Joanna Hurd
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hurd
Nadav and Amy Kaufman
Tom and Laura Kaufmann
Karen and John Kemp
Colleen and Tom Kulzer
Mike and Sabrina Liddell ‘94
Rachel and Michael Lousteau
Michael and Simrit Lynch ‘03
Genna and Dominic Marano
John and June Maziarz
Jessica McCullough
Carly Mendelssohn and Matthew Eaton
The Merck Foundation
Stacey Metzler
Crystal Miller-Spiegel and Ian Spiegel
Liz Minor
Anne Monoky and Curt Goldman
Grace and Shepard Morgan
Jennifer and Robert Piasio
Cassandra and Daniel Rasmussen
Patricia Rasmussen
Jonathan and Jennifer Robinson
Gail and Richard Roche
Daisy Rodriguez-Kelly and Kevin Kelly
Pamela Crilley Ross
Mark Schmukler and Kaitlin Doyle
Ami Shah and Div Telwala
Amol Shah
Joseph and Rosemary Simek
Dawn Smeja
John and Cookie Spears
Julie Spears and Eric Kaufmann
Rick and Jane Stager
Barry and Becca Stephens
Jennifer and Eric Stephens
Michael Styler
Laura Tendler
Barry and Cheryl Tice
Mishka Ivan Torres ‘26
Sean Tracy
Kimberly and Randolph Viscio
The Waldman Family
Charles and Michelle Wendig
Caroline Worsley-Koca and Dursun Koca
Holly L Wroten
Jackie Young
Matthew and Jennifer Zelesko
Riannon and Jeremy Zorn
ENDOWMENT GIFTS
Buckingham Friends School invests its endowment funds with Friends Fiduciary, whose practices are in unity with Friend’s views on peace, social justice and the environment. The value of Buckingham Friends School endowment was $6,352,675 as of June 30, 2024.
Endowment Funds provide long-lasting financial security and stability for the School. Contributions are permanently invested, the principal of these funds remain intact, and the School draws from the interest and dividends to support donor-directed causes.
The following details the variety of endowed funds of BFS and we gratefully acknowledge those who have contributed to these funds over the course of the year. This support will create a perpetual source of income and an enduring gift to Buckingham Friends School.
General Endowment Fund
The revenue generated from these investments is used throughout the school year, if and as needed.
Elizabeth Todd Haines Fund
Betty Haines was a beloved teacher at BFS from 1937 to 1966 who touched many young lives. To honor her teaching excellence, a BFS alumnus established this fund in her honor in 2004. Proceeds are used for financial aid and scholarships.
Faculty Enrichment Endowment Fund
This endowment provides necessary funds for advanced study, seminars, workshops, and trainings for the ongoing professional development of BFS Faculty.
Raymond and Elizabeth Bell
Financial Aid Endowment for Quaker Children
This fund provides financial assistance to qualified Quaker children based on financial need and is awarded at the school’s discretion.
Drew Augenblick
Gordon G. and Allaire Wallace Fund
The Wallace Family established this fund in 2001 in memory of Gordon and Allaire, mother and sister of the Wallace brothers, all BFS ‘60s graduates. The fund augments the school’s existing scholarship fund.
Scott Wallace ‘65
Grandparents Scholarship Fund
Established through a bequest from an anonymous donor, this fund provides emergency tuition aid for families encountering unexpected financial difficulties during the course of the year.
James Iden Smith Quaker Financial Aid Award
Established in 1998, the purpose of this fund is to provide financial aid to Quaker students each year based upon merit. Financial need is considered on a secondary basis. Applicants are considered based upon recommendations from the Clerk of their Monthly Meeting and other Friends who know the student.
Bethann Morgan ‘77
Jonny Baldwin Fund
A scholarship is awarded each year to a student who applies for financial aid.
Peter Steward ’52 Fund
A scholarship is awarded each year to a student who applies for financial aid in memory of this alumna.
Sarah Mook Fund
Sarah was a BFS 3rd grader when she died of a heart condition that had gone undetected from birth. A scholarship fund was named in her honor to help make BFS affordable to a broad spectrum of students and to memorialize her brief life.
