WFS Summer 2022 Magazine by Wilmington Friends School

Summer 2022 Wilmington Friends School

QuakerMatters

Jonathan Layton ‘86, Clerk

Alexandra Poorman Ergon ‘77

Katharine Lester Mowery ‘02

Susan ChristopherKelleyLee ‘82

Erin Bushnell ‘96

Amanda was born and raised in Wilmington and started at Friends in kindergarten. She previously worked at Live Nation on the West Coast, then moved to New York City where she began a career in publishing, working for Penguin Group and Simon and Schuster. She and her husband, Andy, moved to Wilmington so that their daughter, Ava, could attend Friends. Ava began her tenure as a Joey and is entering ninth grade this fall. Their other daughter, Lucy, is entering sixth grade at The Pilot School.

Sunflowers for Ukraine

Emily David Hershman ‘09

Scott W. Gates ‘80

Head of Lower School: Julie Rodowsky

BOARD TRUSTEESOF

Welcome to new Trustee Amanda Singleton Hay ’95 and returning Trustee Erin Brownlee Dell ’89.

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Head of School: Kenneth Aldridge

Head of Middle School: Jonathan Huxtable

Stanita Clarke ‘06

Erin Brownlee Dell ’89

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Adrienne Monley ‘02

Associate Head for Finance and Operations: William Baczkowski

ADMINISTRATION

Richie Rockwell ‘02

David Tennent, Clerk

Raven Harris Diacou ‘06

Third graders created beautiful artwork of sunflowers, used as a symbol of peace throughout Ukraine’s history, to share their hopes for peace in the country.

William Chapman

Christopher F. Buccini ‘90

Director of Development: Chad O’Kane

Susan Janes-Johnson

Thomas Scott ‘70

Thank you to Chris Rowland ’95 and Michelle Silberglied who are rotating off the Board of Trustees. Your time, dedication, wisdom, and creativity have made an incredible impact on the WFS community, and you will be missed.

Assistant Head for Academics: Eddie Gallagher

Erin is a member of Wilmington Monthly Meeting and a Wilmington Friends School alumna. She previously served one term on the WFS board of trustees while she was living in North Carolina. She now lives in Swarthmore, PA with her husband, Kyle, where she is the Chief of Staff to the president of Swarthmore College. Prior to Swarthmore, Erin served as Associate Academic Dean and then as Special Assistant to the President at Guilford College.

Director of Admissions and Financial Aid: Melissa Brown

Assistant to the Head of School: Megan Walters

Dorothy E. Rademaker, Secretary

Director of Equity, Justice, Community, and Engagement: Erica Childs

Jennifer Brady, Vice Clerk

Noreen Haubert

Matt Lang Christopher‘08Lee ‘82

Martha Poorman Tschantz ‘85

Raymond Osbun ‘71

Karen-Lee Brofee

Richard D. Grier-Reynolds

James Simon ‘60

Lathie Gannon

Please any comments or corrections to info@wilmingtonfriends.org.

Alumni Association Board Liaison: Martha Poorman Tschantz ‘85

Jacqueline Greenidge Nix

Professional photography by Elisa Komins Morris and Billy Michels ’89. Staff photographers are Susan Morovati Finizio ‘87, Laura Kirk Kurz ’97, and Jake Myers. Also thanks to Mary Woodward, Helen Liu ’23 and the Yearbook Staff, and WFS Faculty & Staff for photo contributions. Cover photo by Billy Michels ’89.

Home and School Association Board Liaison: Amanda Singleton Hay ’95

Head of Upper School: Rebecca Zug

Andy McEnroe ‘04, Vice Clerk

BOARDALUMNI

Director of Communications and Strategic Marketing: Susan Morovati Finizio ’87

Drew Dalton ‘97

Robert W. Friz ‘86, Treasurer

1 MISSION Wilmington Friends, a Quaker school with high standards for academic achievement, challenges students to seek truth, to value justice and peace, and to act as creative, independent thinkers with a conscious responsibility to the good of all. Quaker Matters • Summer 2022 In This Issue 3 | Letter from Head of School Ken Aldridge 4 | Alumni News 6 | Homecoming 2022 Schedule 7 | 2022 Commencement 15 | Academic & Community Awards 16 | Class of 2022 Alumni Families 17 | New Chapters for Old Friends 100 Years of Girls’ Sports at WFS 10 | From Our Blog: What in the World is IB?20 | 23 | School News 34 | Becoming a Rainbow School 35 | Home & School News Fly Like a Drone: Theo Nix ’7236 | 38 | Nathan M. Clark Speaker Series 39 | Class Notes 44 | In MemoryInClosing: Performing Arts45 INSERT| | WFS Report on Philanthropy

Cynthia Stan Mellow and Ken pose after a teary farewell to those staff members moving on from WFS. Read more on page 17.

We have so much to look forward to as a community as we enter this new year, focusing on the Quaker testimony of simplicity, moving forward with our new lower school, and celebrating 100 years of girls’ athletics at Wilmington Friends to name just a few. I look forward to seeing you and your families on campus this fall.

to the ranks of 273 years of Wilmington Friends School alumni. This was a class who, as I told them at their Final Assembly, had to com pletely reset their expectations for a typical high school experience in March 2020. I truly believe that because of this, they are a more compassionate, courageous, and connected class. It’s the theme of every conversation I have about them: an incredible group of individuals who collectively encourage, drive, and support each other. My hope is that the foundation they’ve built here – the people they have become, the way they lead with peace and integrity, and that optimism – will stay with them today, tomorrow, and always as they head off to change the world.

We welcomed alumni back to Homecoming and other important events on campus, including our upper school lunch and learn program, where entrepreneur Theo Nix ’72 spoke with students about how he is training people to become FAA-certified drone operators. New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer ’90 met with middle schoolers after they studied the history and development of the city of Wilmington.

Pre-Commencement Fun!

Commencement was a culminating point in a year full of bright spots, many of which you’ll read about in this issue. The 2021-2022 school saw the return of many events, from our Home & School Picnic and inperson Quaker Quiz Night to our spring QUEST trip to El Paso and inperson musicals. We also introduced the Nathan M. Clark speaker series where we welcomed thought leaders and change makers, including peacekeeper Rebecca Davis, climate scientist Michael Mann, and criminal defense and civil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson to engage with our school and broader community. And for the first time in recent years, the whole school gathered for Meeting for Worship on Mellor Field. It was truly a year of bringing us back together, to celebrate, to volunteer, to learn, and to grow.

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In June, we welcomed the Class of 2022

As I told the Class of 2022 at commencement, their ability to rise to the challenge, overcome, and persevere is remarkable, an incredible testament to the kind of people they are becoming: compassion ate, connected to the world around them, and willing to be courageous in the face of adversity. I could say the same about our faculty and staff, the work and commitment they have shown over the last two years of not just surviving, but thriving during a global pandemic. Because of this hard work, we look to start the school year with one of the highest enrollments in school history.

It was a year of important work on our diversity, equity, and inclusion front, and I’m pleased to announce that we have hired Erica Childs as the School’s first Director of Equity, Justice, Community, and Engagement. Erica’s leadership has been displayed to our community, most notably through our READ (Read and Educate ourselves on Anti-Racism and Diversity) sessions over the past two aca demic years. Additionally, Erica is a strong problem-solver, a good communicator, and has a vision for growing and deepening our DEI work.

Seniors Hannah Carter, Mimi Terranova, Aniyah Barnett, and Ilana Princilius persuade Ken to be a part of a TikTok.

Young Alumna Award: Hannah Beswick ’05

Distinguished Alumnus Award: Robert Hoopes ’85

Jon Layton ’86 Alumni Board Clerk

On behalf of the Wilmington Friends School Alumni Association, I want to extend congratulations to the Class of 2022. We are so happy to welcome you to the alumni community, and we look forward to celebrating future milestones with you. Best of luck as you begin the next chapter after you depart the hal lowed halls of WFS. Please do make a point of staying in touch!

Jon Layton ’86

We will celebrate our honorees on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the All Alumni and True Blue Donor reception. This event has continued to grow each year, and it is a great opportunity to see the School and its many changes, catch up with old friends, and meet new ones. More details about Homecoming can be found on page 6 and on our website at wilm

Outstanding Service Alumnus Award: Ben Osbun ’66

Quimby ’86 have reunited as teammates and are assis tant coaches for the WFS baseball team? Jon started in 2020 and Steve joined the staff in 2018, having also coached in the early 2000s.

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It was another wonderful year at WFS. While not a full return to our pre-pan demic calendar of activities and pro grams, it sure was close! I am once again honored to be part of such a special com munity. We celebrated successful athletic seasons, academic achievements, and service commitments. Thanks to your continued support, our Annual Fund raised over $1 million. As a result of your generosity, Friends will continue to offer strong programs in support of our Quaker values. Please check out the Annual Report, included in this edition, to read about all that we accomplished together.

Looking forward to the year ahead, I hope you can attend Homecoming on October 14-15, 2022. Each year during Homecoming, the Alumni Board is honored to recognize alumni who are “letting their lives speak.” With this in mind, I am pleased to announce the 2022 Alumni Award Recipients:

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We are thrilled to honor Robert during Homecoming this year as the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Before shifting his focus to serving his community, Ben had a successful career in retail. He worked as a buyer and merchan dise manager for Wilmington Dry Goods from 1970-1989 and then started his own business. From 1990-2005, he opened and managed a ladies’ clothing store, The Fashion Outlet. The Fashion Outlet had six locations from Wilmington to Fenwick Island.

as CEO of VOX Global, a Washington, D.C.- based strategic communica tions firm that focuses on complex policy issues, issues manage ment, sustainability, and great storytelling to diverse audiences. He has led some of the most high-profile work on a broad range of policy, reputation, and business issues for presidential campaigns, three Senate offices, Fortune 500 companies, higher education, and non-profit organizations.

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Robert is also a successful entrepreneur, founding VOX Global in 2007 and building it into one of the largest communications firms in the country. In 2021, he was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. as a Commissioner on The President’s Commission on White House Fellowship, to select, mentor, and grow the White House Fellows Program. He also serves as vice chair of the Council on American Politics at The George Wash ington University Graduate School of Political Management and on the Board of the First Tee of Greater Baltimore.

Ben Osbun ’66 has been involved with several non-profit organizations in and around Wilmington, including Wilmington Friends School, for the past 20 years.

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Ben Osbun ‘66 with his family: Logan, Zeke Maki, Carol Mumford Osbun ‘66, Emily, Katherine Osbun Maki ‘92, Kelly Osbun Rubin can ‘97, Elisa, and Aidan.

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Ben is also closely connected to WFS. In 1963, he asked his future bride, Carol Mumford Osbun ’66, to the Junior Prom. Carol and Ben have been married for 53 years and have lived in Alapocas for 42 years! Their daughters, Katherine Osbun Maki ’92 and Kelly Osbun Rubincan ’97, both graduated from WFS. Ben and Carol have continued to be involved with WFS throughout the years, hosting most of the Class of 1966’s reunion parties and serving as dedicated class agents. They were instrumental in the creation of an endowment fund in Memory of Duane Nash in honor of their 50th reunion, and Ben partici pated in the Elder and Child program at lower school. Ben is also a former WFS Trustee. WFS is grateful for all Ben has done for the school community, and proud to acknowledge his many contributions to numerous other non-profit organizations.

Following WFS, Robert earned a B.A. in Government from Colby College and an M.L.A. from The George Washington University. He is married to Hilary Barnes Hoopes, and they have three children who are fourth-generation graduates of a Friends School.

Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. ’85 is a successful entrepreneur and nationally recognized leader in the field of public policy, reputation, and business man

After retiring, Ben joined the Outreach Committee at Christ Church in Greenville, DE. Fellow committee member, WFS alumnus, and Outstanding Service Award recipient in 2020, Tom Scott ’70, encouraged committee members to become more actively involved with various non-profit organizations in the area. Ben joined the Board of St. Michael’s School and Nurs ery; became a mentor and future Board Chair at the Cathedral Choir School; and serves on the Debley Foundation Board with his daughter, Katherine Osbun Maki ’92, which funds global development and women’s empowerment initiatives. He also coordinates the collection and distribution efforts of donated items at Christ Church. Each month, parishioners are encour aged to bring in items to support one of the Outreach partners and Ben ensures the process runs smoothly.

