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Wilmington Friends School Summer 2013
Friends
Wilmington Friends School Summer 2013
From the Head of School
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For Alumni & Friends
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Commencement and The Class of 2013
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QUEST Stewardship
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On Annie Brooking
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Partnership for Peace
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Spring Highlights
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Annual Accreditation Update
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Class Notes and Alumni Spotlights
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In Memory
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In Closing: Lower School Art BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Andrew Aerenson ’81 Christopher F. Buccini ’90 Denise Chapman Thomas M. Connelly Doneene Damon Stephen L. Dutton Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Brett D. Fallon Scott W. Gates ’80
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Susan Kelley Darcy Rademaker Daniel Klein Russ Endo Ellen L. Gay J. Harry Hammond Susan Janes-Johnson Deborah Murray-Sheppard Laura K. Reilly Jocelyn Sutton Stewart ’82 David Tennent Harvey Zendt
Alumni Association Board Liaison
Christopher W. Lee ’82
Home & School Association Board Liaison
Jane Hollingsworth
ADMINISTRATION Head of School Assistant to the Head of School Assistant Head for Academics Assistant Head for Finance & Operations Head of Lower School Head of Middle School Head of Upper School Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Director of Communications Director of Development ALUMNI BOARD 2012-1013 Donald Altmaier ‘51 Melissa Fagan Billitto ‘87 Stanita Clarke ‘06 Carolyn Gates Connors ‘81 Alexandra Poorman Ergon ‘77 Tim E. Gibbs ‘76 Ona Murdoch Hamilton ‘67 Amy Curran Harper ‘94 Raven Harris ‘06 Omar Khan ‘90
Bryan Garman Ann Cole Peter Wenigmann William Baczkowski Annette Hearing Jonathan Huxtable Rebecca Zug Kathleen Hopkins Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Judy Aliquo
Josh Klein ‘98 Chris Lee ‘82 Kate Lester ‘02 Adrienne Monley ‘02 Donald C. Morton, Jr. ‘94 Kristin Dugan Poppiti ‘03 Tom Scott ‘70 Martha Poorman Tschantz ‘85 Joe Wolcott ‘97
Professional photography by Billy Michels ’89, Elisa Komins Morris, Larry Kuhn, and Bill Lindsey Design/layout by Jacquelyn Quinn Dickey With thanks to the alumni, students, faculty, families, trustees, and staff of Wilmington Friends School for their contributions to the community effort of Friends magazine. Please send any comments or corrections to info@wilmingtonfriends.org. Mission Statement 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. On the cover, graduate Ryan Broussard celebrates receiving his diploma from Bryan Garman; on this page, members of the Class of 2013 entering for Commencement.
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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL Dear Friends, It is a great pleasure to celebrate the Class of 2013. With both the character of the class and the related bold foundations of Quaker education in mind, I shared two quotes with the seniors at Final Assembly. The political reformer Emma Goldman once said, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” And the “Penman” of the American Revolution and mostly Delawarean, Quaker-born John Dickinson wrote that, “the first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.” The Class of 2013 had its own revolutionary spirit, and pushed and prodded Friends School, building and improving upon the traditions of our 265-year history. As seniors, our most recent graduates provided tremendous leadership in intellectual life, both on campus and at state and national events, in Business Meeting, in clubs and committees, in service projects that have made the world better than they found it. They took up the cause of Invisible Children in Uganda and partnered with Best Buddies in Wilmington. They led our athletic teams to 12 top-10 finishes in the state this year, including five during the spring season alone, a remarkable accomplishment for a school of our size. And along the way, they were recognized for the academic side of the student-athlete hyphen and as models of sportsmanship. In the arts, they led the upper school on a tour of Wilmington for the musical and concerts, a return to lower school for the spring play, and in mounting a great IB Visual Arts Exhibition on the upper campus. Two members of the class are bound for colleges focused on art and design, and one earned an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy. Characteristic of Friends students and alumni, their leadership, resilience, and growth are sources of inspiration for all of us. Their accomplishments, like those of Commencement speaker Tererai Trent, help us to ward off cynicism and give us hope that a revolution of goodness might actually be possible—what Vaclav Havel called “a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness.” Havel argued, “The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness, and in human responsibility.” As Friends graduates ready to lead and invent, to think and reflect, and to act with humility and responsibility—ready to use their education, their talents, their minds, and above all, their hearts—the Class of 2013 and their fellow alumni will, I trust, get away with many more revolutions, always pushing and prodding the world to be a better place.
Bryan with graduates Bobby Broderick, one of 32 IB Diploma candidates in the Class of 2013, and Natalie Wenigmann, who participated in School Year Abroad.
Congratulations to our newest alumni, with best wishes to all. In friendship,
Bryan Garman
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From the Alumni Association President Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87
Alumni Families
Dear Friends,
The Class of 2013 included 12 children of alumni:
Leah O’Brien Matt O’Brien ’81
Lindsay Aleman Tracey Porter Aleman ’87 and John Aleman ’84 (See page 11 for photo of Lindsay.)
Maggie Snyder Joan Pearce Snyder ’78 and Barry Snyder ’69 Granddaughter of Isabel Brown Pearce ’48
Sam Carney Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Grandson of Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56 and Bill Quillen ’52
Dwyer Tschantz Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85 Grandson of Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53
Eliza Crosby Bonnie Wilson Crosby ’79
Alumni with children newly enrolled for the 2013-14 school year: Rob Brand ’89 Carolyn Gates Connors ’81 Jeff Hughes ’79 Kyle Zechman McKean ’98
The Quaker tradition of “coming to consensus” is practiced by students every day at Friends. It is also exercised with mindfulness by the Alumni Board each March— the meeting when the Alumni Awards for the following Homecoming weekend are finalized.
Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87
This past March, with roughly 15 Alumni Board members present and after months of research, we pored over the nominations for some three hours. And in the end, it was abundantly clear, through the consensus process, which names we returned to again and again. I am very proud to announce the 2013 Alumni Awards:
“....in the end, it was abundantly clear, through the consensus process, which names we returned to again and again.”
Distinguished Alumni Award: Elisa Stroud Poole ’59 and Richard Poole ’58 Service Award: Tyrie Jenkins ’73 Young Alumnus Award: Adam Ellick ’95 (Please see page 5 for more about this year’s awardees.)
It’s not every day that we have the opportunity to honor married alumni for both of their lives’ work, and so this year we were very pleased to host a special May luncheon in the Pooles’ honor. With their daughter, Kristin Stroud Poole and other family members in attendance, the Pooles shared wonderful memories from their days at Friends and reflected on the lifelong influence of the School, the value of service, and the unique bonds of family and “old” friends. We look forward to celebrating all of our honorees during the All Alumni Reunion event on Friday evening, October 25. Please join us to celebrate these outstanding representatives of Friends alumni. In addition, our third annual Alumni Art Show will be on display—an event that just continues to grow in popularity. Be sure to reference the full schedule of events on our Homecoming 2013 website: www. wilmingtonfriends.org/homecoming-2013 We look forward to seeing you back on campus in October! Sincerely, Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87
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Jeff Davis Susan Tattersall Davis ’84 and Bob Davis ’83 Meredith Erskine Meg Gehret Erskine ’83 Granddaughter of John Gehret ’51 and the late Amanda Spackman Gehret ’51 (See page 11 for photo of Meredith.)
The total enrollment of alumni children for 201314 is currently 97 students, approximately 13% of total enrollment.
Jack Hollingsworth Peter Hollingsworth ’77 Grandson of David Hollingsworth ’45 Emily Horwitz Rich Horwitz ’75 Jon McMillan Carl McMillan ’79 and the late Wendy Smith McMillan ’77 (See page 11 for photo of Jon.) Sophie Mester Lisa Medford Mester ’83 (See page 11 for photo of Sophie.)
Maggie Snyder ’13 and mom, Joan Pearce Snyder ’78 (sorry, we missed dad, Barry ’69, for the photo).
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New York Regional Reunion On April 18, New York area alumni gathered at The Links, where Fran Biondi ’83 generously hosted a wonderful reunion. Alumni from all eras reminisced about their days at Friends, and Head of School Bryan Garman shared plans for reconstructing the theater and gym.
Bill Quillen ’52, Tracey Quillen Carney ’80, Sam Carney ‘13, and Marcia Stirling Quillen ’56.
Trustee Jane Hollingsworth, Jack Hollingsworth ’13, and Peter Hollingsworth ’77.
Mike Smith ’97 and Sara Weiss ’97.
JOIN US! Follow Friends on social media. The Crosby Family: Sumner, Bonnie (Wilson) ’79, Eliza ’13, Summy ’12, and Anna ’09.
Emily ’13, Rich ’75, and Julia ’11 Horwitz.
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn And new as of this spring—Pinterest. Julie Tattersall McGinnis ’82, Dianne Tattersall, Will Davis ’20, Rob Tattersall ’91, Matt Davis ’11, Bob Davis ’83, Scott Davis ’15, Jeff Davis ’13, Susan Tattersall Davis ’84, and Bob (Coach T) Tattersall. Opposite: Mason Tschantz, Elliott Ergon, Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85, Margo Tschantz ’15, Dwyer Tschantz ’13, Ellie Alexander Poorman ’53, Porter Ergon ’12, and Alexandra Poorman Ergon ’77.
Matt O‘Brien ’81 with daughter Leah ’13.
Check out our board on the Class of 2013.
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From the Archives On Lower School Literature By Terence Maguire Crammed into a vertical file folder in the Friends School Archives were about 35 Lower School literary magazines, the most recent from 1951. Though they were presumably created with adult help, no advisors were cited. These publications were called Junior Journal (two issues), The Quill (nine issues), and, starting just over 75 years ago, Alapocas Album (25 issues). There may be more. Each of these collections was pretty representative of all the Lower School grades, but specifically in the 1930s, leadership came from the then lower school “senior” class, sixth grade. Some featured masthead pages, with an editor, business manager, art editor, cover designer, and “reporters.” Toward the end of The Quill series, the sixth grade staff was replaced by a series of brief (50-100 words) editorials. For example, anticipating the move from Fourth & West Streets to the new campus in Alapocas, Jan., 1937: How thrilled everyone was when the first shovelful of dirt was dug for the new school. Ever since that day the workmen have been busy. The roof is on and the school is nearing completion. We are sorry to see the old school go to waste for it has served its purpose faithfully for many years. But we have a beautiful school to look forward to, with plenty of room for sports. In the last issue of this publication before the move to Alapocas, one sixth grader waxed nostalgic and prophetic— How we wish the Friends School pupils in 1748 had left some records telling about their school life. Maybe 200 years from now the children of Friends School will wish we had written some records. So we have gathered together our recollections... so we could give them a faint idea of Friends School as we knew it. So we dedicate this to you, who may be coming to school in airplanes... In that May, 1937 issue, each student contributor wrote of the transition to the new school. There were interviews with former teachers and parents. Howard Starkweather, a fifth grader at the time, wrote a version of “Auld Lang Syne” dedicated to the old school. It also contained reminiscences by adults associated with the school at the time: News Journal editor Charles Lee Reese ’20, Latin teacher Frances Baird ’11 (that’s 1911), distinguished jurist John Biggs, Jr., administrator and archivist Caroline Phillips ’17, and others. Most of these issues are done on purple master sheets and some on ditto masters (remember them, older alums?). The covers of most issues show individual coloring, decorating printouts made on construction paper. Did the entire sixth grade spend class time hand-painting each copy? The covers display seasonal themes—dreaming of summer break, a Nativity scene, sneaking under a circus tent, skiing. Most of these were published in December or January of the school year and then again in May or June. Occasionally there were good reasons to have an early issue—for example, in October 1948, when the school was celebrating its 200th anniversary. Count on Lower Schoolers to think of birthday cake! Another cover celebrated William Penn’s 300th birthday. A 1951 issue featured many brief reports on a major event in school life: when Principal Wilmot Jones had the entire student body embark on a ship that took them to the 4
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dedication of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The pieces—poems and bits of prose— are usually brief: 2-4 per page. Occasionally there is a 3-4 page play. Artwork adorns the inside pages as well, and in one issue there is a four-page insert of the “Medieval Times,” demonstrating a fourth grade curricular focus that year. Most often the pieces are typed, but even some long pieces are handwritten. For this archivist, it was fascinating to read the early creative or journalistic efforts of many distinguished alumni—Tim Bayard ’62, John Boyer ’46 and David Boyer ’48, Art Connolly, Jr. ’55, Leighton Coleman Dorsey ’48, Peter Duus ’51, George Elliott III ’47, J. Seymour Flinn ’45, Harriet Frorer Durham ’42 (deceased), John Gehret ’51, Dick Haedrich ’57, Art Hill ’51, Bill Kruse ’59, cousins Tom Marshall ’41 and Eleanor Marshall Reynolds ’42 (deceased), John Mendinhall II ’39 (deceased) and Dolly Mendinhall McSorley ’43, Peter Morrow ’59, Bill Poole ’55 and Richard Poole ’58, John Salzberg ’54, Chuck Shoemaker ’41, Howard Starkweather ’44 and Mary Starkweather Cramer ’47, Margaret Milliken Tyson ’44, Vic Woolley ’60 and Clark Woolley ’57—and many others. After Friends School’s 265th year, we may still wonder what the children of 1748 thought and cared about, but we do have some notions of the ideas and concerns of those youngsters of 60-80 years ago. Some time has been spent conserving these issues in archival sleeves, trimming crumbling edges and confining that which is preserved to the actual writing and artwork of the children. If any alumni or former teachers have additional information about—or issues of!—these Lower School literary efforts, please email me at tmaguire@wilmingtonfriends.org. If you’d like to see some of your own earlier writings, let me know, and I will scan and send copies. Or you can email and set up a visit to our Archives. You would be most welcome. Inventory of these issues: Junior Journal Junior Journal The Quill The Story of Jack and Jill The Quill The Quill The Quill The Quill None for summer, 1935 The Quill The Quill The Quill The Quill Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album
1931-32 June, 1932 Dec, 1932 circa 1933 May, 1933 Dec, 1933 May, 1934 Jan, 1935 Dec, 1935 May, 1936 Jan, 1937 June, 1937 Jan, 1938 June, 1938 Jan, 1939 June, 1939 Jan, 1940 June, 1940
Alapocas Album Alapocas Album None for winter, 1941 or 1942 Alapocas Album None for 1943 Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album Alapocas Album
Feb, 1941 June, 1941 May, 1942 Jan, 1944 June, 1944 Nov, 1944 June, 1945 Jan, 1946 June, 1946 Jan, 1947 June, 1947 Jan, 1948 Oct, 1948 June, 1949 Jan, 1950 June, 1951 Jan, 1951
Homecoming 2013
2013 Alumni Awards Announced
Friday, October 25, 2013
Each year, Wilmington Friends School Alumni Association presents recognitions for outstanding achievements and service. As representatives of all Friends alumni, our honorees exemplify the best qualities of a Friends School graduate, including integrity, a commitment to serve others, and an active value of social justice.