Scott Family Fund for Friends Education
Established in 2019, this endowed fund provides financial aid assistance annually to enrolled BFS students whose families have demonstrated and verified need for tuition assistance and who are members of the Religious Society of Friends. Extra consideration is extended to families who are members of Buckingham Monthly Meeting.
SNOWFLAKE FESTIVAL
This annual event serves as a great opportunity for community building and, in 2023, raised $7,444 to benefit the operating budget of Buckingham Friends School. We would like to acknowledge and thank the following volunteer leaders for making this possible:
Sarah Richardson
Courtney Donnelly
Rachel Lousteau
Carly Mendelssohn
Jane Oswald
Stephanie Howard
Juliana Storozuk
Stephanie Gormley
Gail Roche
Jennifer Bilt
Riannon Zorn
Lynn Lis
Jenna Richardson
Jen Piasio
Bridget Haunso
Tiffany Schmidt
Karen Kemp
Natalie Hamill
Anne Monoky
Jennifer Cecilian
Molly Unterseher
Katie Ferretti
Jessica Harms
Olivia Brangan
Topaz Nobles
Jane Stager
Sean Tracy
Other Operating Support and Gifts In-Kind
GIANT Food Stores
Maggiano’s Little Italy- Bridgewater
McCaffrey’s Markets
Peddler’s Village
Starbucks -Doylestown
THIS YEAR’S AUCTION FUNDRAISING EVENT, WITH ALL NET PROCEEDS GOING TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL AID, WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024, AT HOLLYHEDGE ESTATE, NEW HOPE. OUR DONORS, SPONSORS, AND SUPPORTERS HELPED TO MAKE THE EVENT A HUGE SUCCESS AND RAISED $107,923.67. THANK YOU!
COMMITTEE
Colleen Kulzer, Chair
Amy Bohn
Gary Brackenridge
Katelynn Connolly
Kristy DeFlores
Courtney Donnelly
Jessica Harms
Widgette Kelly
Karen Kemp
Anne Monoky
Sarah Richardson
Abby Rizor ‘13
Ami Shah
Julie Spears
SPECIAL THANKS TO Richard Cox
Tim Luccaro and the amazing staff at HollyHedge Estate
UPS Store- Buckingham
Wonderful World of Wine
LEGACY SPONSOR $5,000
Tyndale USA
SUSTAINING SPONSOR $2,500
Lumen Financial Group
LEADERSHIP SPONSOR $1,000
AmeriStructure, LLC
Anchor Run CSA
Buckingham Friends School School Board + Cecilian Partners, Inc.
Centerbrook
CNS Cleaning Company
Gilmore and Associates, Inc
Schultz & Williams, Inc
T&T Tree Service Inc.
Webster Law
W.S. Cumby Construction
COMMUNITY SPONSOR $500
Anne E. O’Day, DMD, MS
Caleb’s American Kitchen
Class of 2026
EduTech
Gallop Printing, Inc.
Indigenous Ingenuities
Peddler’s Village
PRN Consultants
Wisler Pearlstine, LLP
FRIENDSHIP SPONSOR $250
Drew Augenblick
Ayres Law LLC
Bountiful Acres Garden Center
Class of 2025 + Class of 2028
Compass RE
`Leila Yusuf
Jennifer and Robert Piasio
Cori Richards-Jones and Roland Jones
Daisy Rodriguez-Kelly and Kevin Kelly
Tom and Kathy Rogers
Susan Keim Wiggins ‘77
George and Anne Yarnall
Zelesko Family Fund
Dorothy and Mike Zelesko
GIFTS IN-KIND
4Ever Young Anti Aging Solutions
Anonymous
Amanda Ayre & Ian Kennedy-Kelly
BFS Eighth Grade Students
BFS Fifth Grade Students
BFS First Grade Students
BFS Fourth Grade Students
BFS Garden Committee
BFS Kindergarten Students
BFS Second Grade Students
BFS Seventh Grade Students
BFS Sixth Grade Students
The Connolly Kids
Cooper Mechanical, Inc.
