PARENTS OF GRADUATING CLASS SUPPORT THE CLASSICS In honor of their sons’ graduation and to commemorate this achievement,
the families of this year’s graduates
established The Class of 2015 Classics Study Fund.
This academic fund will help enhance the
study of Latin and Greek at
Browning and
THIRD GRADERS PRESENT DUTCH DAY On Dutch Day in May, the third grade
boys presented a program to the Browning community describing what they learned about New Amsterdam and Colonial
America. The boys acquired a great deal of knowledge in the course of their studies, as evidenced by the roles they played as
individuals who lived in New Amsterdam. They talked about their characters to their
support extracurricular educational
opportunities. (Photo taken on Greek I trip; see story below.). Director of
Annual Giving Soo Mi Thompson said, “Thank you to the parents and friends who collectively raised $45,000 for this special gift, and many thanks
to Maria Gottdiener P ’15 and Molly McEneny P ’15 who spearheaded
the fundraising efforts for the class. Gratias plurimas vobis agimus!”
audience members and welcomed them to read the reports they wrote as well.
Head of Lower School Laurie Gruhn
noted, “I had an opportunity to read a few of these stories, and they were fantastic!
The detailed writing was among the finest I had read in a very long time.”
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www.browning.edu
GREEK I CLASS VISITS ATHENS SQUARE PARK On the afternoon of May 26, Form V students from Dr. Wisniewski’s Greek I class visited Athens Square Park in Astoria, Queens. The
park includes monuments dedicated to the Greek heritage of the
residents of Astoria and features statues of the philosophers Socrates and Aristotle, as well as the dramatist Sophocles. After reading
passages by these authors, the class enjoyed a meal of traditional Greek food at a nearby restaurant named after Zeno of Cyprus, who founded the philosophy of Stoicism.
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