GFS Bulletin: The Pandemic Issue, Vol. II 2020

VOLUME II | 2020

GFS BULLETIN THE PANDEMIC ISSUE Remote Learning Black Lives Matter Virus Chronicles Virtual Graduation PLUS: 2019-2020 Report of Gifts

Celebrating

175 YEARS of QUAKER EDUCATION with inspired events throughout the year, including:

A Community Writers Series Evening with Natalie Weathers Nixon ’87, author of The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work, December 1, 2020, at 7 p.m.

A Special Conversation with NBC News White House Correspondent Kristen Welker ’94, 2021 date to be determined A Virtual 175th Celebration on May 15, 2021 Interested in getting involved?

Please contact Chief Advancement Officer Hannah Caldwell Henderson ’91 at 267-323-3283 or hhenderson@germantownfriends.org.

IN THIS ISSUE 22

Virtual Reality How GFS reimagined graduation in response to the rise of a global pandemic—and celebrated the Class of 2020 with a memorable and poignant ceremony.

By Meg Cohen Ragas ’85 Photographs by Michael Branscom

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The Virus Chronicles The history of epidemic- and pandemic-ignited school closings at Germantown Friends School.

By Tim Wood

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Trailblazers Pioneering educators and students who left their mark on GFS.

By Kate Stover

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In This Issue Letter from the Head News & Noteworthy Tiger Beat Supporting GFS Faculty Focus

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Class Notes 2019–2020 Report of Gifts This magazine is printed on recycled paper.

O N T H E COV E R Germantown Friends School graduation on June 12, 2020. Photographed

by Michael Branscom.

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EDITOR

Meg Cohen Ragas ’85 CON TR IBU TOR S

Michael Branscom, photography Scott B. Foley, photography Hannah Caldwell Henderson ’91 Hillel J. Hoffmann Brandon Jones ’oo Carol Rawlings Miller Micheal Perzi, Class Notes Michelle Sonsino Kate Stover Joanna Volpe Tim Wood HEAD OF SCHOOL

Dana Weeks

C H I E F A DVA N C E M E N T OFFICER

Hannah Caldwell Henderson ’91 DIR ECTOR OF C O M M U N C I AT I O N S

Michelle Sonsino

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Hilary Alger Pat Bass Jordan Bastien Maureen Carr Michael Cohen ’82 Joan Countryman ’58 Ben Cushman ’72 Marc DiNardo ’80 Moira Duggan, clerk of nominating & governance committee David Feldman ’76, clerk Carmen Guerra Mimi McKenzie, recording clerk Carol Baldwin Moody ’74 Takashi Moriuchi, treasurer Dianne Reed Jonathan E. Rhoads ’56 Samuel V. Rhoads ’82, assistant clerk Toni Sharp Anthony Stover Liz Williams TRUSTEES EMER ITI

Pat Rose Pat Macpherson Christopher Nicholson F. Parvin Sharpless David A. West ’49

The GFS Bulletin is published twice a year for the alumni, parents, faculty, and friends of Germantown Friends School. We welcome your comments to the editor at: mragas@germantownfriends.org

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Dear Friends, Over the course of the month of September, we welcomed back students in preschool through grade 12 as part of a cautious reopening plan. Each week, the view from my window became more joyful as the sounds of children playing and laughing grew louder and more familiar. Students of all ages were thrilled to simply be together after a long six months apart. And our friends who chose to stay remote had a similarly connected experience through the thoughtful and creative use of technology.

I credit much of this remarkable experience to our faculty and staff— our maintenance, security, nursing, and human resources teams, to name a few. They dedicated their time all summer to train and plan in order to provide a safe space for physical and emotional well-being. While the rest of the year still harbors many unknowns, having some time together has been indescribably beneficial.

So many in our community stepped up to help during the pandemic. In this issue, you will read about Tate Park ’21, who developed an innovative clip to make masks safer and reusable for healthcare workers (page 5), and Kate Felsen ’84, who joined with her family to feed frontline workers in New York City (page 3).

You will learn about a few of our donors, who continually provide generous funding for scholarship and financial aid, ensuring we can care for our families even during challenging times. And you will find our annual Report of Gifts, which acknowledges

our community’s generosity and reflects our sincerest gratitude.

Last spring, our alumni and student communities also came together to shed light on important issues of systemic racism—at GFS and across the country—and provide critical reflection and feedback about our Actions for Equity plan. On page 17, you can read more about our commitment to racial justice.

This year has been filled with important historical moments and movements. As we celebrate our 175th anniversary, we approach our legacy with both excitement and expectant hope for the future. On page 33, you will read about some trailblazing educators and students from the past, and discover their singular impact on education. As you reflect on this article, please consider today’s leaders, who will surely make their way into our school’s history books. This issue covers a broad range of topics bound together by a common theme: how so many in our community support each other in both good and challenging times.

Warmly,

Dana Weeks Head of School

NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT 31 W. COULTER STREET—AND BEYOND

Feeding the Frontlines When New York was ravaged by COVID-19, Kate Felsen Di Pietro ’84 and her family used the healing power of food to soothe besieged healthcare workers, nourish the needy, and reignite the city’s restaurant industry. By Hillel J. Hoffmann IN MARCH 2020, COVID-19 WAS LAYING SIEGE TO NEW YORK, THE ADOPTED HOME OF KATE FELSEN DI PIETRO ’84,

and the streets were beginning to look like those of a city at war. Residents were sheltering at home, businesses and schools were shuttered, and sidewalks were empty save for the roundthe-clock march of exhausted doctors, nurses, and hospital workers.

For people who worked in the restaurant industry like Kate’s husband, Luca Di Pietro, founder of the Tarallucci e Vino restaurant group, the pandemic was a crippling blow. On March 16, the day after Mayor de Blasio ordered all restaurants to close except for takeout and delivery, Luca made the painful decision to shutter four of his five locations and lay off 90 of his employees.

It was a dark time, but anyone who knows the Di Pietros—including GFS alumni, teachers, and coaches, who remember Kate as the tireless student who stayed after lacrosse practice daily to work on her shooting—knew that the family was too committed to the city and its workers to walk away. Just days after the mayor’s announcement, they launched Feed the Frontlines NYC, a nonprofit with the mission of preparing and distributing food to New York’s healthcare workers and food-insecure populations and bringing restaurant employees back to work. Kate, an award-winning journal-

ist and communications consultant, handles media relations, social media, sponsorships, and partnerships. Luca manages Tarallucci e Vino’s role in the enterprise. Isabella, a senior at Kate’s alma mater, Harvard University, took a leave of absence to serve as the organization’s chief operations officer.

And Ian, now a sophomore at Williams College, oversees the financials.

That first week, fueled by support from Kate’s network of Harvard lacrosse teammates, Feed the Frontlines raised more than $12,000 and delivered food to emergency room workers at NYU Langone Health and the intensive care unit at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. Lasagna, chicken pesto, salmon, panini, biscotti and more—all prepared by professional chefs.

“This has never been about delivering calories,” Kate says. “Food is love. The way food is prepared, from

its quality to its presentation, speaks to how someone cares for you.”

Few needed that care more than New York’s healthcare workers in the spring of 2020.

“It was a scary and lonely time,” says Brendan Carr, chair of emergency medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System, which has taken delivery of about 17,000 donated meals from Feed the Frontlines. “We were living in dorms or hotels and disconnected from our routines. It leaves you in a brutally unsettled place.”

The Feed the Frontlines delivery that soothed Carr’s soul was a simple breakfast sandwich.

“It had been a long night,” recalls Carr, a GFS parent and the husband of Sarah Winters ’91. “That delicious sandwich tasted like maybe the world was normal for a couple of minutes.”

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NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

NYC has raised more than $2 million; delivered 142,183-plus meals; served workers at almost 100 hospitals; helped 18 New York restaurants stay open; brought 137 restaurant employees back to work; and spun off sister initiatives in 10 cities. When the city’s curve began to flatten, the organization shifted its focus to feeding the food-insecure population, which is estimated to have grown from 1.2 to 2 million since the pandemic began.

“This is something restaurants do well,” Kate says, “make nutri-

tious, safe, delicious food; prepare it in bulk; package and deliver it; and meet whatever dietary requirements people might have—and do it affordably and efficiently, all while keeping restaurants’ lights on and people who work in restaurants and their supply chains employed.”

For Kate, caring for community is a natural extension of her 13 years at GFS. Kate’s father is David M. Felsen, beloved Latin and Greek teacher, basketball coach, and Upper School dean of students at GFS from 1966 to

1988. He founded the Germantown Friends Summer Basketball and Reading Clinic, a program that still serves students in the community and beyond (see below).

“It’s hard for me to separate GFS from my family life,” Kate admits. “My brother [David ’88] and I lived and breathed [it] because of my father’s role. We were all in.

What I learned from my father, teachers, and coaches is how much people cared. This summer, the clinic my father founded was canceled because of the pandemic. But he didn’t sit at home. He was there outside [the gym] handing out basketballs and books.”

That spirit of total investment has stayed with Kate. During the pandemic’s bleakest hours, it would have been easy to retreat into isolation or despair. Instead, she and her family put their lives on hold, rolled up their sleeves, mobilized their friends and colleagues, and came to the aid of their community the Di Pietro way: through the healing power of food.

50 Years of Basketball and Reading

FIFTY YEARS AGO, DAVID M. FELSEN, THEN

A 25-YEAR-OLD TEACHER AND THREESPORT COACH AT GFS, HAD A BOLD IDEA.

He knew the city had cut youth summer programs. He also knew the school had gyms and a library. Why, he thought, can’t we create our own program?

Something real. Something that responded to community needs. Something that combined his two greatest passions: basketball and reading.

Thus, with the backing of the school and the Germantown Monthly Meeting, the Germantown Friends

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Summer Basketball and Reading Clinic was born (now called the Community Basketball and Enrichment Camp).

“The connection for me between basketball and reading is an expression of balance,” says Felsen, who held a variety of positions at GFS before leaving in 1988 to head Friends’ Central School.

The camp earned a reputation among Germantown families as an affordable, safe summer activity with top-notch, diverse counselors. Kids responded to the blend of basketball fundamentals, game play, one-on-one reading sessions, and quirky staples like Word of the Day (teams earned points for remembering the definition).

Numbers grew, girls were added, and the program began to fulfill another goal of Felsen’s: identifying neighborhood children who had the potential, with the help of the Community Schol-

ars Program, to become GFS students.

After Felsen’s departure, Christopher Coxe ’70 and Germantown resident Jerome Mimms ’85 led the program ably for two decades before funding challenges forced a pause.

Current Boys Varsity Basketball Coach Shawn Werdt arrived in 2013, charged with reviving the camp—a mission he approaches with the zeal of a convert.

“It’s really fulfilling,” says Werdt.

“This program puts our words as a school into action. We’re bridging out to the community, opening our arms and our doors.”

The camp’s impact is enormous, says former camper and counselor Tom Loder ’76. “Kids are pushed to think, work, and be teammates by coaches who care about them and their development. It helps them feel like they can take on any challenge.

That’s a real source of pride.” –H.J.H.

The Little Clip That Could Using the skills he learned in computer science classes and a 3D printer, senior Tate Park designed a special fastener to help make N95 masks safer for reuse. By Joanna Volpe WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT THE PHILADELPHIA REGION LAST SPRING, TATE PARK ’21 KNEW HE COULD USE HIS

skills for good. After talking with his father, an ophthalmologist, about the issues surrounding extended wear and reuse of the N95 mask (only intended for one-time daily use), he invented a special clip to make the mask safer, reusable, and a lower contamination risk for doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals.

According to recommended guidelines from the CDC, “the most significant risk [of reusing the N95 mask] is of contact transmission from touching the surface of the contaminated respirator.” The more a doctor touches a mask to remove or adjust it, the higher the risk. The N95 has a band that stretches around the back of the head to secure it in place, but it’s difficult to remove—and the likelihood of contamination is high when pulling it over one’s head.

With reuse or extended use, however, the band can stretch out over time. Park’s new clip (pictured, above right, by itself and attached to a mask) eliminates these issues by providing a safe option for mask removal.

“The clip takes away the need to lift it over your head. Instead, you can unhook the clip from the back and easily take the mask off without touching the respirator,” he explains.

Made from plastic and developed using a 3D printer, “I wanted to do something helpful to contribute [to the crisis],” says Park. “This was something I could build with the skills I’ve learned at school.” The GFS senior first explored 3D printing in a January Term class taught by John Henderson, head of the computer science department. He also took an electronic design course with teacher J.T. Waldman last

year, where he learned important skills about the design process needed to become an engineer.

Currently, Park’s clip is in the trial phase and has garnered positive reviews, but there are improvements to be made.

“I gave my dad 15 masks to distribute to his colleagues. Then, I sent out a user survey requesting feedback,” he says. After working through prototypes and gathering answers from the survey, Park made some incremental changes to the clip design, including a small adjustment to the amount of force required to open and close it.

Once the clip is working effectively, Park would like to share his design more widely. “There’s a large 3D printing community where people

can share design files around the world,” says Tate. His main goal? To make sure people have access to safe, reusable PPE. “I am [currently] working to meet the specific needs of one hospital that uses two specific types of masks, [but] there are a few avenues I’m focusing on in order to expand the reach of the project: reaching out to the administration of the hospital, submitting the design to college-based programs that deal with PPE outreach, and creating a social media component that leads to a 3D printing forum page with the design,” he shares.

If Park’s clip sounds like it might benefit your work, you can contact him at tatepark@icloud.com to request a sample or the design.

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Breaking the Mold With GFS now administering the Breakthrough program, the 26-year partners were able to pivot and offer public and charter middle-school students enrichment programming during quarantine. By Michelle Sonsino

LAST SPRING, WITH LITTLE NOTICE OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS TO COME, SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY

closed their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many worried about the short- and long-term impact on young people, particularly their mental health and academic success.

For some Philadelphia public and charter middle school students, a break in their education could impact their admission to a competitive high school and future college acceptance.

For many, a break in enrichment programming would mean less individual attention, often needed even more during times of hardship and loss.

Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia—which offers academic enrichment opportunities and college preparation for students from public and charter schools—stepped up and accepted the challenge of holding their summer enrichment program virtually. With the support of their 26-year partner Germantown Friends School, the two organizations worked to ensure that their nearly 100 rising seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade stu-

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dents received individualized support and mentorship.

Earlier this year, in alignment with the GFS strategic vision priority of Learning in Community, the two organizations deepened their relationship by appointing GFS’ Michelle Palmer as Breakthrough’s director of academic program, with the school continuing to provide volunteers and space for learning. Under Palmer’s leadership, the program faculty and student teaching fellows are able to intentionally incorporate GFS campus resources and community programming—including the Algebra Enrichment Program, Community Basketball and Enrichment Camp, and Mathematics in Residence—into their curricular design and offerings.

Building on their experience implementing the Colloquia remote learning platform for GFS students last spring, the Information Technology team set up a similar structure for Breakthrough students. GFS shared Chromebooks, set up Google Classroom and Zoom accounts, and provided tech support throughout the summer. Two GFS

teachers also supported these efforts: Aaron Preetam, director of Global Online Academy at GFS, brought extensive experience in online education to Breakthrough as their dean of faculty, and Adam Hotek, an Upper School English teacher, served as the literature instructional coach.

“With many people rooting for this important program to continue during the pandemic—including the Breakthrough Board of Directors, the GFS administration, volunteers, education partners, and families—this summer was a huge success,” says Palmer (pictured, left, with Breakthrough student Anthony Taylor). “We were able to offer students academic and extracurricular activities, which were particularly important during this stressful time.”

Students participated in virtual field trips to the Canary Springs, Great Lakes, Dominican Republic, and New York’s Broadway, and heard from inspiring guest speakOPERATION COLLABORATION Did you know Breakthrough also supports up-and-coming teachers, providing hands-on opportunities to learn alongside seasoned educators through a “Students-TeachingStudents” model? Classrooms are led by teaching fellows, college students recruited through a competitive nationwide search, supervised by master teachers—instructional coaches—drawn from GFS and other area schools. Students, teaching fellows, instructional coaches, and staff are able to learn from one another in a collaborative environment. This structure exposes students to the field of education as a possible career and provides an opportunity for novice teachers to grow and thrive. –M.S.

ers, including Henry Lawrence from the World Health Organization and Victoria Wyeth, daughter of the late painter Andrew Wyeth. Katie Winger, a 2018 Breakthrough graduate, also Zoomed in with the staff of CGI Technology to share insights on careers in technology.

The program provided a joyful, challenging, supportive space for passionate students, including Anthony Taylor, an eighth grader from Harambee Institute of Science and Technology Charter School.

“The office hours allowed me to communicate about things I struggled with,” he says. His mother, Thembi Sessoms, voiced her appreciation for the tech support and the remote platform: “I was able to be more involved, which was a plus for both of us.”

At the end of the program, each student wrote a speech about their experience. Taylor shared his goals for the future and the important gifts Breakthrough provided beyond academic enrichment.

“My plan for the future is to study mechanical engineering, law, or try out for the NBA. During the virtual program, I enjoyed seeing my friends and being able to work with new teaching fellows. It has been a struggle for my family because we lost a member to COVID-19, but each day we are pushing forward and doing what we need to do.”

This fall, Breakthrough students in grades 7 and 8 returned to GFS in person for a Saturday program, which focuses on public speaking, financial literacy, and writing and literature.