9:30am

True Blue and All Alumni Reunion and Awards Reception, MS/US Library Learning Commons

8:00am

Smith McMillan 5K Run/Walk, Front of School

12:00-2:00pm

Homecoming Service Collection begins, MS/US parking lot

5:00pm

Kids’ Corner, behind Jones House

12:00-1:00pm

12:00-2:00pm

Off-campus reunions planned by Class Agents for Classes ending in 2 and 7

Alumni Games: Field Hockey and Soccer

3:00pm

Guided tour of campus for luncheon guests, Meet at Arches

Meeting for Worship with Alumni Award Recipients

Then & Now, Black Alumni Lunch and Gathering, GLC Classroom

6:30pm

Planned Giving Society members, DuPont Country Club

11:30am

50th+ Reunion luncheon honoring the Classes of 1970, 1972, 1967, 1962, 1957, 1952, 1947, and 1942 and 1748

8:30am

11:30am-2:00pm

Self-guided Tours, Jones House

11:00am

Lunch, Homecoming Tent

Young Alumna Award Hannah Beswick ’05

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Hannah Beswick ’05 is a global affairs specialist, whose work has spanned the United Nations, gov ernment, and academia. Hannah currently works in climate policy, serving as a Senior Advisor for COP28 in the Office of the United Arab Emirates Climate Change Special Envoy. She formerly served as the partnerships lead at the UN Women Liaison Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council, manag ing strategic partnerships across the Arabian Gulf to accelerate progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Prior to this, Hannah served as the Women, Peace and Security Advi sor and Senior Gender Advisor at the Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations in New York where she provided policy advice at the intersection of peace, security, gender, and sustainable

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Mark your Homecomingcalendars!weekend will be here before you know it, and we hope you will be able to join us for the many planned activities! Below is a tentative schedule for the day. Please check Quakerssports.com for our athletics schedule.

her passion for advancing gendered perspectives and women’s participation in all aspects of peace and security while working with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security in Washington, D.C. Prior to this, she served in the Peace Corps in Morocco, working to advance youth development and women’s empowerment. Hannah received her B.A. in International Studies from Vassar College and her M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Saturday, October 15, 2022

October 14 & 15

Celebrating 100 years of girls’ athletics at WFS, Homecoming tent

Friday, October 14, 2022

Part 1 of 2 | By Terence Maguire, WFS Archivist

100 Years of Girls’ Sports at WFS

Title IX was part of the Education Amendments passed in June, 1972, and many folks are celebrat ing the 50th anniversary of this step toward gender equality. It does not apply to private schools such as Wilmington Friends. But in the fall of 2022, Wilmington Friends School will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of girls’ sports teams, 50 years before Title IX.

It applies to a great deal more than sports including libraries, museums, and vocational and reha bilitation facilities. Most often, however, we hear of Title IX in relation to girls’ or women’s sports in education. While it has hardly leveled the playing field between male and female sports participa tion and spectatorship, it has helped make real progress.

“Title IX” is a short-hand expression for the amendment aimed to prevent gender discrimination in the U.S. It states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

THE EARLY YEARS

greatest athletes, Frances Hullihen ’28. In 12 games she scored 409 points, an average of 34 per contest! Once she scored 63 against Goldey College. She also netted 51 points against Tower Hill and 58 against Miss Sayward’s School.

fall of 1922, under the guidance of Ruth Koehler, the Friends School field hockey team of 17 girls took to a borrowed field, probably at 9th & Woodlawn, and posted a winning record. They beat a faculty team, Ursuline Acad emy, Wilmington HS, and crushed Darlington Academy 10-1. They lost twice to Miss Sayward’s School of Over brook, PA. and Miss Hebb’s School. The star of the team was left wing junior Matilda Van Trump, who scored 10, more than half of the team’s goals. Ellen Adair ’23, who later coached and taught at Friends for many years, was captain, and Anne Phillips, later a Friends’ trustee for 18 years, wrote in the December 1922 Whittier Miscellany, “...after what seems to us ages, we are finally allowed a show in athletics.”

This article covers the first three decades of girls’ sports teams at Friends. The winter issue will cover an extraordi nary burst of enthusiasm and success during the 1950s and

Was there equity between boys’ and girls’ sports at Friends? Definitely not. Our first known “foot ball” team of twelve was photographed in 1894; the first known boys’ “basket ball” team of seven played in 1901-02; there was a “base ball” team in 1905; and young men ran track and relays at least as early as 1901. Girls did not even have any spring sports until the late 1930s-1940s; more on that later.

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Nonetheless, the girls’ field hockey and basketball efforts were generally quite good. The first seven FH teams had only one losing season, and an overall record of 31-21-15. Basket ball was far more successful. Though our archive files don’t have all the team photos or records, from 1925-1931, the girls’ boasted a record of 57-26-1. Included in this string was a 15-0 record, due in large part to one of Friends School’s

Among the other standout hockey and basketball players of the 1920s and early ’30s were the pairs of sisters Fran ces ’29 and Carolyn Helms ’32, Virginia ’31 and Marjorie Regestein ’32, and Ellen Henderer ’28, who came back to teach German and French at Friends (and later worked for the OSS during WWII). Her nephews Jeff ’86 and Peter ’89 graduated from Friends.

Hard times fell upon the nation as the Great Depression closed in, and the doldrums seemed reflected in the girls’ teams. A girls’ athletics scrap book, which ranges from 1922-1948, contains little information of those years and only a few grainy newspaper team photos. From 1929-34, the field hockey team won only four games; they went three years without a win, and were celebrated in a comment in the Dec, 1934 Whittier: “Our hockey team has finally won a game!” The following year they won two. When the Whittier covered girls’ sports, the articles were slender and empha sized the lack of participation. While fine team photos were professionally taken during the 1920s, for six straight years we have no official team photo for girls’ basketball.

By the late 1930s girls’ team was winning again. As Ellen Adair resumed coaching, the FH team reeled off six straight winning seasons from 1936-1941; of the 14 seasons from 1936-1949, only three were losing campaigns, and the girls

A few names of players stand out: Fay Lauritsen ’37 was star of both teams, as were, in the late 1930s, twins Leilah Ruth Naylor ’38 and Ruth Leilah Naylor ’38 and sisters Carolyn ’38 and Patsy Mayerberg ’39. Some girls played for more than four years; apparently they were allowed to participate as young as seventh grade.

Of Frances Hullihen’s descendants, two sons (Clark ’57 and Vic Woolley ’60), three granddaughters (Laura ’81, Lisa ’82, and Susan Woolley ’88), and one great-grandson (Mike Anderson ’08) have all attended and graduated from Friends.

The girls’ high school had been agitating for years for a bas ketball team, and that winter the first one took to the court, and with even greater success than they had on the hockey fields: 6-2-1. (Yes, in those days a tie was possible in basket ball.) Their games varied in quality; they lost to Wilmington High 38-4 but beat New Castle High 24-2. They avenged their FH loss to Miss Hebbs’ crew by trouncing them 37-7.

A team of Friends girls played one softball game in 1941 (and lost 10-25). The next year they were 3-0, including a 41-13 score; apparently there were no mercy rules in the early days. The scrapbook notes a few tennis matches with a couple of schools, and tennis letters were bestowed on Har riet Frorer ’42, Alice Gary, and Mary Power ’41.

Finding hard information about spring sports in the early years of Friends School has been difficult; yearbooks are sent off for printing just as spring teams are beginning to play, and even June Whittiers have not been reliable about season records. It’s not surprising then that we know little about how teams performed in the 1940s. We know, however, that lots of young women, with a combination of sneakers, saddle shoes, and penny loafers, went out to get exercise, compete, and enjoy the spring weather.

In the late 1930s-1940s, girls’ spring sports began tenta tively. From scant Whittier coverage one gathers that tennis and softball were played by girls but were intramural rather than interscholastic. In the archives we have a photo of the 1939 girls’ lacrosse team--for one year. They went 1-1. The game was resumed a generation later, in 1961. In 1940 modern dance was introduced, and a set of aspiring Isadora Duncans leaped across the lawn--for one year.

In the next two decades Friends School girls went out for sports on a much larger scale, and achieved remarkable success in all seasons–the subject of the next article that will appear in our Winter 2023 issue.

won 58 games and lost 40.

Stars of the teams were Ally Bradley ’39, whose five years on FH were rewarded with the captain’s rank in 1939; 1938-39 Basketball Captain Doris Biesterfeld ’39, who passed away in 2019 and kept in touch with Friends School for 80 years; and Frederika or “Freddie” Bancroft ’41, (“the invincible,” declared the Whittier). Coach Adair said of Freddie, “She never has an off-day,” and she was captain of both FH and BB teams. Dolly Mendinhall ’43 was the high scorer in her last two years and captain in 1942. In 1944 Captain Anne Mullikin ’47 led the team to a 6-1 season while Caroline Simmons set a Friends record with six goals in a game. The following season Nancy Marston ’46 broke that record with seven against Westtown. In the late 1940s Faxie Flinn ’50, Betty Burr ’49, Ellie Marsh ’50, Marie T. Berl ’47, Betsy Mitchell ’50, and the Mearns sisters, Alice’48 and Retta ’49, provided much of the teams’ success.

Interest in girls’ sports increased greatly. By 1941 there were four field hockey teams, and for the rest of the decade rou tinely at least three. Coverage in the Whittier increased from scant paragraphs to whole pages with descriptions of indi vidual games. Wilmington newspaper clips remind us that in those days girls’ basketball teams started six players.

The new hardwood floors of the Alapocas campus agreed with the girls’ basketball teams to the tune of six of seven winning seasons, including two undefeated winters and an overall record of 56-6 from 1937-1945. Coach Adair gave way to Estelle Smith Naumann and then to Elinor Pennell Briggs and to Elizabeth Cameron.

Third Row | Kenneth Norwood, Patrece McAbee, Grace Micheletti, Zaire Nicholson, Reena Robinson, Cole Morris, Macy Volp, A.P. Rossi, Donald Morton, Hannah Carter, Johnathan Finizio, Lucie Perloff, Ilana Princilus, Emily Huff, Ethan Shilling, Bella Adjei-Owusu.

Fourth Row | Adin Shweiki, William Medford, Jakob Middlebrooks, R.J. Toogood, Xiantong “Tony” Chen, Marcel Stewart, Shiloh Connor, Pier-Paolo Ergueta, Nathaniel Huxtable, Ameer Bashir, Corey Silberglied, Maxwell Leffler, Bruno Yeh, Osi Chukwuocha, Aiden Borst, Livingston Zug, Ronald Petrucci, Carson Dunn, Conner Manning, Trevor McCarson, Austin Sarker-Young.

Second Row | Samantha Ritschel, Matthew Renzulli, Mimi Terranova, Zoe Gainer, Morgan Shilling, Claire Manning, Caroline Hayter, Matilde Murteira, Lily Anderson, Arden Ganse, Zarina Stone, Grace Morrison, Caelen Grubb, Natalie Bush, Alexandra Saber, Gianna Martinelli, Kate Driscoll, Charlotte Di Guglielmo, Caroline Vanderloo, Juliana Melnik, Zoe Rahaim, Finola Mimnagh, Kaylyn Freeman, Rhys Rademaker.

WFS Class of 2022

Front Row | Kaely Tornek, Eden Cottone, Lucy Wood, Abigail Carian, Aniyah Barnett, Margo Gramiak, Madeline Osbourn, Alexa Donahue, Annie Sun, Alexis Montana, Aleija Johnson, Analisa Nichols.

Ameer Bashir Howard University Dover Indoor Tennis Exploring Route 66

Xiantong “Tony” Cheng University of

Natalie Bush University of Delaware Brandywine Volleyball Club Early Childhood Education

The George Washington University Boys & Girls Club Ceramics

Charlotte Di Guglielmo University of Miami Youth Philanthrophy Club Fitness and Nutrition

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Shiloh Connor

QUEST Acadia Trip Creating Large Form Art

Arden Ganse University of North Carolina Wilmington Ronald McDonald House Surfing

Caelen Grubb University of Delaware Boys & Girls Club Playing Piano

The George Washington University Eyeball It!® Interior Design

Lily Anderson Trinity College Christ Church Christiana PhysicalHundredTherapy

Kate Driscoll

Alexa Donahue

The University of Tennessee Faithful Friends Sports Podcast Production

Margo Gramiak Vassar College Leadership Initiatives Medicine

Kaylyn Freeman Howard University Christina Cultural Art Center Hair Braiding

Osinachi Chukwuocha

Johnathan Finizio Boston University Stand Up to Cancer Sports Media

Aiden Borst

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Congratulations to the Class of 2022! Members of the class are listed below with college choice, project/agency, exploration topics.