Dragonfly Yoga Studio
Jules Thin Crust, LLC
Paul and Margaret Lindenmaier
Lockatong Engineering
McCaffrey’s Markets
Sagefrog Marketing Group
Tinsman Bros. Inc.
PADDLE RAISE DONATIONS
Anonymous (2)
Chris and Stacey Antar
Amanda Ayre and Ian Kennedy-Kelly ‘88
Gary Brackenridge
Leila Yusuf-Brown and Terrence Brown
Jennifer and John Cecilian
Kim and Bill Dunn
Gary Fassler and Gail Munz Fassler
Katie and Dennis Ferretti
Jessica Getz and Gareth Smith
Michael and Christine Godshall
Dana Hunting and Derek McGeehan
Cassandra Jackson and Reginald Ross
Nadav and Amy Kaufman
Stephen Keib
Gail Keim
Geoff and Laura Kinnel
Colleen and Tom Kulzer
Heather Fowler and Marshall Lewy
Mike and Sabrina Liddell ‘94
Rachel and Michael Lousteau
Michael and Simrit Lynch ‘03
The Merck Foundation
Annette White Miller ‘73
Bethann Morgan ‘77
Ozzie and Jane Oswald
Yota Palli and Lukas Makris
BFS Third Grade Students, Mr. Haupert, Mrs. Wiggins
Bluestem Botanicals
Amy and Mike Bohn
Buckingham Friends School
Bucks County Children’s Museum
Bucks County Playhouse
Bucks County Racquet Club
Bucks County River Country
Bye-Way Gardens
Fran Burton Cagle
The Cecilian Family
Doris Choate
Tracy and Bob Collie
Colonial Farms Gourmet Foods and Bakery
Nancy and David Comley
County Theater
Meredith Force Cozzarelli, MS, CCC-SLP
Crossroads Bake Shop
David J Witchell Salon and Spa
Gioia DiMicco
Doylestown School of Rock
Dragonfly Yoga Studio
Families of the Class of 2027
Families of the Class of 2029
Families of the Class of 2031
Families of the Class of 2032
Fiddleheart Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Folk City/ Jamie Arnold P’28
Sam Frenkel
George Nakashima Woodworkers
The Goldman Family
Rachel Griffin-Snipes
Hash House
Hewn Spirits
Hugh A. Marshall Landscape Contractors, Inc.
HML Container Services
The James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown PA
Karen Kemp
Kristin Moore Photo
Colleen Kulzer
La Chocolate Box
Lady Bird Wildflowers
Floral Design/ Jessica Harms P’28
Lahaska Bookshop
Marshall Lewy and Heather Fowler
Longwood Gardens
Nortrud Loy and Liddell Family
The Markhoff Family
McCarter Theatre Center
The Mellon Family
Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle
Herman Mihalich P’05, ‘09
Grace Morgan
Lloyd Moyer
Paul Moyer
Music Mountain Theater
Tim Navatier
Ordinary Habit
Penn Athletics Club
Lisa Pretecrum
Radiance Spa
The Rapaport-Schabio Family
Mark and Melissa Roxey
Tiffany Schmidt
Lisa Schuler
Sew Much Fun
Sarah Stark
Shady Brook Farm
Alan Stifelman
Diana Talsaria
Taylor Made Farm
Teacher Kimberly and Abby
Teacher Mary Beth
Twelve Acre Farm
V Simek Enterprises LLC
Sara Webster
Chuck Wendig
Rebecca Wilschutz and Hannah Dorph
The Yusuf-Brown Family
Thank you to all parents and families who participated in the silent auction by providing donations for the class basket/ gift.
ANNUAL FUND
We would like to thank all of our community members who supported the Annual Fund in 2023/ 2024 and collectively contributed over $211,202 to benefit the School.