BY THE NUMBERS

BREAKTHROUGH SUMMER 2020

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Student participants

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Chromebooks shared by GFS

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Years based at GFS

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Teaching fellows

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Grades supported by enrichment programming

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Teachers and coaches of color

New Titles from Alumni Authors The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work

Can I Wear That? The Basic to Boss Guide to Building the Perfect Wardrobe

A Wall of Our Own: An American History of the Berlin Wall

Natalie Nixon’s l ate s t b o ok , which ranked #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list in the “creativity” category for two weeks this past summer, draws on interviews with 56 people from diverse backgrounds to illustrate how creativity manifests itself in every kind of work. “A creativity leap is needed to bridge the gap that exists between the churn of work … and innovation [in the workplace],” she says, adding, “days of uncertainty are designed for creativity.” A creative strategist with a background in cultural anthropology, fashion, and service design, Nixon is the president of the consulting firm Figure 8 Thinking, and advises and emboldens leaders to transform their businesses through creativity and foresight.

For style guru Ross, the COVID19 quarantine was productive—and creatively inspiring. In her debut title, the fashionista behind the Imani Styles Best website dispenses practical fashion advice with a touch of sass geared toward building a “womanon-the-go wardrobe” for inside and outside the office. With a step-by-step guide for how to style your body shape, basic outfit formulas for every occasion, a glossary of shopping and fashion terms, and a “cost-per-wear” challenge to test your wardrobe and budget, Ross makes looking good look easy.

Farber’s second book explores the Berlin Wall as a refuge for a group of American artists, writers, and activists, who retreated there during Cold War Germany in order to confront political divisions back home in the United States. A senior research scholar at the Center for Public Art and Space at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and artistic director and co-founder of the Monument Lab, Farber has been active in recent conversations about monuments in Philadelphia and nationwide, sharing reflections and analysis about their role in commemorating leaders, events, movements, and history.

NATALIE WEATHERS NIXON ’87

IMANI ROSS ’15

PAUL FARBER ’01

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Artfully Aware An artist’s latest installation, 5 Boys, reflects loss and identity—a nod to his past and hope for the future. By Brandon Jones ’00 and Meg Cohen Ragas ’85

WHEN JASON SYMONETTE ’10 ENTERED GFS IN NINTH GRADE, HE SELF-IDENTIFIED AS AN ATHLETE, NOT AS AN

artist. “I was always creative and liked making stuff, using my hands, but it wasn’t until I got older that I realized that [art] was what I wanted to do,” says the three-sport varsity team member, who went on to play soccer at Trinity College. He also ended up graduating with honors and a degree in studio art, having explored and honed his talent in the campus studios.

“Art was always a part of me, but it never occurred to me that I could make a career out of it,” Symonette reflects. “At Trinity, I really fell in love with the process, the small details, going to the studio every day and putting in the work. It was a safe space for me.”

Art has continued to be a safe space for Symonette as he uses various mediums to examine topics of loss, Black male identity, and racism in his work. During the summer prior to his senior year of high school, his mother died, a traumatic, life-shattering event that

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continues to influence his creative process. Symonette’s recent installation, 5 Boys, currently on display on Germantown Avenue bordering GFS’ dead graveyard, is a series of composites—shirts and pants used as canvases, adorned with personal, found objects from his childhood home in Germantown—that’s part memorial, part commentary on how, according to Symonette, “Blackness has been used to commodify as well as vilify.”

“If you look at the pieces closely, you’ll find a collection of objects, all with a greater sort of societal significance,” he explains. “I’m telling this story not just of Black suppression, but of Black male identity, and what it can be … Because of my experiences at GFS, I like to look at the effects of culture on a micro scale, how it affects me and how it impacted me growing up, shifting from being a Germantown kid to going to GFS, but also cultural shifts in general, how the clothes that someone wears are still used to associate them with a certain class or sector of society. [5 Boys] is a very visual statement of Black bodies

being lost.”

Symonette’s installation is accompanied by the powerful Langston Hughes poem, “Kids Who Die,” which was suggested to him by his former GFS classmate and close friend Sam Mercuris ’10, a public school teacher in the Bronx (NY).

“The week after George Floyd died, the teachers of color [at my school] created a curriculum to digest the moment and discuss it,” says Mercuris. “On the first day, in our advisory groups, we read the poem [aloud] together. I showed it to Jason and he decided to display it with the installation.”

With the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, Mercuris and his family were instrumental in helping Symonette get 5 Boys out into the community. So far, it has been publicly exhibited in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy, with plans to move it further south down Germantown Avenue after its stint at GFS. “Everyone is going to have their own response to [5 Boys],” says Symonette, who has lived in Oakland, CA, for the past five years, making art and teaching, most recently at Maybeck high school in Berkeley.

“I really want people to look at [it] closely and take in the layers. Through the pants legs and the holes in the shirts are photographs and trinkets, symbols of a loving family.

“Growing up,” he adds, “I wasn’t really taught to see race within my household. I wouldn’t say my family is color-blind, but I was taught to accept a wide range of cultures. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized how beneficial that was. Going to GFS was certainly hard at times as a person of color, but what I’ve come to appreciate about myself is my ability to bridge gaps, bridge worlds.”

Award for Altruism Two alumni are honored for their meaningful, passionate work—and their commitment to GFS. By Meg Cohen Ragas ’85 IN 1999, IN HONOR OF THEIR PARENTS’ 50TH REUNION, THE CHILDREN OF DAVID A. WEST ’49 AND SUSAN QUILLEN

West ’49—Ted West ’71, Sally West Williams ’72, Bruce West ’74, Anne West Figueredo ’80, and Tom West ’82—established the Alumni Award to celebrate graduates of Germantown Friends who, over the course of several decades, have demonstrated extraordinary dedication and service to the school. This special honor is awarded each May during Alumni Weekend, which was canceled last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though the award ceremony didn’t take place, the 2020 Alumni Award was bestowed upon John P. Relman ’75 (near right) and Marc T. DiNardo ’80, two alumni with a strong commitment and loyalty to GFS. Relman is the founder and managing partner of Relman Colfax. For more than 30 years, he has represented individual plaintiffs, cities, and civil rights organizations in many of the country’s most important civil rights cases. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading civil rights lawyers, he has pioneered groundbreaking cases that have expanded the scope and reach of the Fair Housing Act. Prior to founding his firm in 1999, Relman served for 10 years as Director of the Fair Housing Project at the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights. Early in his career, he was lead counsel in the groundbreaking Denny’s Restaurant class action, which resulted in a settlement of more than $17 million for minority customers discriminated against at the chain’s restaurants.

Relman also leads the firm’s civil rights counseling practice. He has published and lectured extensively in the area of civil rights law and litigation, is the author of the widely used Housing

Discrimination Practice Manual, and has taught public interest law at Georgetown University Law Center and fair housing and employment discrimination law at The American University. He has won numerous awards from civil rights organizations across the country for his work, and has repeatedly been named one of Washingtonian’s “Best Civil Rights Lawyers.” Relman sits on many boards, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; the D.C. Bar Foundation; the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia; and the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

DiNardo is a “lifer” and son of Thomas DiNardo ’54. At GFS, he was particularly interested in science and history, and was involved in choir, stage crew, and varsity sports.

DiNardo credits his GFS education for enabling and nurturing his career and commitment to service. A native of Germantown, he now lives in Wyncote.

DiNardo attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, specializing in mechanical design and structural

materials of aerospace vehicles. In 1984, he received MIT’s James Means Memorial Prize for excellence in Space Systems Engineering.

As an aerospace engineer, DiNardo has played a critical role in the design, fabrication, test, and launch of many spacecrafts, including the Terra climate research satellite, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite and Landsat spacecraft for NASA, as well as GPS satellites. He currently works for NASA, where he is a lead engineer for the next generation of weather satellites; he is also working on the design of a new space telescope (WFIRST), which will have a view 100 times greater than Hubble’s.

DiNardo has received numerous technical awards from Lockheed Martin and NASA, including the company’s highest recognition for technical excellence. He enjoys fostering students’ interest in science and engineering, and is very active on the GFS School Committee. DiNardo is also involved with the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, where he is a member of the governing board.

He and his wife, a physician at CHOP, support a number of charitable causes.

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TIGER BEAT

Game Changer Captain Danny Loder made it his mission to alter the perception of GFS tennis by cultivating a selfless yet fiercely competitive team culture. By Hillel J. Hoffmann LAST SPRING, DANNY LODER ’20 WAS ON A MISSION. IT WASN’T ABOUT RACKING UP WINS ON THE TENNIS COURT,

although the senior and varsity boys tennis team captain’s record of 36 career victories in only three seasons made him one of the most successful players in the history of the program.

Nor was it about winning championships, although he and his teammates led the Tigers to an unprecedented three consecutive Friends Schools League titles—a streak they wouldn’t have the opportunity to continue with the cancellation of spring sports due to COVID-19.

Loder likes winning as much as anyone, but he was shooting for something deeper and longer lasting than titles or trophies. His mission: to change the image of tennis at GFS by building a thoughtful, selfless, and ferociously competitive team culture.

“Building a competitive team culture really matters to me,” says Loder, now a freshman at Haverford College, where he will play tennis for

the Fords. “Not just a winning culture, but a culture where every day you’re taking practice seriously, making yourself accountable, working to get a higher spot on the team. This has made us all better players.”

Cultural change isn’t easy. Standing in the way, Loder says, is the perception that tennis isn’t a serious sport for serious athletes. That and the fact that the GFS boys tennis team hadn’t been a contender for a championship for a decade by the time Loder’s class entered Upper School in 2017.

That changed when Loder and his classmate, Henry Ruger ’20 (who now plays tennis for Columbia University), earned spots on the varsity roster as freshmen. Training and competing with an intensity and maturity that GFS varsity tennis coach Justin Gilmore ’96 had seldom seen in players so young, Loder and Ruger led the Tigers to the top of the 2017 FSL regular-season standings for the first time since 2006.

In the FSL playoffs that year, GFS

and the greater tennis community got a taste of the grit that had come to define Loder as a competitor. During his semifinal match against Moorestown Friends, Loder was felled by agonizing cramps and spent the night in the hospital. The good news: GFS won and advanced. The bad news: They had only one day to recover before taking on Westtown for the championship. Yet there was Loder, ready for his final match.

“We were all impressed that he had the heart and physical durability just to be there,” says Gilmore, “but Danny looked completely exhausted in the first set, which he lost 6-0. He had no gas in his tank. Then, something amazing happened.”

Loder started to battle his way back, winning the second set 6-2. By then, the other matches had finished, with GFS and Westtown each winning two. Loder’s match would decide the championship. As a crowd gathered to watch the decisive third set, Loder’s body began to fail again. But not his mind. A player who’s as methodical as he is competitive, Loder turned to what Gilmore calls his “grounding rituals” between points to stay focused. With the deciding set tied at 3-3, Loder won the final three games to take the set, the match, and the league title as fans mobbed the court.

Over the next two seasons, the Tigers would tear through their schedule like a prairie fire, winning 23 of 25 matches, beating FSL and non-league opponents from the highly regarded Inter-AC. It has been a magical run.

“I’ve loved being part of a team at GFS, where we have an extremely supportive and energetic team atmosphere,” says Loder. “It’s been so fun.”

This article was adapted from the original version, which appeared in the Chestnut Hill Local on May 26, 2020.

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Tiger Pride Goes Virtual Coaches and former GFS athletes helped fill the biggest void created by the cancellation of spring sports: the absence of social connection. By Hillel J. Hoffmann FOR MANY GFS STUDENTS, THE LOWEST POINT OF THE SPRING OF 2020 WAS THE DAY SPORTS WERE CANCELLED. AFTER

months of preparation and anticipation, there would be no season for members of the baseball, crew, lacrosse, softball, boys tennis, and track and field teams. No practices.

No games. No hope for a league championship. And that wasn’t even the hardest part.

“I missed hanging out,” says Isla Ablin ’24, a lacrosse player. “Those moments when you’re just being there as a community, together.”

GFS coaches saw it coming. “We know how important the social and emotional aspect of sports are,” says GFS Director of Athletics Katie Bergstrom Mark. “The coaches were determined to provide a social outlet and meaningful connection.”

To fill the void, teams turned to the same technologies that have become a pandemic staple—digital video-conferencing applications like Zoom—and did so with a spirit of fun and experimentation that have come to define GFS Athletics. In addition to regular online meetings and training sessions, teams took to Zoom for poetry readings, thank-you note challenges, and Senior Day celebrations.

They also had a secret weapon: an army of loyal young alumni eager to reconnect with their former teams for question-and-answer sessions that turned out to be the most popular events of the season.

More than 20 alumni athletes were contacted about participating in Q&As with students, including one professional baseball player (Jesse Biddle ’10) and many who played in college. Everyone happily agreed.

“I was honored,” says Garrett Melby ’17, who plays baseball at Haverford College. “I spent 10 years

at GFS. It was a big part of my life, especially the baseball program. I was excited to talk to [the team] and see how they’re dealing with all of this.”

Teams compiled lists of questions in preparation: What is the hardest part about being a college studentathlete? What’s the time commitment?

Does athletics ever impact your academics or vice versa? What was your biggest joy? It was as if each team had been granted an intimate conversation with an older sibling who played their sport—someone who shared their experiences, understood their challenges and goals, and offered hints about finding future pathways.

“The kids responded to the Q&As more than any other thing we did this spring,” says Abbey Tyson Stace ’88, head coach of the Middle School lacrosse team, who scheduled Zoom sessions with alumni lacrosse players.

“Almost all the kids showed up for those calls. They wanted to find out, How far can I go with this?”

Kai Cummings ’20—now a firstyear student and a member of the

Division I baseball team at Mount St. Mary’s University—was a senior and co-captain of the GFS baseball team when he participated in Zoom sessions with baseball alumni Biddle and Melby.

“The younger guys were really excited. But even for the guys who were going to play in college, it was nice to hear about a college athlete’s and a pro’s experiences,” Cummings said.

“Hearing someone who you respect— who has mentored you as a player and as a person—talk about what it takes at the next level, it’s really cool.”

Ablin ’24, a goalie on Stace’s lacrosse team, participated in a Zoom Q&A with Iris Williamson ’12, who graduated as the University of Pennsylvania’s No. 9 all-time goal scorer, as well as several other GFS lacrosse alumni, including Smith College’s Charlie Myran ’14 (pictured above in a Zoom chat with the lacrosse team).

“Hearing that it can be possible to go from playing at GFS to playing in college, that really made me more ambitious,” Ablin shares. “It was amazing.”

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Moved to Give Ann Shields Koepfli ’43’s life was shaped by her memories of GFS. Her generous bequest pays tribute to the values she learned there. By Hillel J. Hoffmann THE LATE ANN SHIELDS KOEPFLI, GFS CLASS OF 1943, WOULD OFTEN REMINISCE ABOUT HER PAST AT FAMILY

gatherings. Even in her 90s, when dementia began to cloud her mind, some memories of her life as a young girl and woman would come flooding back to her in sharp focus. On good days, her family says, those memories would take her to a time and place that she cherished more than almost anything else: her years at Germantown Friends School.

When the woman known as Annie to her friends and Granny Annie to her beloved step-grandchildren passed away on November 11, 2019, she honored those memories with a transformative, open-ended bequest of $990,000 to GFS. “She was a person of strong feeling—reserved, but with a strong moral center,” says stepdaughter Daphne Koepfli Moore of Santa Barbara, CA, the family’s longtime home. “Germantown Friends was her big passion in life and the height of her childhood, along with the summer camp she went to in Maine. I know how much [GFS] meant to her, I know what education meant to her, and I know how happy she’d been at Germantown Friends.”

Koepfli was born Ann H. Shields in Philadelphia in 1925. She entered GFS as a seventh grader “with floppy brown pigtails and sparkling green eyes,” according to her senior yearbook, and took to the school and her teachers immediately. A favorite faculty member was Jay Price, a history teacher in the Upper School who became a beloved mentor.

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absorbed the values and practices of Quakerism and held them close for the rest of her life. The testimony of simplicity was especially meaningful to her, says her family, and silent contemplation and worship taught her the power of listening.

“She would talk about how she used to have to sit in a ‘Quaker Circle,’ very still. As she spoke to us, you could see her, as a woman in her 90s, thinking about sitting very still,” says step-granddaughter Dinah Calderon. “Granny Annie's ability to hold her tongue and listen to other people really tempered her life later.”

After graduation, Koepfli earned a bachelor’s degree in art history from Connecticut College, the first manifestation in her adult years of what would become a lifelong devotion to art, culture, and history.

Koepfli became a primary school teacher, married, and then moved to Williamsburg, VA, where she worked for the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. After a divorce and a spell in Colorado, she moved to Los Angeles and starting working in the UCLA Department of Art, a job her family says she loved.

Koepfli met her second husband, the late Joseph B. Koepfli, a chemistry researcher at Caltech and a trustee, treasurer, and benefactor of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, at an event at the museum. After marrying, the couple moved to Santa Barbara, where they lived together for the rest of their lives.

Despite Joseph’s and Ann’s reserved natures, Koepfli Moore remembers the couple always engaged in conversation with each other. “It was

a happy marriage that was wonderful to be around,” she shares.

Koefpli earned a master’s degree in the history of art at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and became involved in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. In addition to being a benefactor of the arts and education, she also supported conservation. In 2005, she generously donated Hay Hill, an 88-acre parcel of family land and an important wildlife and plant habitat, to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

“In a generation where so many women just followed the lead of their husbands, she was always of her own mind,” says step-granddaughter Daisy Moore-Lalwani Julian.

It was a quality the family attributes, in part, to the values GFS instilled in Koepfli.

“She loved her school,” her stepdaughter says, “and was very loyal.”

A Gift of Stewardship JONATH A N “JACK” RHOA DS ’56, A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, HAS SERVED GFS IN VARIOUS VOLUN-

teer capacities over many decades, and has the unique perspective of working with multiple heads of school, including Fred Calder, the late Dick Wade, and Dana Weeks.

He is also a birthright Quaker and lifelong member of the Germantown Monthly Meeting.