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50th Reunion and 1748 Society Luncheon Honoring the Classes of 1963, 1958, 1953, 1948, 1943 & 1938, and our 1748 Society Members.
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True Blue and All-Alumni Reunion/ Awards Reception Middle/Upper School Library
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Alumni Art Show
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Volleyball vs. Tatnall
Saturday, October 26, 2013 All Day
Homecoming Service Project
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Smith McMillan 5K Run/Walk Upper campus
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Meeting for Worship Middle/Upper School Meeting Room Honoring current and former faculty/ staff with 15+ years of service.
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Head of School Bryan Garman Talk “What’s New at School” Middle/Upper School Library
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Self-guided tours of the Middle/Upper School campus
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V Field Hockey vs. Archmere
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Homecoming Lunch (runs until 1:00pm) Homecoming Tent All welcome.
Distinguished Alumni— Elisa Stroud Poole ’59 and Richard E. Poole ’58 Elisa and Dick Poole have been leaders in community service in Delaware for decades. In board service, just as a sample, Elisa was the first woman president of the United Way, president of the Visiting Nurses Association, founder of Read Aloud Delaware, a 20-year director of WHYY, founder of Leadership Delaware, chair and board member of the Delaware Community Foundation, and president of the Junior League. Not surprisingly, she was honored for volunteerism by the Alexis de Tocqueville Society, and she was also honored for her leadership in interfaith initiatives with the Community Builder Award from the Delaware Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In addition to his leadership at the law firm of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Dick Poole served on the Bench, Bar, and Press Committee; the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection; and as secretary of the Board on Professional Responsibility. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1999. Dick’s community service has included serving as president of the Rotary Club of Wilmington, chair of the board of the Delaware Historical Society, and member of the board of the Delaware College of Art and
Design, the Biggs Museum, and the Rehoboth Art League.
Service Award—Tyrie Jenkins ’73 A board-certified ophthalmologist, Tyrie was a pioneer in the development and early practice of LASIK surgery. She is a leader in her adopted home state of Hawaii in Kalikolehua, an organization that gives at-risk youth the opportunity to participate in choirs and orchestras. She has a particular passion for helping women and girls to improve their lives, and has served as president of the Women’s Fund of Hawaii since 2007. She is also on the board of the Hawaiian Eye Foundation. Tyrie has participated in medical mission work in the Marshall Islands and in Vietnam, and is studying for a master’s degree in Public Health. Even from such a distance, Tyrie, who became a Quaker after graduating from Friends School, has stayed in touch with classmates and is co-chairing the 40th reunion for the Class of 1973.
Young Alumnus of the Year — Adam Ellick ’95 Adam is a New York Times correspondent who reports on the world in video and print. He has reported from, at last count, 73 countries. His coverage of Pakistan and Bahrain won consecutive Overseas Press Club awards. As part of Adam’s coverage of the Taliban’s crackdown on education for girls, he spent six months with grassroots Pakistani educational activist Malala Yousefzai, and spread her story in the documentary, Class Dismissed. She was shot by the Taliban in 2012. Adam has taught journalism in Indonesia, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and in Colombia, Brazil, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Russia, and at NYU. He is also a Team Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Kids Corner and Lower School Bake Sale Jones House lawn
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Soccer vs. St. Andrews
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Cross Country vs. St. Andrews
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Football vs. St. Andrews
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Class Reunions for years ending in 3 and 8.
Distinguished Alumni honorees, Elisa and Dick Poole, at a special May luncheon with, from left to right: Bryan Garman, Head of School; the Pooles’ brother-in-law, Martin Clark; Richard E. Poole ’58; Elisa Stroud Poole ’59; their daughter, Kristin Stroud Poole; Elisa’s sister, Eileen Stroud Clark ’61; and Alumni Board members Tim Gibbs ’76, Joe Wolcott ’97, Alex Poorman Ergon ’77, Melissa Fagan Billitto ’87, and Tom Scott ’70.
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Named Endowment Funds Since 1748, Wilmington Friends School has thrived largely because of philanthropic support from alumni, parents, and friends. Donors have made gifts to meet immediate needs through the Annual Fund, or to support a specific capital project or programmatic initiative. Others have planned for the long-term future through gifts to the WFS endowment—including named endowment funds that honor a family member.
Est. 1994, The Robert P. Hukill ’49 Science Endowment Established by Robert Hukill’s wife, Jane, and children, Pev ’74, Bob ’75, Biddy ’76, and Tim ’78, the Fund supports the spirit of innovation, especially in the applied sciences, among students and faculty at Friends. “I happen to strongly believe that we need to encourage the development of a technically educated workforce in this country,” Pev said. “I really hope that in some small way, this endowment encourages and inspires students at Friends to consider technical educations.” The fund has been incredibly successful, both in terms of its tangible value and as a source of inspiration, and also, Pev added, has become a meaningful way for the entire family to make regular charitable donations.
Est. 2013, The Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Scholarship Fund Jeffrey Connor-Linton ’77, David Linton ’78, and Kimberley Linton Coombs ’81 wanted to honor their mother, Joanne Taylor Linton ’51, when she reached a milestone birthday this year. Knowing that their mother would most value a tribute that served others, the family established The Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Scholarship Fund. “We all understand the true gift that an education from WFS represents,” David, who spear-
headed the fund’s creation, explained. “I see it as one of my obligations to ensure, to the best of my ability, that children will be going to this institution for the next 265 years.” David added that he carries his experiences from WFS with him every day, and that, despite living 2,700 miles from Wilmington, he never quite feels “away” from Friends.
Est. 1997, The Babette Block Rogers Scholarship Fund Babette Block Rogers made incredible sacrifices to send her sons, John Urice ’64 and Stephen Urice ’68, to Wilmington Friends School. In 1997, John and his wife, Penny, joined Stephen and his late husband, Mark Beers, to create The Babette Block Rogers Scholarship Fund, in the hope of affording other students a quality, broad, liberal education, according to John. “Mother was a single parent, and money was always an issue during our childhood,” he said. “However, she always made our education her first priority. We had been blessed by the values our mother instilled in us and by the opportunities Wilmington Friends School provided us, so setting up the fund was a natural and easy decision.” (With condolences to John, Stephen, and their family, we are sad to report that Babette died on July 2, 2013; please see “In Memory.”)
Est. 2013, The Penney and A.C. Hubbard, Jr. Scholarship Fund Penney Cox Hubbard ’56 and her husband, A. C. Hubbard, Jr., have always believed in the importance of education. They established our newest named endowment fund in memory of Penney’s parents, Ruth and Hadley Cox, and her grandparents, Alice and Irving Cox, who were instrumental in affording Penney and her siblings the opportunity to attend Wilmington Friends. Her grandparents’ commitment to education, in fact, extended well beyond their own family, and helped to inspire Penney’s concern for expanding educational opportunity. “My Quaker grandparents set a wonderful example by giving financial support to a number of children so that they could attend good schools,” Penney said. “We hope that our fund will help level the playing field for students who lack financial resources, and will help the school achieve its goal of having a diverse student body.”
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Stephen Urice ’68 and John Urice ’64 with their mother and inspiration, the late Babette Block Rogers.
The Soul of the School Each of our named endowment funds is part of the soul of Wilmington Friends School. Meeting the school’s educational, philosophical, and historical mission depends on sustaining a diverse community, and on challenging 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.” Named endowment funds help us to fulfill that mission, and are a testament to our donors’ commitment to the philosophy and daily work of Wilmington Friends School. Through these funds, our alumni truly let their lives speak, and inspire others to do the same.
About the Endowment As of June 15, Wilmington Friends School’s endowment was valued at $23 million. The endowment is invested with the Commonfund. Founded in 1971, the Commonfund serves 1,520 clients with $25.9 billion in assets and is solely focused on the investment needs of nonprofit institutions. Our endowment designation includes 50% unrestricted, 30% for financial aid, 18% for faculty support, and 2% for other specified programs. Endowment funds established in honor/ memory of faculty and loved ones are listed on the following page. Friends is also fortunate to have other endowments created through planned gifts and/or through the donors’ support of particular areas of interest.
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Named Endowment Funds The Penney and A.C. Hubbard, Jr. Scholarship Fund The Joanne Taylor Linton ’51 Scholarship Fund Nancy C. Marshall and Andrew C. Chapo Scholarship Fund Coach Tattersall Endowment for Financial Aid Lee K. Bendheim ’32 Tuition Aid Fund The Edward G. Crum, Jr. ’51 Financial Aid Fund Andrew J. Biddle ’90 Financial Aid Fund Elizabeth B. Peters Faculty Study Grant The Winifred and Quintin E. Primo, Jr. Endowment Fund The Michael Mitchell ’78 Memorial Scholarship Fund The Robinson and Snodgrass Family Endowment Fund
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Financial Aid
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Financial Aid
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Financial Aid
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Financial Aid Financial Aid
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Financial Aid 2010 Financial Aid 2007 Faculty Development 2007 Financial Aid
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Financial Aid 2006 Faculty Compensation/ Financial Aid 2006
The Lisa Darling Endowment for Friends The Christopher C. Mellor Scholarship Fund The Babette Block Rogers Scholarship Fund Philip Mintz ’84 for Vocal/Choral Arts Robert P. Hukill ’49 Science Endowment Thomas B. Taylor ’66 Memorial Fund Starkweather Community Service Award Wilmot R. Jones Endowment for Faculty Salaries Jonathan Bacon Smith ’83 and Wendy Smith McMillan ’77 Memorial Fund Savery Science Fund James Whaler Fund Biggs Memorial Fund Emma Worrell Library Fund Gawthrop Memorial Library Fund
Purpose Unrestricted Financial Aid Financial Aid Performing Arts Science/Financial Aid Life Ed Community Service
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Financial Aid Faculty Salaries Financial Aid/Library Library Library Library
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AUCTION FOR FRIENDS 2013 Auction for Friends Committee
The 2013 Auction for Friends was a huge success, raising more than $90,000 to support financial aid at Wilmington Friends School. This year we again featured an online auction for the month leading up to the event, as well as limited “second chance” online bidding afterward.
Event Co-Chairs: Marci Aerenson Diane Beneck Debbie Pittenger
The live party was at Barclays on the Riverfront on Saturday, April 27, and featured music by the WFS Jazz Band, directed by Christopher Verry; a silent auction using text technology; and a very entertaining live auction, thanks to our master of ceremonies, U.S. Senator and Friends parent Chris Coons. Special thanks to our event chairs, Marci Aerenson, Diane Beneck and Debbie Pittenger, and to their enthusiastic and dedicated committee. Special thanks also to Barclays, to Dan Butler and Toscana Catering, and, of course, to Chris. And thank you to all of the businesses and individuals who donated items; to our generous sponsors; and to everyone who volunteered, attended, and enjoyed this wonderful evening. Next Auction for Friends— April, 2015!
Above: 2013 Auction for Friends chairs Diane Beneck, Debbie Pittenger, and Marci Aerenson. Left: Displaying one of our most popular auction items are the Friends IB art students who created the quilt squares, with teacher Cynthia Stan Mellow and our very talented and generous quilter, Friends parent Gretchen Gobris. Below: The calm before the fun—silent auction items at Barclays before guests arrived at the April event.
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Committee Members: Lisa Bariglio Lea Spruance Beard ’80 Olga Beskrone Tracy Bukowski Cara Burke Audy Carroccia HyeJohn Chung Dineen Cochran Danette Conley Katy Connolly Wendy Cutler Tam Cox DeFer ’80 Nancy Denney
Christina DeVoll Kathleen Ganse Michelle Gardiner Gretchen Gobris Sarah Gordon Amy Curran Harper ’94 Linda Jaworski Dawn Manley Tracy McMillan Debbie Miller Elisa Morris Angel Moser Lisa Pearce Maureen Rhodes Debbie Ross Tracy Rossi Janine Saber Kathie Schroeder Betsy Scott ’70 LeeAnn Trudel
Auction for Friends Sponsors Gold The Aerenson Family Silver Alpine & Rafetto Orthodontics Boss Enterprises Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Wilmington Friends Board of Trustees
Bronze Anonymous AutoTeam Delaware Chandler Funeral Homes, Inc. Tee Jay Cox King
The Class Of
2013 Front row: Lindsay Aleman, Kimberly Shelton, Grace Carey, Margaret Snyder, Emily Horwitz, TyLisa Johnson, Katherine Halpern, Maggie Loughran, Joelle Napoletano, Molly Conces, Lauren Kerrigan, Liza Hendriks, Leah O’Brien, Elise Lankiewicz, Susan Kuhn, Alexandra Gallicchio, Arielle Sotiropoulos. Second row: Aryn Lazarus, Devon Leshock, Dunia Tonob, Lauren Smith, Elizabeth Crosby, Alexandra Keith, Meredith Erskine, Fiona Macleod Iyer, Erin Skibicki, Natalie Wenigmann, Alexandra Rudin, Sara Katzen, Sophie Mester, Catherine Curran, Emily Beckwith, Lucy Yeatman. Third row: Lawrence Kirifides, Jonathan McMillan, Bowman Benge, Luke Magness, Jeffrey Davis, Christopher Palmer, Maximillian Davis, William Maguire, Robert Broderick, Anna Procaccini, Anne McDonough, James Kocher, James Curran, Jack Hall, Cavender Salvadori, Daniel Ufberg, Benjamin Pickles. Top row: Michael Orth, Brett Tracy, Seth Ruffins, Samuel Carney, Connor Haubert, Sean Kirkpatrick, Dwyer Tschantz, Marcus Delpeche, Malcolm Delpeche, Rory Smith, Benjamin Hanson, Ryan Broussard, Michael Galardi, Jack Hollingsworth, Zachary Lessner, Ryan Kielhorn, Christopher DiMaria.