SCHOOL BOARD
Participation: 100%
Drew Augenblick **
Bonnie and Andrew Garrett ‘80 *
Michael & Christine Godshall *
Daniel Holton-Roth ‘91
Chris Kerr **
Geoff and Laura Kinnel **
Annette White Miller ‘73 **
Yota Palli and Lukas Makris *
Catherine Anne Porter *
Lisa Pretecrum **
Tom Rogers **
Alexis Ridge-Simek *
Julie Spears
George and Anne Yarnall +**
FACULTY AND STAFF
Participation: 100%
Colleen Baumgardner
Fran Burton Cagle
Melissa Clayton *
Katelynn Connolly
Lauren Cortright *
Richard Cox *
Meghan Delaney
Laura Downs
Sam Frenkel
Jennifer Gibson *
Rachel Griffin-Snipes *
Dennis Haupert *
Jaime Katz
Karen Kemp
Jack Knetemann
Paul Lindenmaier
Simrit Lynch ‘03 *
Bill Lynch
Kimberly Malone
Bridge McCartan
Carly Mendelssohn
Chris Moore
Jennifer Murray
Mary Beth Nyce *
Shannon O’Connell
Ellen W Reiss
Abigail Rizor ‘13
Daisy Rodriguez-Kelly
Megan Sandhu
Kris Sinisi
Stephanie Thliveris
Susan Keim Wiggins ‘77 **
Rossana Admana Zapf
CURRENT PARENT
Participation: 65%
Kelli and Ben Annequin
Anonymous (3)
Amanda Ayre and Ian Kennedy-Kelly ‘88
Jena and Fred Bare
Jennifer and Steven Bilt
Martha Bomar and Joshua Linder
Gary Brackenridge
Alexis Bundy and Raymond Flynn
Jennifer and John Cecilian
Andrew and Katelynn Connolly
Samantha and Joel Covington
Meredith and James Cozzarelli
Irina Dmitrenko
Courtney and RJ Donnelly
Christiane Duncan ‘92 and Robert Whittenberger ‘89 *
Bridget and Francis Duffy
Kim and Bill Dunn
Erin Foster and Dennis Galvin
Heather Fowler and Marshall Lewy
Jill Frazier ‘94 and Christopher Peters
Jessica Getz and Gareth Smith
Adam and Jennifer Gibson *
Ben and Alison Goodman
Natalie Hamill and Josh Perlsweig
Jessica Harms and James Arnold
Rhiannon and Shawn Harrington
Bridget and Anders Haunso + Gergana Hubcheva and Justin Fraser
Robert and Claire Huffman
Dana Hunting and Derek McGeehan
Cassandra Jackson and Reginald Ross
Anna Johnson and Tucker Bodine
Karen and John Kemp
Anne-Marie and Lukasz Kisielewski
Elizabeth and Peter Knouse
Colleen and Tom Kulzer
Seychelle Leonard and Jeff Ferry
Mike and Sabrina Liddell ‘94 *
Lynn Lis and Tom Barker
Michael and Simrit Lynch ‘03 *
Genna and Dominic Marano
Margaret and AJ Mayorga
Michele and Thomas Mazzo
Participation by Group:
*Contributed 10 or more years
**Contributed 20 or more years + Gift was matched Blue names designated all or part of gift to employee salaries
Photo by: Ozzie (rvoiiiphoto.com)
Carly Mendelssohn and Matthew Eaton
Crystal Miller-Spiegel and Ian Spiegel
Kristin and Daniel Moore
Grace and Shepard Morgan
Christina and Lloyd Moyer ‘92 *
Topaz and Charles Nobles
Jen and Jeff Pelus
Jennifer and Robert Piasio
Susan and Matthew Quinn
Cassandra and Daniel Rasmussen
Cori Richards-Jones and Roland Jones
Jenna and Jimmy Richardson
John and Amy Rieszer
Laura Roberts-Sampson
Jonathan and Jennifer Robinson
Daisy Rodriguez-Kelly and Kevin Kelly
Megan and Paul Sandhu
Nicole Saunders and Alex Roche
Matthew and Tiffany Schmidt + Ami Shah and Div Telwala + *
Deanna and Bernis Shelton
Joseph Simek and Alexis Ridge-Simek *
Elizabeth Soskin and Roger Amidon
Julie Spears
Sarah Stark and Lowell Flax
Jennifer and Eric Stephens
Laura Tendler
Lisa and Eric Thayer
Sean Tracy
Molly and Craig Unterseher
Jillian Venne
Kimberly and Randolph Viscio
Karen Wachsmuth and Michael Hanke
Charles and Michelle Wendig
Zelesko Family Fund *
CURRENT STUDENTS
Fallon Brackenridge ‘24
Keira Rieszer ‘25
Graham Brackenridge ‘26
Maddie Huffman ‘26
Aria Simek ‘26
Ottilie Flax ‘29
Olivia Huffman ‘30
CURRENT GRANDPARENTS
Participation: 36%
Nancy Amidon
Mary Jo Banis
Erika Bergquist
Karen and Bryan Connolly
Michael and Alberta Duncan **
Bill and Janet Eaton
Patti Force
Michael and Jill Gallina
Rosemarie and Donald Gibson Jr.