Rhoads’ late father, Jonathan E. Rhoads, Sr., a world-renowned surgeon and member of the Class of 1924, set aside money to support charitable purposes and believed deeply in the value of Quaker organizations. One of six children who all attended Friends schools, Rhoads and his siblings have continued to honor their father’s legacy by giving back to Quaker institutions that have made important

contributions to education, among other areas. In that spirit, the family recently made a gift of $100,000 to GFS’ Community Scholars Program endowment, a pioneering program that was founded 55 years ago and continues to attract talented students from in and around Germantown.

As Rhoads reflects on the opportunities his parents gave him, his GFS education stands out as a unique and valuable experience. He is keenly aware of the sacrifices and challenges presented by rising tuition at independent schools.

“I realize I could not have sent my three children to private schools today without financial aid,” he shares. “GFS is as fine a school as you can find, in my opinion. It is unfortunate that not every child can get a GFS education, but that’s the reality.

So the next best thing is that some children—even if only a few—can get an education of the caliber you can get at GFS. I think this is very worth preserving and supporting.” –Hannah Caldwell Henderson ’91

A Life’s Work Inspires Scholarship

LOVIDA HARDIN COLEMAN, SR . (19232020) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH A . HARDIN, A WELL-REGARDED NEW

Orleans physician and philanthropist, and his wife, Leontine Marchand Hardin. The oldest of six children, Lovida attended school in New Orleans before receiving her high school diploma from the Boston Latin Academy in 1940. She earned a degree in elementary education from the

Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development in 1944. Lovida met and married William T. Coleman, Jr. in Boston, and they remained there while he earned his J.D. at Harvard Law School and served in the Army Air Force during WWII, before moving to Philadelphia in 1950. The couple had three children, who all attended Germantown Friends School: Lovida Jr. ’67, William III ’65 (pictured, left, with Lovida Sr.), and Hardin ’71.

Lovida was deeply involved in GFS for more than 50 years, serving on the School Committee (1969-1977); the Admissions Committee (1971-1974; clerk, 1973-1974); and the Advisory Committee. We are grateful for her commitment to education and our school community, and humbled by

the Coleman family’s generosity in choosing to direct memorial gifts to the Lovida Hardin Coleman, Sr. and Lovida H. Coleman, Jr. Scholarship, which supports GFS students with demonstrated financial need.

“Support for scholarship reflected [my mother’s] core belief that we should all have the opportunity for a high-quality learning experience regardless of gender, race, or economic situation,” says Hardin. “As my father worked on the structural barriers to opportunity, it was people like my mother who made those changes work in the community. With grace and dignity, she belonged everywhere with everyone and worked to open the way for others. We hope that the scholarship in her and my sister’s name continues this legacy at GFS.” –H.C.H.

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Saved by Science Dale Purves ’56 wasn’t known as a serious student at GFS until science courses awakened his interest in medicine and research—and eventually inspired a generous gift. By Hillel J. Hoffmann

DALE PURVES ’56, MD, THE GELLER PROFESSOR OF NEUROBIOLOGY AT THE DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF

Medicine and research professor at the Duke Institute for Brain Science, is one of the most distinguished neuroscience researchers of his generation.

Elected to the National Academy of Science in 1989 for his work on neural development and the flexibility of neural networks, he has spent the last two decades exploring how we perceive light, color, shape, motion, music, and speech, and building a new model of human perception.

Yet those who knew him as a young man and a student at GFS, he confesses, might not remember him as a paragon of either intellect or virtue.

“I was a total jerk at Germantown Friends,” recalls Purves.

What set him on the right track and helped him evolve as a thinker and as a person, he says, was the science courses he took—and the teachers who supported him in finding a path toward

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“learning seriously.” In acknowledgement of that gentle push at a critical moment in his life, Purves has given the school $500,000 over a five-year period to support science education.

“Science has meant an awful lot to me,” Purves says. “I’ve spent my entire life doing medicine and basic science. It’s my life, and Germantown Friends literally gave me a start.”

Purves grew up in Germantown, and with the exception of a brief spell while his family lived in Mexico, his K-12 education took place entirely at GFS. Spurred by memorable Upper School classes and excellent teachers—including human health with Alfred Smith and chemistry with Francis Bacon ’25—he came to the “gradual realization that science and the human body were interesting.” A career in medicine soon became an aspiration that never wavered.

After graduation, Purves earned a BA at Yale in 1960 and an MD at Harvard Medical School in 1964 before completing an internship in surgery and a residency in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (the latter positions were separated by two years of service as a Peace Corps physician in Venezuela).

Postdoctoral fellowships followed at Harvard Medical School and University College London before Purves took a faculty position at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1973. He joined the Duke faculty in 1990.

In addition to his election to the National Academy of Science (he’s one of only a handful of GFS alumni to earn this status), Purves is a member of the National Academies’ Institute of

Medicine (1996), a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999), and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008).

While Purves is grateful for his post-secondary education, as his career in medicine and research progressed, he became convinced that supporting K-12 learning has more potential to affect the hearts, minds, and career trajectories of future researchers and doctors.

“The older you get, the more you reflect on your life, and your high school years grow in prominence,” he sharess. “I view high school as tremendously influential for what happens to a person. High school is where it’s at as far as getting [the greatest impact].”

Purves’ gift to support the teaching of science at GFS is not targeted toward any particular scientific discipline. “I view science as a very broad enterprise,” he says. “In all the science I’ve done, I’ve tried to do it with a philosophical approach. The people I admire in science are the people who are broad-thinking innovators.”

He acknowledges that it is a relatively dark time for science, with skepticism on the rise and funding stagnant after a long period of growth since the 1980s. But Purves is buoyed by the prospect of future generations of researchers and physicians, including the GFS students whose science education will be supported by his gift, being unleashed on a world hungry for bold solutions.

“There are wonderful problems in every discipline to take on,” he asserts.

“I’m optimistic.”

How to Use Games to Build Community in Distance Learning Games not only provide fun distractions from the stressors of the pandemic, but also can be useful tools for online learning. By Carol Rawlings Miller LAST SPRING, THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC FORCED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO

change their routines drastically and quickly as they shifted to online learning. They could no longer sit in a circle and read a book, jump up to the front of the classroom to recite a poem, or work with a partner to share a dialogue in a language class.

During this extraordinarily complex time, it is important to offer students not only a solid academic experience, but also a place for connection and community, familiarity and consistency, discovery and expression—all virtually.

Weaving games into lesson plans can improve engagement, inspire creativity, and develop content knowledge. Games bring students together in times of physical separation.

THE GREAT GFS BAKE-OFF! Last spring, while we were all quarantining at home, cooking through our pantries, and craving human contact, playwright and GFS theatre teacher Geo Decas O’Donnell came up with a brilliant idea: the Great GFS Bake-Off: Pandemic Edition! A riff on the popular Great British Baking Show, O’Donnell tweaked the rules, Quaker-style: In the GFS version, everyone wins Star Baker! Weekly challenges ranged from fruit or veggie breads and granola bars to pies, cakes, and favorite family recipes, and all that was required to compete was a photo of your submission. Bake-Off tenets included: there is no such thing as perfection; bake however is right for you: savory, vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar alternatives; take agency with the theme: let it inspire you or completely ignore it; and value the entire process, not just the final result.

The Great GFS Bake-Off was such a hit that the committee (O’Donnell plus GFS faculty and staff members

DESIGN FOR JOY AND MOVEMENT

Even with mundane tasks, such as attendance taking, games can offer delight. One of the teachers at [GFS] realized that she could make daily attendance a quick game by asking a fun question. Using Google Forms to collect responses, she asked students, “Would you rather be a mammal or a bird? Why?” Young students replied, “Because birds can travel wherever and fly in the clouds and on land, water, everything,” “Mammals tend to live longer,” and, “I’m a mammal already, and it’s going well.” At the beginning of class, students shared their answers, learned from one another, and laughed together.

Games that require movement provide opportunities for students to step away from their screens, even while in class. In our Early Childhood program, during synchronous programming, students were asked to find objects in their house, based on color, purpose, texture, and size, and bring them back to the group. These live scavenger hunts had children giggling and connected home to school, offering a chance for kids to share personal items and accompanying stories.

Physical movement can also be a valuable tool in building community. Our athletic trainer created weekly virtual workout challenges for older students and adults.

Seeing peers and coaches outside created a sense of

Greta Ham, Rachel Reynolds, and Neeta McCulloch— whose Tallahassee Lassies are pictured above) has decided to resurrect it this fall. While the rules have been tweaked ever so slightly—most notably that challenges are now monthly rather than weekly—the heart of the contest remains the same.

“The bake-off committee has decided to bring back our celebration of community culinary creations for several reasons,” O’Donnell wrote in an email to the GFS community in September, “2020 is still a lot, those that bake are still finding solace in setting up their mise en place and the timed art of baking, moments of community and connection are as vital as they have ever been, [and] cooler temperatures mean we are turning on our ovens more often.” Interested in joining in the fun? Contact Geo Decas O’Donnell at godonnell@germantownfriends.org for details. —Meg Cohen Ragas ’85

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solidarity during isolation, and helped our community connect, learn from each other, and laugh.

Look for ways to blend movement with creativity.

In dance class, preK students moved through a funny series of dinosaur movements, such as pretending to be a T. Rex with leaves in its mouth, struggling to walk in muddy swamp water. To watch a screen filled with four-year-olds giggling as they imitate large, non-avian dinosaurs is to see an important triumph of the collective imagination of the classroom.

CONSIDER ACTIVITIES FOR THE HOME

In addition to required academics, provide regular space and opportunity for games that students can participate in outside of synchronous video learning.

Consider activities that can include the whole family.

Video clips can be a useful tool for offering games at home. Our Middle School director created videos in the style of “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?” by recording geography challenges in front of a park or open space, offering clues to his location. Students read about parks in the area to discover the answer.

If the school is operating on a hybrid schedule, consider send-home games for off-campus days. Our elementary students received a bingo board with nine options, from drawing a self-portrait to creating wearable art. It gave them something fun to accomplish during their off day, and parents could choose which options worked best for their home and schedule, such as draw something you are grateful for or collect data and create a chart or graph.

Offer asynchronous games that students complete at home and share with the class, allowing them to contribute through technology. For example, students can upload pictures and videos to Padlet, a digital bulletin board, or short videos to Flipgrid in response to a question related to the week’s lesson, such as, “Describe the water cycle in your own words.”

INCORPORATE GAMES IN ASSESSMENTS

As the school year moved into its final weeks, teachers looked for fun ways for students to consolidate and share knowledge, particularly in an environment in which traditional assessments were difficult.

Asking students to design games opens up a new avenue for creating meaningful, year-end experiences.

For example, geometry students were asked to design their own right-triangle puzzle using the Pythagorean theorem. Students created a wide array of puzzle projects, including analyzing the shape of Doritos and exploring the angles of pyramids. They shared their projects with each other through online videos.

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not only for learning engagement, but for moments of laughter and joy together.

This article was adapted from the original version, which appeared on August 6, 2020 © Edutopia.org; George Lucas Educational Foundation.

LEARNING IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS When COVID-19 forced sudden school closures last March, teachers and administrators at GFS pivoted quickly, banned together, and created Colloquia, a remote learning platform (named for the Latin word “conversations”), designed for the youngest Early Childhood learners through high school seniors. Faculty and staff members assembled a thoughtful and carefully curated remote-learning curriculum, along with a new schedule (later start time! tech-free Wednesdays!), while coaches and PE teachers adjusted classes, sports practices, and workouts to ensure that students had physical activity scheduled into their days. Shared community and assembly times, as well as Meeting for Worship, were built into students’ schedules. Even with the anticipated challenges and technical glitches, exciting, creative, and collaborative learning transpired.

Before the launch of Colloquia, the GFS administration made sure that every student had the technology needed for a successful remote learning experience, and provided packets of supplies to ensure all students could complete class projects and meet course expectations. Adhering to the GFS philosophy of education even during remote instruction, all students were encouraged to engage fully in the program; reach out to faculty, staff, and administrators for help and support when needed; and develop their capacities to the greatest extent possible. As faculty experimented with new technology to make their online classes more accessible and engaging, students added terms like Flipgrid, Loom, and Padlet to their daily vocabulary. Meeting each other’s pets and seeing one another’s living spaces added an extra element of personal connection.

We returned to campus in September with a new, hybrid learning model. While our youngest students, from Early Childhood through grade 5, are on campus for inperson learning Monday through Friday, our Middle and Upper School students follow a two-day on, three-day-off campus schedule; sixth graders are on campus four days a week with one day remote. Families also have the option to choose an all-remote learning plan each quarter.

Says Head of School Dana Weeks, “Our creative faculty use thoughtful, fun strategies to help students discover new concepts and connect with friends, whether on campus or attending remotely.” —M.C.R.

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Black Lives Matter The recent killings of Black people by white law enforcement—paired with a pandemic that underscores racial inequalities—prompted a national acknowledgment of systemic racism, moving young people across the country to raise their voices and demand accountability and change. By Michelle Sonsino THIS PAST SUMMER , GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL HOSTED 16 ACTIONS FOR EQUITY COMMUNITY CONVER-

sations over Zoom, with the goal of understanding its role in dismantling systemic racism. During one, an alumna asked, “What happened? Why is racism so prevalent now?” Their former classmate responded, “This isn’t new. This has been my whole life.”

Racism has been ingrained in our country since its founding, and has a presence in all aspects of society—in our legal, economic, and education systems. GFS is no exception. Racism has been in our past and it is in our present. Today, we are looking deeper and wider to find ways to improve, correct, and ensure that our Black and Brown students, families, faculty, and staff feel safe, respected, and celebrated—now and into the future.

As a school community, we are clear and unequivocal in our belief that Black Lives Matter. We fully affirm the value of Black humanity, and are in solidarity with the Black community at GFS and across our nation.

STUDENT-INSPIRED CHANGE

Last spring, the murders and hateful violence against George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Christian Cooper, and many others—paired with a global pandemic that further highlighted racial health inequities— pushed many to truly listen with open hearts and minds, to read and research, and to think about their roles in perpetuating systems of racism. Students and alumni from schools and colleges around the country responded with urgent action—petitions, social media campaigns, fundraisers, and other forms of peaceful protest. At GFS, we

saw students, recent graduates, and alumni demand change—within our community and beyond our campus.

Prior to their graduation in June, seniors from the Class of 2020 joined together with underclassmen to petition for additions to the Upper School curriculum to support anti-racism at GFS—including a required African American history course and mandatory diversity training for all students.

Inspired by a conversation in a Modern U.S. Politics class, students reflected on GFS’ passive response to the recent violence and opportunities to do more.

“At the end of class, students shared their experiences with racism on campus, and we all came to the conclusion that everyone, including and especially the GFS community, needed to do better,” shares Tsega Afessa ’20.

“We began to talk about how the U.S. History [course] at GFS only touched on African American history and how we wish it had covered more, as we would have a deeper understanding of current events and, we believe, the student body would be better informed

on issues of racial injustice in general.”

Adds Jillian Yum ’20, “A few friends and I took Aaron Preetam’s African American studies course earlier that year. We all felt deeply impacted by the class, but also disappointed that it was optional and only offered for one semester, every other year. We were also mindful that change is slow and often incremental, so we opted for a petition to spread our message.”

Together, student organizers developed and shared the petition, which garnered more than 740 signatures within two weeks. In addition to support from students, faculty, staff, and families, the campaign was bolstered by social media outreach.

Inspired by our passionate students and in alignment with the school’s mission and program, GFS leadership responded in unity and announced immediate and planned changes. This year, the history department will work on creating a required African American history course to be offered in the 2021-22 school year, taking time to design a Volume II 2020 |

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curriculum that respects and honors this important history. In the meantime, GFS has added one section of the African American Studies junior/ senior history elective this spring, and moved forward with requests from students and faculty to focus on antiracist training and equitable teaching practices for all employees. Additionally, it has required school-wide programming dedicated to education in diversity, equity, and inclusion for all students, faculty, and staff.

“I wanted to get involved with the petition in my final days at GFS because we had the potential to pass on knowledge and experience that will be invaluable to classes to come,” shares Afessa. “The group’s goal was to create a more inclusive, informed, and safe campus by giving the student body a deeper understanding of the Black experience and of minorities in general, which is necessary for any growth and ideological frameshift.”

Yum hoped that the student-oriented organizing would inspire others to ignite change. “It was trying at times, but also an incredible experience to work with such an amazing group on the petition,” she says. “I felt supported and validated by my classmates.”

It was clear at graduation on June

12 that students had already made a difference and their voices were heard and celebrated by their classmates, families, teachers, and administrators.

BlackatGFS served as a powerful platform that brought people together who experienced racial injustice at GFS. During the ceremony, Afessa, one of the Class of 2020 speakers, asked her peers to “remain loud, informed, passionate, and compassionate.”

A GROWING AWAKENING

During the spring and summer, awareness campaigns continued to grow, awakening the community to the painful experiences of so many young people of color. Students and alumni created Instagram accounts to give voice to those who experienced racism at school—independent schools in the Philadelphia area, New York, Washington DC, and throughout the country, as well as more than 500 universities. BlackMainLineSpeaks,

WHAT IS SEED? SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) is a nationally recognized program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and societal change toward greater equity and diversity. The yearlong SEED seminar is rooted in participants engaging in conversations about their experiences and backgrounds through experiential and interactive exercises, broadening their understanding of the structural, institutional, and systemic impact of oppression, power, and privilege related to race, class, sexual orientation, gender, religion, age, ability, national origin, and language. Both the content and approach connect closely to the Quaker testimonies and our school’s philosophy, and the goals of SEED align with and reflect our GFS mission to seek truth, challenge the intellect, honor differences, embrace the city, and nurture each student’s mind, body and spirit.

We are excited to offer SEED as an opportunity for both professional and personal growth for our students and the adults in our community. The program this year will be led by trained facilitators: Spanish teacher Behnaz Varamini, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dr. Angela Campbell, and Breakthrough Director of Program Michelle Palmer. —M.S.