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Michael Galardi with his mom, Tara Quinn.
Board Chair Susan Kelley, parent of two Friends graduates, shares a reading at Commencement.
2013 Commencement Speaker Dr. Tererai Trent Identified by Oprah Winfrey as her “all-time favorite guest”—among 30,000 guests over 25 years—Tererai Trent is the founder of Tinogona (Shona for “it is achievable”), which builds and repairs schools in rural Zimbabwe. Dr. Trent was also featured in Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
“What this school stands for is something truly remarkable —the notion that education is for the greater good. This school champions something beautiful but rare amongst academic institutions.”
With a firm belief that education is the main pathway out of poverty, Dr. Trent shares her life story with audiences around the world. She traveled from Zimbabwe to the U.S. and juggled three jobs while raising five children and attending classes—to earn her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The story will be shared with an even wider audience with the publication of Dr. Trent’s autobiography, The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can, scheduled for release in fall 2014.
Almost two decades ago in her village in Zimbabwe, Tererai Trent met Jo Luck, president and CEO of Heifer International. Luck said, “If you believe in your dreams, they are achievable.” Taking that as her inspiration, Tererai wrote down her dreams of achieving bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees on a piece of paper, sealed the paper in a tin can, and buried them under a rock. That act, she recounts, made her the keeper of her own dreams and was the first step in breaking the cycle of poverty in her life and for her family. Dr. Trent achieved each of her buried dreams and now works to improve life for others as a program evaluator and public speaker, and—with $1.5 million in assistance from Oprah Winfrey—by helping to build schools in Zimbabwe.
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Excerpts from the Commencement Address “Class of 2013, congratulations. I could never have imagined the joy of being here; I could never have imagined the joy of celebrating with you all. As we celebrate our accomplishments, I realize the journey begins; we now commence something greater, something more challenging. Education is what I live for. What comes out of education is what gives us dignity. Hence, celebration of an education gives me deep joy, as it resonates with me at many different levels. What this school stands for is something truly remarkable—the notion that education is for the greater good. This school champions something beautiful but rare amongst academic institutions. As I read through your web site, as I communicated with the school, as I come here and listen, I hear the beautiful words: ‘We are all equal; every human being is worthy of dignity; there is that of God in every one of us.’ That’s profound. Through these shared values of equality, we can all attain social justice and leave this world a better place for the next generation. It is your ability to remain grounded in these important values that will determine your success. Class of 2013, what you get by achieving an education is not as important as what you become.
By 18 years of age, I had three children and no high school diploma—this very diploma you are to receive today. I realized that if I got an education, my children would be able to have an education; I realized, especially for my girls, that if they got an education, they would not go through the same cycle that I did. I needed to break that cycle. I wrote down my dreams for an education. There were four: to come to America, to have an undergraduate degree, to have a master’s degree, to have a Ph.D. That’s what consumed me. Then my mother said something so profound. ‘Tererai, it’s not only about achieving your dreams; the achievement of your goals will have greater meaning if they are connected to your community.’ I then wrote my fifth dream—I wanted to come back and improve the lives of women and children in my village.
James Kocher, Jimmy Curran, Rory Smith, Chris DiMaria, Ryan Broussard, Malcolm Delpeche, Seth Ruffins, and Marcus Delpeche.
Class of 2013, I say to you as you take this journey, the achievement of your personal degrees and any personal goals you have in life will have greater meaning if connected to the greater good. Always remember in this life, we stand on the shoulders of others who helped us along the way—your parents, your teachers, your siblings, and strangers. In Africa, we say, ‘I am because we are; since we are, therefore I am.’ It is through others that we all attain selfhood and dignity. As products of Wilmington Friends School, you are grounded in these values. Make them your springboard. Always make your journey for the greater good. Before I came here, I talked to my high school daughter, and I said, ‘Can you give me some advice so that I don’t bore these students to death?’ And she said, ‘Mom, don’t go blah, blah, blah, blah. Make it short and sweet. Remember you are standing between them receiving their diplomas and partying.’ Enjoy.
Fiona Macleod Iyer, Lindsay Aleman, Sara Katzen, and Sophie Mester show off their diplomas; Lindsay and Sophie are children of alumni.
But I hope you remember these words as you move along with your life. By persevering and achieving, not only do you define your own future, you define every life you touch; you define your community; you define future generations. Education has never been about us as individuals, but about what we can do to make the world a better place. Class of 2013, I say from the depth of my heart, congratulations. Let’s keep in touch. Meet me on Facebook. Thank you.
Bryan Garman and Jon McMillan ’13; both of Jon’s parents graduated from Friends, and his grandmother, Lyn Smith, was a beloved member of the staff.
Lucy Yeatman and Meredith Erskine; Meredith is a daughter and granddaughter of alumni. Summer Summer2013 2013• •Friends Friendsmagazine magazine 11
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The Catholic University of America Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Career in medicine
University of South Carolina Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Fishing
Jeffrey Davis
Benjamin Hanson
Ryan Kielhorn
Emily Beckwith
Maximillian Davis
Connor Haubert
Lawrence Kirfides
University of Exeter (U.K.) Service: Habitat for Humanity Exploration: Oil painting
Bowman Benge
United States Air Force Academy Service: Life Station Eagle Project Exploration: Cultural immersion, Russia
Robert Broderick
University of Pittsburgh Service: Habitat for Humanity Exploration: Golf
Ryan Broussard
University of Delaware Service: Volunteer counselor, local youth camp Exploration: Golf
Grace Carey
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Service: LEAPS (lacrosse for city youth) Exploration: Tennis
Malcolm Delpeche
Bates College Service: Volunteer counselor, local youth camp Exploration: Golf
Marcus Delpeche
Davidson College Service: Land Conservancy of Chester County Exploration: Fly fishing
Catherine Curran
Syracuse University Service: Special Olympics Exploration: Career in broadcasting AFS Student from Portugal Exploration: Working with a chef
Meredith Erskine
Michael Galardi
Wake Forest University Service: Ministry of Caring Child Care Center Exploration: Tennis and golf
Alexandra Gallicchio
Wake Forest University Service: Girls on the Run Exploration: Career in marketing
Jack Hall
Haverford College Service: Christ Church Jalonga Trip Exploration: Working at QVC
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Service: Appalachian home repair Exploration: Golf
James Curran
Katherine Halpern
Susquehanna University Service: Ashland Nature Center Exploration: Career in writing/editing 12 Spring Summer 2013 • Friends magazine 2013 • Friends magazine
Jack Hollingsworth
Amherst College Service: Wilderness Ventures Exploration: Training for 10K
University of Richmond Service: Christ Church Jalonga Trip Exploration: Training for sprint triathlon
Elizabeth Crosby
College of Charleston Service: Tick Tock Early Learning Center Exploration: Career in fashion industry
Christopher DiMaria
Samuel Carney
Emory University Service: Food Bank Exploration: Oil painting
Liza Hendriks
Princeton University Service: Urban Bike Project Exploration: Woodworking
Francisco Eiras
Molly Conces
Wake Forest University Service: Tick Tock Early Learning Center Exploration: Training as a pilot
Bates College Service: Volunteer counselor, local youth camp Exploration: Golf
University of Pittsburgh Service: Mary Campbell Center Exploration: UK/US—Two Views of the American Identity Clemson University Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Golf
University of Indiana at Bloomington Service: Appalachian home repair Exploration: Sailing
New York University Service: Habitat for Humanity Exploration: Learning to Navigate New York City
Emily Horwitz
Fiona Macleod Iyer
Bowdoin College (Following gap year in South Africa) Service: African Leadership Academy Exploration: Internship at African Leadership Foundation, San Francisco
Lehigh University Service: Church mission trips to Appalachia and Guatemala Exploration: Fishing Drexel University Service: Read Aloud Delaware Exploration: Bass guitar
Sean Kirkpatrick
College of the Holy Cross Service: LEAPS (lacrosse for city youth) Exploration: Golf
James Kocher
University of Delaware Service: Special Olympics Camp Barnes Exploration: Guitar/songwriting
Susan Kuhn
Savannah College of Art and Design Service: Jewish Family Services Exploration: Career in film location management
Elise Lankiewicz
Davidson College Service: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Exploration: Scuba diving
TyLisa Johnson
Aryn Lazarus
Sara Katzen
Devon Leshock
Florida A&M University Service: Sojourner’s Place Exploration: Dance University of Delaware Service: Special Olympics Exploration: Careers in physical, occupational & speech therapy
Alexandra Keith
University of Delaware Service: Coverdale Farm Exploration: Plein aire painting
Lauren Kerrigan
Louisiana State University Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Career as large-animal veterinarian/working with horses
Stetson University Service: Veterinary office Exploration: Teaching violin University of Delaware Service: Hagley Museum Exploration: Sewing and self-sufficiency
Zachary Lessner
University of Maryland, College Park Service: Boys and Girls Clubs (Wilmington) Exploration: Cultural immersion, Russia
Maggie Loughran
University of South Carolina Service: Global Works (Puerto Rico) Exploration: Working with dogs/puppies
Luke Magness
Clemson University Service: Habitat for Humanity Exploration: Backpacking, Smoky Mountains
William Maguire
Furman University Service: Habitat for Humanity Exploration: Fishing
Anne McDonough
Northwestern University Service: DuPont Hospital for Children Exploration: Writing/blogging about “diners, drive-ins & dives”
Jonathan McMillan
Western Carolina University Service: Police Athletic League Exploration: Backpacking, Smoky Mountains
Sophie Mester
University of Virginia Service: Adventures Cross Country Costa Rica Service Trip Exploration: Photography
Joelle Napoletano
Wake Forest University Service: Girls on the Run Exploration: Writing/blogging about “diners, drive-ins & dives”
Leah O’Brien
Vassar College Service: Mary Campbell Center Exploration: Crosspoint Fellowship Church
Michael Orth
Kimberly Shelton
Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College Service: Community arts center volunteer Exploration: Photography
Erin Skibicki
University of Miami Service: Safety Town Exploration: Physical fitness
Lauren Smith
Sarah Lawrence College Service: Working with at-risk youth in Trenton/Mercer County Exploration: “Ghost hunting” along the East Coast
Rory Smith
University of Delaware Service: People to People Trip to South Africa Exploration: Navy SEAL program, Norfolk, VA
Margaret Snyder
University of Delaware Service: West Presbyterian Church Exploration: Career in event planning
Arielle Sotiropoulos
University of Delaware Service: Drama Kids Exploration: Fishing
University of Delaware Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Cultural immersion, London
Christopher Palmer
Dunia Tonob
University of Miami Service: LEAPS (lacrosse for city youth) Exploration: Fishing
Benjamin Pickles
University of Delaware Service: Compassionate Care Hospice Exploration: Cultural immersion, London
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Service: Prestige Academy Exploration: Internship with Wilmington Blue Rocks
Brett Tracy
Anna Procaccini
Dwyer Tschantz
University of Michigan Service: Camp Possibilities Exploration: Lifelong health and fitness
Alexandra Rudin
Parsons The New School for Design Service: Delaware All-State Theater Exploration: Career in fashion industry
Seth Ruffins
University of Delaware Service: Ministry of Caring Child Care Center Exploration: Wade/top-water fishing
William Salvadori
College of William and Mary Service: Safety Town Exploration: Training in steeplechase event for college track
Emily Beckwith, Elise Lankiewicz, Natalie Wenigmann, Katie Halpern.
Towson University Service: Quest Therapeutic Services Exploration: Skeet shooting
Molly Conces, Annie McDonough, and Cav Salvadori.
United States Hockey League Service: Children’s Beach House Exploration: Backpacking, Smoky Mountains
Daniel Ufberg
University of Miami Service: Police Athletic League Exploration: Cultural immersion, Russia
Natalie Wenigmann
Connecticut College Service: St. Michael’s School and Nursery Exploration: Career in marketing
Lucy Yeatman
Pennsylvania State University, University Park Service: Crosslands Exploration: Career in elementary education
Graduate Daniel Ufberg, center, celebrates with his family.
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4 Howard W. Starkweather, Jr. ’44 was on hand to present the Community Service Award named in his honor to graduating seniors Fiona Macleod Iyer and Jimmy Curran.
Final Assembly on June 10 included musical presentations by the Chamber Singers, featuring senior soloists, and remarks by Head of School Bryan Garman as well as the two senior class speakers. (To read the text of Bryan’s remarks, visit www.wilmingtonfriends. org/bryansblog.) In addition to the named awards noted, students were recognized with 46 different “distinctive service awards” for service and leadership (some presented to groups of students) that had a positive and lasting impact and reflected the ideals and mission of Friends School.
3 The Charles W. Bush, Class of 1900, Award, honoring juniors who “most clearly demonstrate the school’s ideals of character, scholarship, and service,” was presented by Head of Upper School Rebecca Zug to Julia Rhodes and Kenji Endo.
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5 Meg Gehret Erskine ’83, Friends parent (and as of June 10, parent of an alumna) and trustee, and Math Department Chair Ildiko Miller presented the award named for Meg’s mother, The Amanda Spackman Gehret, Class of 1951, Memorial Mathematics Award. The recognition goes to the upper school student “who manifests outstanding mathematical achievement through development of ability and commitment to the experience of the whole class.” Pictured with Meg and Ildiko is 2013 Gehret Award recipient Lucy Yeatman. 6 Biddy Hukill Schreppler ’76 and Science Department Chair Mark Schmittle presented The Robert P. Hukill, Class of 1939, Science Award, recognizing “the spirit of innovation and creativity, particularly in the applied sciences.” The award is given to a junior who “develops practical solutions to common problems, has the potential for leadership, and has demonstrated knowledge, skills, and excellence in the sciences.” Pictured with Biddy and Mark is this year’s recipient, Dan Shaw.
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7 American Field Service (AFS) students Eetu Teerioja and Francisco Eiras were recognized at Final Assembly, along with their host families—the Aerensons and the Beskrones. Francisco attended the Assembly via Skype, thanks to host mom, Olga. 8 Newly minted class agents for the Class of 2013 are Will Maguire, TyLisa Johnson, Chris Palmer, Maggie Snyder and, not pictured, Katie Halpern.