Linda Grubb and Kenneth C. Leonard, Jr.
Sam Hamill
Dawn and Ken Harms
Marc and Bonnie Inver
Tom and Laura Kaufmann
Amelia and Kevin Kelly
Angad Khalsa *
Catherine Longabucco
John and June Maziarz
Douglas Wayne McGeehan
Mary Palladino
Lynn Peacock
Linay and Bruce Robinson
Gail and Richard Roche
Tom Sharbaugh and Krisitn Hayes
Joseph and Rosemary Simek *
Lee and Marion Soskin
John and Cookie Spears
Marcia and Jeffrey Stark
Greg Worsley
Dorothy and Mike Zelesko *
ALUMNI
Participation: 12%
40s
Dick Stephenson ‘44 **
Larry Shane ‘48 **
50s
Frank Barry ‘51
Ginny Work Kosoff ‘52 **
Claude ‘52 & Margaret Robinson *
Deborah Morgan Luquer ‘54 **
David Barry ‘55 *
John Leydon ‘55 **
Betsy Todd Uhl ‘56 **
Peggy Richie Weymouth ‘56 **
Frank Connard Jr ‘57
William C. Kuehn ‘57 **
James Townsend Jr. ‘57
Jeffrey Morgan ‘58 *
60s
Roxana Barry Robinson ‘60 **
Lee Randolph Cox ‘61**
Robert Goldsborough ‘62 **
Deborah Northup Leng ‘62
Laurie Rendall Coursin ‘63 **
Doug Friend ‘63 **
Ken Miller ‘64 **
Pru Stasikewich ‘64 *
Mark Funk ‘66
Thomas L. Richie ‘66 **
James A. Rose V ‘67 **
Ann Shellenberger Bell ‘68 **
Philip W. Garrett-Engele ‘68 *
Randall Wallace ‘68 **
David Starkey & Stephanie Jones ‘69 **
Russ Keep ‘69 **
Todd Patterson ‘69
Alan H. Plough ‘69 **
70s
Eleanor Funk Schuster ‘70 *
Bouzha Cookman ‘71 **
Chris Keep ‘71*
Frances Benson Altman ‘72 **
Annabelle Brainard ‘72
Ashley Garrett ‘72 and Alan Jones + **
Francie Plough Seder ‘72 *
Annette White Miller ‘73 **
Marcus Keep ‘73 *
Bill Gribbell ‘74 *
Bethann Morgan ‘77 **
Susan Keim Wiggins ‘77 **
Kimberlee Shoup Erney ‘78
Michael-John Van Rhyn ‘78
Joan Hilderley and Alex Clarke ‘79
80s
Anonymous
Bonnie and Andrew Garrett ‘80 *
Alison Mitchell ‘81 *
David and Nancy Keim Comley ‘83 **
Wilford Saunders Jr. ‘83
Anita Verna Crofts ‘84 **
Douglas Gauck ‘84
Catherine Brooks Faure ‘85 *
Laurance Narbut ‘85 *
Alison and Daniel Quill ‘85 *
Ian Stevens ‘86 + *
Sarah Crofts ‘87 **
Cori Ginsberg-Seraydarian ‘87 *
Laura Swanstrom Reece ‘87 **
Brenna Schreck ‘87
Sophie Caronello ‘88 *
Amanda Ayre and Ian Kennedy-Kelly ‘88
Robert Whittenberger ‘89 *
90s
Heather L. Barnes ‘90 **
Daniel Holton-Roth ‘91
Sean Mount ‘91
Anonymous
Christiane Duncan ‘92*
Christina and Lloyd Moyer ‘92 *
Eliza Baldi Costabile ‘93
Sarah Holton-Roth ‘93
Evan Rattner ‘93 *
Jill Frazier ‘94 and Christopher Peters
Emily Holton-Roth ‘94
Sarah Robinson ‘94 **
Zachary Waldman ‘94
Anna Resek Chung ‘95 *
Alex Cohen ‘95 *
Stephen Cunning Jr. ‘96
Nick Kerr ‘96 and Jessica Kasten **
Elizabeth Cepparulo Renzo ‘96 *
Alexander T. Ryan ‘96 **
Ariel Scott Siebe ‘96 *
Alexander Waldman ‘96
Sarah Eastburn ‘99 *
Jolie Waldman McLaughlin ‘99
00s
Catherine Kerr ‘00 **
Whitney Yarnall ‘01
Dan Baum-Baicker ‘03
Michael and Simrit Lynch ‘03 *
Jesse Sandberg ‘03
Daisy Waldman ‘03