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BlackInteracAlumni, and BlackatGFS are just three accounts that chronicled those who experienced aggressions and microaggressions at GFS and

other area schools.

On Instagram, BlackatGFS shared more than 150 submissions from current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and families. It served as a powerful platform that brought people together who experienced racial injustice and pain at school, offered a trusted space for Black and Brown members of our community, and gave voice to those who did not feel safe reporting instances. The account brought awareness and attention to recent acts of racism; past, systemic issues; and demanded transparency and processes in addressing incidents. Today, BlackatGFS and other social media accounts continue to serve as influential changemakers and steadfast forms of activism.

In July, after hearing many painful experiences, as well as specific requests for change, the GFS administration, School Committee, and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) responded with Actions for Equity, a working plan that includes both urgent priorities and institutional goals. Actions were designed to be systemic and sustainable, related to the following priorities: establish safety and accountability; require and expand anti-racist training and education; deepen anti-racist curriculum; build an affirming environment and partnerships; increase diversity; and listen, engage, and report.

Following the release of the plan, GFS also considered the feedback from the more than 600 alumni, families, and faculty and staff members

who participated in the Community Conversations and provided crucial testimony—with particular focus on the voices of our Black and Brown community. We heard pain, frustration, and anger—as well as hope.

Similar conversations of realization and awakening occurred in many of the sessions, recognizing that attending a progressive school does not discount structural and systemic racism. Attendees reflected on the circumstances and events that have led us to the 2020 movement for change.

Others shared stories of microaggressions they experience daily and have their entire lives. With this feedback, and time for reflection in community, Head of School Dana Weeks, DEI Director Dr. Angela Campbell, the School Committee, and members of the faculty and staff identified immediate steps to make GFS a safer place for its students this fall.

STEPS FORWARD

In August and again in October, the school shared its progress related to the Actions for Equity plan priorities. (Updates will continue to be posted on our website.) In addition to the curricular changes, a few other steps have already been taken for the 2020-21 school year: the creation of a Bias Incident Reporting Team and a bias incident reporting process; a working group appointed to review the Student and Family Handbook, Employee Handbook, and honor code to ensure anti-racism/anti-bias policies and practices are included; required participation in the ADVIS Multicultural Resource Center’s Cultural Competency Institute for all faculty and staff; faculty and staff enrollment in the Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) program; and Upper School students’ required participation and leadership in Diversity Dialogue Day, led by the DEI Office. Further efforts are underway to increase diversity within our faculty, staff, and student body, and make campus more reflective of our community.

“This has been a moment unlike

CAMPAIGNING FOR JUSTICE THROUGH ATHLETICS The racial injustices witnessed in our country this past spring inspired many of our students to band together without hesitation to help others and raise awareness. Two sophomores, Maria Ramos (pictured far right) and Sarah Levy, came up with a unique approach based on their shared love of crew and sports, and the inspiration they receive from athletes on social media. Together they developed Actions Through Athletes (ATA), a multifaceted education and fundraising campaign, which taps into the camaraderie of GFS teams to advocate for justice—at GFS, in Philadelphia, and throughout the country.

In partnership with team captains and players, as well as the Athletics and Advancement departments, Ramos and Levy launched a summer fundraiser and social media campaign. They asked student-athletes to work out in any way they could (running, erging, strength conditioning, etc.), track their progress, and seek out sponsors, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support diversity, equity, and inclusion pro-

any other,” says Dr. Campbell. “With intersecting crises and oppressions in our country, we are brought to a moment of deep reflection. In the spirit of our Quaker values, there has been a new revelation that is pushing us to be a truly multiracial and multicultural school community.”

Shares Head of School Dana Weeks, “Even with a rich history as a school, a community dedicated to equity and justice, and a faculty and staff with a deep commitment to inclusion within our program and culture, it is clear that we have had holes in our thinking and process—in recent years and decades prior. We should

gramming at GFS. In September, the ATA leaders crossed the $10,000 mark, with continued plans for education, awareness, and further fundraising challenges throughout the year.

“We have a responsibility to stand in solidarity with our Black community members and use athletic platforms to commit to combating issues of racial injustice and inequality,” shared Ramos and Levy.

Going forward, the ATA leaders hope to partner with outside organizations and the Friends Schools League, run donation drives, create a series of campaigns, and work with other internal groups to strategize change and action and raise awareness. To donate, visit www.germantownfriends.org/ATA, and stay tuned for more information about next steps. —M.S.

be, want to be, and will be a safe and welcoming space for everyone. It is a core Quaker belief that there is that of God in everyone, that all living beings have unique gifts and light. We must ensure that this is wholeheartedly true. We must ensure that our Black and Brown students, faculty, staff, neighbors, and family members feel safe and are celebrated. We will continue to do better, but this work is far from over. Thank you to our community for your partnership in moving this important work forward.”

To learn more about our Actions for Equity plan, please visit germantownfriends.org/equity.

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Taking the Lead This fall, GFS welcomed three administrators—one new to the community, and two in new roles. By Hillel J. Hoffmann or your children justice if you’re not being honest. That means having difficult conversations. The other is equality. It is so important to recognize that we all have gifts and talents to share. We are all here together and we should all be given the same opportunities. We need to eliminate barriers to those opportunities so all students have an equal footing to start their lives and explore what life has to offer.

WHAT GUIDES YOUR APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT?

It begins with listening. You can’t Director of Community Engagement assume what people need. You have s an educator and a researcher, to have an ongoing dialogue. You Adams has devoted her career to have to ask, How can we help the community engagement, educational community and how can the compartnerships, and educational equity. munity help us?

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Familiar to many in the Germantown Friends’ community after seven years as a Lower School teacher, our new director of community engagement has developed opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to work and learn alongside Germantown residents and business owners, many of whom have participated in her innovative first-grade social studies curriculum.

DOES YOUR APPROACH DRAW INSPIRATION FROM YOUR TEACHING EXPERIENCES?

It stems in part from a community engagement project that I had with my first-grade students. We all make assumptions about one another, but when we take time to get to know one another, we begin to understand our hopes and dreams. It’s reciprocal. But that takes time. And that’s why those relationships can’t be built on one-off WHAT DREW YOU TO THE volunteerism. They have to be built GFS COMMUNITY? The moral fabric through the Quaker [through] consistent dialogues and tenets is what really drew me to this long-term partnerships and projects. community—being in a space where you can bring people together from different backgrounds and respect everyone’s gifts and talents, but hold together through a moral fiber.

ARE THERE ANY OF THE QUAKER TESTIMONIES THAT RESONATE ESPECIALLY DEEPLY WITH YOU?

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rackett has served as an educator and an administrator at Germantown Friends for more than three decades. After heading the K-12 Physical Education Department, where she developed programming that impacted a generation of GFS students, she is serving as interim director of the Lower School, bringing with her a breadth of leadership experience, including running GFS’ Girls Sports Camp, serving as program director at Chimney Corners Camp in the Berkshires, and serving as an adult facilitator for the fifth grade anti-bias curriculum.

WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU WANTED TO BE IN EDUCATION?

As a child, I loved to move around and be athletic, but there weren’t as many opportunities for women then. I loved PE class, and one day in second grade, a student teacher came—and it was a woman. I decided on the spot I was going to be a PE teacher. Maybe you shouldn’t decide what you’re going to do when you’re only eight, but I felt called in that moment.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF GFS?

Absolutely. It actually was the variable that shifted things for me—the possibilities of engaging with the community. I love the GFS model.

We anticipate that our students and faculty can learn from the community. We’re not only doing service within the community and trying to benefit the community; we believe that the community has something to teach us.

One of the things that happened right away was Meeting for Worship.

It was the first time for me; I didn’t know anything about Quakerism. It was small and very intimate. I was just blown away by the simplicity and power of the service. This idea that everyone’s voice would be heard—this idea of equality—that was amazing. It was something I wanted to be part of.

WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT LOWERSCHOOL EDUCATION? WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT IT?

In Lower School, there’s a lot of joy.

You never know what the children will say next. I also appreciate the curiosity and investment of children that age. Children really love to learn, and they want to do good things. At GFS, we try to keep those possibilities open for them so they can get to the next level and ask more questions. And when they get there, they’ll tell you how to do it better.

YOUR CAREER HAS GIVEN YOU A BROAD BASE WITH MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE QUALITIES YOU BRING TO YOUR NEW ROLE?

If I feel like something isn’t right, then I’m willing to speak up. I’m willing to take on that risk. I’m also willing to work really hard—to exhaust the limits of my own reach— to affect change. You can’t just be there complaining. You have to be willing to do the work yourself. You have to be accountable.

KEINO TERRELL

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fter a distinguished 23-year career at Friends’ Central School, most recently as assistant principal of the Middle School, Terrell joined the GFS community in July as the director of Middle School. He had an extraordinarily broad range of roles at FCS, including dean of students, diversity coordinator, director of the Summer Outreach Program, English and language arts teacher, and Upper School varsity basketball coach— although to many FCS students, his most significant role was trusted mentor.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF GFS?

THIS IS YOUR THIRD DECADE IN QUAKER EDUCATION. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE TESTIMONIES?

I appreciate their aspirational nature—that you’re never going to get there. For me, it aligns with this idea of continuing revelation. Our work as individuals and communities is never done. That should motivate us to continue to work and to shape the next generation of leaders.

WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL?

I don’t know why anyone would want to work with any other age group!

Think about the amount of growth that happens from the time we get these kids in sixth grade to eighth grade. Research posits that they develop more socially, emotionally, and intellectually during these years than in any years besides birth to age two. That can be scary to some, but I’ve always seen that as really exciting—the possibilities, the accountability, the opportunity to marry the curriculum to meet where the kids are developmentally.

My first contact with Germantown Friends was many years ago, when a guy, [GFS basketball star] Jonathan Haynes [’90]—he’s a legend around here—invited me to GFS to play oneon-one. I thought, ‘I’ve never heard of this guy. He plays at this little school.’

He challenged me to a game and WHAT’S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU it wasn’t even close. I mean, he de- THAT PEOPLE DON’T KNOW? I am an optimist. There are very stroyed me. few problems that I believe can’t YOU’RE FROM PHILADELPHIA. DID be solved. I enjoy the chase to the GFS’ LOCATION PLAY A ROLE IN solution.

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VIRTUAL REALIT Y How GFS reimagined graduation in response to the rise of a global pandemic—and celebrated the Class of 2020 with a memorable and poignant ceremony.

By Meg Cohen Ragas ’85 | Photographs by Michael Branscom

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ast spring, due to COVID-19 and the subsequent closing of school, the senior class watched in disbelief as one after another of their long-anticipated, milestone events were crossed off the proverbial list: prom, senior week, final assembly and Meeting for Worship, the senior parent show, the Stokes Athletics Banquet, the senior show. While many of these events were reinvented for Zoom (some more successfully than others), it just wasn’t the same. So when the concept of a socially distant, parkinglot graduation seemed like a real possibility, students, their families, and the entire GFS community embraced the concept with hope and optimism.

On the morning of Friday, June 12,

senior families drove through campus in colorfully decorated cars, cheered on by members of the GFS faculty and staff, and continued to the parking lot at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church East in Germantown for the first broadcast graduation ceremony in school history. While family and friends joined the graduates in the church parking lot, where they watched the proceedings from their cars on two jumbo screens, many opted to witness the Class of 2020 accept their diplomas from the comfort of their own home. Traditional it was not, but the ceremony exceeded expectations and proved to be as memorable—if not more—than the customary GFS Arch Street graduation.

We will never forget June 12, 2020,

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CAR POOL Members of the Class of 2020 and their families drove through campus prior to the graduation ceremony, where they picked up their bouquets and boutonnières and were greeted by a festive blue, white, and orange balloon arch and members of the GFS faculty and staff, including Head of School Dana Weeks (below left). The car procession featured creative decorations and inspirational signs with messages that echoed the sentiments of the greater GFS community: Congratulations, GFS Class of 2020! You did it!

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A C E L E B R AT I O N L I K E N O O T H E R After a brief Meeting for Worship, class speakers kicked off the graduation festivities (Rachel Burnett, top left; Brendan Dahl, far left; and Tsega Affessa, this page, middle), each member of the Class of 2020 had a moment to shine on stage with Head of School Dana Weeks, and students and families documented the day with photos and an abudance of good cheer.

A NEW BEGINNING After a challenging, isolating, and extremely frustrating spring, seniors came together as they accepted their diplomas in front of a crowd of loved ones. The good vibes were palpable, the warmth and happiness contagious. The smiles on their faces say it all.

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THE VIRUS CHRONICLES The history of epidemic- and pandemic-ignited school closings at Germantown Friends School.

By Tim Wood

30Students lined up for a routine check-in with the school nurse in 1946.

WHILE THE RISE OF THE COVID -19 VIRUS PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE CHALLENGES FACED BY COMMU-

nities around the world in protecting their members’ general health, these challenges are not new to GFS. As a school historically trusted with the care of its students and staff, we have long had procedures in place for responding to health crises. A deep dive into the archives turned up a wealth of information about the school’s evolving approach to caring for its community in response to the new coronavirus.

One of the earliest records of concern for student health is a 1915 “Notice With Regard To Health And Physical Welfare Of Pupils.” This pamphlet was sent to parents so they could “co-operate with the school in its efforts to reduce the danger of contagious diseases to a minimum.”

To this end, the school also arranged with the city’s Bureau of Health for an inspector, Dr. Austin, “to call daily at the school and inspect any pupils who have colds that may prove infectious or suggest the beginning of some contagious disease. This inspection will

be made quietly and carefully, always with a teacher present, and we believe will be welcomed by all parents as an additional safeguard and protection against disease.”

This concern would be justified just a year later when a polio epidemic hit the Northeastern states. Philadelphia counted 1,006 cases and 307 deaths.

The school openings, including GFS, were delayed. In the November 1916 School Notes section of The Pastorian, GFS’ student publication prior to the current Earthquake, it was reported that, “Although the opening was two weeks later than usual on account of the city Bureau of Health’s ruling, every one immediately settled down to work quietly and in earnest. The only interruption of our work has been Dr. Austin’s careful and thorough inspection of every one of us. Special care was taken to examine all late arrivals as well as others on their first day back. Needless to say, no infection of any sort has been found.”

Two years later, when the Spanish Flu pandemic spread in 1918, Philadelphia’s Health Commissioner decided that it would not be necessary

to cancel a planned late-September parade celebrating the Liberty Loan campaign for the World War. Within days, the number of flu cases in the city shot up, eventually killing nearly 14,000 Philadelphians in just six weeks. In the interest of public health and the safety of the school community, GFS closed for the month starting October 1; the city followed, closing down most public spaces on October 3. On returning to school in November, The Pastorian reported that, “In Assembly, Mr. Yarnall told the school that hard work would have to be done in order to make up for the time lost during the epidemic. In order to do this we will have school on four Saturdays during the year, and Exemption Week[1] will be moved past Commencement, thus adding an extra week to the school year.”

When Theodore S. Wilder was hired as the school’s physician in 1930, he began to keep careful records of student illnesses and the absences that resulted. In “Health In School Days,” a pamphlet sent to GFS parents in 1932, he noted that “29% of our boys and girls had 82.6% of the illnesses”

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if any students developed symptoms of measles or other contagious diseases and, if known, where it may have been contracted. He also suggested that parents consider having blood serum from a previously-infected person administered to confer temporary complete or partial immunity to siblings of students already infected.

In the ensuing years, GFS has helped manage the community’s response to new public health concerns ranging from vaccinations for childhood diseases to education about AIDS and HIV to providing vaccinations against H1N1 in 2009. Much of what GFS has done in the past to safeguard student health remains at the forefront of today’s response to the COVID-19 virus.

School closings and quarantines are still effective tools, and solutions discovered for earlier disease outbreaks are now being investigated once again for their use against the coronavirus—both UV light and serum donations are seen as potential approaches to slowing the spread.

With any public health emergency, new information can lead to new responses. The school’s commitment to this data-driven approach, as shown by the earliest consultations with the City Health Department and by Wilder’s stew­ardship of the school’s health, continues with the Med­ical Advisory team assembled in response to the coro­ navirus pandemic this year. As always, the goal is to pro­vide “enjoyment of school days” and “an auspicious start in health” as we work to safeguard the community and provide students with the education they need and deserve.

and urged families to be aware of the susceptibility of their children to illnesses. He counseled parents to “keep pupils with suspicious symptoms at home (and perhaps in bed).” Keeping ailing children out of school served the goal of providing “a greater average enjoyment of school days and a more auspicious start in health.”

Wilder’s extensive record keeping would prove invaluable as he continued his research on infectious diseases within the school environment with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania. Over the school years from 1937 to 1941, they would use Lower School classrooms to study ways to reduce incidents of illness among students. Good ventilation was already understood to be an important part of an effort to control communicable diseases like the ones encountered in a school. Starting in Tim Wood is the archivist at Germantown Friends School.

1937, ultraviolet light fixtures were installed in one of the [1] If any alumni know what “Exemption Week” was, please let us know; existing records in the archives don’t provide any clues. two homerooms of grades 1 through 4 (pictured above). [2] If any alumni have memories of these fixtures in their classrooms, Their research found that the transmission of childhood please contact the archives. diseases, such as mumps, chicken pox, and measles, was significantly decreased among the children in “irradiated” classrooms. Interestingly, they also found that the UV light seemed to have no effect on the transmission of the common cold.