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Recognitions of the school’s environmental leadership in 2012-13 included: • Delaware’s first (and only, as of 6/18/13) member of the Green Schools Alliance. • Finalist for the annual, regional Environmental Community Service Award. • One of four regional leaders (and the only school from Delaware) featured in the National Association of Independent Schools publication, Greening America’s Schools 2.0: The Path to Environmental Sustainability. Among the many other QUEST programs during the school year, environmental stewardship initiatives included:
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Sixth grade science project to design trellises to support a vined fruit or vegetable Students with the winning designs were able to build full-size versions of their models, and the trellises are now in place around the Jones House. One winning team donated its full-size trellis to the Auction for Friends.
A trellis designed and built by sixth graders.
Upper School Peace and Ecology and Charity-Water Committees “Water Day” About 100 students and faculty participated in the Water Walk, carrying two five-gallon “Jerry” cans for 30 feet. That’s about 1/500 of the average distance millions of people travel every day to reach the nearest water source. To make the event more interesting (and fun), the “walk” was a timed race; Sean Kirkpatrick ’13 set the Water Walk About 100 students and record of 4.1 seconds. During the day, faculty members particimany upper school teachers also incorpo- pated in the “Water Walk.” rated the water theme into their classroom lessons; and Matt Kisler, program director for Water is LifeKenya, spoke at a QUEST Lunch and Learn. Peace and Ecology Committee/Eighth Grade vegetable beds The upper school committee installed one raised bed, again next to the Jones House, and grew collard greens; the harvest was donated to Lutheran ComEighth graders expanded the vegetable beds next to Jones House as one of their “Spring into Service” activities. munity Services, where the food closet staff was especially appreciative of early season fresh produce. On eighth grade service day in the spring, students installed a second bed to help ensure an even bigger harvest for next year. Summer Summer2013 2013• •Friends Friendsmagazine magazine 15
On Annie Brooking A tribute following Anne’s departure from Friends as of July 1, after 25 years of service as a teacher and coach. By Brian Fahey Fifth Grade Teacher, longtime Friends Coach It is somewhat likely that Annie will not read this. She accomplished many things in her career as an athlete, teacher, and coach, but she never sought recognition or praise, which were simply the inevitable consequence of her passion and her desire to be better today than she was yesterday. I remember interviewing Annie when she applied for a job at WFS. At the time, Lee Bush was the girls’ lacrosse coach and a lacrosse legend in Delaware, having coached numerous teams that were acknowledged to be state champions in the days before we had a state tournament. While interviewing Annie, I wondered aloud whether our school was big enough for two lacrosse legends. She quickly replied, “I think that the best thing for Friends would be to have Lee Bush and me coaching together.” She was so right. Later on, I was lucky enough to coach with, and learn from, Annie. From all of those years of friendship and coaching together, there are so many experiences and stories that seem meaningful—but a few do stand out. One year, we were playing in the state semi-finals. We had had a terrific season, losing only two games. We won our first playoff game in overtime on a muddy field and then easily won the second game, setting up a rematch with Tower Hill, with whom we had split during the regular season. It was a muchanticipated matchup and many people thought that we were the best two teams left in the field, making it more like a state championship than a semi-final game. Despite all of the distractions and nervous anticipation, something else was percolating right below the surface. Annie had discovered that the mother of one of our players had never been able to see her daughter play. She was determined to make sure that this mother would see her daughter play in the semi-final game. Several people had to pitch in to make it happen, but Annie made sure that everyone did their part and the mother was able to see her daughter on the field for the first and only time in a WFS uniform. The scoreboard said that we lost the game, but had we won the victory would have been easily eclipsed by the compassion and dedication that Annie demonstrated that night. The other memory that stands out to me happened away from the athletic fields. It was about ten years ago, and I was suddenly facing something in my life that felt almost impossible. I had to identify my late brother’s body and then go to his apartment to clean it out. I felt alone, and a very deep sense of dread was creeping in. I needed a friend and knew instantly to call Annie. I imagined what I would say to her and then imagined her steadfast reply. I felt better even before I called, and of course, she exceeded even that comforting expectation. This is just one of the many memories that I could use to illustrate what is most remarkable about Annie. We know the magnitude of her athletic accomplishments, but she is a far better friend than she ever was an athlete or coach; and no one who has ever been lucky enough to call her a friend has ever been alone. The Friends community thanks Leslie Knight, Mark Lemon, and Pigeon Pollard Graham ‘93 who are also leaving head coaching positions. We wish these great friends well in their new endeavors. 16
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Four coaching modes of Anne Brooking: teaching, advocating, inspiring, and celebrating. And Brian Fahey writes, as much as Anne accomplished on the field, she is an even better friend.
Partnership for Peace By Peter Wenigmann IB Coordinator and Assistant Head of School for Academics (adapted from an article prepared for the Delaware Lahore Delhi newsletter)
“The students have been excited to take advantage of this real life global partnership.”
Video cameras in hand, students from Wilmington Friends documented the daily life of our school to share with their new partners halfway around the world. At the same time, students of Learning Alliance of Lahore, Pakistan put together their own video introduction to share with their new friends in Wilmington. The video project was initiated by the Delaware Lahore Delhi Partnership for Peace and was overseen by teachers Donald Morton at WFS and Ayesha Mirza in Pakistan.
Morton and Mirza communicated regularly via email and Skype. Having watched his students become involved in the project, Morton recognized the meaningful benefits, stating, “The students have been excited to take advantage of this real life global partnership. They’re truly excited for the opportunity to connect their studies with other students who are living through the issues.” Head of School Bryan Garman sees this approach as “a great learning opportunity for both faculty and students” and looks forward to seeing the partnership deepen in the years ahead.
At Friends, this project was part of the required ninth grade course, Global Peace and Justice, in which students use a casestudy approach to explore contemporary issues of conflict around Friends School has the world. In one benefitted from of these studies, the programming they examine the of the Delaware issues surrounding Lahore Delhi Partthe partitioning of nership for Peace in India, the complex other ways, as well. relationship that For the past two has evolved over years, students have the years between attended a series India and Pakistan, of lectures and culand also the curtural events focused rent challenge faced on Pakistan. In by Pakistanis in addition, through addressing Muslim the generosity of extremists. Having a DLD supporter Pakistani journalist Sohail Khan visited with Donald Morton’s ninth grade Global Peace and a partner school in in Pakistan, the Justice students. Pakistan provides school received a Friends students with access to the insights of teachwonderful gift of field hockey equipment supplied by ers and peers who are living with the ongoing chalGray’s of Cambridge and manufactured in Pakistan. lenges and consequences surrounding those issues. This spring, the school was fortunate to host an evening of music of North India and a visiting Pakistani In developing this study, students from the two journalist, who spent time in Morton’s class. schools also created a social networking group through Facebook, where they were able to continue As a Quaker school, Wilmington Friends is committheir conversations on an individual level. Even with ted to developing young people who will be posithe time difference, Skype also allowed the teachtive contributors to their communities, both locally ers to lead classes at the partner school. Finally, the and globally. The school instills in its students a students created a blog to post articles and photos. deep respect for differences and fosters a climate of In bringing their work to a close, the students from understanding in which conflicts are resolved peaceWilmington Friends engaged in a case study of the fully. The DLD sponsored partnership with Learning issues confronting Pakistanis and—in small groups of Alliance is a natural extension of the studies already “policy makers”—proposed approaches for change. ongoing in the school at all levels. Throughout the process of developing this study,
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Annual Update on Accreditation Wilmington Friends School is currently accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. As part of our most recent accreditation renewal process in 2008-09, we were required to choose two aspects of our program to strengthen over the next seven years of the accreditation cycle. We identified one curricular focus, world language, and one that is co-curricular and mission-based, service. Our annual end-of-year assessments indicate that our students are achieving at high levels in both areas. As an important piece of the school’s global engagement programs, we recognize language study and cultural understanding as essential 21st century skills. In addition to the many other programmatic reviews each year, as part of the accreditation process, we assess our French and Spanish students using a nationally standardized test developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (Our Chinese program is not assessed according to this protocol, as it was launched after our accreditation cycle was underway.) Once again this year, our students exceeded the levels of achievement we had set as goals to be achieved by 2016. In additional good news, based on internal assessments of cultural understanding, our students’ scores have risen significantly since 2008. Our second accreditation goal has been to increase our students’ appreciation for service, an important aspect of our Quaker mission. According to the Middle States protocol, we assess our annual progress toward this goal in two ways: by tracking the number of service activities for students at three grade levels (5th, 8th, and 12th) and by their responses to a survey about the value and meaning of service. Although results in this self-reporting assessment tend to vary a bit with 2013 summer trip to France—the curricular accreditation each class (some goal focuses on language learning and cultural understandseem to “count” an ing. activity as service that others do not), we have been very pleased with the overall results. Friends students engage in service regularly as part of their school experience, and they demonstrate, even at the fifth grade level, a genuine appreciation for their responsibilities as members of communities. For more information, please contact Assistant Head of School for Academics Peter Wenigmann at 302.576.2905 or pwenigmann@wilmingtonfriends.org.
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News & Events A Mix of Highlights from
Spring ƒ 2013 Late March Jack Hollingsworth ’13, playing double bass, represented Friends in the All-State Orchestra. Jack was also recognized in the National Merit Scholar Program and was a co-captain of the cross country team. Bevyn Mannke ’14, who was chosen to represent Friends at last year’s Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership (HOBY) Conference, planned and hosted a HOBY Community Leadership Workshop at Friends for 75 students from New Castle and Kent counties. Three Friends freshmen were chosen, based on essay applications, to participate: Cat Clark, Maddie Ireland, and Caroline Wren.
At the HOBY Community Leadership Workshop organized by Bevyn Mannke ’14 (far left). Three teams from Friends competed in the History Bowl Regional Tournament in Pennsylvania. The team of Jack Hollingsworth ’13, Bowman Benge ’13, Daniel Ufberg ’13, and Emilio Ergueta ’15 qualified to compete in the National Tournament in Washington, DC. Jack and Emilio also competed individually in the History Bee, and qualified for the History Bee National Tournament.
WFS students at the regional History Bowl and History Bee competitions. WFS sent a team of five fourth graders, coached by lower school science specialist Tim Dalby, to the state Elementary Science Olympiad. The young Quaker scientists brought home an impressive total of six medals.
Common Wealth Awards Student Writing Contest Winning Essay by Catherine Curran ‘13 “Martin Sheen: A Leading Man On and Off Screen”
Attorney General Beau Biden discussed cyber safety with middle school students.
April Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, a member of the WFS class of 1987 through middle school, led a Lunch & Learn for upper school students and a collection about cyber safety for middle school and fifth grade students. Two Friends students were recognized as Delaware’s Athlete of the Week in April (bringing the total for the winter/spring seasons to five Athletes of the Week)— lacrosse player Sean Kirkpatrick ’13, who was later named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American, and tennis player Annie Jaskulski ’15, who went on to win the state championship at first singles. Also in April, swimmer Elise Lankiewicz ’13 (herself an Athlete of the Week during the winter season) had a remarkable performance at the YMCA Nationals, which includes about 1500 swimmers. On the big national stage, Elise finished 4th in the 100m fly, 7th in the 200 fly, 12th in the 1000 free, and 13th in the 500 free. Catherine Curran ’13 was selected as a winner in the Common Wealth Awards Student Writing Contest. Catherine wrote about actor-activist Martin Sheen, this year’s honoree for Public Service, whom she met at the Awards gala. (See Catherine’s winning essay at right.) Along with students from Germantown Friends, Abington Friends, and Jenkintown High School, six Wilmington Friends students participated in simulated Palestinian-Israeli conferences set in 1948 and 2013. Madison Joyce ’14, Nikki Mangan ’14, Bevyn Mannke ’14, Luke Morgan-Scott ’14, Emilio Ergueta ’15, and Alex Trudel ’16 represented WFS. Luke was awarded a “gavel” for outstanding representation of his assigned roles. Among the many field trips this spring, the sixth grade went to the Exelon Renewable Energy Education Center, which features interactive displays about how electricity is created using landfill gas, the sun, wind, and water, and about the costs of power generation and energy-
Had you asked me to name the President back in 2000 when I was just five, I would have confidently replied Bill Clinton. Had you asked me to identify a picture of the President, however, I would mistakenly have pointed to one of Martin Sheen. While walking past the television in our family room that year, I often saw images of Sheen sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office and just assumed he was Clinton. Only later did I recognize Sheen as the star of The West Wing, an awardwinning television series. I became re-introduced to Sheen’s work while watching Apocalypse Now for a high school project on the Vietnam War and learned Sheen can do much more than sit behind a desk. In that film, Sheen allowed viewers to step into his combat boots and travel with him through uncharted jungle in pursuit of a crazed Marlon Brando. Sheen’s gripping performance as the sole voice of reason on a battlefield of insanity amazed me.
Besides admiring Sheen’s extraordinary achievements on-screen, I respect his unrelenting efforts to give voice to those whom society has all but forgotten.
Catherine Curran ’13 with the subject of her winning Common Wealth Awards essay, actor-activist Martin Sheen. (photo courtesy of PNC)
Last summer, I had the opportunity to appreciate Sheen’s acting ability once again while working on my personal movie-buff goal of watching all 85 films that have won Academy Awards for Best Picture. While viewing The Departed, winner of Best Picture for 2006, I became particularly attached to Sheen’s sympathetic character who forges a strong father-son bond with a falsely discredited detective. Besides admiring Sheen’s extraordinary achievements on-screen, I respect his unrelenting efforts to give voice to those whom society has all but forgotten. As someone who has travelled to the Dominican Republic for the past two summers on a church mission trip to help build a community center with classrooms for villagers of povertystricken Jalonga, I applaud Sheen’s use of his celebrity status to help improve the plight of immigrant workers, child laborers, and victims of genocide. Having studied the methods of Gene Sharp in my school’s Peace, Justice, and Social Change class, I endorse Sheen’s use of nonviolent direct action to protest Fort Benning’s counter-insurgency training program as well as denounce WTI’s incinerator pollution. I also commend Sheen’s anti-war activism, a position I have long supported albeit in a less visible way. At age six, for example, I sent $1 to President Bush in support of a drive to help Afghan children, and at age seven, I wrote to the President asking him not to attack Iraq. At about the same time, Sheen, along with other celebrities, famously signed a declaration that openly opposed a war the American public seemed to support. Sheen showed great courage in speaking out, in the face of considerable opposition, on a matter of principle. As an incurable movie lover and a person committed to community service, I would dearly appreciate the opportunity to meet Martin Sheen. He pursues activities about which I am most passionate, and I would greatly enjoy meeting the man who will always look like a President to me.