Jordan Hillier Adams ‘07
Hannah Perry ‘07
Kearney McDonnell ‘08
Kathryn Tanner ‘08
10s
Brennan Kinnel ‘10
Scarlett Waldman ‘10
Rhodes Christopher Faure ‘12
Jonah Dylan Finkle Helmer ‘13
Anna Honer ‘13
Claire Kinnel ‘13
Abigail Rizor ‘13
Chloe Lentchner ‘15
Sara Oswald ‘15
Lucy Clayton ‘17
Bill Becker ‘18
Tori Gallagher ‘18
Grace Kantra ‘19
Julian Lentchner ‘19
20s
Colby Rieszer ‘22
Fiona Simek ‘22
Lorna Brackenridge ‘23
PARENTS OF ALUMNI
Participation: 18%
Jane W. AuWerter **
Robert and Cheryl Baldi **
Morton and Janet Barnett **
Carmen Berelson *
Steve and Nancy Bernardini **
Gary Brackenridge
Nelson Camp and Alice Maxfield**
Debby Cepparulo *
Christopher and Whitney Chandor *
Daniel Chang **
Judy Clarke
Melissa Clayton *
Dr. and Mrs. Neil Cohen **
David and Nancy Keim Comley ‘83 **
Laurie Rendall Coursin ‘63 **
Dan and Betsy Crofts **
Nancy and Terry Culleton **
Carol Ann Della Penna *
Marne Dietterich *
William Dockhorn and Carol Wengert **
Sally Drayer *
Michael and Alberta Duncan **
Elizabeth Eschallier
Joyce Falsetti **
Gary Fassler and Gail Munz Fassler *
Catherine Brooks Faure ‘85 *
Sydney Fox **
Laura Miller and Ben Fraser
Erik and Abigail Galardi *
James and Deborah Gallagher *
Bonnie and Andrew Garrett ‘80 *
Adam and Jennifer Gibson *
Jay and Donna Ginsberg *
Michael and Christine Godshall *
Bob and Mary Goldman *
Douglas Haigh and Sandra Moreno *
Robert and Christine Hale *
Andrew and Allison Hamilton **
Susan Hanover **
Bruce Henderson and Cynthia Wallace **
J. Robert Hillier *
John and Christine Hoenstine **
Penn and Diane Holsenbeck
David Starkey and Stephanie Jones ‘69 **
Andy Kantra and Malaine Reed *
Chris Keep ‘71 and Alison Mitchell ‘81 *
Gail Keim **
Chris and Cathy Kerr **
Angad Khalsa *
Thomas and Doreen Kilkenny
Geoff and Laura Kinnel **
Joe and Nadine Lee *
Caleb Lentchner
Jan Lipes and Janet Schulman *
George and Maureen Long *
Peter and Camille Mancuso **
John Mason and Kim Kiendl *
Bob and Stephanie McBride **
Naomi and Craig McMackin
Lincoln and Julie Merwin **
Herman Mihalich and Val Fusco **
Ken Miller ‘64 **
Jeff and Susan Moody **
David Mook *
Paul Moyer
John and Silvia Napierski **
Mary Jackson Narbut
Ozzie and Jane Oswald **
Yota Palli and Lukas Makris *
Lisa Parry + *
Joyce Paul **
Peter and Karen Pearson **
Ethan and Ginny Perry **
Nelson and Christina Peterson
Eric and Pam Pillmore **
Louann Plough **
Katharina and Daniel Polka **
Catherine Anne Porter *
Lisa Pretecrum **
Alison and Daniel Quill ‘85 *
Lydia P. Quill **
Marietta and Randy Quinby *
Susan and David Rattner **
Jim and Diana Resek **
John and Amy Rieszer
Brian and Elizabeth Rizor *
Gary Robinson and Amy Whitney **
Tom and Kathy Rogers **
Robert N. Roop **
Nancy and Keith Sandberg **
Adam and Jessica Schmucker *
Joseph Simek and Alexis Ridge-Simek *