Aniyah Barnett Hampton University My Shades of Green Learning Medicine--OB/GYNCenter

FlyingNeighborhoodWashingtonCleanUpinChinaanAirplane

Zoe Gainer Ithaca College Brandywine Valley SPCA Social Work & COVID

Hannah Carter Columbia University Lutheran Community Services Family History Cookbook

The George Washington University QUEST El Paso Service Trip Trucking

Abigail Carian Florida Atlantic University Brandywine Volleyball Club Personal Training

Case Western Reserve University West Center City Futures Youth FishingAmbassadors

Carson Dunn University of Delaware

Bella Adjei-Owusu University of Delaware Christiana Care Cooking

Pier-Paolo Ergueta Gap year in Berlin St. Stephen’s Food Bank Healthy Cooking on a Lean Budget

Eden Cottone Fordham University Brandywine Valley SPCA Restricted Diet Cookbook

Wake Forest University

Claire Manning Washington and Lee University The Community Education ItalianBuilding/WaveCultureand Family History

Lafayette College Wilmington Apostolic Pentacostal BakingChurchWedding Cakes

William Medford University of Delaware Wilmington Police Department Fishing

Ilana Princilus New York University The Pentecoastal of Dover DE Elementary School Teaching

Matthew Renzulli

Emily Huff

Gianna Martinelli Pennsylvania State University

QUEST Acadia Trip Writing a Novel

QUEST Acadia Trip Building a Little Free Library

Rhys Rademaker Immaculata University Food Bank of Delaware Sports Radio Broadcasting

Alexandra Saber Lehigh University Big Dog Rescue Project Equine Therapy

Ronald Petrucci NHL

Cole Morris University of Miami

Colby College

Grace Morrison Dickinson College

Donald Morton Williams College Stand up to Cancer Jewelry Business

Madeline Osbourn University of Delaware Jewish Community Center Tennis

Matilde Murteira University in Portugal (AFS BakingStudent)Wedding Cakes

WFS Class of 2022

QUEST Dominican Republic Trip SCUBA/Marine Health

Alexis Montana University of Delaware Christ Community Church Elementary School Teaching

The College of Wooster Brandywine Little League Digital Media

Hampton University Blood Bank of Delmarva Poetry Writing and Publishing

Dynamic Hockey Development Real Estate Investing

Finola Mimnagh Bucknell University Emmanuel Dining Room Veterinary Medicine

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Paws for VeterinaryPeopleMedicine

Bark Avenue Dog Day Camp Making Sustainable Clothing

Analisa Nichols

Patrece McAbee

Zaire Nicholson Delaware Technical Community College Garden of Eden Sports Radio Broadcasting Kenneth Norwood Trinity College PhotographyLYTE

Caroline Hayter

Noreen Robinson Ursinus College B+ OccupationalFoundationTherapy

Aleija Johnson

Conner Manning Clemson University Wilmington Youth Rowing ItalianAssociationCulture and Family History

Jakob Middlebrooks American University Justice Department of Wilmington Cult Classic Movies

Grace Micheletti Ithaca College

QUEST Acadia Trip Floral Business

University of Pittsburgh

Juliana Melnik Dickinson College St. John’s Church Parenting

Nathaniel Huxtable

Samantha Ritschel Dickinson College Brandywine SPCA Teaching Spanish

QUEST Dominican Republic Trip Boating

QUEST Acadia Trip Mountain Climbing

Morgan Shilling North Carolina State University House Rabbit Society Teaching Middle School Math & Science

Zoe Rahaim Boston University Brandywine Valley SPCA Teaching Art

Lucie Perloff Boston College Darlington Arts Center Elementary School Teaching

Austin Sarker-Young Brown University Blood Bank of Delmarva Bangladeshi Cooking

Maxwell Leffler Lehigh University Camp InvestmentOpportunityBanking

University of Delaware Carousel Park and Equestrian GardeningCenter

QUEST Acadia Trip DOJ Intern

Ethan Shilling University of Pittsburgh

Trevor McCarson Ithaca College Habitat for Humanity Mountain Climbing

A.P. Rossi

Caroline Vanderloo

Kaely Tornek

Marist College

Vanderbilt University Ronald McDonald House Medicine--ENT

Corey Silberglied University of Miami

Special Olympics of Delaware Coaching Swimming

Lucy Wood American University

Bruno Yeh Syracuse University

QUEST Acadia Trip Product Development at Wawa

QUEST Dominican Republic Trip Teaching the Classics

R.J. Toogood Moravian University Boys & Girls Club Fishing

QUEST Acadia Trip Public Health

Pennsylvania State University

QUEST Dominican Republic Trip Cooking

Livingston Zug Harvard University

Trinity College Brown Ledge Camp Teaching Math

Macy Volp Bucknell University Warm up America Family Recipes

Marcel Stewart

Stand Up to Cancer Golf

Zarina Stone

Annie Sun Boston University Christina Cultural Art Center Illustration

Adin Shweiki

QUEST Dominican Republic Trip Medicine -- Orthopaedics

Mimi Terranova Loyola University Maryland Delaware Humane Association Self-Defense

Occidental College

Authority or being famous is overrated. We shouldn’t always take blindly what we’re told. Even if it is someone “important” saying it. Just because someone has a job title that sounds fancy, it doesn’t mean what they are saying is necessarily valuable or nice or needs to be your truth. Listen, be respectful and openminded, form your own opinions.

Your education doesn’t end once you receive your diploma. As a Wilmington Friends School graduate, you are a lifelong learner. I still learn something new every single day. If you have a goal, start building upon it. It may not turn out exactly how you initially envisioned it. But, those plot twists may end up being the best thing that has happened for you. It’s good to know what you want in life, but it’s also great to remain open to life’s possibilities.

As a costume designer, I take first impressions very seriously. A simple description and name in a script and I start putting together the pieces of the character. I ask a ton of questions, trying to identify this person and their role in the story.

First I identify the physical attributes—age, social status, their background & family. And then I explore the ways in which the character would choose to express themselves through their clothes. For example, their state of mind, where they go, what they do, and their impact on society. All of these elements make up how a character presents themselves visually to the world.

You are beyond just a label or name or job description. You are much more complex. Remember INTEGRITY––be your best self, especially when no one is looking. Trust yourself and don’t let people dictate your life. Except if it’s me giving you advice on your graduation day.

Pheonix addressed the students with a fun yet poignant reference to the Quaker SPICES: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship. Here is an excerpt of her speech:

It’s okay to do your own thing. It can take time to discover a career or refine your interests. The truth is that there are endless ways to get where you want to go. You may still have no idea what you want to do ... and that’s alright. You need to go out there and experience the “real world.” But don’t be lazy ... don’t sit on the sidelines. It’s not going to happen overnight. You don’t get what you wish for, you get what you work for.

However, don’t get caught up in the perception of what people choose to show you. For example, social media gives a false perception of reality. It’s important to remember to keep your focus and keep as much SIMPLICITY in your life as possible. Keep watering your own grass, don’t spend time seeing if some one else’s grass is greener. Simplicity is a great fertilizer.

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I would like to ask you to imagine how you would be portrayed in a script or book. What is your character? Who are you to the world? Are you the star of your own story? What kind of person do you want to be? Or continue to be?

The Class of 2022 welcomed Phoenix Mellow ’08 as their Commencement speaker. Since her graduation from Friends, Phoenix attended The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising for fashion design & film and TV costume design in Los Angeles. She has since dove headfirst into the entertainment industry. Her costume design and assistant design work have appeared in film, television, commercials, web series, and music videos, including Sylvie’s Love, A.P. Bio, Detroiters, Black Panther, Mad Men, Mind hunter, The OA, and Katy Perry’s “Hey Hey Hey” and “Small Talk” music videos, among many others.

The Charles W. Bush, Class of 1900, Award | Honors juniors who “most clearly demonstrate the School’s ideals of character, scholarship, and service” | Sophie Brennan ’23, Rohan Mandayam ’23, and Carter Ross ’23.

Robert P. Hukill, Class of 1949, Science Award | Sameer Vidwans ’23

John Marshall Mendinhall II, Class of 1939, Memorial Award | Recogniz ing the graduating senior considered to have done the most for Friends School | Hannah Carter ’22

Eden Wales Freedman ’99 English Award | Grace Micheletti ’22 and Livy Zug ’22

Academic & Community Awards

Upper School World Language Award | Isabelle Miller ’23 Wyeth Brothers Performing Arts Award | Hannah Carter ’22 and Livy Zug ’22

At Final Assembly, we gathered to honor the Class of 2022, recognizing this year’s Malone Scholar, Ronnie Petrucci, and our AFS student from Portugal, Matilde Murteira (above right). Academic and Community Awards as well as Distinctive Service recognitions were given, and Nathaniel Huxtable announced the class gift of new furniture for the internal courtyard. The yearbook editors announced that the 2022 yearbook was dedicated to Cynthia Stan Mellow and Javier Ergueta (above left), who are retir ing this year. And, we learned that Bella Adjei-Owusu will be the Class Agent for the WFS Class of 2022!

Front Row | Donnie Morton ’22, Grace Micheletti ’22, Isabelle Miller ’23, Carson Dunn ’22, Hannah Carter ’22, Johnathan Finizio ’22, Bella Adjei-Owusu ’22. Back Row | Ronnie Petrucci ’22, Pier-Paolo Ergueta ’22, Claire Manning ’22, Livy Zug ’22, Rohan Mandayam ’23, Bruno Yeh ’22, Sameer Vidwans ’23, Carter Ross ’23, Lucie Perloff ’22, Nathaniel Huxtable ’22, Sophie Brennan ’23.

Wyeth Brothers Visual Arts Award | Carson Dunn ’22, Grace Micheletti ’22, and Bruno Yeh ’22

Jordan Wales ’97 History Award | Pier-Paolo Ergueta ’22, Claire Manning ’22, and Donnie Morton ’22

Amanda Spackman Gehret, Class of 1951, Memorial Mathematics Award | Johnathan Finizio ’22

Howard W. Starkweather, Jr., Class of 1944, Award | Recognizing students who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to community service | Lucie Perloff ’22

Final Assembly

Dina Robinson Anderson ’84, Harry Anderson ’20, Chris Anderson Lily Anderson ’22, William J. Robinson III ‘52, Gail Porter Anderson

Dagmar Krewson Dunn ’84, Carson Dunn ’22, Weldon Dunn ’20, Arnie Dunn

WFS Trustee Darcy Rademaker, Evie Rademaker ’25, Lindsay Rademaker Reinhold ‘94, Reid Rademaker ‘90, Rhys Rademaker ’22, Jarrett Rademaker ‘96, Amy Rademaker

Annabelle Huxtable ’26, Nathaniel Huxtable ’22, Jon Huxtable, Bix Bush, Lee Bush, Natalie Bush ’22, Kelly Bush Huxtable ’87, Kendall Bush

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Susan Morovati Finizio ’87, Johnny Finizio ’22, Olivia Finizio ’19, GianClaudio Finizio

Felix Vergara ’89 and Trevor McCarson ’22

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Don Morton ’94, Concha Morton, Marley Morton ’18, Donnie Morton ’22

Caelen Grubb ’22 and Kevin Grubb ’89

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Laila Medford ’25, William Medford ’22, William Medford ’87

Oliver Yeh ’86, Helen Yeh, Bruno Yeh ’22

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Cynthia Stan Mellow saved the original “want” ad that led to her position at WFS!

In the summer of 1978, Cynthia found a “want” ad for an independent school seeking an art instructor. The ad made no indication of the school seeking the instructor, nor did it pro vide a contact name for the school. It simply indicated a phone number to call during busi ness hours. The independent school was looking for an art instructor who was “proficient in basic drawing and painting techniques and some knowledge of crafts-jewelry-ceramics, etc. preferred”. That school was Wilmington Friends.