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Spring ƒ 2013 saving strategies. The trip was part of the sixth grade science unit about energy, which included various STEM design challenges using windmill blades. Both WFS teams that qualified out of the New Castle County preliminary round earned top honors in the first Delaware Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs state final on April 18. The “Academy” team of Chase Conley ’14, Roth Johnson ’14, Luke Morgan-Scott ’14, and Greg Szumel ’14 and the “Service With Perks” team of Emilio Ergueta ’15, Elijah JabbarBey ’15, and Fiona Macleod Iyer ’13 each earned a $2500 cash prize, usable toward startup expenses or higher education.
WFS winning teams in the state high school entrepreneur competition. Friends continues to earn honors for environmental leadership. Among recent recognitions: Delaware’s first, and so far only, member of the Green Schools Alliance; a finalist for the Environmental Community Service Award; and one of four regional leaders, the only school from Delaware, recognized in the National Association of Independent School’s publication, “Greening America’s Schools 2.0: The Path to Environmental Sustainability.”
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Members of the Mélomanie ensemble, including former WFS teacher Tracy Richardson, spoke with and performed for lower school students leading up to a weekend concert at school in April. Running in just his second competitive steeplechase race, senior track standout Cav Salvadori won the event at the University of Delaware Open on April 13, posting the best time by a high school runner as of that date. (See Class Notes 2013 for more.) Junior Sophia Clark received an invitation to the U.S. Rowing Junior Women’s National Team High Performance Camp and was named to the U.S. Junior Women’s National Team “CanAmMex eight.” Alyssa Nathan ’17, Allie Ashman ’19, and Dani Nathan ’19 played on volleyball teams that earned highly competitive regional berths (e.g. two spots sought by 100 teams) in the Junior National Olympic Championships in Dallas this summer. Alyssa’s team is coached by Jerry McCarthy, who also coaches at Friends. Seventh grader Maia Bryson was featured in a local TV segment in mid-April about the Homegirl Developmental Basketball League. On April 26, Friends hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for a “rain garden” along the outer wall of the West Gym. The garden was funded through a grant from EDiS, the school’s theatre-
Groundbreaking for the rain garden outside the West Gym gym construction contractor, and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.
In community arts, lower school student Hannah C. performed—her professional debut—in the Delaware Theatre Company’s production of South Pacific. Middle school students Jack Hanson and Sean Cochran, as members of the Wilmington Children’s Chorus, sang in a special all-Arabic program in Philadelphia and for the King and Queen of Sweden on their spring visit to Wilmington. Three eighth graders—Will Bodycot, Drew Mangan, and Sean—participated in a At the 49th annual Delaware unique boys’ choir event, “Only Boys Wrestling Alliance awards banquet, Wilmington Aloud,” at P.S. Friends was named the du Pont Middle Academic All-State team School.
of the year and also earned the William H. Laurelli team sportsmanship award.
Jon McMillan ’13 and Elise Lankiewicz ’13 with their first grade buddies during the seniors’ last week of classes. The theme for the day was “construction.”
IB Visual Arts Exhibition Members of the Class of 2013 who completed the Higher Level IB Visual Arts program this year exhibited work at school this spring: Emily Beckwith, Molly Conces, TyLisa Johnson, Susan Kuhn, Devon Leshock, Allie Rudin, Cav Salvadori, and Dunia Tonob. The students introduced their projects at an opening reception, and each exhibit included a statement by the student-artist. (View a video at www.wilmington friends.org/video-of-the-week-ib-art.)
May On the ice, Andrew Jaworski’s ’17 AA ice hockey team represented Delaware in the USA Hockey National Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals; and Dwyer Tschantz’s ’13 U18 AAA ice hockey team also reached the quarterfinals at USA Hockey Nationals, losing in overtime to the eventual champion. Dwyer was drafted in May 2012 to the USHL and played his first game for the Indiana Ice in December. Congratulations to Emilio Ergueta ’15 for winning a Rotary Scholarship. The scholarship emphasizes cultural understanding and friendly international relations.
Emilio will attend a local lycée (French high school) in Montpellier, France for 2013-14. Peyton Beard ’14 published an essay in the “302 Health” section in the May issue of Delaware Today for Ehlers Danlos Awareness Month. Peyton, who suffers from EDS, also promoted awareness through events at school. Upper school students at Friends had an online partnership with students from Sweden this year. Some of the “e-pals” visited in May. Among the shared activities, students had a sail on the Kalmar Nyckel.
Friends students and e-pals from Sweden, ready to board the Kalmar Nyckel.
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Lower School Grandparents and Special Friends Day We welcomed more than 300 visitors for Lower School Grandparents and Special Friends Day on May 10. Guests spent the morning with students for great music, a wonderful Art Show (see “In Closing” for photos), and an up-close-and-personal look at life in the Lower School. Special thanks to our volunteers who, as always, helped make the day run smoothly. Friends students completed 269 International Baccalaureate exams and 51 Advanced Placement Tests this spring. Director of Athletics Mark Burke and Assistant Athletic Director Dick Kittle hosted the annual Sports Banquet, to honor the accomplishments of the 2012-2013 studentathletes. Team captains shared highlights from their seasons, and coaches recognized team and individual accomplishments. Twelve Friends teams finished in the state top-10 this year.
Maggie Snyder ’13 raised more than $2,000 for Special Olympics Delaware with “Over the Edge,” a fundraiser in which participants rappel down 17 stories of a high-rise office building. Maggie (daughter of Joan Pearce Snyder ’78 and Barry Snyder ’69) was the youngest “Edger” and one of the top fundraisers. Three seventh graders completed mastery projects this year—Daniel Adebi on the topic of neutron stars; Max Pickles on “terraforming” Mars; and Ben Snyder, who created a kid-friendly web site explaining principles of physics (www. epicphysics.weebly.com).
Scenes from Lower School Field Day
Seventh grade mastery project students.
Looking Ahead Among the many programs in which Friends students will participate this summer, Rachel MacKelcan ’14 was accepted to the Juniper Institute for Young Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Rachel also earned one of the highly competitive scholarships to the program. And Kenji Endo ’14 was selected to represent Delaware at the 2013 Al Nueharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference in Washington, DC.
Faculty show their Quaker Pride while running as a relay in the Delaware Marathon: Carlos Charriez, Christopher Verry, Phil Leshock (2012-13 was his last year at WFS), and Dave Gertler (2013-14 will be the first year of his return to WFS).
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“Bow Tie Day” in the upper school, a fundraiser for The One Fund in Boston, to support those affected by the Marathon bombing.
Scene from the upper school spring play, Inherit the Wind, with the role of Helen Drummond (traditionally Henry) played by Grace Carey ’13 and Jimmy Carney ’15 as Matthew Harrison Brady. Faculty directors Donald Morton ’94 and Todd Tyler and their cast and crew creatively staged the production “in the semi-round” in the lower school Meeting Room.
Tropical treats at the Middle School Fair. (Bonus video of Bryan Garman in the Fair’s dunk tank at https://vimeo.com/66465360)
Middle School 5K with Style and Purpose As part of its “spring into service” program, the middle school organized, staffed, and participated in a 5K run/walk to benefit Lutheran Community Services. Every student signed up to run, walk, or work during the event (with support from Jon Clifton ’80 from Races 2 Run and the upper school cross country team). Friends families contributed 130 boxes of cereal, 63 cartons of shelf milk, 68 jars of peanut butter, 37 jars of jelly, and 124 cans of tuna fish or chicken to the LCS Food Pantry.
Top row: Advisory groups chose costume themes for the 5K and food drive event. Second row: Students deliver donations to LCS Program Director Sandy Betley; the Blue Kangaroo helped with the collection. Third row: Upper school student-athletes encouraging participants to “Run Happy,” and the start of the race. Left: Middle school science teacher and service coordinator Carlos Charriez who, with help from seventh grade dean John Hanson, was the lead organizer of “spring into service.” Summer2013 2013• •Friends Friendsmagazine magazine 23 Summer
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This year’s IB Music students, were: from the Class of 2013 (IB HL2), Ryan Broussard and Lauren Smith; and from the Class of 2014 (IB HL1) Akili Dorsey-Bell, Eliza Durham, Dan Getty, David Gobris, Nikki Mangan, Molly Marcus, Myles McDevitt, Quinn McNeill, and Emari Vieira-Gunn.
The Middle School Instrumental Concert in the lower school Meeting Room.
The “Patty Cake Polka” at the Kindergarten/Pre-First, First & Second Grade Concert.
The upper school instrumental concert at The Queen. A song with “shakers” (and one improvised downward dog yoga pose) in the Early Learning Center-Prekindergarten Concert. A creative rhythmic routine at the Third, Fourth & Fifth Grade Concert. Ben Para ’15 on banjo and David Gobris ’14 on accordion for a number in the Pops Concert (it was also Bow Tie Day).
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Summer QUEST Under the auspices of the QUEST Center, and led by its director Amina Baaith, 42 upper school students and four faculty chaperones participated in a service trip to the Dominican Republic, June 11-18, 2013. The Friends group worked in a summer school and camp sponsored by DREAM (Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring). In addition to working with DREAM students in educational and recreational programs, service included cleaning, painting (notably a mural on the school property’s outer wall), and otherwise working to improve the program’s facility. The trip also focused on gaining a greater historical and cultural understanding of the Dominican Republic and its region. Students were asked to reflect on their experiences each day through journal writing and discussion. And there was some time to relax, too (like the picture, top right, of Tai Holden ’16 jumping into a natural pool in a lagoon). Thanks to Amina and her fellow chaperones, Scott Clothier, Sarah Stock Patterson, and Behnaz Varamini, who serves as coordinator of the upper school service program. And thanks to the 42 students who pioneered our first Summer QUEST service trip.
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Baseball
Friends finished the spring season strong, with a state champion in tennis, five teams earning a place in the state top 10, great tournament results, and many student-athletes earning post-season recognition.
9-9 regular season
Tennis State Champion, girls’ first singles—Annie Jaskulski ’15 Girls’ team — 11-4 regular season, 3rd in state tournament Boys’ team— 6-7 regular season, 7th in state tournament Sophomore Annie Jaskulski was the state champion at first singles; in 15 regular season matches, Annie lost a total of just 16 games, and she did not drop a set during the season or the state tournament. In addition to Annie, three more singles players and three doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tournament: Meera Kohli ’15, Julia Rhodes ’14 and Jackie Conner ’16, and Lexi Fields ’15 and Caroline Grover ’14 for the girls; and Jack Kempner ’14, Jamie Martelli-Raben ’14, and Myles McDevitt ’14 and Eli Akerfeldt-Howard ’16 for the guys. All three of those doubles teams advanced to the semifinals; and Lexi and Caroline joined Annie in the final round.
State tennis champion Annie Jaskulski ’15.
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Notable: Comeback wins over Tatnall and Sanford and a memorable season finale... Baseball closed its season with an epic finale, a 6-2 win in 10 innings over Brandywine. Congratulations to Jeff Davis ’13, Jake Erskine ’15, Conor Ganse ’15, and Scott Davis ’15 for being recognized as second team All-DISC. Senior captains Jeff Davis and Will Maguire led the team.
The baseball team celebrates a great come-from-behind win over conference rival Tatnall. The 2013 Quaker track team, led by senior Cav Salvadori (front row, fourth from left) who will run next year at William & Mary.
Track Boys’ team—10th in DII The boys’ track team finished in the top 10 at the Division II state track meet, led by Cav Salvadori ’13, who was third in both the 1600m and the 3200m; Thomas Connelly ’14 who was fifth in the 1600m
Eli Akerfeldt-Howard ’16 and Myles McDevitt ’14 confer (and break the tension) during their dramatic state tournament semi-final match.
and fourth in the 3200m; and the 4 by 800m relay team, which finished seventh. In the 1600m at the Meet of Champions, with both DI and DII runners, Cav finished second, and Thomas finished fourth. For the girls’ team, Quinn McNeill ’14 finished seventh in the long jump, and the 4 by 800m relay finished eighth.
Cav Salvadori ‘13, who will run at William & Mary, about to take the lead in a relay this spring.
Girls’ Soccer 10-4-1 regular season 6-0 in DISC Quarterfinals of state tournament: Beat #7 Appoqinimink 2-0, Lost to eventual state champ Padua Lindsay Aleman ’13 was named “Top XI” for the second year, and she and Lauren Kerrigan ’13 were chosen first team All State. Erin Skibicki ’13, Emily Horwitz ’13, and Danielle Kuller ’14 were second team All State. Lindsay, Lauren, Erin, Emily, and Danielle, and Izzy Martelli-Raben ’15 were named all-DISC first team; second team honors went to Elena Veale ’14 and Hana Arai ’15. In addition, Lindsay, Lauren, Emily, and Erin were all chosen to play in the Senior All-Star Game, tied for the most players of any team in the state, and head coach Scott Clothier was chosen to coach in that game. Lindsay finished her high-school career with 94 goals.
All Americans Sean Kirkpatrick ’13 and Brett Tracy ’13 were named U.S. Lacrosse All Americans. It was the second year Brett was selected. Both will play Division I college lacrosse—Sean at Holy Cross and Brett at Towson.
Two-time Top XI soccer player Lindsay Aleman ’13 works the ball; Lindsay had a remarkable 94 career goals in high school and will play at Catholic University.
Triple Crowns Lauren Kerrigan ’13 and Sam Carney ’13 were each selected to play in three statewide senior all-star games in 201213. Lauren was selected in volleyball (in which she was state player of the year), basketball, and soccer. Sam was selected in football (and was a starting quarterback in the Blue-Gold Game), basketball, and lacrosse. Lauren and Sam were also three-sport captains this year.
Three-year starter in goal (and three-year All-State honoree) Max Davis in action in the Quakers’ state tournament win over DMA.