Susan Smith *
Jay and Joan Tanner *
Mark and Janice Waldman **
Randall Wallace ‘68 **
Jonathan Weiner & Deborah Heiligman *
Jeffrey Williams **
George and Anne Yarnall +**
Zelesko Family Fund
David and Rebecca Zemach-Lawler *
GRANDPARENTS OF ALUMNI
Morton and Janet Barnett **
Patsy Clayton
Ellie and Jim Cusick *
Louis and Carol Della Penna *
Joseph Fusco *
Rosemarie & Donald Gibson Jr.
Vickie Hodge and James Farrell *
Gail Keim **
Mr. Robin Kinnel **
Mira Nakashima-Yarnall and Jonathon Yarnall
Lynn Peacock
Lydia P. Quill **
Joseph and Rosemary Simek *
Elizabeth Slim **
Susan Taylor and Michael Murphree *
Donald Woods *
Dorothy and Mike Zelesko *
FORMER FACULTY AND STAFF
Andrew Abrams *
Steve and Nancy Bernardini **
Nelson Camp and Alice Maxfield**
Judy Clarke
Michael and Alberta Duncan **
Elizabeth Eschallier
Sydney Fox **
Janet F. Gendaszek *
Douglas Haigh and Sandra Moreno *
Judith Heggestad **
Joseph Holbert *
Lincoln and Julie Merwin **
Herman Mihalich and Val Fusco **
Toby & Juanelle Mochel *
Peter and Karen Pearson **
Ethan and Ginny Perry **
Louann Plough **
Catherine Anne Porter *
Nancy and Keith Sandberg **
Chris Searle
Elizabeth Slim **
Isabella Tamburrino-Schreiber **
George and Anne Yarnall +**
FRIENDS OF BFS
Anonymous
Marguerite Ayres
Brooke and David Buchanan
Tracy and Bob Collie
Halie Craig
Barbara Cross
Debbie DiMicco
Doylestown Monthly Meeting *
Art Du Vin
Amanda and Michael Frank
Laura and Andrew Kent
Stacey Metzler
George and Frances Rhoads
MATCHING GIFTS AND CORPORATE DONORS
Caleb’s American Kitchen
Commonwealth Fund-Grants
The Merck Foundation *
Quaker Hill Foundation *
Solebury Friends Meeting **
Note: While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this report, if you feel there has been an error, please accept our sincere apology and notify the Advancement Office so that we may correct our records.
Published November, 2024. All rights reserved. No duplication without permission.
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Established in 1794 by the Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Buckingham Friends School has served students in its current location for 230 years. The school’s mission is “Buckingham Friends School honors the Light within each person, inspires scholarship and spiritual community, and instills the value of caring for others and our world”. The Board of Buckingham Friends School is composed of members from Buckingham, Solebury, Wrightstown, Doylestown Monthly Meetings, members of the Bucks Quarterly Meeting, parents of current students, and members of the community at large. The School is accredited through the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS). In the 2023-2024 school year, Buckingham Friends School served 171 students in grades Kindergarten through eight.