After 44 years of incredible and invaluable service to the Friends community, Cynthia Stan Mellow decided to graduate with the Class of 2022.

Cynthia Stan Mellow | 44 years

In one of Cynthia’s favorite books, 101 Things to Learn in Art School, the 44th lesson is about the human brain and pattern recognition. In this lesson, the student is pushed to understand the connec tion between the known and the potential to create something new from that understanding. Cynthia’s motto “this is art” encourages both the creator and the receiver to make meaning of something new. In

Since her time at Friends, Cynthia’s students have come to know that she is beyond “pro ficient” in the teaching of visual arts. When totaled, over 5,200 students learned the visual arts through Cynthia’s creativity, humor, and steady encouragement to push artificial boundaries. Regardless of the medium of instruction, Cynthia has encouraged her students to understand that there is a dynamic equilibrium and interplay between art and life. Students experience the joy in “reading between the lines” and discover newfound opportunities when coloring outside the lines.

Ken Aldridge, Rick Morrison, Cynthia Stan Mellow, Javier Ergueta, and Mike Benner.

This year’s retirees have an incredible 106 years of combined service! They were honored at a reception on the last day of faculty/staff meetings, and we hope to see them on campus very soon.

As anyone who has been to campus knows, Rick’s leadership is reflected in the buildings, classrooms, and spaces that are immaculate each morning. Rick and his staff carry out daily, behind-the-scenes work that helps everyone else be the best that they can be, and we will always be grateful for his contributions to WFS.

the Model Organization of American States club and organized the World Affairs debates. He supported the Quiz Bowl club and an annual competition for local schools. Since his sabbatical in 2018-19, Javier has raised the climate

change alarm in the WFS community and engaged students in climate change activism. In retirement he plans to devote more time to this critical agenda.

Arriving in the summer of 1987, Rick Morrison has been a steady and reassuring presence at WFS. Rick led with grace, composure, and confidence. Detail-oriented and proactive in his planning, Rick’s contributions to our school community have been immeasurable. Always ready with a warm “hello,” he is a friend to students, current parents, graduates, colleagues, former parents, and trustees.

Nurse Stephanie

After being an integral part of the community for 15 years, Nurse Stephanie Gramiak is moving on. From loose teeth, to stomach aches, to broken bones (and much more!), Stephanie has been there for our youngest community members, her medical expertise and incredible warmth helping heal them on a daily basis. Stephanie was key in tackling the chal lenges of the COVID pandemic, providing insight and guidance, and helping families, faculty, and staff with a wide variety of questions and concerns. Stephanie, thank you, and you will be missed!

Mike Benner | 7 years

Javier and his wife, Petra, are the parents of three WFS alums, Emilio ’16, Cecilia ’18, and Pier-Paolo ’22.

In his application to Friends, Mike used the following quote from Doug Reeves, “Only an educational system based on equity, shared values, and unremitting commitment to excel lence will cause an intersection between the interests of educa tional leaders and needs of our world.”

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As our campus has grown since 1987, so have Rick’s connec tions to our community members. At any of our events, but especially at Homecoming and Commencement, visitors to campus would seek him out to catch up with him for a good conversation and laugh. When asked about his plans for life after WFS, Rick says he will spend time with family and do as much fishing as possible.

That quote reflects Mike’s approach to education, and it cer tainly showed in all of his endeavours. As Head of School Ken Aldridge said, “When you work with Mike, you come to know it’s the community that’s important, even when he’s clerking a group or leading a discussion. We are aware that Mike has a masterful perspective on pedagogy, and he uses that skillset to know others and has the right approach provide support and guidance to others at all times. That’s Mike.”

Javier Ergueta | 20 years

When he arrived at Friends in 2015, Mike initiated many conversations around scope and sequence across all three divi sions. We relied upon his expertise and passion for teaching and learning to help focus our professional development oppor tunities and planning. Mike believes that schools best serve students and teachers when they excel in the following areas: learner-centered, knowledge-centered, community-centered, and assessment-centered. Mike has helped steward and facilitate the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) visit; our 5-year PAIS/Association of Maryland and DC Schools (AIMS) self-study; an IB 10-year self-study; our membership renewal process for Friends Council on Education; and the pro duction of the School’s version of its own Faith in Practice.

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During his 20 years at Friends, Javier Ergueta has consistently raised the bar of intellectual engagement and critical thinking in the upper school.

Javier was passionate as well about the Theory of Knowl edge course, a cornerstone of the International Baccalaureate diploma program. He has introduced hundreds of students to new ways of thinking critically about knowledge sources and creation. Junior “TOK” students regularly can talk about the important boundary between skepticism and gullibility, thanks to his discussions. His lessons on how we learn and what is considered truth in different disciplines have shaped the WFS TOK

Javier has taught many history courses during his tenure at the School, including designing a brand new course for WFS, Global Politics, for the fall of 2020. Javier did nothing halfway. He had significant materials housed online for student learning, whether in a “Diigo” bookmarking site, a quiz bank site (Quia), or on our school learning platform. Javier read widely and voraciously, both to develop his own learning and in support of student growth.

doing so, students engage in dynamic dialogue through Cyn thia’s teaching. And so, we should come to understand a new perspective on “graduation.” Cynthia shared that she consid ers her teaching and her commitment to arts education, as her "greatest work of art."

Stephanie and her husband Doug are the parents of two graduates, Carter ’21 and Margo ’22.

Cynthia and her husband, Emil, are the parents of four WFS alums: Alex ’01, Jacqueline ’03, Phoenix ’08, and Kelsey ’10.

Director of Business Operations and Benefits Lesley Tryon '71 was awarded the National Business Officers Association's Professional Achievement Award! The award recognizes the invaluable contributions made by independent school business, finance, and operations staff who distinguish themselves every day and make exceptional contribu tions to their schools and the independent school community. The National Business Officers Association represents more than 1,500 member schools from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and 23 other countries around the

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school Chinese teacher Jianglin Shi was named to the Taoli-Chinese Language Educators in the Mid-Atlantic board of directors.

Former WFS upper school math teacher Erica Childs will serve in the newly-formed senior administrative position of Director of Equity, Justice, Community, and Engage ment. Her leadership and organizational skills have greatly benefited our community, most notably through our READ (Read and Educate ourselves on Anti-Racism and Diver sity) sessions over the past two years. She has a vision for growing and deepening our diversity, equity, and inclusion work and will use the recommendations provided in the Cultural Assessment report from Brown-Gary Associates as a basis for DEI planning going forward.

Director of College Guidance Kath leen Martin was recently named Counselor of the Year by the Potomac & Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling. This prestigious award was created to recognize PCACAC members who go above and beyond in their work with students. Some of the selection criteria includes impact on constitu ents in the admissions process, advocacy for students and colleagues, and commitment to equity and access for all.

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New Director of Equity, Justice, Community, and Engagement Appointed

Eddie Gallagher has been appointed as our next Assis tant Head of School for Academics. Eddie was formerly the Interim Head of School at AIM Academy in Con shohocken, Pennsylvania. He brings a wide range of experiences to his work at Friends and holds a doctorate in educational leadership and organization from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania.

Shifting Gears

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Coach Bob Tattersall is ready for fall football! This year, he has decided to shift gears and serve as the Quakers’ Assis tant coach, and Rob Tattersall ’91 will step into the Head Coach position. Rob has been assisting Coach T for several years, helping lead WFS to an overall record of 38-12 over the past five seasons. In 54 seasons at the helm, Coach T amassed 341 victories, 29 conference titles, nine DIAA State Tournament appearances, seven undefeated regular seasons, and one State championship title in 1984.

New Assistant Head for Academics

While WFS is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school, many in our community are not familiar with what that entails. Here is an explanation, based on a Quaker Matters podcast episode with former IB Coordinator Mike Benner who just recently retired. This article appears on our “Continuing Revelations” parenting and education blog which strives to be a resource for all families.

“Between the course offerings and the level of those offerings, students are really able to create a schedule that truly matches their interests, their ambitions, and where they want to take their academic career.”

What in the World is IB?

IB is the informal name that many use for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a globally-recognized standard of excellence for high school curricula and university prep. The IB emphasizes high academic standards, global perspective, informed and engaged citizenship, respect for others, and the active application of classroom experience--all undertaken through a process-oriented, teacher-guided, multiple-assessment approach.

Mike Benner, who coordinated the IB program at Wilmington Friends School, says, “It’s important for people to realize that the IB program is so much more than academic preparation. It teaches students time management. It teaches them how to prioritize their work, and not just their academic work, but their non-academic work– their athletic life, their personal and social life. It allows them to experience that requirement before they go to university, and at the end they are constantly telling us that they feel much more prepared.”

That seems like a tall order, but after learning a bit about the approach, it makes sense how the pro gram delivers.

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- Former IB Coordinator, Mike Benner

Many of us are familiar with Advanced Placement or “AP” courses in high schools, and oftentimes we see “AP” grouped with “IB” in references to more challenging coursework. But what exactly does IB stand for, and what does it mean for a child’s education?

Before reading about the “how” of the IB, it may be helpful to have an understanding of the “why.” Students who pursue the IB diploma become world-class problem solvers who have the global mindset to lead in college and beyond. They are highly prepared for reading, writing, research, and communication, providing a head start in college courses as compared to their IBpeers.isconsistently

The International Baccalaureate Organization employs exam iners who are experienced educators with special training to evaluate IB exams, with chief examiners that have authority in each global region. Exams are evaluated by the regional examiners, working within their fields of expertise, and the exam score counts for about 75% of the overall IB score, with

IB exams are carefully designed as external standards that sup port, rather than stifle, effective teacher-guided instruction. For example, students have some choice about which exam ques tions to answer, giving teachers flexibility to approach a subject in the way that best suits their students. IB exams also focus on skills like formation of an argument and creative problemsolving in addition to basic skills like retention of information and application of standard methods. Furthermore, what dis tinguishes IB from AP is the level of student-designed learning, such as significant research-focused science labs.

University-Level Coursework

Students can choose to enroll in individual IB courses without pursuing the full diploma, and take only the corresponding IB exams, similar to Advanced Placement (AP) but with a greater emphasis on partnership with teachers and schools.

Within each of these areas of study, students have a variety of options. For example, in the sciences, students may be able to take biology, chemistry, physics, or computer science.

some variation among academic areas. There is no "curve" in the grading of IB exams, but rather one set of standards applied equally to all schools and all students.

Theory of Knowledge

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In addition to the course exams, diploma students must suc cessfully complete the Theory of Knowledge course which is designed to help students understand how knowledge is created and synthesized across disciplines. The course is taught over a two-year period with two different teachers, one in junior year, and one in senior year. Both teachers are IB trained, and they are there to teach and guide students as they go through the Accordingprogram.

One of the topics discussed in this college-level seminar include: can there be knowledge independent of culture or are mistakes as important as accuracy in developing new ideas?

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Students are also required to complete the Extended Essay, which is designed to offer a university-level research and writing experience and is a way for students to express their passion. Guided by their Extended Essay Coordinator, students select a topic of their choosing. The essay can be focused in one particular discipline––such as literature, history, or math––or interdisciplinary, such as science together with economics. Stu dents must complete 40 hours of research and writing and, in addition to the Coordinator, students are assigned an Extended Essay Advisor to provide guidance, though that is limited to five hours of direct instruction.

weighted in college admissions and in the awarding of college credit for HL coursework. More than 1,600 colleges and universities in the United States have written policies on IB course credit and placement, including all mem bers of the Ivy League as well as MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Tech, Haverford, Michigan, Earlham, Georgetown, the Univer sity of Virginia, Swarthmore, and the University of Delaware.

to Benner, “Understanding how knowledge is cre ated helps a student understand when someone makes a claim in a discipline. So when a scientist makes a claim, how does that differ from when an artist makes a claim? And by study ing the way that knowledge is constructed and the way that we understand the different disciplines really helps students be criti cal thinkers because they learn to evaluate the knowledge they consume, not as a passive consumer of the information, but as an active evaluator of the information that they consume.”