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Quarterfinals of state tournament: Beat #9 DMA 11-9, lost to eventual state champ Salesianum
6-9 regular season Notable: Two close wins over Tatnall (one in OT) and a win over traditional powerhouse St. Mark’s Quaker girls’ lacrosse AllDISC first team players were Sophie Mester ’13, Meredith Erskine ’13, Grayton Downing ’14, and Meryl Gatti ’15; Brooke Winfield ’15 and Jane Yeatman ’15 were second team; and Lucy Yeatman ’13 earned honorable mention. Congratulations to Meredith, Sophie, and Lucy on being nominated to play in the 2013 Senior All-Star Game. Sophie capped off a 110-goal career this year.
Meredith Erskine ’13 on defense for the Quakers.
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In boys’ lacrosse, Senior AllStar Game selections went to Sam Carney, Max Davis, Ben Hanson, Sean Kirkpatrick, and Brett Tracy—again, tied for the most selections in the state—and head coach Jake Rashkind was chosen to coach. Sean and Brett earned first team All-State honors and were also named U.S. Lacrosse All Americans; Max and Sam were second team All State; and Ben was All-State honorable mention. All five of those players were first team All-DISC, and Chris Palmer ’13 and Jimmy Carney ’15 were second team All-DISC. Max finished a stellar career as a three-year starter in goal, and Sean, Ben, and Sam finished their careers with a combined 543 points. Summer Summer2013 2013• •Friends Friendsmagazine magazine 27
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Everyone at school was very pleased by a recent visit from Ruth Clair Smith, daughter of the late Gertrude “Sue” Fenimore Ford. Sue was profoundly deaf from measles at the age of 18 months, and her father, Dr. William Fenimore, worked with Mr. Jones so that Sue could participate fully in the program at Friends, an opportunity that had been closed at other schools (and one that her family clearly still appreciates). Sue went on to attend Washington College.
1943 • Reunion Year
Thanks to Martha Budd Shelnutt for organizing the Class of ’43 Reunion in October.
1948 • Reunion Year
Many thanks to Alice Mearns Ivy for coordinating her Class Reunion this year.
1951
Chick Altmaier (See 1979.) Art Littman and wife, Wendy, were excited to welcome their first great-grandchild, Max Bliley, in February. He is the son of their granddaughter, Hannah Bliley. Max was looking forward to welcoming home his own father, who was serving in Afghanistan.
1953 • Reunion Year
Thanks to Ellie Alexander Poorman for taking the lead on the Class of ’53’s 60th Reunion. Ellie’s grandson, Dwyer Tschantz, graduated as a member of the Class of 2013; Dwyer is a son of Ellie’s daughter, Martha Poorman Tschantz ’85. (See family photo, page 2.)
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Leslie Kirkman Reed sent this great photo (right) of members of the Class of ’64 enjoying
Sara Hodge Geuder enjoyed a gathering of Class of ’55 members in Charleston. “At our 55th reunion, the idea was put forth by Bill Epcke that we shouldn’t wait for five more years to get together. He made the arrangements, and 10 classmates plus two non-FS spouses enjoyed several days in Charleston.”
1958 • Reunion Year
We are still seeking volunteers to help organize the 55th Reunion. If you might be interested, or would like more information about what is involved, please call us at 302.576.2981, or email alumni@ wilmingtonfriends.org.
Rachel Hood Kopel wrote: “This has been the most extraordinary year. On June 21, 2012, I moved into my 350 sq. ft. studio apartment at Green Manor, a really lovely senior living building in Mission Hills…Since then I have been unpacking, relocating, finding and losing, and getting settled into this new place and time in my life…I am a regular at Max Bliley showing his WFS spirit with Great-Grandfather Art the knitting group, book review group, movie night, and special Littman ’51. meals…I also continue to be active in my Quaker meeting and St. Vincent’s Tuesday morning Bible 1952 study group (which is now a half Members of the Class of ’52 gathered for their a block walk from home). I am in sixth annual Florida mini-reunion on March Year 3 of the Episcopal Education 19. Hosts this year were Laura and Fred for Ministry program…I have also Pardee, who welcomed friends to Casey Key been taking a monthly watercolor overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. class at the San Diego Watercolor Society…I feel so blessed to be connected with my family and friends, locally and all over the world. Although as many of you know I spend way too much time on email and Facebook. I hope this finds you in good health and enjoying all of the things that bring you joy and delight.” Left to Right: Bob Hodge ’52, Lew Doughton ’52, Fred Pardee ’52, John
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Art Connolly (See 1984.)
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Nice ’52, Doug Bender ’53, Bill Quillen ’52, and Rufus Jones ’52.
1963 • 50th Reunion Year
At a Charleston mini-reunion, front row: Jane Ellis James ’55, Lynn Mulford Calhoun ’55, Sara Hodge Geuder ’55, Devy Rose Bruch ’55; back row: Bill Epcke ’55, Dave Hillegas ’55, Ellen Winthrop Jennings ’55, Jim James. Not pictured: John Lacher ’55 and Don Reid ’55. In Appreciation: Ira Ellis ’52 Ira recently gave a generous capital gift of $250,000 to Friends School, to fund a new design lab planned as part of a major middle/upper school building renovation and addition. In response to Ira’s generosity, his classmate Bill Quillen ’52 sent this appreciation: “Ira has been a tremendous member of the Friends School family. As a student, he used his science and math expertise, part inborn and part learned by long study since early childhood, to provide needed technical assistance for various productions and scientific activities, including social events such as school dances. He was among the pioneers of boys’ varsity soccer in 1951 and remains loyal to WFS soccer to this day. And Ira has been a very active alumnus, attending reunions and more. Following his graduation from Bucknell, his outstanding career at IBM, and in coordination with his ongoing part-time work, Ira and his sister Madge ’56, have made an avocation out of world travel. Ira’s enthusiasms, accomplishments, and generosity—including his giving to the School—have been inspirational and very much appreciated by his classmates. This latest gift is certainly a crown jewel.”
Ira ’52 and Madge ’56 Ellis at school for an event in 2012.
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the warm weather and Longwood’s spring blooms. Apparently, the conversation turned to the Class of ’64’s not so far away 50th reunion in the fall of 2014. Mark your calendars! Hopes are high for a huge turnout.
A World Away, Alumnus Stays Connected By Chad O’Kane Director of Capital and Endowment Giving In the fall of 1966, a young Japanese student named Yoshiro “Yosh” Ono made the 7,000 mile journey to Wilmington, DE, to live with an American family and spend his senior year at Wilmington Friends School. Embraced immediately by his hosts, the Dewees family, Yosh also quickly established himself as an important part of the Class of 1967, immersing himself in his coursework, athletics, and the performing arts. In the 1967 Whittier Miscellany, Yosh was recognized by classmates for his warm personality and for being an excellent ambassador of Japan.
Members of the Class of ’64 enjoying Longwood Gardens. Left to Right: Katie Gressle ’64, Marianne Johns Cook ’64, Corlet Jackson Weisel ’64, Leslie Kirkman Reed ’64 and Janet Martin Yabroff ’64. 1968 • Reunion Year
We are grateful to Carol Bancroft Morley for her leadership in organizing the October Reunion.
1971
Dana Drake lives in Milford, PA, where she is a self-employed artist (potter).
Following graduation, Yosh returned to his home country to attend the University of Tokyo, but his experience at WFS had formed a permanent bond with his American family and friends. “The Dewees family provided me with a great environment to learn, evaluate and love the American society,” Yosh recalled. “I became America’s staunch friend through living with the Deweeses and going to WFS.” To maintain that connection, Yosh and Rob Dewees have exchanged family news at the end of each year for nearly half a century, with members of each family making visits to Japan and America. After college, Yosh began a long and distinguished career with the Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Corporation. The English that he honed during his time at Friends set him apart from his peers. “I was regarded as one of their best English assets,” Yosh said. “In-depth cultural understanding and the ability to communicate in good English are essential in bringing about mutual benefit through international business.” His work with Mitsubishi brought him back to the States, first to attend graduate school at Harvard, then to a position with the company in New York City, before ultimately returning to Japan.
Bill Gant (See photo below.)
1973 • Reunion Year
Tyrie Jenkins, Debbie Millick Penny, Wendy Vaala, and Pamela Hoopes have a great night planned for the Class Reunion!
While Yosh considers his educational experiences in Japan prior to Friends to have been of very high caliber and formative, the differences he encountered made a lasting impression. “There was a marked difference between my Japanese high school and WFS, in that the latter emphasized interactions among the students in the class,” he explained. “The students’ interactions engendered an element of fun and socializing through good conversations. These elements were not emphasized in the Japanese educational system.”
Dana Drake ’71 and friend.
Following his retirement from Mitsubishi, Yosh began studying various civilizations of the world, a passion developed in part during his time at Friends. While he sees comparative historical analysis of the world’s great civilizations as an important endeavor, he also believes mutual learning between his native Japan and his adopted America to be of paramount importance in today’s landscape. “I feel a partnership of learning between our two countries is especially beneficial in the current era because of its immediate and practical benefits on our daily lives.” Yosh hopes to be a part of that partnership of learning in the years to come. As the years have gone by, Yosh’s enthusiasm for Friends has never waned. He continues to visit campus when his travel schedule permits, and continues to support the School’s Annual Fund so that others might be afforded the great experience he had at Friends. “I have no doubt that WFS contributed greatly to my upbringing—for which I am grateful,” Yosh said. “I hope WFS survives for a long time— as a nursing ground for many great individuals.” Thanks to Ona Murdoch Hamilton ’67 for the photos from a recent trip, with her husband Steve, to visit Yosh in Japan. Yosh is pictured in front of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, and with Ona and Steve.
Bill Gant ’71 with daughters Jenna and Samantha and wife Nancy. Summer 2013 • Friends magazine
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1974
Richard Kretz was married to wife Tami on Valentine’s Day. He reports, “She is a former Olympic equestrian alternate in dressage and three-day eventing and three-time grand national champion. Presently we have fourteen horses, mostly Paso Finos, Richard Kretz ’74 enjoying on our estate in the great outdoors. Church Hill, TN. In other news, in October, Tami and I were invited to participate in ‘Three Days of Caves and Karst in Western Virginia’ as part of the Natural Areas Association Conference 2012… Separately, I’m on the Board of Directors and incoming Secretary for the Appalachian Cave Conservancy and on the Advisory Board for the Clinch Coalition (an ecological preservation and protection organization)…My oldest daughter, Megan, ran the Boston Marathon for the third time and the NYC Marathon for the third time this fall. She resides in NYC, is working for a law firm as their lease administrator, and is doing well. Rachel graduated from Wilkes University (Psychology) and works as a resident counselor at an adult assisted living facility in Wilkes-Barre.”
1975
Anne Altmaier Adriance (See 1979.) Victoria Sann shared with us, “My oldest daughter, Teri, passed her Series 7 and 66 in December of 2012 and is working in the Banking Industry. My son, David, will be graduating this coming winter with an AA degree in Accounting, and is expecting his third child in September. My youngest daughter, Lauren, and her husband, Ryan, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Rose, born on September 21, 2012. Lauren is attending Walden University online.”
1978 • Reunion Year
Thank you to Ellen Rudawsky Stevens for coordinating her Class Reunion this fall.
1979
Condolences to Scott Gordon on the death of his mother, Ginny, a beloved leader in the Friends School and Wilmington communities. (See “In Memory.”)
Brava X2— Trina Tjersland ’75 and Violet Richman At the end of the 2012-2013 school year, Trina Tjersland ’75 retired after 25 years of teaching and, most famously, directing theatrical productions at Tower Hill School. In the Director’s Notes of her final production this past spring, Trina included a tribute to Violet Richman, who had a 25-plus-year career as a teacher and director at Friends. After citing lyrics from “Open a New Window,” from the musical Mame, Trina wrote: “My high school drama teacher taught me that song from Mame many years ago, and it has stayed with me all these many (many, many!!) years since then. That wonderful woman who inspired me, Violet Richman, is coming to see this show, and will perhaps read these notes. She made a difference in my life; she gave me lyrics to live by and tunes to dance to. I don’t have enough words to say what that has meant to me. It would be my honor if even one of my students felt that way years from now.”
classmate, David Brooks. The column, “The Humanist Vocation,” included a tribute to a Chicago professor and noted that as President of Davidson, Carol was carrying on his work.
1983 • Reunion Year
Thank you to Meg Gehret Erskine for planning the 30th Reunion for the Class of ’83.
1984
Thanks to Mike Connolly’s mom, Joan, for sending the news that Mike and his wife, Ashley, welcomed son, Edwin “Win” Christopher Connolly, on December 17, 2012. Mike and his family live in Aspen, CO.
Win Connolly with big brother James, the children of Mike Connolly ’84 (and grandchildren of Art Connolly ’55).
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Chris Aronhalt lives in Peachtree City, GA, with his wife, Kathryn, and daughter, Paige (age 12). Chris owns his own sports marketing company, Medalist Sports, which produces world-class, professional cycling events in North America (California, Utah, Colorado, Virginia, Alberta). Medalist Chris Aronhalt ’85 and also produces several daughter Paige in Saint high-profile fundraisMartin. ing events, such as the Dempsey Challenge (in Maine) with actor Patrick Dempsey. “Southern hospitality is treating us well, and on occasion, we are fortunate to get together with George Beck and family to re-live the glory days.” In March, Christine Norling Jones and her family of five visited Alsace, France to stay with Aline Wiss and her family of four. “Aline and I met 23 years ago when I participated in a WFS French exchange with St. Andre College in Colmar. We reminisced about the other ’85-ers who went on this exchange, toured the region, and enjoyed homemade crepes, Alsatian wines, and other French delicacies.” (See photo, next page.)
Chick Altmaier ’51 sent a note after attending Commencement at Davidson College in May: “This year was Carol Quillen’s (WFS ’79) first year as President of Davidson College and presiding over graduation ceremonies. We were there as a grandson, youngest son of our oldest daughter, Anne Adriance WFS ’75, graduated last Sunday. Carol led the procession and gave the graduation address. She was very articulate and inspiring.” Carol was also noted in a June New York Times column by her University of Chicago
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Chick Altmaier ’51 and Carol Quillen ’79 at the 2013 Davidson College Commencement.