GFS ARC HIVES One of the public health concepts that has become increasingly familiar in recent months is the idea of The mission of the GFS Archives is to tell the story of “community spread” of communicable diseases. This the school and its people. We actively collect materials epidemiological concept was introduced in a journal from students, parents, alumni, faculty, and administraarticle that grew out of Wilder’s studies at GFS. Wilder’s tors, both past and present. We save everything, dating Penn colleague, William F. Wells, coined the term in his back to 1845, when the school was founded. This article 1945 paper “Sanitary Ventilation by Radiant Disinfecwas possible because the archives have had donations tion.” The efficacy of the UV fixtures was such that they over the years from people like you. remained in use at the school even after the research We are actively seeking materials, such as papers, was completed, with records indicating them installed grade cards, yearbooks, etc.; photos (we can digitize through at least 1948.[2] and return the originals to you); club information; As a school physician in the days before vaccinations cassette tapes and other recordings; videos; objects; for childhood diseases, Wilder’s program for GFS included clothing; and more. frequent audiological tests and annual chest X-rays to Not sure if what you have is something that would check for tuberculosis and other diseases. In 1948, in be of interest to us? Please contact GFS archivist Tim anticipation of another outbreak of measles, Wilder inWood at twood@germantownfriends.org. structed parents to notify Mrs. Mays, the school’s nurse,

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TRAILBLAZERS Pioneering educators and students who left their mark on GFS.

By Kate Stover

The 2020-21 school year marks the milestone 175th anniversary of Germantown Friends School. Throughout the year, in celebration of its rich legacy, we will highlight past members of the community—teachers, administrators, and students—who helped shape GFS’ mission and pedagogy. Our first series of profiles includes a visionary Lower School division director, the first nonQuaker head of school, the first students-of-color graduates, and a revolutionary Kindergarten teacher.

MARJORIE HARDY allowing new readers to move through in the halls on the right side; there carefully managed learning stages. would be no yelling; students in class (1888-1948) At GFS, she began to mold the would listen attentively and never in-

Marjorie Hardy was already a wellknown name in progressive education circles when she arrived at GFS in 1930 as principal of the Primary School. While a teacher at the University of Chicago’s Elementary School, she had begun writing a very successful series of early readers, The Child’s Own Way. Her books were at the forefront of literacy training, bringing fun stories together with deliberately selected vocabulary, and

Primary School as a model for progressive schools around the country.

In her first report to the School Committee in 1930, she “found the school strong in many respects and weak in others…” The weakness included a lack of student order and discipline, faculty professionalism, and adequate play space. She set about correcting all three.

Hardy immediately announced some new rules: Students would walk

terrupt; students would speak “in no voice louder than the natural speaking voice.” She said, “I am interested in providing conditions to develop good emotional balance, character, clear thinking, and good study habits along with intellectual achievement.

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Marjorie Hardy speaks with a student in the reading room of the Friends Free Library. Richard Higashi (top) and John Masai in their 1945 yearbook photos; they were the first students of color to attend GFS.

studies the core of the curriculum.

She despised the “old idea of memorization of isolated facts in history, geography, and civics,” and wanted to develop a “unified” curriculum revolving around a central theme. In 1932, Hardy announced that Kindergartners would be introduced to the theme of community; first graders looked at the intersections of different kinds of regional communities, rural and urban; second graders focused on pre-industrial communities, specifically North American Indians; and third grade students examined navigation and world exploration as local, regional, industrial, and preindustrial communities merged into a global economy. It was a stunningly modern social studies curriculum, far in advance of most educational thought in the 1930s.

Hardy also revolutionized the Primary School’s science curriculum in 1933, hiring Joseph Cadbury to teach science to all classes. Hardy fought for full-time teachers in PE and music, and won both battles. She was even able to gain play space for the Primary when she convinced the School Committee to give them one of the three girls’ tennis courts on Greene Street for a playground. Her victory was short-lived, however; in 1935, part

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of that play space was used to build the new Kindergarten building.

Hardy pioneered other changes that have become permanent parts of the school. Graded report cards were dropped in favor of written teacher reports; there were parent-teacher conferences twice each year. Every Primary grade had a parent committee to plan activities, supervise special events, and host parties. The Parents’ Auxiliary, later the Parents’ Association, grew out of Hardy’s efforts. She had a national impact as well, participating in educational organizations and serving as president of the Association of Childhood Education.

Hardy retired in 1945, but, in only 15 years, she was able to create a cutting-edge, progressive place for teaching and learning.

RICHARD HIGASHI (1926-2017) & JOHN MASAI (1927-2015) Richard Higashi and John Masai were about 14 when their families were transported from California to Arkansas in the midst of World War II. Because they were Japanese-Americans, both families were detained at

Jerome Relocation Center, a swampy mosquito- and snake-infested internment camp on the Mississippi Delta.

Masai’s father was a fisherman from Los Angeles, while Higashi’s father had served in the U.S. military in WWI, a rare circumstance since most Asian-Americans had not been allowed to serve.

Miraculously, the American Friends Service Committee offered the two boys a chance to leave Jerome and come to Germantown Friends School.

They didn’t know why or how they were selected for this opportunity. Higashi remembers he argued with his parents; they didn’t want him to leave the family in the middle of a war. But both boys wanted a better education than they were receiving in the camp. Higashi said he wanted a more comprehensive music program. Through the AFSC, GFS had been taking in European refugees during the war, but Higashi and Masai were different—they were American and they were the first students of color at GFS. Masai and Higashi entered GFS as eleventh graders, and they jumped confidently into school life. The 1944 yearbook raves about Higashi’s talents as a violinist, and his football and baseball skills. Masai, a stellar art student, also played baseball, and

recalled how a younger GFS student once asked him how he learned to play the game, as though he was a foreign student; Masai said the question “struck him like a thunderbolt.”

Otherwise, both students remember feeling relaxed at GFS. Masai recalled hitchhiking freely around Philadelphia, but always remaining cautious since he looked Asian.

Both boys left school before the graduation ceremonies in June of 1944 to enlist in the military, in spite of being graduates of a Quaker school and serving for a country that had interned them. Since their enlistment was near the end of the war, neither saw military action, and both went on to graduate from college as engineers. Coincidentally, they ended up living in the same city, just south of Los Angeles. Their legacy paved the way for other students of color at GFS.

BURTON P. FOWLER (1887-1963) Burton Philander Fowler, a Presbyterian, was the first head of Germantown Friends School who was not a Quaker. He started in 1941 with a three-year contract and a salary of $12,000. Fowler was 53 and had previously been the headmaster of the exclusive Tower Hill School in Wilmington, DE. Most important was that he had an impressive education pedigree and a national reputation in educational circles.

The GFS position was intriguing to Fowler because he wanted to manage an urban school of moderate size, with a good reputation for excellence and stability, and he wanted to make that school a force for social change. Fowler wrote that, “I believe in the tremendous power of education and religion to build a strong America. I believe a school should be a miniature of the world that could be, that it should be an ideal, democratic community.”

Fowler faced serious challenges when Pearl Harbor was attacked only three months after he was hired.

Burton Fowler, pictured in his office in the 1952 yearbook, was the first non-Quaker head of GFS. He was an educational radical with a progressive vision, which included racial integration among the faculty and student body.

National stresses spilled over into the school—there were fuel and tire shortages, food shortages, and salary freezes; it was hard to get students to school, hard to feed them once there, and hard to create an appropriate learning environment. Possibly even more difficult, Fowler had to position a pacifistic Quaker school within a country that was war-focused.

Fowler was a complicated man.

He was an educational radical and a Republican. He wore double-breasted suits, smoked cigars, and looked and acted like the embodiment of the establishment—but he had a genuinely progressive vision of education. He wanted to give students the power to shape their own lives, but he also demanded that they take responsibility for their actions. He thought that school marks and competitive examinations should be abolished because they did not support either learning or growth. He was very approachable, a constant presence in the Front Hall, his suit usually open and flapping, button–holing students and faculty alike to discuss something urgent.

One of Fowler’s most important legacies is an integrated GFS. He hired the first faculty member of color, Jamesina Faulk, an African American librarian. He also enrolled the first

African American Kindergartner.

Some members of the School Committee—and Margaret Cary, clerk of the School Committee, in particular—wanted to hire Fowler specifically because they knew his views on integration. They were adamant that, as a Quaker school, GFS should be integrated.

Although he retired from GFS in 1954, he did not leave his love of education behind. From 1954-1958, Fowler was a consultant to the Ford Foundation for the Advancement of Education.

BETTY-ANN WORKMAN (1933-2016) “Education is a people business,” declared Betty-Ann Workman, longtime GFS Kindergarten teacher. A graduate of the competitive High School for Girls in North Philadelphia, she went on to earn a BA in education and an MA in sociology from Temple University.

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Betty-Ann Workman works with a student on handwriting in 1984. In addition to her wonderful understanding and nurturing of children, she was an advocate for Black families and faculty members and a more multicultural curriculum at GFS.

as a person who could help them survive in “a diverse, multicultural, multiracial society.” In the early 1970s, she helped parents create the Black Parents Group, which pushed GFS for a more diverse faculty and a more multicultural curriculum. Wanting all schools to better serve all segments of the population, she was chair of the National Association for Independent Schools’ Minority Affairs Committee in 1984, and was clear that “people of divergent backgrounds” were imperative in order for schools to grow.

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seriously, she served on multitudes of ad hoc and standing committees, and worked with the parenting program and the student teachers who came to the school.

She continued to teach at GFS for 17 years, often teaching at Temple University in the summer. Mary Fearey, also a GFS Kindergarten teacher at the time, said “the secret of her success is that she likes children, knows everything about them, has a great sense of humor, and a lot of stamina!”

In 1987, Workman was ready for a new challenge and accepted the position as head of Friends’ School, Haverford. Upon leaving GFS, she was presented with a book, Decorating with Fabric, a nod to her love of fabrics and sewing (she also listed on

her 1970 personnel form that she was a bridal consultant). Until her death in 2016, she continued to attend GFS events and nurture the strong friendships she forged throughout her long tenure at the school.

Kate Stover recently retired as the GFS Archivist. She continues to be involved in public history and supporting progressive education.

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MAREK LODER ’07 reports, “MAX HAWES ’07 and I [recently] finished a two-week coast-to-coast motorcycle trip. We shipped our motorcycles back to Philadelphia, flew home to spend time with friends and family in August, and then began our great trek back to the West Coast on Labor Day. We primarily followed the Oregon Trail route, which took us through the Finger Lakes, Niagra Falls, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, the Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and finally, Lake Tahoe. It was a physically demanding trek, but it was rewarding on so many different levels. We were blown away by the vastness of this country, the diversity of landscapes, and the compassion and generosity of the people we encountered along the way. We look forward to our next great adventure together!”

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CHARLES HARRIMAN shares, “At age 97, GFS still stands out in the basis of my life—I’ll always be grateful!”

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PETER SPITZ was honored by L. Rafael Reif, President of MIT, on the publication of his third book on the chemical industry and MIT’s contributions to World War II.

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NANCY BISHOP reports that last year she had a great summer in Maine followed by a trip to Paris.

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our 60th reunion, I was moved to speak of the stillness and calm that descended upon me. I was next to Dutch, and when I sat down he put his hand over mine. Such a small gesture meant so much.”

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TED WOLF writes, “GFS is helping to bridge the gap!”

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LAWRENCE HOLLAND reports, “Still vertical!”

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SUE AXFORD AEMISEGGER shares, “Thank you! From a very grateful alumna for instilling in me a moral compass that has guided me well these past 70 years.”

AUDREY LEWIS BROMER writes, “I retired from teaching–almost from ‘interior design(er)’, ‘study’ herbal medicine and attend ‘metaphysical’ seminars. Life is an adventure! Dare to open new doors!”

JUDITH KAHLENBERG HESTOFT reports, “Although I was only at GFS for 1 year (as a senior), I have fond memories of that time with classmates.”

GEORGE L. SPAETH shares, “I hope some GFS people will get my latest book, Glaucoma: What You Need to Know to Preserve and Enhance Your Health (Rutgers Press), available on Amazon.”

1954

PAT COOKE DUGGER reports, “Dick and I have moved to a new retirement community in Keene.

We are very happy here.”

ALAN LOUDERBACK and his wife Connie are celebrating 60 years of marriage.

PETER MCPHEDRAN writes, “LETTY and I seem to have wound up in New Haven’s arena because Yale gave me a job in 1970.

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Retired from the Yale job, I still get hematology questions (latest yesterday). GFS was good to me.”

MORRIS WOLFF shares, “Our class agent Chuck Davis does a great job! I’m happy at 83. I’m still playing tennis and ride my bike every day.”

1955

CHANDLER FORD reports, “Still working driving cars for auto auction—reading, watching Mets online, and staying safe.”

DICK MORRIS has moved to Jamestown, ND, to be near his son and daughter-in-law. He is the primary organist and choir director at Trinity Lutheran Church (parttime), and would love to hear from class members.

1957

JOAN MINNICK VALIENTE writes, “Am still working in the technical translation service. My daughter, Dr. Bonnie V. Wright, and husband Robert are busy running Liberty Vet Pets–a veterinary store/ hospital in Center City.”

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CYNTHIA BOUNDS LUCAS writes, “Feeling very grateful for the protection of our own Maine bubble in the time of COVID-19, and for the leadership of our own Democratic governor.”

ERIC THOMPSON reports, “I feel closer to my classmates because of our sharing online and with Zoom in this time of COVID-19 and Juneteenth.”

1963

MADGE EVANS shares that she had a wonderful trip to Patagonia with Molly and has heard Tom’s book talk twice.

1965

ELEANOR THOMAS HOBBS writes, “Celebrating the birth of my third grandchild, Alexander Thomas Hobbs-Yafa, in San Jose, Costa Rica, to parents Heather Thomas Hobbs and Erez Yafa.”

PHILIP G. RHOADS notes, “Four children—Garrett, Deborah, Johanna, and Caroline, eight grandchildren—all well and healthy!”

STEPHEN HAUSCHKA shares, “What seventh and eighth grader would have guessed while struggling to answer questions posted in Mr. Platt’s 1953 Geology class or Mr. Mallory’s 1954 English class that their educational philosophies would still guide them as 80-year-olds? Certainly, not I; yet their challenging evidence remains lifelong GFS legacies.”

1966

SARAH TYLER ISMAIL reports, “I moved to the Lathrop Community in Northampton, MA, a little over a year ago. The area has a natural beauty and, while not Boston (two hours east), lively cultural events.

Along with a second campus in neighboring Easthampton, this is a Kendal affiliate; the only Kendal in MA . Glad to tell more to anyone interested.”

JAMES LAGOMARSINO reports, “My partner Meg and I have committed to combating the climate crisis. I began teaching climate science 24 years ago.

We are members of Citizens Climate Lobby and En-ROADS Ambassadors.”

PIERCE BOUNDS shares, “We are grandparents. Our daughter Margaret gave birth to Rosemary Jeannette Bounds Dean on December 1. What a wonderful Christmas present.”

1968

MITCHELL STRAUSS writes, “What a great experience is international development. GFS was perfect for opening the door.

Thank you and all.”

1971

WILLIAM HOLT shares that he “retired to part time last year and is lurking about on FB and Aptos Beaches.”

enrich their lives for decades.

Retirement has opened up more time for family, pets, gardens, cooking, reading, volunteering, and spending time with you. Please stay in touch and visit if you can. See you for our 50th, if not before.”

1973

TED and ANNA WEST report, “Our lives are brightened by Isabel (6), Ethan (4), Brynn (3), and Olivia (1), whose parents make us very proud every day.”

BRUCE YAGER writes, “Each day brings wonder and adventure–from enjoying our two grandsons to crowing to our chickens (in an effort to encourage eggs)! The snowcapped Sierras on one side, verdant valley on the other. Life is good.”

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DAVID E. LODER writes, “Have enjoyed staying in close contact with SALLY WEST WILLIAMS, JOHN STINE, JENNY BINZEN CARDOSO, CLAIRE EDWARDS KEARNEY, DAVID WEISS ’71, and others as I work to get on the other side of my Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis.”

KARINA SCHLESS notes, “I’ve been staying healthy so far, and luckily have my horses (my Angus turned 29 this week and is doing OK!) and barn, so I can enjoy the trails and be outside, walking every morning and waiting to return to work (12-doctor office in Paoli). My April trip to the UK canceled, of course, but hopefully can make my annual ranch trip to Jackson Hole, WY. Oh, thank goodness for my Spencer-cat, too.”

SALLY WEST WILLIAMS shares, “To all of you in my GFS family, thank you for the boundless love and support you have given me following the heartbreaking loss of Andy in 2017. The GFS ties prove powerful in good times and bad. On a joyful note, I now love seeing my third grade and K granddaughters immersed in their own extraordinary GFS experience.

Not just the great learning at 31 W. Coulter (and virtually during this COVID-19 era), but the friendships and memories that I know will

MICHELLE BULLARD reports that she is an Army veteran, middle school science teacher, and director of her church Esol program.

SABRINA JONES edited “Shameless Feminists,” the 50th issue of World War 3 Illustrated.

She divides her time between Brooklyn and Ballston Spa, NY.

1987

NATALIE WEATHERS NIXON shares, “In August 2019, I became a Trustee of Vassar College, and in June 2020, my second book came out, The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work. It’s published

by Berrett-Koehler and available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.”

SHARI E. WINARD is getting back to the basics of life and working on a farm.

1989

DR. MICAH BRODSKY writes, “It has been a big year for my wife and I and for the many overlapping communities we serve in Hawaii. I have recently taken on a new role as the director of development (in addition to my current role as wildlife veterinarian) at the locally based non-profit, Hawaii Marine

Animal Response. I am excited to be working with local communities, universities, and our partners at state and federal agencies to save marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds while facilitating environmental stewardship and training the next generation of science-literate leaders. My wife Dr. Shaya Honarvar just completed her first year as the director of the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, facilitating collaborations for environmental research and ecosystem management throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. We wish the global GFS community health and well-being during these unprecedented times, and urge all to embrace the spirit of inclusion, cooperation, and humanity that has served as the foundation of the Germantown Friends community.”

NATHANIEL FRANK reports, “I am in NYC, though we’ve been spending our winters in California.