• Mathematics

The IB Diploma Programme requires all students worldwide to fulfill specific requirements during their 11th and 12th grade years. Courses are distributed across 6 groups and at two levels of depth, Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL). These groups include:•Language and literature

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Tangible Outcomes

Benner says, “Between the course offerings and the level of those offerings, students are really able to create a schedule that truly matches their interests, their ambitions, and where they want to take their academic career.”

Depending on their level of success in certain IB courses, some students are awarded college credit or qualify for advanced placement in math and language courses. Some students even earn scholarship awards at some colleges because of their par ticipation in IB.

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Another critical piece is the advising offered at school. The advisor can help a student walk through the decision-making process with an understanding of the student's needs and the program’s rigor and offerings. They can determine if the student would benefit from enrolling in individual courses or pursuing the full diploma––it’s all about meeting the needs of students and their families.

When deciding whether or not to enroll, a good place for a student to start is by thinking about what gets them up in the morning and what about school excites them. “Allowing the student to describe that passion and how they wish to express themselves really helps determine the best route,” says Benner.

According to the IB organization, “CAS enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development by learning through experience. It provides opportunities for selfdetermination and collaboration with others, fostering a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment from their work. At the same time, CAS is an important counterbalance to the academic pressures of the DP [diploma program].” Creativity, activity, service. (n.d.). International Baccalaureate. and-service/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/creativity-activity-https://www.ibo.org/

Who should pursue the IB diploma?

Finally, families should consider the Learner Profile provided on the IB organization’s website, ibo.org, which describes IB students

Engaging in the IB diploma program is a student-driven process. A student can’t feel like they are doing it for others; they need to feel like they are doing it for themselves. But because they are given choices, a student who wants to be challenged with the IB curriculum can follow their passions in an optimal environment to succeed.

Scan the QR code to listen to our Quaker Matters podcast episode with former Assistant Head for Academics and IB Coordinator Mike Benner. Or, please visit the “Community” tab on our website.

When deciding whether or not to enroll, a good place for a student to start is by thinking about what gets them up in the morning and what about school excites them.

Over the course of their junior and senior years, IB diploma candidates fulfill CAS requirements, which includes community service and participation in activities such as sports, the arts, and civic and school organizations.

Creativity, Activity, & Service (CAS)

If a school provides an environment where students can engage in a variety of extracurricular activities (sports, service, theater, school newspaper), it’s typically not challenging to satisfy the CAS requirement.

This year, Kindergarten students held their traditional peace march throughout the lower school build ing, with posters including messages like, "Be Cind to Ech Ofr" (Be Kind to Each Other), "Help the Urth" (Help the Earth), and "Lov Evrebody" (Love

Third graders enjoyed their mystery unit in reading, noting patterns that occur across mysteries, thinking like detectives, and paying attention to clues and potential suspects. They also visited with their classmate Caroline's dad, Detec tive Pixley, who shared about his job, how he solves crimes, and materials and equipment he uses.

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Upper School Lunch and Learns

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Each year, our school community cel ebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Upper school students joined Dr. Noble Thompson and teacher Don Morton '94 for a Lunch and Learn where Dr. Thompson shared his experiences as a physician and world traveler. Dr. Thompson practiced as a neuroradiolgoist and is the author of, "Never Give Up: My Struggle to Become a Doctor."

Upper school peace teacher Ryan Wood '16 hosted Corry Wright, Direc tor of Youth and Diversion Services and Student Warriors Against Gangs & Guns at the Delaware Center for Jus tice for a Lunch and Learn. Mr. Wright talked about inequalities in schools, including underfunding, over-polic ing, and other factors that lead to lifelong consequences. He answered questions from attendees and asked the group to help brainstorm solu tions.

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students learned more about the work of Dr. King during an interactive performance by Hip Hop Fundamentals, whose goal is to edu cate, engage, and empower through

students watched a TED talk from Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and reflected on his talk during small groups in Meeting for Worship. The focus of the program, developed by WFS' Upper School Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, was from the Equal Justice Initiative and centered around the importance of social jus tice in America.

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To wrap up their Black History Month activities, members of the upper school Black Student Union traveled to the lower school to read stories to students that highlighted Black history or protagonists. The lower school students love it when the “big kids” come to visit!

The WFS middle school affinity group Sisters of Color, along with seventh grade students, worked on making quilt squares in honor of Black History Month. Seventh graders attended a performance of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington. The quilt squares represent ones that were a part of Freedom Quilts used by those escaping enslavement to hide directions and information.

The middle school Chinese classroom came to life with a Post-It dragon made out of Chinese char acters written by students!

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As part of their study on National Parks, third grade stu dents sent out "flat rangers" to the park they were studying. We heard from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, who took third grader Felic ity's flat ranger on quite an adventure! Ranger Ashley described the day's adventures, from going to the sheep lakes to the Junior Ranger Headquar ter station up at Hidden Valley to a nice scenic drive through Moraine Park. Of Moraine she said, “Lately we have been seeing elk and moose, but we think they were playing hide-andseek with us today so we unfortu nately got no photos with them."

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Over spring break, 15 WFS upper school stu dents traveled to El Paso, Texas, to take part in a QUEST service learning trip.

QUEST Term Service/Leadership trips engage students in an experiential learning model to increase their understanding of global issues as well as strategies to mitigate the impact of these challenges.

WFS was a stop on the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, which was founded in 1987 by peace vision ary Sri Chinmoy. By passing the torch from hand to hand, from community to community, and from nation to nation, this global relay has traversed more than 160 nations and over 370,000 miles.

While in El Paso, students worked with and heard from immigrants about their experi ences and the impacts immigration has had on them as refugees and their families. They witnessed immigration proceedings at Las Cruces courthouse, volunteered at a hos pitality center for asylum seekers, and met with customs and border protection agents. They learned about the Tigua Native American Tribe and explored White Sands National Park.

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Students Learn About CRISPR, a Cutting Edge Therapy

Seventh graders traveled to Material Resource Centers in Ephrata and Souderton, Pennsylvania, operated by the Mennonite Central Committee. Each of these locations focuses on providing hygiene kits, canned food, and other resources for refugees and displaced people across the world. Students helped prepare supplies for refugees including sorting care packages and helping assemble quilts.

Middle School Service

Sixth graders spent time off-campus for a morning of service activities in the local community. These trips ranged from reforestation of White Clay Creek State Park to gardening at our WFS Bellevue Community Garden, among a few others. The goal of these service activities was to provide students with an opportunity to follow up on ideas they generated during the International Day of Peace back in the fall of 2021, which focused on the question, "How can I make a positive change in the world?"

WFS was part of the educational distribution of CRISPR tech nology (a method used to alter DNA) through a new summer intensive course for students entering their junior or senior year. Besides completing a full CRISPR lab protocol, students utilized newly-developed modeling activities, explored data analysis software, met with current researchers in the CRISPR field about ethics and practice of CRISPR therapies, and debated/reenacted cases of ethical interest. This classroom application was developed by Dr. Kmiec’s Gene Editing Insti tute at the Helen Graham Cancer Center of Christiana Care. Dr. Kmiec uses CRISPR in his clinical work with cancer patients.

For the second consecutive year (and fourth time in school history), Wilmington Friends School won the Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition!

’22, has learned so much from being a part of this group. She states, “Mock Trial has grown my affection for the law and the art of argument. There is mutual respect for differing perspectives and a true openmindedness that I seldom find elsewhere. It has taught me one of the most valuable lessons: respect is paramount in discus sions.”

Manning, who has been a member of the mock trial team for four years and serves as the co-clerk with Kaylyn Freeman

Continuing to reflect on her experience in the courtroom, Manning has found power in her words because, “I learned that I didn’t need to be the strongest in the room or even have the loudest voice. My argument always spoke for itself. I feel that mock trial was the perfect way to channel this skill set.”

The upper school March For Our Lives Club held a walkout in May to recog nize the lives lost in the recent Uvalde and Buffalo shootings.

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Fourth graders participated in an electric convention - an opportunity for them to show their electric proj ects and games created during sci ence class to lower school students and faculty. Using materials such as wires, bulbs, batteries, and motors, students explore circuits, conduc tors/insulators, and switches, and are then challenged to create an electri cal invention that lights up or moves. This year's projects ranged from a math board to "cupball."

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Rebecca Zug and Ryan Wood ’16, the Mock Trial team had been preparing for this moment since the fall. Every Wednesday and Saturday, this group gathered in preparation and with an eager ness to learn from their attor ney coaches Ericka Johnson, Jodi Barillare, Judge Andrea L. Rocanelli, and Jodi Lessner ’16.

Held over video teleconferencing on March 4 and 5, WFS squeaked by Archmere Academy in the fifth and final round to secure the win (and defeated 15 other schools in the process). For their outstanding performance, the team earned seven gavels throughout the competition, including a state-record four for Claire Manning ’22, two for Greer Marvel ’23, and one for Kaylyn Freeman

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IB Art Exhibition

Second-year IB Visual Arts students displayed their work throughout the middle/upper school, the culmination of their two-year in-depth study. They also held an opening where they could discuss their work with visitors.

The upper school Chamber Singers traveled to Frawley Stadium to perform the National Anthem to kick-off a Blue Rocks game in April.

Music in the Parks Winners

Congratulations to our middle school band and choir who were both at the Music in the Parks competition in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Four upper school students were selected for the Delaware All-State Senior Choirs. Juliana Melnik ‘22 and Esther Adebi '24 participated in the Delaware All-State Senior Mixed Choir, which was conducted by Dr. Brandon Williams from Rutgers University. Jemima Smith '24 and Gianna Martinelli ‘22 participated in the Delaware All-State Senior Treble Choir, conducted by Dr. B.E. Boykin from Georgia Tech. After a two-day rehearsal period, each choir presented their concert at Seaford High School on February 5. (Both groups pictured with teacher Margaret Anne But terfield.)

The 7th/8th Grade Band received a Superior Rating and first place in the small school category as well as the Best Overall Junior High/Middle School Band.

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The 7th/8th Grade Choir received an Excellent Rating and first place in the small school category.

Layli Katirai '26 participated in the Dela ware All State Junior Chorus Concert. The group, conducted by Stephen Holmes of the Maryland State Boychoir, rehearsed for two days and then performed on February 5 at Seaford High School.

Finally, Isabelle Bohner '24, Juliana, and Gianna traveled to Boston as members of the ACDA Eastern Division High School Honor Choir. The choir of 180 students, representing schools from Maryland to Maine, rehearsed Wednesday through Friday, and performed on Saturday, Feb ruary 12 under the direction of Dr. Paul Rardin of Temple University.

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Jalen Stewart ’24: 2nd Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference Conner Verbanas ’25: Honorable Mention All-State, 2nd Team All-Conference

Boys’ Basketball: Competing in arguably the toughest conference in the State of Delaware, the boys’ basketball team battled their way to an overall record of 9-11 and fell just short of qualifying for the DIAA State Tournament this winter. Their biggest win of the season came in a home showdown against #12 Archmere Academy where the Quakers defeated the Auks by a final score of 35-27. In their nine victories, the Quakers outscored their oppo nents

Honorable Mention All-State, 1st Team All-Conference Andrew McKenzie ’24: Honorable Mention All-Conference

Post-Season Honors

Tyler Wilmore ’24: 1st Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference, State Champion in the 500 Ameer Bashir ’22: 2nd Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference

WFS Collegiate Athletes

Marcel Stewart ’22: 2nd Team All-Conference Aubrey Ashman ’26: Honorable Mention All-Conference Robin Lebauer: DISC Coach of the Year

Congratulations to our athletes who will continue their athletic careers in college!

Back row: Nathaniel Huxtable ‘22, Baseball at The College of Wooster; Osi Chukwuocha ‘22, Football at Case Western Reserve University; Marcel Stewart ‘22, Track at Marist College; Max Leffler ‘22, Cross Country and Track at Lehigh University

Girls’ Basketball: The girls’ basketball team had an out standing winter, winning double-digit contests for the third time in four years and qualifying for the DIAA State Tournament for the second consecutive year. Winners of six conference matchups, the Quakers' highlight of the season came in their first round upset victory over the #11 St. Georges Hawks. Down 15-14 at halftime, the Quakers refused to give in and outscored their opponents 25-15 in the second half en route to a 39-30 victory.