Linda Stull Miner sent this update: “I live west of Vail, Colorado in a little town called Eagle… where we have incredible mountain biking and hiking trails. I live with my husband, Michael, and my three sons…10-year old twins, Declan and Conal, and my nine-year-old, Nolan. I
Class notes
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Former faculty/staff members Marilyn and Terry Maguire recently visited with Linda Holmes in Washington DC. Linda works as a popular culture blogger for NPR. Some of her recent work has included covering the “royal wedding,” going to Hollywood each year to report on the new TV shows, and interviewing people like Ken Burns.
1990 Aline Wiss and Christine Norling Jones ’85, in front of the school they attended in Colmar, France. have been selling real estate in Vail Village for over 13 years and am still designing and drawing kitchens on the side. Being a mom has also brought me closer into the school as head of the PTA. As a family we all ski and snowboard…had an incredible year this year! We also all play ice hockey and lacrosse. I love being in the wilderness and have incorporated my trail running and meditation as a combined daily practice. Life is beautiful here at 7,000+ feet…Living in the mountains suits our family lifestyle…Thank You, WFS, for supporting me to be a free thinker and to strive for what may seem impossible.” In February, Kimberly Togman celebrated her second wedding anniversary with husband Geoff Aguirre, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Penn. She has two stepdaughters she says are “terrific,” Teagan (15) and Maddie (12). The family lives in the Washington Square West section of Philadelphia. Kim wrote, “In other news, I’m about to reach my 5th anniversary as an executive coach and leadership development consultant with the boutique firm Next Step Partners.”
Former faculty member Terry Maguire caught up with Matt Meyer: “Recently, Matt spent time in Iraq, particularly in the northern portions and Kurdistan, helping people there create small business, an area in which he has become rather an expert. Last year, he advised Governor Markell on small business development here in Delaware.” Matt was Friends Alumnus of the Year in 2004 and the Commencement speaker in 2005.
1993 • Reunion Year
Pigeon Pollard Graham, Joy Linker, Tom Segars, and Jay Bakhru are planning a great event for the class.
1996
Meg Ting Ryan (See 2003 photo.)
1997
Will Holloway is working in Manhattan as a psychotherapist. His private practice specializes in adolescents, but he works with adults as well. He also runs a supper club in Brooklyn where he lives and recently teamed up with Maksym Pazuniak ’00 for an event.
1998 • Reunion Year
Thank you to Emily Ferrara Tobia and Erin Facciolo Wehler for planning the class reunion celebration. Josh Klein is working at the Severn School, outside of Annapolis, where he teaches history, constitutional law, and French. He also coaches upper and middle school wrestling.
WFS Archivist/former faculty member Terry Maguire and former teacher/administrator Bill Bickley visiting with Matt Meyer ’90.
Cooper Cartelli, son of Quinn Maguire Cartelli ’98 and grandson of former WFS faculty/staff members Marilyn and Terry Maguire.
Quinn Maguire Cartelli is enjoying life in Vermont with her husband, Rob, and their son, Cooper.
The work of Jeanne Braun Velonis was recently highlighted in the Haverford College magazine. Jeanne is a recording engineer for Judy Sherman, a three-time Grammy award winning Classical Producer of the Year, and estimates that they have worked together on more than 250 albums. Jeanne lives in Westchester County, NY, with her husband and three children.
1991
Linda Stull Miner ’85, with sons Nolan and Declan, “playing hooky” on a beautiful Friday in March.
Congratulations to Sarah Schenck Maheshwari and husband, Vinay, on the birth of their fourth son, Alexander Edwards Maheshwari on April 27. Although he arrived a month earlier than expected, Alexander is “healthy and doing great!” Tyler ’24, Jake ’27 and Nash ’27 are three very proud big brothers.
Martha Poorman Tschantz (See 1953.)
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1988 • Reunion Year
Thanks to Beth Lubaroff Pfeifer for leading the planning of the ’88 Reunion. Condolences to Julia Gordon Beverly on the death of her mother, Ginny, a beloved leader in the Friends School and Wilmington communities. (See In Memory.)
Josh Klein ’98 with former WFS staff member Marilyn Maguire at the Severn School in Maryland.
Alli Meyer is currently heading marketing for Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods. “We make a line up of all natural, frozen foods that can be found in Whole Foods, ShopRite, Giant, Natural Food stores, and many other retailers. I live and work in Northern New Jersey and would love to meet up with any alumni or members of the WFS community who find themselves in the area.”
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2000
Meredith Jones Joppa and husband, Andrew, welcomed their daughter, Felicity Rhiannon Joppa, on February 12, 2013. Meredith wrote, “My mom, former Friends teacher Jan Jones, was able to be there for Felicity’s birth, and is looking forward to Felicity’s first visit to Delaware in May! In other news, I graduated with my Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Denver in August 2012. We are still living in Providence, RI, and I am going into my second year as a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric HIV research at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital. Definitely a big year for us!”
Felicity Joppa, daughter of Meredith Jones Joppa ’00. Dillon Paul (See 2003 photo.) Maksym Pazuniak (See 1997.)
2001
Mary van Ogtrop Anders married Rawle Anders on September 29, 2012 at the John James Audubon Center in Audubon, PA. In attendance were Erin DeCou, Abby Morgan, Jaclyn Mraz, reader Kyle Holsinger-Johnson, bridesmaid Kristin Iacobucci and Maid of Honor Lesley Simon. Mary and Rawle live in San Francisco, where Rawle is the Client Relations Director for Mule Design and Mary is the Senior Copywriter for Rdio and a master of fine arts in creative writing candidate at the University of San Francisco. Mike Davidson graduated from the University of Maryland in December 2012 with a master’s degree in Library Science. He is currently living in the Washington, DC, area with his wife, Gloria, and they will be celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary this summer. Kathy Flook Lehr has been living in Boulder, CO, for the past six years. Her favorite activities include rock climbing and snow boarding. Last summer she married Jake Lehr in Estes Park, CO. They celebrated their first anniversary this June. Jesse Rafert is living in Paris. She just graduated from the Sorbonne with a master’s degree in International Development. 32
2001
George Hughes-Strange graduated from Georgetown Medical School in 2012. He now lives in Chicago and will be completing his residency in Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine over the next four years. Last June, George and his wife, Michelle Mergler, bought their first home in the Bucktown neighborhood of Northwest Chicago. They often spend time with Faye Paul ’03 and her husband Arthur Lipovetsky.
2002
Zach Williams provided this update: “I’m a middle school English teacher at Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT. I’m a commuter, though—my girlfriend and I live in New York City, where I moonlight as the drummer for a Brooklyn rock band called King Stork. I’m also using my summers to pursue a master’s degree from the Bread Loaf School of English in Ripton, VT. Thus far I’ve spent two summers studying in Vermont and one in Oxford, UK; this coming summer, I’ll be heading to Asheville, NC, for courses there. Things are good! Certainly, my WFS teachers and classes still loom large in my intellectual life—a lot of my worldview comes from Friends. And socially, though we’ve all spread out quite a bit, I see my classmates a good amount. In fact, at this moment, I’m heading to spend the weekend with Dan LoFaro, Rich Rockwell, Todd Perlow, Matt Cleaver, Adam Cairncross, and Jake Hoffman in the Poconos. We’re celebrating Dan’s marriage, this coming July.”
2003 • Reunion Year
Many thanks to Jamie Jacobs for organizing the Class Reunion this fall. Best wishes to Mary Ting Hyatt. She married Wilbur Hyatt on November 17, 2012 in Cambridge, MA, and celebrated with many WFS friends. Faye Paul (See 2001.) Caroline Rita Pixley, daughter of Megan Baczkowski Pixley, showed her school spirit recently in a WFS “onesie.” Her grandfather is Bill Baczkowski, Assistant Head for Finance and Operations, and her uncles are Andrew Baczkowski ’07 and James Baczkowski ’09.
Naomi Hamermesh ’06 with her fiancé, Matt Scheinerman, at a University of Michigan vs. Delaware State football game in fall 2009. www.8wake.com… nicely-priced polarized sunglasses.”
2008 • Reunion Year
Thanks to Mike Anderson, who will be organizing a reunion for the Class of 2008. Paris Barkan just finished her first year at Jefferson Medical Caroline, daughter of Megan College in PhiladelBaczkowski Pixley ’03, phia. She received showing off her WFS wear a summer research and her smile. fellowship from the Endocrine Society in San Francisco, working on a project at UCSF Medical Center.
2009
James Baczkowski (See 2003.) Kimmy Siegfried’s mom, Cathy, updated us on Kimmy: she graduated from college in December and is headed to Penn for vet school in the fall.
2011
Wes Carr (See “Where are You Now,” page 34.)
2006
Naomi Hamermesh (See photo.)
2007
Andrew Baczkowski (See 2003.) Katrina Siegfried’s mom, Cathy, informed us that Katrina is still in Colorado and has finished her mechanical engineering degree. She is off to graduate school in the fall for integrative physiology.
Kathy Flook Lehr ’01 with husband Jake
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At Mary Ting Hyatt’s ’03 wedding in Massachusetts: Jacqueline Mellow ’03, Josephine Kurtz ’03, Meg Ting Ryan ‘96, Wilbur Hyatt (groom), Mary, Colleen Schell ‘03, Rebecca Stevenson ‘03, Caeli Rubens ‘03, Faye Paul ‘03, Dillon Paul ‘00, and Richard Vincent ‘03.
CLASS NOTES
John Fairchild and the Princeton Highsteppers performed on The Today Show on May 14. John serves as President of this co-ed performing arts group that was formed at Princeton University in 2003. Stepping incorporates stomps, claps, slaps, and shouts to create a rhythmic beat, and according to the Highsteppers’ web site, its roots can be traced to the mines of South Africa during apartheid. Julie Ly generously came back to Friends, and brought a professor and fellow University of Delaware art conservation students with her, to lead a Lunch & Learn in April. Julie and her group did a presentation for IB Visual Arts and Art Major students focusing on art and material conservation and its cross-disciplinary relationship to chemistry, anthropology, and art history. Anna Melnick is spending the summer in Boston working as a patient advocate for an organization called Health Leads at the Pediatric Clinic within Boston Medical Center.
She will be helping to connect patients with the resources they need. Mom Cathy sent a brief update on Kristin Siegfried: “Kristin is a sophomore at Delaware in nursing and loves it!”
2012
Friends teacher and coach (and proud Dickinson College alumnus) Jake Rashkind shared the news that Patrick Schlecker was presented with Dickinson’s Rookie of the Year award in football, while also earning academic honors. (See page 34 for more.)
Julie Ly ’11, third from left, and WFS art teacher, Cynthia Stan Mellow, second from right, at the Lunch & Learn about art conservation.
2013
Five days after graduating from Friends, Cav Salvadori earned the first 2013 class note by placing ninth in the nation in 2000m steeplechase at the New Balance High School Nationals in Greensboro NC. Remark-
ably, Cav just started to compete in the steeplechase event this spring, and his top-9 national finish came in only his second race, ever, at the 2000m distance.
Where Are You Now—Class of 2012 Our summer magazine is the perfect time to connect with our alumni after their first full year after Friends. Thanks to all in the Class of 2012 who responded—it’s wonderful to hear from you. Aside from dancing and performing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Dance, Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil, is also pursuing a double major in Political Science through the university’s College of Arts and Science. She wrote, “I’ve had a few jobs including working at the Delaware Dance Festival as a Master Teacher. Because the dance program here is only three years, I am required to take classes during the six-week summer session. After summer session, I will be going to the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Summer Intensive program for four weeks. Mom, Dad, and John (my brother) are all doing well.” Gwen shared her thoughts on her time at Friends: “WFS definitely prepared me for the academics here. (Yes, even as a dance major I take just as many ‘normal’ academic classes as students with liberal arts majors.) I’ve found that I am one of the few freshmen who feel comfortable with actively participating in class or writing papers very frequently.” Erica Brown finished her first year at Dickinson College as an International Business and Management major. She is busy volunteering at the Special Olympics-Delaware, Pennsylvania Red Cross, and the Food Bank in Carlisle. She wrote, “Friends always made me challenge myself and I was taught not only in the classroom, but also on the field and courts to never back down from any kind of challenge. It has prepared me well for similar challenges at Dickinson College.” Attending the University of Rochester as a Math major, Laurel Brown is serving as Secretary on the board of Circle K, a leadership and service organizations for college students. Christa Chappell wrote, “I just finished my freshman year at Clemson University, and it was the best year of my life! I’m a sister of the Delta Zeta sorority, and have enjoyed everything about Clemson—the southern culture, the spirit, and the tailgates. I am the Community Service Chairwoman for the Delta Zeta sorority, and in this role I organize highway cleanup and trips to local service organizations.”
An Agricultural Sciences major at Cornell University, Nicholas Culver is a member of the Alpha Zeta Fraternity. Julian deOliveira is a Business major at Lehigh University. He is also on the club soccer team and a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He said, “Wilmington Friends School taught me a tremendous amount about communicating your ideas and sharing the ‘inner light’ that resides within each of us. I find that value pushing me to excel in a university setting through development of my skills as a critical thinker.”
Julian deOliveira ’12 showing his Lehigh pride with his mom and sister.
Virginia DeWees attends Hobart and William Smith Colleges. This year, she also started her own music production company called Girl in a Hat Productions, and she volunteers once a week for the Boys and Girls Club. This summer, Virginia is an intern with Gable Music Ventures in Wilmington. She is excited to study abroad in Auckland, New Zealand during the fall semester. She reflected on her time at Friends: “WFS taught me a lot about myself and introduced me to a world of integrity and stewardship, which I was able to take with me to college and take part in leadership roles and serving the community.”
Keiko Endo ’12 with her mom and the head chef of a cooking class they took together in San Antonio.