We were ‘trapped’ in Palm Springs for the peak of the coronavirus crisis, so we felt pretty lucky to be locked down in an area that was lowdensity and managed to function quite well there (thru May). Then we made our way back to New York and got lucky again in that it had calmed down a bit, while California began getting crazy. I’m doing writing, research, client work, and a bit of real estate. It’s a nice mix.”

NICK GILHOOL writes, “Hi, All!! Last year’s 30th reunion was fantastic for me, thank you to everyone involved. I loved connecting with so many people and the warm feeling I got at every turn. What a fascinating and lovely group of people we grew up with!

These days I’m having a blast being a dad to two boys, 9 and 13; they’re great human beings. My father died in August, which has been sad, but the support and love I’ve felt from GFSers and beyond has been very special to me. On the work front, I continue to produce documentaries and nonfiction content, the latest of which—Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction—would have opened at the Franklin Institute Volume II 2020 |

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KATHARINE CROSBY NASSER January 26, 2020

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MARTHA JANE ROLAND COHEN February 24, 2020 SAMUEL C. LUKENS, JR. June 4, 2020

1947

ANNE MIDDLETON FLOOD June 2, 2020 ROGER W. HALLOWELL, JR. March 24, 2020 KARL H. SPAETH April 11, 2020

1951

ELLEN WILLAUER DECKER June 15, 2020 LINDA ADAMS FARMIN February 21, 2020 MARY STOKES PHILLIPS June 21, 2020 D. MUNN STEELMAN September 8, 2020 THOMAS C. STEVENS April 22, 2020

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JUDITH CHAPPELL MALLERY March 9, 2020 CHRISTOPHER M. TURMAN, III April 24, 2020

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CONGER LEIBY 40BARBARA June 13, 2020

SARAH WINTERS shares, “I’m living in West Philly with my family (including two pups, Juno and Mars, pictured below) and working as a primary care pediatrician. My three boys are all attending GFS. It’s good ANDRÉ ROBERT LEE reports, to be back as part of the community “After 25 years in NYC, I have come these past four years.” back to Philly to buy a house. It feels good to be home. And yes, I’ve already had a cheesesteak.”

IMAX theater this fall had the pandemic not intervened. Hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and getting something out of this unusual year.”

DANA SANDERS shares, “After 10 years as a development director for a local nonprofit, I started a consulting business, Osage Hill Associates, that primarily provides services to nonprofits, including fundraising, grant writing, and systemic organization. Have the privilege of working with GFS alumni as clients.”

JASON YAFFE reports, “It’s been a heck of a ride in schools since the pandemic hit. Been by far my hardest months as an educator since I started teaching in 1993.

Fortunately, our two boys (Jonah, 16, and Eli, 12) are holding up alright as remote and hybrid learners. Wishing ANDRÉ ROBERT LEE, MIKE BOORSE, and MANDY REATH the best as they pitch in to help on Coulter Street!”

1990

JONATHAN YUDIS enjoyed a 30th reunion ski trip to Vermont last year with fellow classmates DARREN SPIELMAN, MATT RIGGAN, FRANCIS VARGAS, LEN ERICKSON, and RICH HATZFELD.

1991

DANA SUNSHINE writes, “We moved to Westchester, NY, from New York City about a year ago. It turned out to be fortunate timing with everyone working from home for many months. I am still working for the New York Public Library in capital planning. I am hoping all of our GFS friends are healthy and managing ok.”

1992

LARA BAZELON reports that she is excited about her appointment as the Phillip and Muriel Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy at the University of San Francisco School of Law where she is a professor and the director of the Criminal & Juvenile and Racial Justice Clinics. “I think of it as an honor, a privilege, and an opportunity to raise awareness in the law school and the larger community about the ongoing fight for a more fair and less punitive criminal justice system,” she says.

ANDREW GLAZER directed the feature documentary Bad Hombres, which aired on Showtime on October 16, 2020. His company, Mission Critical Productions, produced the film, which follows the world’s only binational professional sports team: the Mexican Baseball League’s Tecolotes de Los Dos Laredos.

With US-Mexico relations reaching an historic low point, the team’s cross-border heritage serves as a powerful symbol of unity. Follow as their season unfolds, revealing what life is like in a border city besieged by divisive rhetoric and policies, all in the shadow of America’s favorite pastime.

1996

TAMAR GUR declares, “I have been doing well since my graduation! I graduated from Brown (’00), received my MD/PhD from Penn (’09), and completed my psychiatry training there as well. I then accepted a tenure track job at Ohio State, where I have a laboratory that looks at prenatal stress, the microbiome, and inflammation and how it influences the developing brain. I also treat women with perinatal depression and anxiety. Along the way, I met and married Brett Worly (the world’s tallest obstetrician! He’s 6’10”), and we have 4 children: Ari (11), Matan (8), Talia (5), and Yael (1.5). I miss Philly and GFS, but am thrilled my nephew, Nadav Gur, is a GFSer!”

1997

CHRISTOPHER MCDONNELL shares, “I have written and designed two new art books that are being published [this year] by Abrams: The Art of Invader Zim and Steven Universe: End of an Era. My previous art books for Abrams include BoJack Horseman: The Art Before the Horse, Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo, and the first Steven Universe art book, Art and Origins.”

ARIELLA SERVETTER writes, “I was known as Fia Potter to most, but go by my original name Ariella Rainbow and am now Servetter. I live in the North of Israel, which is a place that seems to be handling COVID-19 fairly well. Married a second time, we have various children who come and go. I guess we were bored or something since we just decided to add a puppy to our lives. Slowly everyone is going back to school and work here. I explore in my therapeutic work with children what was good for them and what was hard for them over the last [few] months. I am always and forever grateful to GFS for the education I received there. It helps me convey to my children a thirst to know more and stay curious!”

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IN M E MO R I AM

DOUGLAS BERNSTEIN reports, “I am an emergency room doctor in Richmond, VA, married to Becca Crootof and have two kids.”

2000

BRANDON JONES shares, “In February of 2020, I started a new position as the director of alumni relations at a great school called Germantown Friends! Doing so during the transition to COVID life has been interesting, but I’ve loved every minute.”

TRIPP KISE writes, “I have been living here in Maine full time for 10 years now, and have served on the board of directors at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment for the last seven years. My grandparents started an organic beef farm here on Wolfe’s Neck in 1956 and actually ran it from their house on Schoolhouse Lane for the majority of the year. Today, WNC is a non-profit focused on research, education, and diversified regenerative agriculture. Check out our work at wolfesneck.org and come visit if you’re ever in Freeport or the greater Portland area!”

ELIJAH MCKINLEY reports, “Twenty years ago, I graduated with the best classmates I could have ever hoped for. We made an awful lot of good memories together that I hold onto and cherish to this day. Sadly, after high school, I fell out of contact with nearly all of you. I wouldn’t mind rekindling those relationships, [and] I wish we could have had our 2020 reunion this year. To make a 20year story short, I attended Penn State, became a Shaolin Dragon, moved to Washington DC, where I managed the Florida Avenue Grill and became an attorney during the Obama Presidency, then passed the Pennsylvania Bar and moved to California, which is where I have been for the last seven years. I started my own law firm specializing in trademarks, copyrights, taxes, and productions.

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LORRAINE FLETCHER PENNELL July 3, 2020

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CHRISTINE PRICE PENGLASE August 27, 2020

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ELOISE SMITH January 1, 2020

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ALEXANDRA HOWLAND GROSS February 10, 2020

1965

DAVID E. PETRELIUS July 1, 2020

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STUART M. LOUCHHEIM August 21, 2020

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ELLA K. TORREY April 14, 2020

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BRIAN PEACOCK June 1, 2020

FACULTY MARY HAON March 21, 2020

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TIGER CUBS Alumni welcomed these new additions to their families—and the GFS community.

DREW MAGAZINER ’98 shares, “Our third little boy, Desi Nima Magaziner, was wel­comed home by big bro­thers Rafa (GFS PreK) and Remy (2) in early May.”

LIZ KIMBALL ’02 writes, “This August, we were overjoyed to welcome our son Mateo Paz Balderrama into the world.”

ERIK ABRAHAM ’00 reports, “We welcomed our second child into this world, Emery Val Abraham, on June 26, 2020. He’s looking forward to becoming a GFS Tiger.

DUNCAN LLOYD ’02 shares that he’s married and recently welcomed his first child, Lydia, born on his birthday. He is still passionate about basketball and feels the urgency of voting in November.

KATE HANSSEN ’00 shares that she and her partner Seth welcomed their son, Olin Pepin Laucks, to the world on April 1, 2020.

REINA WILKES PROWLER ’02 reports, “MATT PROWLER ’97 and I welcomed our daughter Sylvie in July 2019. Our son, Ellis, is the best big brother and also a new member of the GFS family in Porter and Marissa’s PreK class.”

MATT GREENWALT ’02 reports that he recently welcomed his second child, Micah. He and his family will be moving back to Philly in spring 2021 after working in Manhattan for the past few years.

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I released a couple albums of my own and shot a few music videos; hip-hop is still one of my favorite pastimes.”

impacted me in such a positive way this past year. I was able to use the time during quarantine to study for graduate school and work on applications. With the assistance of people in my network that I developed in Philadelphia and Chicago, I was accepted into CLAIRE WAGNER delivered the Harvard Business School Class Day an MBA program at the Villanova Speech on Thursday, May 28, 2020. School of Business. Talking with and getting recommendations from She graduated with an MBA from peers, professors, and colleagues the business school and an MD during the process, I felt a real from the medical school. “Grateful emphasis on how important it is to to GFS for everything,” she writes. take care of each other, especially right now.”

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and myself are writing partners in Hollywood currently trying to sell our animated TV shows! It is a very difficult and complex process, but we’re making steady progress. Our pitches heavily include all of the comedy and improvisation we did at GFS, and we often credit the GFS faculty for our creative endeavors.

Thanks, GFS!” BEN THOMAS reports, “In September 2020, I opened my first recording studio in Philadelphia (pictured below), After5 Studios!

After5 Studios is my personal workspace where I will continue to collaborate with both local and international musicians and artists.

My goal with opening the studio is to provide the best possible working environment that is both comfortable and creative. With GFS always being close to my heart, the cup that holds all the pens and pencils is of course a “I ‘heart’ GFS” mug!”

JARRED TURNER shares, “In September, I moved back to Philly with my parents due to COVID-19, which has surprisingly been a welcome change of pace. I’ve been in New York City the past four years after graduating from Brown, working as an HR Generalist at BlackRock, Point72 Asset Management, and, most recently, 305 Fitness. NYC was a great time.

I ran into quite a lot of GFS alumni in the city and spent a lot of time bopping around Brooklyn with JANE MAGUIRE writes, “Eight JESSICA MOODY ’10 and KYLE years post high-school graduation, DAVIS ’10. Since my unemployment and I couldn’t be closer to the GFS began in March, I’ve been doing a community. As a current Wharton lot of cooking, and I’m working on MBA student, I’ve greatly enjoyed completing a Certified Diversity my return to Philly from living in Executive certification. I’ve also been the Bay Area. However, little did I know that this return would lead me leaning into my creative energy to reunite with GFS alumni in a new and leveraging my HR experiences and much deeper way. I’m excited to leading brand and culture strategy for Purplmoon, a virtual studio share that I’m part of an incredible and community created by GFS (and Wharton!) alum start-up THERESA SHROPSHIRE ’11. called Purplmoon. Founded by It’s been a whirlwind so far and THERESA SHROPSHIRE ’11, we’re super excited to be creating Purplmoon is a digital wellness an intentionally inclusive, Black platform that emphasizes women- and femme-centered diversity of perspective, thought, platform for everyone along the and practice through healing wellness spectrum, helping facilitate sessions. We’re on a mission to the discovery, rekindling, and make self-healing accessible to refinement of their own wellness all communities through virtual pay-what-you-can wellness classes. journey. Check us out on IG @purpl. moon and come check out a class— Being part of this company has they’re all pay-what-you can so bring been truly life-changing. But what a friend!” is also so unique is that almost our entire team is made up of GFS AHSHAR WILLIAMS shares, alumni. Go figure!”

“After graduating from Ithaca College this past year, I’ve GILMAN MYRAN reports, “The CONOR BIDDLE writes, been working as an aerial people I have established in “MATTHEW FICHANDLER photographer—a job I definitely my network throughout my life SHANNON PALUS shares, “I’m holed up in Brooklyn with a couple of roommates and my beagleChihuahua mix, Ada. I’m working as a writer and editor at Slate magazine, and volunteering with Crisis Text Line. I’m extremely grateful to have a fire escape from which to watch the sunset. “

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stumbled into but has been remarkably exciting so far (pictures below). Though I still live and base out of Philadelphia, [I] travel extensively. I have flown over many different cities and states capturing images using large cameras installed in airplanes. The most striking moments are times when I’ve assisted in disaster response— taking pictures after hurricanes and, most notably, the ongoing California wildfires. This last year has certainly been a growing experience for me as I’m sure is the case for most of my fellow alumni. There were many moments where I failed at doing the thing I wanted to do, or being the person I wanted to be, and also times where I succeeded. One thing I learned is … it’s more important to make sure you’re taking steps today to make tomorrow easier. Though I don’t see my GFS family too often, you are all constantly in my thoughts. It makes me gen­uinely happy to catch up with folks or see someone making their own way in this chaotic world.

2016

MEREDITH COONEY writes, “I just graduated from Franklin + Marshall College and am heading to St. Paul, MN, to work in health equity with the Minnesota Department of Health. If any alums are there, please reach out!”

2017

MICHAEL BUCKMIRE reports that he is listed on the 20192020 ACC Academic Honor Roll recognizing outstanding student-athletes.

Last spring, recording artist Santi (“Santigold”) White ’93 sent a letter to the graduating Class of 202o, urging them to “grab the wheel and set us back on the right track.”

To Germantown Friends School’s Class of 2020:

W

ow! I am so interested to know who you all are. I have always believed that our spirits choose to come to this Earth at the exact moment in time that they arrive, placing our lives in the exact circumstances we are meant to experience for our spirits’ desired evolution. What brave spirits you all are who have chosen to emerge into the larger world at this moment in our culture, in our history. GFS says, “Behold, I have set before thee an open door.” You guys open that door right now, and WHAM! You are thrust into the front lines of this broken nation. And from what I know about the Germantown Friends education, you couldn’t be more prepared. You have been honing the tools to become forces to be reckoned with for years. The very pillars of GFS’ values—integrity, equality, community, simplicity, stewardship, and peace—will be your anchors to brave this storm. I know you will not stand for injustice, not settle for the status quo, not reach for the low-hanging fruit because you all know that there is that universal Light, that beauty, and that connectedness within each and every one of us, and with that knowledge you are armed with an interminable sense of your own power. You have learned in Meeting for Worship how to listen, how to respect, and how to reflect. These are values that we need right now in our world more than ever.

I know how scary things are right now, how sad and heavy this year has been so far. I have cried enough tears to float us all away. But we are at a tipping point. The country is reeling off the tracks, and it is our chance to grab the wheel and set us back on the RIGHT track, to turn this whole mess around! This year is a new beginning. And you all are ripe and ready and fresh to help cultivate our new world. I believe in you all.

My experience at GFS taught me the power of my voice, a lesson that shaped my life. My friends from GFS are still some of the best friends I will ever have. It is a special place. Take its gifts and run, and fly, and soar.

In Love, In Power, Santi “Santigold” White '93

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R E P O R T of G I F T S 20 19–2020

GIVING HIGHLIGHTS TOTAL FUNDS RAISED FOR 2019–20

$4,544,070 $1,299,555

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FACULTY RETIREMENT

IN LEGACY GIVING BEQUESTS

$172,974

SCHOLARSHIPS, INCLUDING EITC/OSTC

$1,460,802

$904,021

FROM 1,691 DONORS

65

%

OF PARENTS

25

%

OF ALUMNI

100% OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE

112% OF GOAL REACHED

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More than 1,000 donors have given to the Annual Fund in each of the past five consecutive years.