Margo Gramiak ’22: Blue-Gold All-Star Game participant, Honorable Mention All-State, 1st Team All-Conference Caelen Grubb ’22: 2nd Team All-Conference Reagan Brady ’23: Honorable Mention All-Conference

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Post-Season Honors

Kira Agne ’23: 1st Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference, State Champion in the 200 IM

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Swimming: The boys’ swim team had a historic season as they won the DISC Conference Championship for the first time in school history, went undefeated in the regular season, and placed 3rd overall at the State Championship Meet. At the DIAA State Championship meet, Tyler Wilmore ’24 won a State Championship as he touched the wall first in the 500 free. Wilmore also earned a silver medal in the 200 free while Conner Verbanas ’25 earned bronze in the 500 free. Marcel Stewart ’22, Ameer Bashir ’22, Jalen Stew art ’24, and Wilmore continued to prove themselves as one of the top relay teams in the State of Delaware, finishing 2nd overall in the 400 free relay and 3rd in the 200 medley

swim team had another excellent season as well, going 6-4 in the regular season and placing 14th overall in the State Championship Meet. Kira Agne ’23 led the charge, winning the State Championship in the 200 IM. Agne also finished 4th overall in the 500 free.

Front row: Margo Gramiak ‘22, Basketball at Vassar College; Reena Robinson ‘22, Volleyball at Ursinus College; Rhys Rademaker ‘22, Soccer at Immaculata University; Donnie Morton ‘22, Wrestling at Williams College

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Donnie Morton ’22: 6th place

Indoor Track: The indoor track and field team had another successful winter campaign, competing against some of the top schools across the state of Delaware each and every week. At the DIAA State Championship meet, Mad eline Rowland ’23 set two school records in the 55 and 200 meter dashes. In both events, Rowland finished in 11th place. Max Leffler ‘22 continued his fantastic indoor season as well at the State Meet, setting two season bests in the 800 and 1600. In both events, Leffler finished 6th overall.

Sloan Makoujy ’26: participant

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Kaeden Fleming ’24: participant

Cole Morris ’22 (160)

Phil Crock ’23: 8th place

Wrestling: It was an incredible year for WFS wrestling as five wrestlers represented WFS in the DIAA Individual State Championships at Cape Henlopen High School. Donnie Morton ’22, who earned his 100th career win earlier at the DISC Championships, earned 6th place in the 138 lb weight class. In one of the most exciting matches of the tourna ment, Morton upset the #2 seed in overtime! Phil Crock ’23 battled all weekend as well, securing his place on the podium with an 8th place finish in the 220 lb weight class. Liam Sullivan ’24 (106), Sloan Makoujy ’26 (120), and Kaeden Fleming ’24 (126) each competed in two matches at the State Championship meet.

Liam Sullivan ’24: participant

Donnie Morton ’22 (138)

Phil Crock ’23 (220)

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Girls’ Soccer: The girls’ soccer team finished their 2022 campaign with a regular season record of 10-4-1, going 8-2 in the challenging Delaware Independent Schools Confer ence. The Quakers, who earned the #7 seed in the DIAA Division 2 State Tournament, were well-balanced through out the year as they outscored their opponents 54-28 and posted seven shutouts.

Emma Slease ’23: 2nd Team All-Conference Maddie Osbourn ’22: Blue-White Senior Game participant

Silas Montana ’25, 1st Singles

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Collier Zug ’24/Rasheed Bashir ’24, 1st Doubles Tauson Biggs ’24/Devin Wallace ’24, 2nd Doubles

Josephine Wellons ’23: 2nd Team All-State

Reagan Brady ’23: 1st Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference

Post-Season Honors

Girls’ Tennis: For the first time in school history, the girls’ tennis team won the DIAA Team State Championship with 19 total points! Aubrey Nisbet ’23 and Alexis Montana ’22 led the way for WFS as they each won Individual State Cham pionships at 1st and 2nd singles! In a total team effort, the Doubles teams' of Macy Volp ’22/Sarah Levenson ’24 (1st) and Tess Wolf ’24/Jamie Feldman ’24 (2nd) earned two key points apiece in the DIAA State Tournament, advancing to the Quarterfinals in their respective brackets. At 3rd Singles, Ava Rubano ’24 won multiple matches and made her way to the Semifinals. In addition to winning the State Championship, the girls' went undefeated against all con ference opponents en route to securing the DISC champi onship.

Golf: The golf team, competing against all of the best teams that Delaware has to offer, went 3-11-2 this spring. Jake Bryson ’23, Josephine Wellons ’23, and Zac Antao ’24 all qualified for the DIAA State Tournament. Wellons, who shot a two-day total of 166, finished 7th overall in the Girls’ Individual Championship. Antao finished 20th overall in the Boys’ Individual Championship with a two-day total of

Margo Gramiak ’22: All-County

Nathaniel Huxtable ’22: 1st Team All-Conference, Blue-Gold All-Star Game participant, selected to the Delaware North Carpenter Cup team

Jason Hughes ’24: 2nd Team All-Conference

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Boys’ 4x800: Matt Renzulli ’22, Liam Sullivan ’24, Jalen Stewart ’24, M. Stewart Boys’ 4x200: Alex Brennan ’23, Mitchell Brenner ’24, J. Stewart, Turman Boys’ 4x100: Brenner, Turman, Brennan, J. Stewart Girls’ 4x100: Brina Abere ’25, Mimi Terranova ’22, Greta Munch ’25, Payton Williams ’24

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Baseball: The baseball team battled through one of the toughest schedules in the State, finishing with an over all record of 8-10. The Quakers went 6-2 in the Delaware Independent Schools Conference, beating Sanford, St. Andrew's, and Tatnall two times apiece. Moreover, WFS defeated two teams that qualified for the DIAA State Tour Post-Seasonnament.

Corey Silberglied ’22: Honorable Mention All-State, 1st Team All-Conference

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Avery Gaines ’24: Honorable Mention All-Conference Braeden Pantano ’25: Honorable Mention All-Conference

Outdoor Track & Field: The Quaker track & field team had a strong showing at the 2022 DIAA State Championship meet. Margo Gramiak ’22 finished 2nd in the 300 meter hurdles, 6th in the long jump, 7th in the 100 meter hurdles, and 10th in the 200. Max Leffler ’22 capped off his excel lent career with three strong performances as he placed 3rd in the 800, 3rd in the 1600, and 4th in the 3200. Shiloh Connor ’22 placed 5th in the long jump and Zae Turman ’24 finished 7th in the triple jump. Marcel Stewart ’22 placed 10th in the 400 and 11th in the 800 to round out the WFS individual performances. The following relay teams also recorded season bests at the State Championship Meet as well:

Max Leffler ’22: All-County

Girls’ Lacrosse: The girls’ lacrosse team continued to prove themselves as one of the top programs in the State of Delaware this season, advancing to the DIAA State Tour nament for the second year in a row. After their 9-6 regular season campaign, the Quakers earned the #10 seed and a matchup with Ursuline Academy in the First Round. In an exciting contest, the girls’ avenged an early season loss to Ursuline and defeated the Raiders 10-9!

Adin Shweiki ’22: 1st Team All-Conference

Giuliana DiPrinzio ’25: 1st Team All-Conference

Ellie Criscimagna ’23: 2nd Team All-Conference Gianna Cottone ’25: 2nd Team All-Conference Simran Dattani ’24: 2nd Team All-Conference Ellie Driscoll ’25: 2nd Team All-Conference

Peri Mulveny ’23: 1st Team All-Conference

Boys’ Tennis: The boys’ tennis team had an incredible year this spring, capturing their first winning season since 2014 with an overall record of 9-4. The highlight of the season was defeating perennial power and #5 ranked St. Andrew’s School for the first time since 2015! Congrats to the follow ing members of the boys' tennis team who made it to the Quarterfinals in their respective DIAA State Tournament brackets:

Ryan Weigand ’26: 1st Team All-Conference

Kevin Dolan ’24: 1st Team All-Conference

Molly Dolan ’26: Honorable Mention All-Conference

R.J. Toogood ’22: Blue-White Senior Game participant

Grace Terrell ’24: 2nd Team All-Conference

A.P. Rossi ’22: Blue-White Senior Game participant

Boys’ Lacrosse: The boys’ lacrosse team had another ter rific year this spring, advancing to the DIAA State Tourna ment for the second consecutive season. After going 9-6 in the regular season and outscoring their opponents 167109, the boys’ earned the #9 seed and faced off against Tower Hill in the First Round. In their matchup against the Hillers, the Quakers led throughout and defeated them 16-9; their second win against Tower Hill this season and their first win in the DIAA State Tournament since 2018!

Post-Season Honors

Donnie Morton ’22: Blue-White Senior Game participant

Andrew McKenzie ’24: 2nd Team All-Conference

Jackson Redd ’23: 2nd Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference

Madeline Rowland ’23: 1st Team All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-State

Cole Morris ’22: 2nd Team All-Conference, Blue-White Senior Game participant

Alexa Donahue ’22: 1st Team All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-State

Allie Saber ’22: 2nd Team All-Conference

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Lucy Wood ’22: 1st Team All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-State

Nick Winchell ’24: 1st Team All-Conference

Lilly Hebert ’25: 2nd Team All-Conference

Kaely Tornek ’22: 1st Team All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-State

During an end-of-year professional day,

34 Olivia Delgado '21 was honored by the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association with a Sportsmanship Award. Olivia's score was misreported during the Division 2 Girls' Long Jump event at the state championship, and she ensured that her actual score (which was lesser) was corrected and accurately reported. By coming forward to scratch her result at this event, Olivia removed herself from receiving a medal. "This is a true display of honesty and integrity," DIAA said.

She discussed what helps LGBTQ+ students cultivate resilience, including: affirming adult mentors, coaches, and teachers; teaching mindfulness practices; positive peer support; and ath letics and/or arts to tap into these students’ creative energy.

After Fleshman’s talk, faculty and staff gathered in small groups to reflect on the presentation and their takeaways, including what we can do as a community to help LGBTQ+ students feel seen and supported at WFS.

Creating a school environment that is safer and more inclusive for LGBTQ+ students requires a school to re-evaluate all of its practices, policies, and culture. Rainbow schools must have affirming school policies, inclusive curriculum, faculty and staff who are allies, and safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students to gather.

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WFS faculty and staff met with Reverend Karla Fleshman, LCSW, MDiv, who spoke about "creating a rainbow school" in support of LGBTQ+ students and the four pillars for systemic change. Flesh man is the founder of Transitions Delaware LLC, which offers counseling, consultation, and training services.

Fleshman shared several powerful messages about gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, as well as information from the Delaware Youth Risk Behavioral Survey, including the fact that two out of every five queer children will attempt suicide and that LGBTQ+ students report twice as much suffering as their peers.

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• Dine in/take out nights at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza and Piz zeria Maki along with fundraisers with Casual Marketplace and Old Country Gardens.

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• Film producer and civil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson, along with a screening of his acclaimed documentary Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, coordinated by the H&S Parents for Multiculturalism (PFM) Committee, led by co-clerks Kendra Okolo and Tonya Baynes, and funded in partnership with the Nathan M. Clark Foundation

• Bestselling author and PBS television host Kelly Corrigan came to campus in March as part of the Three-School Speaker Consortium with Tatnall and Tower Hill, spearheaded by WFS parent Michelle Silberglied.

Speaker Events

Thanks to the efforts of its leadership team and dedicated parent volun teers, H&S strengthened the sense of community at WFS, provided educational presentations for families, and served people in need in the broader Wilmington community this year. They made an end-of-year gift of $26,300 to the WFS Annual Fund this spring, due to suc cessful fundraising activities throughout the year, which included a $5,000 unrestricted Annual Fund gift as part of the “Be Bold for Blue” Matching Gift Challenge and a $21,300 gift to sup port capital improvements benefitting all three divisions of the school. Highlights from the Spring include:

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Thank you to everyone who volunteered with H&S and sup ported this year’s events. A special thanks to outgoing clerks Amy Blake and Fola Adebi (pictured below with Ken) for shar ing their time and talents so generously with the WFS commu nity, and to the rest of this year’s H&S Executive Committee for their dedication and leadership: Kellen Amobi, Jodi Bettler, Paul Gaskell, Amanda Hay ’95, Heather Jackman, Adrienne Lenz, Kendra Okolo, Michelle Silberglied, and Kristine Tuttleman.