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Where Are You Now—Class of 2012 resources necessary to spur economic development in their surrounding campus communities. Friends helped me to develop my interest in microfinance and nonprofit work. I remember in Mr. Rhodewalt’s Peace, Justice, and Social Change class, we read an article by New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof about the oppression of women in developing countries. As per Mr. Rhodewalt’s suggestion, I read Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn’s book, Half the Sky, from which I learned about the power of microfinance. I probably wouldn’t have considered interning at Lend for America had I not read that book, and I’m grateful that my Friends education exposed me to these new ideas.” Christopher Getty is studying at Boston University as a Biochemistry Major. After the Boston Marathon bombing, he helped gather donations for emergency service workers and donated blood to help victims, and noted: “After the Boston bombings and the manhunt for the bombers, the skills I learned at WFS helped to me to contribute toward bringing the community together and starting the healing process.” Leah Handwerk is majoring in Sociology/Human Services with a minor in Art at Lycoming College. She wrote, “I am a member of the women’s soccer team, played in all 18 matches and averaged 46 minutes of play time per game. I would tell any WFS student considering college athletics to definitely go for it. It is a huge commitment, but one of the best decisions I ever made—WFS taught me to be an advocate for myself at school. Teachers are always willing to help—you just Leah Handwerk ’12 volunteers at several community organizations, including Habitat have to ask. I have a short-term for Humanity, through which she helped memory issue, so school has never build a house in Florida over spring break. come easily for me. I go to office hours with every professor every week, take advantage of the tutoring program at Lycoming, and have all my papers checked by the writing center before I turn them in. The teachers at Friends never made me feel guilty about asking for help, which gave me the confidence to ask for that same support at Lycoming. I had a 3.4 GPA and was a member of the MAC Conference academic honor-role in the spring.” Leah also was named a Lycoming Class of 2016 service scholar. She volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, Relay for Life, Best Buddies, Make a Wish, and SPCA. She completed over 60 hours of community service during the school year.
Mr. Rashkind. He was always bringing new ideas or themes to the class with every book, poem, or short story that we read.” Chazz Higginbotham won “Top DJ” honors on his Connecticut College campus. He was the featured DJ at the “Floralia 2013,” a spring fling and all-day concert. He reflected, “For my senior exploration, I learned how to DJ. Thanks, DJ BIS, for spending time with me. The DJ’ing experience opened up a whole new world of musical expression for me. My longtime friend and fellow WFS alum, Wes Carr, Class of 2011, Chazz Higginbotham ’12 was named Top DJ designed my DJ logo, which I at Connecticut College. ; Wes Carr ’11 helped display on all my promotional Chazz design his DJ logo. materials. I approach college with confidence because of the preparatory education I received at WFS. Now more than ever before, I meet deadlines like it’s my JOB...” When he is not spinning records, Chazz also holds the office as a Senator for the Class of 2016 in the Student Government; he is also a Dorm Rep; and he made the Connecticut College Camels basketball team, the only walk-on to make the team. Benjamin Horstmann completed his first year at the University of Delaware as a Medical Diagnostics Major. Courtney Lang is attending Franklin and Marshall College. Richard Monari is doing well at Swarthmore College. He was looking forward to working in Swarthmore’s library this summer. Hoping to double major in Math and Music, Daniel Potter has completed his freshman year at Williams College. He sings in both college choirs—the vocal jazz ensemble and the co-ed a cappella group, Good Question—and is on the mock trial team, of which he will be the captain next year. He said, “Friends prepared me academically and morally. The academics at Friends are rigorous and rewarding, such that my first year of college has been an easy transition. Furthermore, through Quakerism, Peace class, and service, Friends instilled in me a sense of responsibility to the community and world as well as an understanding for the world community. Friends helped nurture my intellectual curiosity for music, sciences, and the humanities, through engaging courses and teachers.”
Elizabeth (Beth) Hill is studying at DeSales University as an Early Childhood Education Major. She wrote, “Spending my first year at college Emily Romano had a great year at The University of Virginia. She was a lot of fun. Having the freedom and independence made me grow wrote, “I felt really prepared to take on challenging classes this year, and up a lot and learn from my mistakes. Although there were times I missed I owe that to my Friends teachers. Thank you for all you did for me!” my family, I was only an hour away. I chose my major because I knew I Emily spent her spring break in the Grand Canyon where she hiked and was destined for public speaking. My dad was a teacher for 39 years and did some environmental conservation work. Next spring, she will be what better way to utilize speaking abilities than in that profession. I leading an environmental work trip to Point Reyes National Seashore. am happy to say I can’t wait to be a teacher.” Beth reflected on WFS, “As college can be Pat Schlecker had a great first year at Dickinson College fun and enticing, the hectic and crazy stress playing on the varsity football team where he was named of midterms, finals, and heavy work load was “Rookie of the Year.” He wrote, “I joined with the rest of consistent. At Friends, I wasn’t a huge fan of our football team to run the ‘Be the Match’ bone marrow Meeting for Worship—But I realized that once drive at Dickinson. It’s a charity that gets cheek swabs from you don’t dwell in Meeting for Worship anycollege students in order to build the bone marrow regismore, your mind almost misses it. If there was try when someone is in need of a transplant. We beat our any time I could just take a 45minute break, goal by more than 100 students.” Pat has decided to study I would just so I could clear my thoughts— International Relations and was looking forward to working Friends prepared me to be organized, to at Friends this summer. He feels WFS “ignited a sense of Pat Schlecker ’12 (right) with two other manage my time, and to be able to think criticommunity and leadership that we all have. Whether it was Delawareans on the Dickinson football cally in my homework. Most of the students debates in class, a group project, or captains on the field, it team, Jake Myers from St. Andrews (left) I am in class with don’t use agenda books or taught me that all of us are leaders in our community.” and Austin High from Archmere (center). can’t go deeper than the literal meaning. One Austin is a son of Bob High ‘81 and grandson teacher who helped me to think critically was of the late Nesta Warfield High Chevrier ‘52. Chelsea Catherine Terrell is a student at Mount Holyoke College. 34
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Spring Fling 2013 We had a great turnout for our Third Annual Spring Fling on June 1, with almost 30 alumni lacrosse players coming “home” to compete with current WFS student-athletes. The women’s teams mixed students and alumni, and the men’s game was split alumni vs. current players (alumni won). Lunch was delicious, thanks to Mark Raphaelson ’80 of Johnnie’s Dog House. Thanks to all the players, coaches, officials, and fans.
Spring Fling women
Top Row: Marion Rothbart Newbold ’78, Kyle Zechman McKean ’98, Nina Porter Winfield ’79, Amy Curran Harper ’94, Molly Jordan (coach), Akemi Moriuchi (coach), Charlotte Strine ’16, Pigeon Pollard Graham ’93 Second Row: Leah Rizzo ’11, Sarah Newbold ’12, Sara Woodward ’12, Molly Harper ’15, Margot Tschantz ’15, Meryl Gatti ’15, Meredith Erskine ’13, Jane Yeatman ’15, Demetria Ruhl ’16 Front Row: Anna Crosby ’09, Perrin Downing ’09, Ellie Kelsey ’09, Tess Gatti Not pictured: Stacy Gatti, Katie Hunt ’06, Trelly Vergara-Shaikh ’89. Spring Fling men
We would not hazard a guess about who’s who under all these helmets, but Coach Jake Rashkind did have a list of alumni participants in the game: Michael Armstrong ’12, Daniel Carbone ’11, Sumner Crosby ’12, Sam Davis ’11, Bob DeWees ’08, Patrick Goggins ’06, Ernest Higginbotham ’10, Eric Kelley ’10, Brett McCone ’12, Ryan Procaccini ’09, Reed Salmons ’10, Patrick Schlecker ’12, Cory Tieste ’05, Hunter Witmer ’10, and Grant Walczak ’09. Special thanks to Justin Bullivant, son of lower school teacher Tracy Bukowski, for playing goalie for the alumni team. And many thanks to our officials for the men’s game, Mike Wilbur ‘74 and Greg Rodowsky (parent of Will Rodowsky ‘09 and Ellen Rodowsky ’11).
Thank you to Reginald D. Flowers ’90 for his service to the Friends School Board of Trustees. Reggie was appointed to the Board in 2004 and completed his third term in June 2013. Welcome to Susan JanesJohnson, parent of two Friends School students, who officially joined the Board as of July 1, but who already had made tremendous contributions as a member of Board committees on admissions marketing and development. Susan is a freelance content strategist and writer, with more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communications. She earned a BA in International Relations from the University of Colorado, Boulder, an MBA from Southern Methodist University, and a Master of International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Susan has served on the boards of the Delaware Children’s Museum and Serviam Girls Academy. Welcome also to Steve Dutton, who will serve a one-year term due to a health-related Board vacancy. Steve is endorsed by the Religious Society of Friends as a Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor, Chaplain, and Pastoral Psychotherapist. He has 30 years of experience in pastoral ministry. Steve received his BA from Campbellsville University, M.Div. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Doctor of Ministry Degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta. He serves as the Manager of the Department of Pastoral Services at Christiana Care Health System and the Program Director for Clinical Pastoral Education. Steve has been an active member of the Religious Society of Friends for more than 25 years. Around school, he also known, and proudly so, as “Zac’s dad”; son, Zac Dutton, is a 2006 graduate of Friends.
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IN MEMORY Newlin Booth ’36
The Alumni Office recently learned that Newlin Booth ’36 passed away in February 2012. He is survived by his wife, Lila; his daughters, Carolin Booth Murphy ’74, Catharine Booth Abbate ’69, and Barbara Booth ’59; his son, Robert C. Booth ’60; children Robert, David, and Beth Rosenbaum; his brother, Charles J. Booth ’41; his sister, Marie Booth Fowler ’42; 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
Robert E. Clark, Jr. ’45
Robert E. Clark Jr. ’45 of Dover, DE, passed away in December 2012. He was born in Wilmington, and attended Friends School and Fork Union Military Academy before receiving his BS from Dickinson College and his law degree from GW University. He worked for E.I. DuPont Co., the Joseph W. Riley Co., and later owned and managed JB Clark’s Fine Eatery in Dallas, PA. After moving back to Delaware in 2008, he volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and for Faithful Friends.
Joanne LaTowsky Hooper ’48
The Alumni Office was notified by mail of Joanne’s death on February 16, 2013. She was remembered as a treasured wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
Helena Melissa Madden Sawyer ’55
Helena Melissa Madden Sawyer ’55 passed away in November, due to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), in Portland, ME, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Wilmington, and lived her childhood in historic New Castle. After graduating from Friends, she attended the University of Delaware, and then worked at Bristol Myers in New York City and at the DuPont Company back in Wilmington. In 1963, Melissa met her future husband, Payson Sawyer, a resident of Maine, who was staying in New Castle on business. They bought a beautiful salt box colonial home in Falmouth, ME (now home to the Falmouth Historical Society) where their five children were born. Melissa and Payson owned several businesses together, and she tirelessly did what needed to be done while still maintaining a very busy household. Melissa’s children all spoke of how smart, funny, and comforting she was. “Where’s Mom?” became the mantra for the family, which grew to include childrenin-law, seven grandchildren, and beloved pets.
Robert Paul Orth ’76
Robert Paul Orth ’76, of Ruckersville, VA, died in February 2013 at his residence. He is survived by his wife; his brother Edward ’71; his daughter and son, stepdaughter and stepson; and at the time of his death, three grandchildren with another expected in March.
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James Pursell Prince ’84
James Pursell Prince, age 46, of Wilmington, died suddenly of natural causes on June 16, 2013. Jamie was a graduate of Denison University and attended the paralegal program at Widener University. At Friends and Denison, he wrote for the student newspapers, and at Denison, he was the sports editor. He was a proud member of Lambda Xi Alpha fraternity. Soon out of college, he wrote for local papers in Kennett Square, PA, and in New Jersey, and worked briefly as a paralegal. More recently, he was a freelance photographer and covered University of Delaware football and women’s basketball games, as well as some high-school sports, including photographing Friends football games. In addition to journalism and photography, Jamie enjoyed writing poetry and painting. He was a devoted and entertaining uncle to his nephew and nieces. Jamie was preceded in death by his father, David; he is survived by his mother, and former WFS staff member, Margaret Hukill Prince; his sister, Susan Prince ’82, her husband, and their three children. In lieu of flowers, the family generously designated memorial gifts to Wilmington Friends School.
Babette Block Rogers
Babette Block Rogers, age 91, of Ticonderoga, NY, passed away on July 2, 2013. Babette was the mother of John Urice ’64 and Stephen Urice ’68 who, with their families, established FRIENDS OF FRIENDS The Babette Block Rogers Scholarship Fund at Wilmington Friends School to honor their mother’s commitment to education. The Virginia B. “Ginny” Gordon Virginia B. “Ginny” Gordon, age 74, of Wilm- family also generously requested that any ington, DE, died on May 29, 2013, surrounded memorial gifts go to the Scholarship Fund. In addition to Stephen and John, Babette is surby loving family. Ginny is survived by her husband, former Friends School Trustee, Roger; vived by her loving husband, Michael, whom her daughter Julia Gordon Beverly ’88; and her she married in 1964. son, Scott Gordon ’79. Babette was a graduate of The Dalton School, Vassar College, and Columbia University, Ginny was a leader in the Friends School comwhere she completed her post-graduate work munity and will be fondly remembered, and in social psychology. After moving to Delaforever appreciated, as having been a Profesware, Babette became director of Delaware sional Volunteer for more than 50 years. She State Adult Education, and also served as participated or served as Chair, Co-Chair, executive secretary of the Delaware YWCA. President, Event Chair, Treasurer, and/or Secretary for: the National Cathedral Association, Babette enjoyed playing tournament bridge, especially with her husband, and was active Junior League of Wilmington, Junior Board of Christiana Care, American Cancer Society, Gift in the American Contract Bridge League. She achieved Life Master in 1969. Babette was of Life, “Power of 1,” Transplant Foundation Committee, Delaware Art Museum, and Wilm- Delaware chairman of the Church Women United, and represented Delaware on the ington Flower Market, as well as Wilmington Friends School. She was particularly active and National USO Committee. Since the 1930s, she was a member of Silver Bay Association. truly enjoyed working with Christ Episcopal Church where she was a member of the Vestry, the first Female Junior Warden, and was involved with the Wedding Committee, Green Show, Altar Guild, Pastoral Ministry, Episcopal Church Women, Capital Campaign, Sesquicentennial, Every Member Canvass, and Celebration of Life Ministry.
IN CLOSING
From the 2013 Lower School Art Show Thanks to Teal Rickerman, lower school art teacher and Visual Arts Department Chair, for curating a wonderful exhibit, featuring works by students from the Early Learning Center through fifth grade.
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