Blue & White Society HEA D ’S C I R C L E $ 50,0 0 0 +

Anonymous Hilary Alger and Chris Sanchirico Buckingham Mountain Foundation Jonathan Cohen ’88 and Julia Pershan Comcast Corporation Gerald A. Denisof ’53 Estate of Joseph B. Koepfli and Ann S. Koepfli ’43 Estate of J. Morris Evans ’39 Estate of Robert Poley ’44 Joseph M. Evans, Jr. ’64 and Carolyn Evans Theodore Felix and Judy Loeb Felix The George Barrett and Deborah Neimeth Fund Jonathan E. Rhoads Trust Adam Kamens ’89 and Kim Kamens Thomas and Jane Kang David Loeb III and Michele Loeb Jamie and Lisa Maguire Susan Loeb Moore and Thomas Moore Dale Purves ’56 Jonathan Rhoads ’56 and Julia Rhoads Snave Foundation Elizabeth Stokes and Lynne Brown

CO U LT E R ST R EET ST EWARDS $ 2 5,000- $ 49, 9 9 9

Anonymous The Baker Trusts H. William Bixby and Sandra Baur Bixby ’72 Michael Cohen ’82 and Amy Cohen Jamey Delaplane ’85 and Mark O'Donnell Marc DiNardo ’80 and Elizabeth T. Drum David J. Feldman ’76 and Marilyn Frank Emily Hargroves Fisher ’53 Estate of Gilbert Parker ’44 Bruce and Michelle Golden Michael Idinopulos and Katherina Rosqueta Stephen Klein Peter Kohn and Alexandra Samuels Jeffrey Marrazzo ’96 and Elinor Marrazzo Parul Patel and Sharan Nirmul David West ’49 and Susan Quillen West ’49 Philadelphia Insurance Companies Robert Victor and Alexandra Edsall Ted Wolf ’47 and Stevie Wolf

G E R MA N TOW N AVE N U E ASSO C I AT ES $ 1 0,000- $ 24 , 99 9

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Sandra Boynton ’70 Edith Logan Bryan ’60 John and Katherine Chaisson Paul Chi and Jenna McNeill David and Rhonda Cohen F. Bennett Cushman II ’72 and George D. Tuttle Eric and Kristin DeFrancisco Echo Valley Foundation Ellason & Molly L. Downs Trust Robert and Susan Fleming Dan Gordon Peggy and Rich Greenawalt Jeffrey B. Harris ’75 Ken C. Hellendall ’73 and Nancy Hellendall Maguire Enterprises LP Sumeet and Monica Mainigi James Manchester and Shana Teitelbaum T. Michael and Barbara Mather Jim and Mimi McKenzie Michael Metelits Michael Mini and Florence Battis Mini Joao and Elizabeth Neiva de Figueiredo Carl Park and Jane Ahn Sarah Mather Peterson ’86 Ned and Kathy Putnam Daniel Rader and Carolyn Cannuscio Samuel Rhoads ’82 and Nicole Rhoads Herbert and Alice Sachs Thomas B. Scattergood ’66 and Kate Flynn Craig Stevens and Lynn Rzonca Cheryl Wade Waste Management Caroline H. West ’75 and Jonathan Sprague Sally West Williams ’72 Jean Martindale Wilson ’50 Daniel A. Wolf and Heidi A. Schultz Karen Zimmer

T IG E R TORC H BEAR ER S $ 5,0 0 0 - $9,9 9 9

Anonymous Eleanor Alger Dana and Melissa Ash Barbara Picasso Rex Foundation Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation D. Jeffry Benoliel and Amy Branch Benoliel Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Nancy J. Bishop ’44 Joseph and Kathleen Buckley Robert J. Cahall Polly Miller Campbell ’44 Bob and Erica Carpenter Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy Larry Ceisler and Lina Hartocollis Daniel Childs ’72 and Marda Donner ’72 Putnam and Amy Coes Lovida Coleman*

Laura Evans Durant ’70 Estate of Frances P. Kellogg Estate of Francis Hartung Jr. Estate of James W. Flosdorf Estate of Robert J. Osborn Walter C. Evans ’66 William Felix ’54 and Margaret Trotter Felix ’54 James M. Fernberger ’74 and Mary Walto Meredith Martindale Frapier ’54 Robert W. Giess ’57 Wayne H. A. Giles ’79 Deirdre Godin Omesh Gupta and Tash Kaur Tyler Hays and Jen Wink Hays Linda E. Johnson ’76 Rebecca Johnson ’70 and Lawrence Weisberg Karen H. Koltes ’69 Aleni and Anthony Kyriakakis Nate and Suzanne Lentz Yanxia Li and Guangsen He David E. Loder ’72 Thomas Loder ’76 and Amina Loder Jianguo and Jing Lu Cynthia Collins Luden ’45 Wallace Martindale ’48 and Henrietta Healy Martindale ’49 Carol Baldwin Moody ’74 and Ronald Moody Osage Scholarship, LLC Barbara Broomell Parry ’60 Sagun Pendse and Page Fahrig-Pendse Philadelphia Yearly Meeting David and Betsy Plimack Leonard Popowich Gwyn Prentice ’92 and Andrew Atterbury Parker S. Quillen ’56 Ted and Eileen Raven Margaret Whitall Rhoads ’50 Alex and Stefanie Seldin Dixon and Gillian Shay Robert C. White Trust Thomas Schwarz Susan D. Shubin Edward and Lisa Spaniel Anne LeBlond Thompson ’69 United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Dana and William Weeks Philip Yannella and April Trissel

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Anonymous Alexander Ackerhalt and Daniela Mardarovici William S. Alexander ’57 and Julie Alexander Susan Freisem Birkhead ’69 Lloyd and Merrill Brotman John M. Buckey ’52 Peter and Marilou Buffum William Burnett and Lisa Sherman Burnett ’87

Andrew and Daniella Cavenagh Andrew and Michele Clayton David J. Cohen ’87 and Amy A. Bluemle Julie A. Cohn ’76 Jonathan and Emily Conant Noah Cook and Debra Jih Nancy May Copple ’49 Luis and Rebecca Cornejo John and Jennifer Curry Sean and Carrie Ann Cusack Michael and Cindy Dahl Edward D'Ancona Matt and Nadia Daniel Marvin Davis and Lynn Finley-Davis Benjamin Dean ’82 Gary Deutsch and Susan Dornstein Nina McNeely Diefenbach ’76 Henry and Katherine Donner Harold and Kathleen Drake Tom and Ellie Elkinton Katherine B. Epes ’71 Estate of June Stearns Hallowell Robert Evans ’62 Christopher Farrell and Mary Pisculli Maxine Field Vincent Figueredo and Ann West Figueredo '80 David H. Fischer ’64 Catherine Fosnot Constantine and Christina Fournaris Jonathan R. Fox ’61 Barry and Meryl Freedman Elizabeth Glatfelter GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Jay and Natalie Goldberg Jay Gottfried and Hilary Zankel Marcia Bell Grace ’55 Ann Greene Rick and Hallie Grodin John M. Harris ’57 Howard Harrison and Amy Lee David Helgerson and Bethany Wiggin Hannah Caldwell Henderson ’91 and Alan Henderson Deborah Blair Hill ’60 and Steve Hill Allen Ho and Colleen Halfpenny Douglas G. Hock ’77 and Kathy Hock Alex-Michael Hoehne ’63 IMC Construction Raghuram and Akhila Iyengar J. Clayton Pruitt Foundation Inc Jack Jallo and Gage Johnston Anthony D. Jameson ’70 Robert and Kathleen Jamieson Jonathan and Cordelia Jensen Stephen Kastenberg Michael and Kimberly Kearns Kent and Megan Keim Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP Abby King and Andrew Auwerda James H. Kolker ’80 Wendy Evans Kravitz ’68 Nitzan Lebovic and Avigail Caspi Lebovic Robert Li and Bonnie Ky Raphael Licht and Gabrielle Applebaum Judith Lipson ’66 Paul E. Macht ’44

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Steven C. Rasmussen ’70 John P. Relman ’75 David and Karina Reuter Nancy Rhoads ’50 Greg Rigdon and Molly Murphy Thomas C. Roby ’75 Patricia Rose and Marta Dabezies The Rosewater Fund Lewis Rosewater ’54 Lilly A. Rubin ’69 Peter L. Rudnytsky ’69 Robert and Joyce Sammis Anne Cary Sampson ’69 Alvaro Sandroni and Yejia Zhang Courtland Schmidt and Colleen Christian Stephen and Julia Schott Jonathan Scott ’70 and Grace Scott Lucy Bell Sellers Parvin and Jean Sharpless Todd Sinai and Susan Guthrie J. Wynn Smith ’72 Manning J. Smith III ’58 David and Maryam Spiegel

Adhimoolam and Shanthi Sriram Joseph S. Staples ’49 William and Anne Stassen J. Webster Stayman III ’62 Herman and Anita Stein David and Chaile Steinberg T. Wistar Brown Teachers' Fund Carl and Sabina Tannenbaum Willard and Holly Terry David Tilley ’83 Lyle Ungar and Maryann Connolly Utica National Insurance Group Gretchen VanDenbergh ’56 Dilip Viswanath and Carmen Guerra W. Percy Simpson Trust David and Keay Wagner The Walt Disney Company Foundation Sally Loewenstein Weil ’64 Ari R. Weinstein ’12 John Wellenbach ’75 D. Bruce West ’74 and P.R. Woy West ’75 Robert B. Wilcox ’66

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Julianna C. Barbarese ’03 Karen Barbarese Niccolo Barbarese ’08 Rachel L. Barenbaum ’94 Ned Barnard and Pauline Gray Robert and Nony Barr Kate L. Barrett ’02 Toni Barrett ’95 Zachary A. Barrett ’06 Emily Joyce Barry ’70 Pat Bass Jordan Bastien Gale Grumbles Bataille ’65 John Bateman and Xenia Tuton Bateman ’94 Seth Battis ’94 Tim and Laura Bauder Madalyn Powers Bauer ’55 Evan A. Bauer ’75 Alan Bawden ’75 John O. Baxter ’45 Michael Baylson and Frances Batzer Baylson ’64 Mira Baylson ’00 and Hal Morra Lara A. Bazelon ’92 Emily Bazelon ’89 Richard and Eileen Bazelon Eric Bazilian ’71 and Sarah Bazilian Henry S. Bean ’63 George S. Bean ’66 Jennifer Beard Barbara and John Bechtel Matthew Beck ’96 James M. Becker Mette Ottesen Beecroft ’54 Jennifer Lytle Begonia ’90 Catherine H. Behrend ’66 Daniel B. Behrend ’62 Justin Bekelman and Lauren Ouziel Brent Bell and Vera Moiseenkova-Bell Gary J. Bell ’75 Thomas A. Bell ’61 Shaun Bennett and Maully Shah Connie Benoliel-Rock D. Jeffry Benoliel and Amy Branch Benoliel Peter Benoliel and Willo Carey Jesse Berg ’88 Justin B. Berg ’10 Fredericka Nolde Berger ’50 Julia S. Bergman ’07 Amelia Bodine Bergmann ’65 Daniel Berkman ’02 Michael Charles Berman ’88 Jeffrey Bernstein Michael K. Berry ’77 Richard Berstein Kathryn Beschen Mary Ellen Lear Bettencourt ’91 Daniel Bigelow and Suzanne Cole Carol Bingham ’67 Edith Bingham ’69 and Philip Bragdon Frederick M. Bingham ’79 F. James Bingley ’54 Suzanne Williams Birch ’48 Susan Freisem Birkhead ’69 Robert Biron and Karen Zur Nancy J. Bishop ’44 William G. Bishop ’92 H. William Bixby and

Sandra Baur Bixby ’72 Katherine Bixby ’06 Rebecca Bixby ’99 Matthew E. Blain ’92 Robert and Ilene Blain Cullen Blake and Katherine Milkman Eleanor Bloch Nella M. Bloom ’97 Rachel Bluebond-Langner ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blum Andrew Bocchino ’92 and Phoebe Washburn ’92 Margot Boigon and Jody Berg Elizabeth Bomze ’00 Patricia Ziegler Bonsall ’52 Michael J. Boorse ’89 Penny Boorse A. Pierce Bounds ’66 Edward R. Bowditch ’81 Nathaniel and Peggy Bowditch William Bowditch ’85 Michael Bowen and Barbara Sicalides Carl and Selba Boyd Pamela F. Boynton ’69 Sandra K. Boynton ’70 Janet Kahlenberg Brace ’52 Debra Brackett Rachel Bradburd Carolyn S. Braff ’03 Charles and Evangeline Bragitikos Charles and Andrea Branas Hannah Cooperman Bray ’82 Mel and Aminta Breaux Martha Harold Breiden ’45 Francis and Margaret Breslin Sally Soast Briggs ’52 Steven G. Briggs ’81 Choni Brinkley ’96 Nathan Brockman and Anne Ross Edward Brodkin and Stephanie Heck Jonathan and Catherine Broh Audrey Lewis Bromer Gorey ’50 Henry S. Bromley III ’54 Lloyd and Merrill Brotman Eliza Brown ’03 Jonathan W. Brown ’84 Lenore Ebeling Brown ’54 Stephen and Pelley Brown Taylor Brown ’02 Lois Bruckner and Debbie Lipshutz Cheryl Bruttomesso and Deborah Clarke Edith Logan Bryan ’60 Aisha Franke Bryant ’00 Manmohan Bryant ’75 Philip Buck and Lisa Mostovoy John M. Buckey ’52 Buckingham Mountain Foundation Joseph and Kathleen Buckley Patrick Buckley Michael Buckmire ’17 Peter and Marilou Buffum Rebecca Buffum ’91 and Bill Becker Benjamin Bull and Mia Gannon Chris Burba and Sarah Light Laura M. Burn ’76 William Burnett and Lisa Sherman Burnett ’87 Alisa Burnham and Sandy Burnham John and Miriam Burnham Michael and Jessica Burns

Nancy Burrows David Bushnell and Kimberly Pelkey Henry D. Bushnell ’13 Jonathan and Paula Busser Robert A. Busser ’56 Katherine Butler Marigene Butler Michael Butler and Sarah Macdonald Satya Butler ’15 Peter and Frances Buttenheim Isabella Bynum ’25 Ishmael Bynum ’18 Robert and Kimberly Bynum Robert J. Cahall Kathryn Goldberg Cahan ’97 Frederick Calder Grant Calder ’76 Wynn Calder ’79 Samuel and Barbara Caldwell Nora H. Callahan ’06 Sheila Calloway Christopher and Cheryl Cammock Anthony M. Camp ’70 Nelson Camp ’65 and Alice Maxfield ’65 Anne Campbell Polly Miller Campbell ’44 Dan Capecchi and Katie Capecchi ’97 Garlen Capita Natale Carabello and Deanna D ’Antonio Eric Carbone and Natasha Larimer Lauren Carella Claire Carey ’55 Rosario Carino The Carlyle Group Ann Carpenter ’15 Bob and Erica Carpenter Maureen Carr William Carr and Heidi Munro Carr Mary Carter-Rhoads Charles R. Cary II ’72 Dorothy W. Cary ’75 and Philip Kane Leslie Bland Casey ’65 Kathryn Casey and Deborah Willig Andrew and Daniella Cavenagh Samuel and Felicia Caviezel Stephen and Riza Cebula Elizabeth Marvin Cecil ’54 Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy Daniel L. Ceisler ’10 Larry Ceisler and Lina Hartocollis Elizabeth L. Celata ’07 Robert and Jennifer Celata Amy Celentano John and Katherine Chaisson Gerald Chalphin Robert W. Chambers ’49 Stuart Charmé and Nancie Zane John Chase and Jane Rath Ryan Chase and Elizabeth Balakhani Ronaldo G. Cheek, Jr. ’73 John M. Chenoweth ’97 Arthur and Marcia Chernoff Michael and Karen Cherubini Michael and Maureen Cherubini Ada Cheung Ramsey Chew, Jr. and Adrienne Wallace-Chew Paul Chi and Jenna McNeill Carla P. Childs ’66 and

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Kersten Forsthoefel William Eigabroadt and Helen M. Eigabroadt ’63 Andrew and Ricki Eisenstein Harriet Lentz Eisman ’67 Jennifer L. Elder ’80 David Elesh Tom and Ellie Elkinton Ellason & Molly L. Downs Trust William Ellerbe and Brenna Kelly Josephine T. Elwell ’63 Margaret E. Emerson ’75 Kevan R. Emmott ’92 Robert and Beth Emmott Ronald N. Endo ’78 Russell S. Endo ’74 Katherine B. Epes ’71 Lennart A. Erickson ’90 Kim Erskine ’80 Douglas and Tema Esberg Helen Esberg Sally Eshleman ’65 Estate of Frances P. Kellogg Estate of Francis Hartung Jr. ’45 Estate of Gilbert Parker ’44 Estate of J. Morris Evans ’39 Estate of James W. Flosdorf ’52 Estate of Joseph B. Koepfli and Ann S. Koepfli ’43 Estate of June Stearns Hallowell Estate of Robert J. Osborn Estate of Robert Poley ’44 Donald and Olivia Evans Elizabeth H. Evans ’74 Frank Evans ’52 Jeffrey L. Evans ’70 Joseph M. Evans, Jr. ’64 and Carolyn Evans Marjory M. Evans ’63 Owen C. Evans ’76 Peter A. Evans ’76 Robert Evans ’62 Susan Hoffmeier Evans ’69 Walter C. Evans ’66 William H. Evoy ’56 Alexandra M. Ewing ’07 Hannah Ewing ’03 Julia Ewing ’00 Thomas and Eleanor Ewing Exelon Corporation Clay A. Fairbanks ’12 Elizabeth P. Falconi ’68 Ivan Farber ’90 Marian Gillam Faris ’70 Linda Adams Farmin ’51* Jon Farnham and Jeanine Vivona Christopher Farrell and Mary Pisculli Christian D. Fascione ’78 David Fatula ’88 and Jennifer Dorman ’89 Andrew B. Feinberg ’81 Daniel M. Feingold ’09 Eric Feingold and Penny Rezet Albert J. Feldman Alex Feldman ’03 David J. Feldman ’76 and Marilyn Frank Emily Feldman-Kravitz ’78 Theodore Felix and Judy Loeb Felix William Felix ’54 and Margaret Felix ’54 Jordan and Robyn Felzer Lenore O. Fenn ’54 James M. Fernberger ’74 and Mary Walto Abbe Fessenden ’58 Nicholas B. Fessenden ’61 Daniel S. Field ’80 Maxine Field