• Dr. Elizabeth Englander who gave a presentation on “Parent ing in 2022: Helping Kids With Social Skills, Social Relation ships, and Social Media.”

• The H&S Parent Ambassadors, led by Kyle McKean ’98 and Kelly O’Donnell ’93, connected with parents and caregivers who joined WFS during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. They also helped to welcome newly admitted families at Admissions Office events in June, and will serve as a resource for all incom ing families over the summer and next fall.

• Annual H&S Used Book Sale, which, thanks to parent coclerks Olivia Montejo and Jon Vanderloo and a wonderful group of volunteers, raised the largest amount in recent memory.

• Rev. Karla Fleshman, LCSW, of Transitions Delaware gave an interactive workshop for parents and caregivers on “LGBTQ+ Youth’s Emerging Identities,” organized by Skye Rashkind and the Parent Awareness Committee.

• Lower School Spring Scholastic Book Fair which raised a record amount this year thanks to clerk Kameron McConnell and the other parent volunteers who ran the event.

• The H&S Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR) meals, led by coclerks David and Kristine Tuttleman, serving between 150 and 200 people each month.

• Faculty/staff appreciation treats and luncheons. Thanks to Lower School Events Coordinators Susanne Handling and Kristin Jenney for organizing the lower school events and to 9th and 10th grade class representatives Laura Rossi, Dara Shipp, Tracy Burleigh, and Leah Heckles for organizing the luncheon for middle and upper school faculty and staff.

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• The Quaker Closet consignment store was, thanks to generous donors/consignors, shoppers, and a dedicated cadre of weekly volunteers, the biggest H&S fundraiser this year. Thank you to co-clerks Kendra Okolo and Lisa Pisano, assisted by Keri Mor rison and April Jefferson at the lower school Q-Tique satellite store, for their efforts throughout the year.

In a Lunch & Learn, Theo Nix ’72 spoke with stu dents about how he is training people to become FAA-certified drone operators. Pictured are Monty Harris (WFS Director of Capital & Endowment Giving), Theo, Ken, and Theo’s colleague, Ashley Cooper.

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Theo believes “your network is your net worth” and that using one’s network and creating networks will lead to opportunities. He also finds that partnerships help grow a business. “I learned from being corporate counsel at DuPont that one of the keys to the company's success is to create col laborations.” [At the DWS Drone School] “We have created scores of global partnerships that will help drive our school and employment company to create thriving jobs and careers in these technologies,” he wrote.

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s drone power.

As a businessman, Theo has always had an entrepreneurial mindset. “I started the drone and virtual reality school and employment company to help the American middle class and our veterans who come from around the country to take our classes,” he wrote. “I believe passionately that having your own business helps to create generational wealth for fami lies. When you are a W-2 employee, your employer pays you just enough to come to work the next day but never enough to get wealthy. I would rather create wealth for myself and my own family. Entrepreneurship does that.”

The compelling video and talk ended before an actual dem onstration of drones in flight. After the students left for their next classes, Head of School Ken Aldridge operated a drone for the first time. He appeared to enjoy the experience.

As an alumnus and a parent of two Friends students, Court ney Nix ’07 and Theo Nix III ’07, Theo Jr. had a serendipi tous experience on the Friends campus. “I was working for a billion dollar, high-end developer at the time and was look ing for a new gig and a way not to commute,” he recalls. “DuPont attorney, Mark Christman's daughter, Meg Christ man (’06) and my daughter, Courtney Nix, played volleyball together. While sitting in the stands, I asked Mark if DuPont legal was hiring. He didn't know but said he would find out. It turned out that one year later, I was the first attorney hired in five years. I worked for DuPont as corporate counsel for fifteen great years. I learned early on you have to ask for what you want in this life.”

Theo’s DWS Drone School (www.dwsdroneschool.com) has partnered with Wilmington Mayor Michael Purzycki to train urban youth how to operate drones and virtual reality cam eras. His vision is to replicate this model around the world.

“The world will be better off when people of different back grounds interact on less superficial levels,” he said on a visit

As a student, Theo, who was known as “Ricky,” was a class president, started the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund, and developed his passion for music. The apex of his Friends experience was performing in Violet Richman the ater productions. “Violet Richman was a transformational teacher and person who brought out the best in everyone she taught,” he wrote.

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Fly Like a Drone

When asked how he thinks his industry will look like in five years, Theo says “According to Goldman Sachs, drone technology is a $100 billion industry of which $13 billion is in the commercial/civil space where we play,” he responded. “The virtual reality space is a trillion dollar industry. These industries will be a significant part of every part of our global society. As an early adopter in these industries, operators will be able to create generational wealth for their families while making a transformational and substantive difference for their communities, neighborhoods and society. That's worth getting up in the morning. Fly Away with Us!”

Last April, two dozen students, staff, faculty, and WDEL gathered in the library for a glimpse into the future. Theo Nix, Jr. ‘72 presented on why the sky’s the limit in opportu nities for FAA-certified drone pilots. The former corporate counsel for DuPont has founded a business to train pilots in five states including Delaware - and he wants to expand internationally, starting in Kenya.

There were few students of color when he attended Friends from 1967 to 1972. In fact, many were his family members: Sheldon Nix ’74, Denise Nix-Thompson ’75, and Crystal Nix Hines ’81.

Imagine delivery times for medical supplies to remote areas dramatically reduced. Or, think of how farmers can increase crop yields by analyzing data captured by airborne cameras. That’s drone power.

“My siblings and I were the only African Americans in the Upper School. For me there were many moments of loneli ness. Friends is an exceptional school with provocative teachers. It was always on the cutting edge of most things including the issue of race. However, we lived in two worlds, their white world and the Black world. Our classmates really didn't know or ask what that African American world was about. But we thrived anyway and have benefited from the experience. I know our parents wanted the best education possible and nine Nix graduates later, Friends is part of our family DNA,” he reflected.

At the Lunch and Learn last April, Theo also announced his plans to form the Delaware Drone Soccer League. Judging by the students’ expressions, it may very well happen.

In May 2022, The Foundation in partnership with the WFS Home & School Association’s Parents for Multiculturalism Committee sponsored a film screening and discussion with criminal defense and civil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson. The film, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, features Robinson and interweaves lecture, personal anecdotes, inter views, and surprising revelations as he draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States. Robinson, founder and CEO of The Who We Are Project, a non-profit organization working to change the narrative on our shared history of antiBlack racism in the U.S., joined us virtually.

The first speaker in the Nathan M. Clark Speaker Series was international peacekeeper Rebecca Davis. During her day on campus, Rebecca met with more than 300 students in grades five through nine, sharing her passion for dance, her global engagement with at-risk youth through dance, and her com mitment to peacekeeping. In the evening, viewers from around the world joined in for her livestream presentation, including participants from three of the African nations where Rebecca

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We are grateful that the Nathan M. Clark Foundation has funded a speaker series at WFS to inspire and engage the broader community. The foundation is committed to adding to the quality of life in and around Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by supporting arts, culture, and rede velopment initiatives. Special thanks to parents of alumni, Gigi and Jan Clark, who serve on the foundation board and helped to spearhead this initiative.

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2022, prominent climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann joined us in the Friends Theater for a presentation on "Urgency & Agency in the Battle to Avert a Climate Crisis.” Dr. Mann is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publica tions, numerous op-eds and commentaries, and five books. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2020, and he is also a co-founder of the award-winning science web site RealClimate.org. During the day, he spent time with WFS students, including those in our Fridays for the Future Club, on our Ecology Team, and those who traveled to Acadia National Park on last summer’s QUEST Service Trip. In the evening, he gave a talk and participated in a lively Q & A about the current state of the climate crisis and what needs to be done now to reverse it.

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been promoted to Deputy Editor at the Wisconsin Examiner, effective Febru ary 1, 2022. He joined the Examiner when it was launched in July 2019. It is part of States Newsroom, a growing non-profit news organization based in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., that was established to revitalize cov erage of state government, statewide issues, and their impact on people’s everyday lives. Before joining the Wis consin Examiner, Erik spent 24 years as a full-time freelance magazine writer. He previously worked for the Milwau kee Journal Sentinel for 9 years and at newspapers in Rochester, New York, and Rockford, Illinois.

Andy Wyeth (see Class of 1962).

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Scott Sanders is the author of three published books: The House of Remember When, The Box Salesman, and Call Me Cecilia. He is in the pro cess of publishing two more books, Driving Through Shaker Heights and The Screwball Effect. He writes that the latter is about a boy who attends a Quaker school in the 1970’s and “might be a little autobiographi cal.” Scott recalls: “My mentor was Ambrose Short (my 9th grade English teacher) along with Sally Longstreth (my 7th grade teacher), Fred Royal (my 10th grade teacher) and Bix Bush (my 8th grade teacher). Mr. Short became a very close friend of mine and I even used to cut the lawn at his home down the street from me. After doing a pathetic job cutting the grass, I would even have tea with “Shorty” and his brother. Those were treasured conver sations, but sadly he actually passed away while I was attending Friends. Mr. Short used to tell me to “just keep writing” and that is what I have done. I have shared my books with a few alumni (Andy Atkins has been a great supporter and Lisa Townsend-Raber has helped me edit my manuscripts). My third book includes references to a school that was a lot like Friends School. I also wrote a screenplay years ago called “The Manner of Friends” which centered on Bob Tattersall and

John Dann shares that he and Andy Wyeth ’66, “history enthusiasts, col lectors, and friends of more than 60 years,” attended the Ephemera Show in Greenwich, Conn., on March 20.

Judith Prest ’69 published a new poetry collection Geography of Loss in July

John Dann ’62 and Andy Wyeth ’66.

Fred Pardee has served as president of the Princeton Club of Sarasota and Manatee Counties for the past eight years. In May, the club was selected to receive the 2022 Alumni Council’s Princeton Club of San Antonio Award, which recognizes the regional associa tion with the best overall performance for a small to midsize association. The Alumni Council applauded the club’s efforts to provide frequent, accessible, and meaningful engagement opportuni ties to its membership.

Erik Gunn, of Madison, Wisconsin, has

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Judith Prest writes: “I graduated (back in the age of dinosaurs) in 1969. Worked as a school social worker for 26 years, retired in 2009, worked lead ing expressive arts and recovery writ ing groups with adults in addiction treatment at New Choices Recovery Center in Schenectady, NY until I got sidelined by the pandemic and decided I was old enough to really retire. Have been writing poems and making art for many decades, and finally have had some success getting work published by someone other than myself. My newest poetry collection, Geography of Loss, was released in July 2021 by Finishing Line Press. And even though I am not employed anywhere regularly now, I have been working as a poetry part ner with Institute for Poetic Medicine (IPM).” Judith facilitated a six-week Zoom poetry circle for IPM in February and March, titled “Poetry as Compass: Navigating the Wilderness of Grief and Loss.”

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Scott Sanders ’77 is the author of three books.

Crystal Nix Hines was named to the California Daily Journal’s 2021 “Top Women Lawyers” list, an annual recog nition highlighting California women lawyers at the top of their practice. She is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel, where she is co-chair of the firm’s Crisis Law & Strategy Group, which helps clients with crisis management and resolution. She also Chairs the firm’s Education Practice Group.

Linda Holmes ’89 published a new novel, Flying Solo, in June.

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the hosts of the popular podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour. Her debut novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over, was pub lished in 2019 and became a New York Times bestseller.

Linda Holmes has written a new novel, Flying Solo, which BookPage named one of the most anticipated fiction books of 2022. Linda is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and one of

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40 the undefeated football teams of the seventies. (Sadly, that script was lost years ago during a move.) I was lucky enough to be on two of those unde feated teams and even had Mr. “T” send me films from those years that I copied and still watch occasionally. By the way, you can even find a YouTube video of the St. Andrew’s game in 1974 online. Amazing that it survived and is still there today.”

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Kelly McGeehan ’08, Morgan Dorsey ’08, and Amy Tryon ’08 (center) and Sara Geoghegan ’08 (far right).

Morgan Dorsey married Patrick Genau on June 3 at the Curtis Arboretum in Wyncote, PA. WFS alums Kelly McGeehan and Amy Tryon were comaids of honor and Sara Geoghegan was a bridesmaid. All of their parents were in attendance including Lesley Tryon ’71 and Dave Geoghegan ’75 and Sue Geoghegan. Pooja Yadav also traveled from New York to be in atten dance.

Ellie Kelsey ’09 is heading to Emory University’s P.A. program.

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Matt Meyer ’90 hosted Dan Pfeiffer ’94 at Faire Cafe, discussing Dan’s career and his new book.

Sam Finkelman ’10 helps a Ukrainian refugee in Budapest, Hungary.

New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer hosted fellow WFS alum Dan Pfeiffer ’94, author and co-host of Pod Save America, at the new Faire Cafe on 9th street in downtown Wilmington where they had a good conversation about insights from Dan’s career and his new book.

Lauren Kelley married Bryan McDermott on July 1, 2022 in Monaghan, Ireland. WFS alums Flavia Lopes and Laurel Brown were co-maids of honor and Eric Kelley ’10 served as Bryan’s best man and Lauren’s parents, WFS Trustee Susan Kelley and Bernie Kelley, were in the wedding party.

Kelsey Mellow graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on May 23. Dr. Mellow will be doing her residency in Family Medi cine at Beaumont Health in Michigan.

this job, I will continue my research on oceanography, ecology, climate science, and mathematical modeling and teach undergraduate and graduate students in those topics. This is par ticularly special because I graduated from Brown in 2015 with an Sc.B. in applied math, after encouragement from my math teachers at WFS to con sider majoring in math!” She received her Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the MIT-Woods Hole Oceano graphic Institution Joint Program, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Ellie Kelsey graduated from the Univer sity of Delaware with dual bachelor’s degrees in health behavior science and dietetics. She then moved to Wash ington, D.C. where she has worked as a Registered Dietitian and Certi fied Nutrition Support Clinician (RD, CNSC) with Medstar Washington Hospital Center for nearly six years. The devastating impact of the COVID19 pandemic inspired Ellie to pursue a career that would allow her to have a more direct impact on the lives of her patients and Ellie will be moving to Atlanta this summer to attend Emory University School of Medicine’s Physi cian Assistant Program.

Tattersall McGinnis ’82, Steve Cohen ’83, Sharon Mulrooney Flanagan ’84, John Aleman ’84, Tracy Porter Aleman ’87, Rob Tattersall ’91, James Baczkowski ’09, Brett Fallon, Calynd Johnson, Matt Skibicki, Louis Belson, Julian deOliveira ’12, Flavia Lopes ’12, Chessie Aleman ’12, Lindsay Aleman ’13, Jeff Davis ’13, Scott Davis ’15, Will Davis ’20, Robby Tattersall ’23, and Ryan Tattersall ’25.

Mara Freilich will be starting a job as an assistant professor of applied math and earth, environmental, and plan etary sciences at Brown University in the summer of 2023. She writes: “In

Jamie Irwin is a staff member at Wilm ington Sudbury School, a student-led, self-directed learning environment that allows children to explore their passions in a safe and respectful learning com munity. Under the WSS model, each stu dent participates in governing the school democratically and has the opportunity to be a change agent in shaping the com munity they want for their school. Jamie writes, “As a staff member at WSS, I love working to back students to see them selves as the brilliant learners and leaders of their community that they are. I have the opportunity to work side by side with them in making decisions about school activities, school policies, judicial cases, and initiatives to support school culture. I also support students in planning and getting access to the resources they need for their learning goals. My hope is that in my work at WSS, I can help empower students and support them to appreciate themselves for who they are.”

Caroline McDonough married Matt Lankiewicz on June 25, 2022 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Attending the wedding were the following WFS class mates and alums: Elise Lankiewicz ’13, Virginia DeWees, Annie McDonough ’13, Emily Romano, Taylor Purcell, Porter Ergon, Courtney Lang, Sumner Crosby, Patrick Schlecker, Michael Armstrong,

CLASS OF 2012

Anna Melnick has graduated Summa Cum Laude from Sidney Kimmel Med ical College at Jefferson University. She writes, “I will be a fourth generation Melnick physician following in the footsteps of my father, Dr. Paul Mel nick, and his father and grandfather. My wife and I are moving up to the Bronx with our four cats, where I will start my residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore.”

Sandy LoFaro Miles writes: “This past year has been a big one for me. My husband Brian Miles and I got married on Martha’s Vineyard in June 2021, and we welcomed our son Cameron this March. Brian and I live in Balti more and met doing volunteer work in our city. I have also finished my sev enth year of teaching in Baltimore City Public Schools.”

Matt Davis married Emily Quinn on May 21, 2022 in Annapolis, Mary land. Attending the wedding were the following WFS alums: Bob Davis ’83, Susie Tattersall Davis ’84, Julie

CLASS OF 2009

Sabrina Lessner currently lives in Watertown, Massachusetts, and recently started a new job as a scien tist with Sanborn, Head & Associates doing environmental and geotechni cal consulting. Outside of work, she attends young adult Jewish events, was in two community bands, and enjoys going to Boston area events and shows.

Sam Finkelman was featured in an article in Penn Today, highlighting his work supporting Ukrainian refugees and those still in the country. Finkel man, a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Pennsylvania, was in the middle of a yearlong research trip to Russia, Hungary, and Ukraine when the war broke out. He and a group of friends responded by helping transport refugees, which soon evolved into col lecting and delivering medical supplies to Ukrainian hospitals and the found ing of a non-profit organization.

Mary Blumenfeld graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in May. She is now a first-year pediatrics resi dent (along with Grayton Downing ’14) at Nemours Children’s Hospital.

CLASS OF 2010

CLASS OF 2011

Congratulations to these alums who “matched” with a residency medical program after graduating!

Match Day!

Kelsey Mellow ’10 graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteo pathic Medicine on May 23. Dr. Mellow will be doing her residency in Family Medicine at Beaumont Health in Michigan.

Cameron, son of Sandy LoFaro Miles ’11; Daniel LoFaro ’02, Carl LoFaro ’01, Patty Haughton (former Lower School Assistant Principal and Learning Specialist), Brian Miles, Sandy LoFaro Miles ’11, Curtis LoFaro ’08, and Cara LoFaro ’04.

This May, both Mary Blumenfeld ’09 (right) and Grayton Downing ’14 (left) graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jeffer son University in May. They are also both first-year pediatrics residents at Nemours Children’s Hospital.

Anna Melnick ’11 (pictured with her father, Dr. Paul Melnick), graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University and will do her residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore.

Bob Tattersall, Emily Quinn, Scott Cohen ’83, Bob Davis ’83 and Matt Davis; Brett Fallon ’11, Matt Skibicki ’11, Calynd Johnson ’11, Flavia Lopes ’12, Sharon Mulrooney Flanagan ’84, Julian deOliveira ’12, Louis Belson ’11, Scott Davis ’15, Julie Tattersall McGinnis ’82, Rob Tattersall ’91, Tracy Porter Aleman ’87, Will Davis ’20, James Baczkowski ’09, Bob Tattersall, Jeffrey Davis ’13, Susie Tattersall Davis ’84, Bob Davis ’83, Chessie Aleman ’12, John Aleman ’84, Ryan Tattersall ’25 , and Robby Tattersall ’23. (Missing from photo, Lindsay Aleman ’13).

Standing: Caroline Provine ‘12, Caroline Connolly’12, Josh Schwartz ‘12, Laurel Brown ‘12, Jennie Lowe ‘12, Lauren Kelley ‘12, Chazz Higginbotham’12, Flavia Lopes ‘12, Shane Loeffler ‘12, Calynd Johnson ‘11, Ernest Higginbotham’10, Elizabeth Connolly ‘09. Front row: Chip Connolly ‘79, Ken Aldridge, Gil Connolly ‘14 (Missing from photo, Eric Kelley ‘10).

CLASS OF 2018

Elise Lankiewicz ’13, Virginia DeWees ’12, Annie McDonough ’13, Emily Romano ’12 (front), Taylor Purcell (front), Porter Ergon ’12, Courtney Lang ’12, Caroline McDonough ’12, Matt Lankiewicz ’12, Sumner Crosby ’12, Pat Schlecker ’12, Michael Armstrong ’12, Graham Grochowski ’12, Matt Lang ’08, Kristin Lang ’10, Julia Horwitz ’11, Mary Jane Lang ’81, and Thomas Lang ’81 (Photo credit: Zofia & Co. Photography).

CLASS OF 2014

CLASS OF 2019

Grayton Downing graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in May. She is now a first-year pediatrics resi dent (along with Mary Blumenfeld ’09) at Nemours Children’s Hospital.

Nate Ruhl has graduated from Haver ford College, where he majored in Phys ics and minored in French, and played on the varsity men’s lacrosse team. He presented his research on autonomous space navigation at an American Astro nautical Society conference in February, and published a paper in the confer ence’s proceedings. Nate is part of Haverford’s “4+1” accelerated Master’s program with the University of Pennsyl vania, where he is currently pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Graham Grochowski, Matt Lang ’08, Kristin Lang ’10, Julia Horwitz ’11, Mary Jane Lang ’81, and Thomas Lang ’81.

Michael McKenzie has been awarded a Lou Holtz Leadership Scholarship by the University of Notre Dame’s Divi sion of Student Affairs, in recognition of his leadership in the area of student life. McKenzie, a rising senior majoring in mechanical engineering and minor ing in Chinese, received the scholarship for actively engaging in Notre Dame’s residential mission while participating in the Rome Global Gateway program. He is a member of Enable ND, which designs prostheses and assistive tech nologies for limb-different individu als free of charge. He is also a Flatley Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Eagan Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineer ing Grand Challenges Scholars Program and the founder and president of B+ at Notre Dame, which raises awareness and funding for childhood cancer.

Class of 1981: Jonathan Jay DeWitt

1748 Society/Friend of WFS: Brian M. Sagrestano

Class of 1945: Joan [Allen] Lovelace

Class of 1965: Patricia “Patty” E. Marshall

Class of 1947: Ann W. [Shelnutt] Benzel

Class of 1950: Joyce K. [Rock] Cummings

Class of 1945: Rodman J. Teeple

Class of 1948: Clare [Gammons] McMullan

Class of 1954: Roberta “Roby” Hearn [Simpson] Marcopulos Harrell

Class of 1963: Lysbeth “Lisa” C. [Bonner] Joslin

Class of 1954: Richard “Dick” W. Foulk

Class of 1950: John Magruder Clark, Jr.

Class of 1943: Florence [Shellnut] Lilley

Class of 1976: Dr. Lisa Maureen Petty

Class of 1954: Janet Williams [Holmes] Waddell

In Memory

Class of 1948: Dr. Christine [Lawrence] Fulop

Class of 1950: Virginia “Ginnie” [Andrews] Chagnon

Class of 1945: David Southerland Hollingsworth

Class of 1952: Allen Dupree King. Jr.

Class of 1958: William “Bill” Metten, Jr.

Any time a member of the Wilmington Friends School community passes away, we feel great sadness by the loss. But reflecting on their lives and contributions to the greater good helps us cope and remember the many good things about them. Please visit our website at www.wilmingtonfriends.org/alumni/in-memory or use the QR code provided to read about these wonderful members of the WFS community. If you would like to inform us about the passing of a friend or family member in our community, please email Lynne Nathan at lnathan@wilmingtonfriends.org.

Class of 1950: Marilyn [Dew] Maisano-Savage

In Closing Performing Arts!

The second half of the school year was filled with talent and entertainment, with performances of the upper school studentrun production, Worlds Apart, an original script written by Grace Micheletti ‘22 and co-directed by Grace and Zoe Gainer ‘22; the upper school musical Xanadu, complete with rollerskates and plenty of 80s music; eighth graders tackling the thought-provok ing 13; and fifth graders performing the endearing Dear Edwina JR.

On a beautiful morning in May, faculty, staff, and students from all divisions gathered at Mellor Field for an all-school Meeting for Worship.

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Summer Magazine 2022

In Memory

Academic & Community Awards

Class Notes

Becoming a Rainbow School

Home & School News

New Chapters for Old Friends

School News

Nathan M. Clark Speaker Series

Class of 2022 Alumni Families

Letter from Head of School Ken Aldridge