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Susan Bodine Holahan ’62 Sandra Smith Holder ’60 Lawrence R. Holland ’48 Lisa A. Hollett ’93 Joan Hollister ’66 Sarah B. Hollister ’96 James B. Holloway ’74 Richard Holt and Ying Gao William J. Holt III ’71 Linda Holtzman and Elizabeth Conston Joan Hopkins Justin and Stefanie Hopkins Lois Keates Horgan Charles S. Hough, Jr. ’72 Nancy Hartung Hough ’47 Sabina I. Howell ’71 Xiang Hua and Yilei Zhu Robert D. Hulshouser ’63 Christine M. Hunter ’70 Matthew F. Hunter ’91 Nancy Oman Huss ’59 IMC Construction Michael Idinopulos and Katherina Rosqueta Sergey Ilyin and Jingjing Xu Daniel and Marilyn Irwin Heidi Isenberg-Feig ’88 Robert Israel ’53 Jeffrey and Jane Istvan Mary Lynne Grove Ives ’55 Gabriel P. Ivins ’17 Isabelle Ivins ’14 Robert Ivins and Lara Measelle Raghuram and Akhila Iyengar J. Clayton Pruitt Foundation Inc. The J. Paul Getty Trust Pascal Jabbour and Maria Nacouzi Tom and Sallie Jackal Vail Jacoby Hannah Jacoby-Rupp and Nathaniel Rupp Katharine Jaffe ’00 Richard and Julia Jaffe Jack Jallo and Gage Johnston Anthony D. Jameson ’70 Patrick and Laura Jamieson ’92 Robert and Kathleen Jamieson Judith Jarvis ’03 Aaron Javsicas ’93 Christine Bradley Jensen ’66 Jonathan and Cordelia Jensen Sandra R. Jewett ’74 Carol Duddy Jobusch ’58 Ah-Young Kim and Wilson Joe John Hancock Matching Gifts Program Gwendolyn J. Johnson ’78 Jeffrey G. Johnson ’71 Karen Carnwath Johnson ’60 Laura R. Johnson ’73 Linda E. Johnson ’76 Peter Johnson ’76 Rebecca Johnson ’70 and Lawrence Weisberg Samantha Brown Johnston ’91 Scott Johnson Daniel S. Jonas ’82 Leon and Millicent Jonas William S. Jonas ’88 Jonathan E. Rhoads Trust Brandon Jones ’00 and Leanne Jones Sabrina A. Jones ’78 Stephen W. Jones ’57 Jacqueline A. Joseph ’82 Dr. Jay Joseph Jonathan M. Joseph ’80 Lauren Joseph ’04 Te Joon Jung and Claire Yoo

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Patricia Rose and Marta Dabezies Ilan and Jane H. Rosenberg ’92 Bruce Rosenfield and Bonnie Brier Julius Rosenwald III ’65 and Margo Cardner The Rosewater Fund Dan Rosin ’88 and Anya Rosin Jeremy T. Ross ’69 Vincent M. Ross ’79 Ellen Rothman Julie Rottenberg ’88 Daniel Rouse and Carol Sudtelgte Nathan Rouse ’02 Lilly A. Rubin ’69 Paul Rudick and Denise Wolf Peter L. Rudnytsky ’69 Jean Ruff Lynne H. Ruff ’71 Susan Ruff ’75 Peter and Ann Ruger Theodore Ruger and Jennifer Prah Ruger Kieran Rump Keith B. Russell ’73 Jake Russo ’19 Christopher Russo and Elizabeth Lundy Rachel V. Ruth ’74 Lindsay D. Ruth ’78 Nicholas H. Ruth ’82 Karen Rutledge Virginia Rynning ’53 and Eivind Rynning SAP Deborah M. Sachs Rothman ’91 Elizabeth A. Sachs ’10 Herbert and Alice Sachs Robert Sachs ’96 Hannah Safford ’15 Alana Sagin ’00 Paul Saint-Amour and Alison Buttenheim Connie Saint-Amour and Tori O ’Meara Susan B. Saltonstall ’69 Robert and Joyce Sammis William H. Sample ’48 Anne Cary Sampson ’69 Chris Sanchirico and Hilary Alger Richard and Zoe Sanderson Judith Tattersfield Sandorf ’57 Alec Sandroni ’20 Alvaro Sandroni and Yejia Zhang Ling Sang and Changjie Li Adrianne Sanogo Leonardo and Caroline Santa Garabed A. Sarkessian ’79 Charles and Michele Sassaman Jonathan and Rachel Satinsky Ann V. Satterthwaite ’61 Ridge Satterthwaite ’54 David L. Sauerman ’76 Barbara A. Savacool ’67 Rebecca Sawyer ’69 Donald A. Scarborough ’55 Lee Scarborough-Kirk ’66 Mary Ellen Scarborough ’60 Thomas B. Scattergood ’66 and Kate Flynn Eli Scearce Aletta J. Schaap ’66 Rachel Simmons Schade ’75 Heidi Scheller ’88 G. Craig Schelter Barbara Bauer Schiavetti ’56 Edith Schiele Herbert S. Schiele III ’71 Thomas F. Schiele ’69 Alan Schiff and Judith Stavisky

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Alan and Barbara Schindler Courtland Schmidt and Colleen Christian Isabel C. Schmidt ’16 Robert J. Schoenberg ’51* Rachel K. R. Schorr ’08 Stephen and Julia Schott Claude and Catherine Schrader Jennifer Toll Schulman ’99 Frederick C. Schulze ’56 Alan and Jeanette Schwartz Eric and Rachel Schwartz Todd Schwartz ’86 and Susan Schwartz Thomas Schwarz Ben Scirica ’88 Robert McNair Scott ’56 Craig H. Scott ’72 Donald Scott III ’53 Faith Grover Scott ’59 Jonathan Scott Jonathan Scott ’70 and Grace Scott Peggy L. Scott ’69 Philip Scott and Elizabeth O ’Brien Katie Scrivner Eleanor Butchenhart Sears ’93 Joshua Sears ’89 Barbara Bell Seely ’63 Robert and Ruth Seeley Christopher Segal ’01 Ellen Satterthwaite Seibert ’56 Alex and Stefanie Seldin Lucy Bell Sellers Mortimer N. Sellers ’76 Suzanne R. Sellers ’81 Sara Spedden Senior ’48 Barbara B. Bennett Shadden ’65 Steve and Barbara Shapiro Francis and Toni Sharp Jennifer Sharp ’91 Liliane Sharpless ’04 Parvin and Jean Sharpless Deborah Shaw John Shaw ’61 Katherine Boehm Shaw ’63 Matt Sheehan Jacqueline Shehan Norman H. Sheppard ’63 Diane Magaziner Sheppard ’78 Daniel Sher and Juliet Sternberg Jianbo Shi and Beiming Liu Amanda Lane Shields ’98 Stuart Shils and Pamela Pittenger Christopher Shipley ’81 Dan Shotz ’95 and Emily Jaffe ’95 Elliot B. Shubin ’60 Susan D. Shubin Daniel D. Signorelli ’90 Gianluca Signorelli ’93 Solomon Silber ’00 and Susan West ’03 Emily Holt Silbersher ’92 Michael and Gail Silver Jesse A. Silverstein ’00 Rebecca Silverstein ’99 Stephen Simons ’88 and Geeta Simons Laird C. Simons II ’55 Cornelius V. Simpkins ’72 Sophia Osborne Simpson ’89 Megan Maloney Sims ’73 Duane Michelle Sims Todd Sinai and Susan Guthrie David M. Sinclair ’46 Rubin Singer Neil Singh ’14 Sonali Singh ’13 F. Seth Singleton ’58 Wharton Sinkler ’79

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Ozzie and Aimee Stewart Louise Stillman Dyson Parke Stockman ’66 Elizabeth Stokes and Lynne Brown Susan C. Stokes ’77 B. Corey Stone, Jr. ’75 Jeffrey A. Stone II ’78 Daphne Stone ’70 and Jeffrey Stone Mitchell L. Strauss ’68 Sally Lees Wenzel Strehle ’56 Jane M. MacDougall Stubenbord ’57 Ben and Jean Su Hasshi Sudler and Judy Anne Vargas-Sudler Sequoyah Sudler ’21 Julie Buttenwieser Suh ’84 Margaret Schiele Sullivan ’73 Dorothy Sullivan Dana Sunshine ’91 and Alex Moldovan Elissa Sunshine Ellen B. Sussman ’65 Paul N. Sutro ’48 Katherine Day Sutton ’64 Robert F. Sutton ’65 Elizabeth Suzuki ’00 Margery B. Broomell Swanson ’64 Edward C. Swenson ’95 Kirk H. Swenson ’82 T. Wistar Brown Teachers ’ Fund Minh T. Ta ’93 George W. Tall Carl and Sabina Tannenbaum Heather Tannenbaum ’07 Seth Tannenbaum ’04 Abby Taylor Daniel Taylor ’82 David Taylor Jeannette Hargroves Taylor ’56 Matthew B. Taylor ’90 Richard K. Taylor ’50 Deborah E. Teller ’72 Cynthia Terrell ’82 Michael Terry ’01 Willard and Holly Terry Bruce and Letty Thall David A. Thanhauser ’65 William H. Thode ’65 Benjamin Thomas ’14 Christopher P. Thomas ’62 David B. Thomas ’67 Marianna Thomas Nancy Fischer Thomason ’69 Susannah Gallagher Thomer ’66 Anne LeBlond Thompson ’69 Eric E. Thompson ’59 Kevin and Victoria Thompson Walter Thompson Dr. T. Ramsey Thorp ’54 and Beth Thorp Barbara Tilley David Tilley ’83 Molly Kelly Todd ’89 Phillip A. Todd ’88 Neil A. Toensmeier ’91 Jeffrey Torchon Andrew Trackman* Clara Mariela Triana Julia Scott Trout ’79 Bronwen Taylor Tudor ’63 Alexander C. Turner ’12 Michael Turner John Tuton and Lucy Tuton ’67 April and Kathleen Tvarok Lise Twiford Roman Tybinko and Helen Mangelsdorf Nancy Tyson UGI Storage Company

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Augusta Willet ’49 Albert J. Williams III ’58 Catherine Williams ’00 and Scott Richelson Elizabeth Williams Nicole M. Williams ’06 Norman and Marie Williams Rebecca B. Williams ’08 Sally West Williams ’72 Samuel W. Williams ’08 Sarah Williams Ted Williams ’03 Avery W. Williamson ’09 Iris Williamson ’12 Marisa S. Williamson ’04 Willig, Williams and Davidson Richard Willis ’57 and Evelyn Willis Courtney S. Wilson ’12 Jean Martindale Wilson ’50 Sally Johnson Wilson ’78 Mark and Marie Winicov N. William Winkelman III ’79 Ruben Winkler-Rhoades ’03 Sarah Winters ’91 and Brendan Carr Susan Witt ’95 Thomas and Loretta Witt Daniel A. Wolf ’75 and Heidi A. Schultz Jerry and Maureen Wolf Louis Wolf ’58

Ted Wolf ’47 and Stevie Wolf David S. Wolff ’58 Morris H. Wolff ’54 Sally Beadle Wolff ’42 Joseph and Megan Wood Roger and Valerie Wood Timothy Wood and Kate Stover Urquhart Wood ’75 Chris and Callie Worthington Andrew Wraith Brett and Marie Wright Harrison M. Wright ’46 Kathleen Wright Charles F. Wurster ’48 Jeffrey and Maria Wyant Wyatt Wistar Brown Fund Barbara Langston Wyly ’70 Jia Xu and Wei Zou Brian Yachyshen and Jackie McCrea N. Bruce Yager II ’73 and Kathleen Reddick Jonathan R. Yarnall ’65 Alice Ye James H. Yellin ’56 Peter Yeomans and Kate O’Shea Thomas and Anne Yeomans Robert E. York ’11 Katharine Stehle Young ’54 Constance Young ’80 Matthew Young

Matthew and Lisa Young David Younkin and Diana Gomez David Yudis ’86 Jonathan Ari Yudis ’90 Peter and Jennifer Zabierek Jenny E. Zapf ’85 Evan Zaret ’15 David and Jacoba Zaring Jeff Zeelander and Maureen Welsh Joshua Zeelander ’20 Jeffrey Zemsky ’92 Robert and Ann Zemsky Tobi Zemsky ’86 Tong and Yali Zhao Cecily Kerr Ziegler ’91 Joel Ziegler and Michelle Salerno-Ziegler Jennifer Cohen Zielinski ’93 Gary Zimmer Karen Zimmer Robert A. Zimmermann ’55 William Zimmermann, Jr. ’48 Kate Zipin ’05 Laura F. Zipin ’07 Matthew Zipin Seth B. Zuckerman ’02 Joel Zuercher ’92 and Jill Bazelon ’94

In Honor of Alison Abrams Dr. Zarah Adams The Advancement Team Ken Aldridge John Anagbo Doulin Appleberry ’20 Caleb Ash ’22 Karen Barbarese Jim Barron Eden Beschen ’13 Jude Beschen ’21 Edith Bingham ’69 Fred Bingham ’79 Edward Brandeis Shirley Brandeis Ivy Briggs Sloane Brown Caroline Burnham ’20 Lindsay Burnham ’22 Lisa Burns Turner Burns ’22 Finn Busser ’26 Freya Busser ’24 Grace Busser ’21 Anand Butler ’15 Andrew Butler ’07 Daniel Butler ’03 Samuel Butler ’10 Satya Butler ’15 Bella Carbone ’22 Sandro Carbone ’28 Dorothy Cary ’75

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Sydney Dixon ’23 Rita Downs Allen Drew Alex Ehrlacher ’23 Annika Ehrlacher ’20 Jenna Ellsworth Adin Esberg ’20 Tema Esberg Roy Farrar David Feldman ’76 Jeff Fetterman Taylor Ford ’22 Caleb Friedman-Spring ’20 Lucas Friedman-Spring ’23 GFS Athletics GFS Faculty and Staff GFS Track and Field Team Anne Gerbner Robert Giess ’57 Maddie Goldsborough ’20 Sam Goldsborough ’25 Walden Green ’20 Ike Grodin ’32 Jack Grodin ’26 Max Grodin ’29 Candice Guo Aleena Gupta ’ ’29 Avni Gupta ’27 Krishna Gupta Conrad Haber Taia Harlos Margaret Harvey ’23

Alice Henderson ’33 Noah Henderson ’25 Nate Henderson ’28 James Hightower The History Department Theresa E. Hoehne Megan Hua ’20 Ben Idinopulos ’25 Cece Idinopulos ’23 Zach Idinopulos ’22 Emily Jaffe ’95 Kate Jaffe ’00 Lily Jensen ’24 Tate Jensen ’24 Brandon Jones ’00 Logan Katz ’32 Sidney Katz Derek Kern ’12 Flora Kerner ’20 Alden Kim ’20 George Kyriakakis ’30 Zoe Kyriakakis ’27 Tucker Lachance ’31 Ava Lazin ’20 Penelope Lebowitz ’32 Lana Lee ’21 Soo Lee Michael Lefevre ’07 Alison Levy ’25 Brit Levy ’02 Rhonda Levy Thomas Levy ’05

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William Lines ’23 Marj Little Pam Lutz Bob Lynam Angelina Mack ’23 Dotty Mark Hadley McCormack ’23 Aidan McIlvain ’27 Angus McIlvain ’24 Chenzira McLoyd ’25 Isabel Mehta ’20 Della Micah Florence Battis Mini Alex Mirage ’18 Luke Mirage ’24 Vanessa Mirage ’20 Catherine Mitchell The Modern Language Department Andrew Moss ’23 Jake Moss ’20 Tom Myran Carlee Grace Nicoll ’20 Julian Oresanya ’33 Etta Palley ’29 Lucy Palley ’31 Sam Palley Michelle Palmer Dean Palmer-Waldron ’30 Jaden Palmer-Waldron ’23 Kathy Paulmier ’79 Rebecca Payne-Passmore ’10 Charlotte Perine ’20 Cheryl Pinkus Barbara Pixton ’71 Caroline Putnam ’23 Emily Putnam ’21 Harper Rafferty ’31 Tobin Rafferty Devra Ramsey Benjamin Raufer ’20 Amanda Reath ’89 Caroline Rickels ’22 Claudia Rickels ’22 Noah Robbin ’03 Gabi Rosenberg ’24 Jeremy Ross ’69 Daniel Rouse Helen Ruger ’18 Henry Ruger ’20 Maggie Ruger ’26 Mia Rutledge ’25 Julia Saint- Amour ’20 Zaynab Sanogo ’19 Sue Sauerman Max Schneider-White ’20 Erin E. Schott '20 Gabrielle Schwartz ’20 Susan Shechtman Halle Smoger ’25 Isla Smoger ’27 Alyson Solomon Jacob Sternberg-Sher ’19 Lila Sternberg-Sher ’17 Sam Sullivan Shannon Sullivan ’26 Laurel Tanier Will Terry Julian Tropea ’26 Nicolas Tropea ’29 April Tvorak Lise Twiford The Upper School Faculty Behnaz Varamini Joanna Volpe Kristen Welker ’94 Frances White ’32 Sally West Williams ’72 Benjamin Wood Matthew Xu ’29

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In Memory of F. Knight Alexander ’53 Barbara Wiltbank Allen ’42 Charles M. Allen Christopher Allen ’09 Shirley Mutch Bansen '45 John Bingley ’58 Gustavas C. Bird '60 Jane Bishop'47 Elizabeth Reiman Bodine '37 John Weeks Bodine John Boles Carl P. Boyd II ’75 Robert Boynton Mary Brewer Elizabeth Ann Fell Cahall ’38 Betty Cary Kim Chu ’03 Abigail Cohen ’91 Lovida Coleman Stacy Coverdale ’84 Bill Cromley Jennifer Cushman ’91 Emily D'Ancona ’93 Byron Davis Katherine Watt Day ’64 Tom Dempster ’75 Tchet Dorman Ed Dreby ’59 Virginia Dreby Jacelyn Kueber Du Sold Dr. William Du Sold Carolyn Louise “Bunny” Evans ’38 Ebony Evans ’96 J. Morris Evans ’39 Margaret W. Evans ’34 Ellen Jonas Feldman'48 J. Michael Friedman ’93 Jenny Freilich ’87 Kathy Freilich ’82 Joan Mitchell Goldburgh John Goldburgh Beth Greene ’75 Jon Paul Hammond '79 Mary Haon Andrew Harkins ’81 John Harkins Richard Hartley ’81 Frank C. Hartung Jr. ’45 Daniel Harwi ’02 Klaus-Peter Hoehne Theresa Hoehne Christine Johnston-Duffy Richard Juram ’66 Ben Kalkstein ’69

Coleman J. Kane ’73 Ellen Armstrong Kanarek ’66 Don Kawash Myeung Lee Kim Claudia Kraft ’75 Kitty Leech ’75 Harry Leeser ’55 Kevin Liu ’19 Elizabeth Murray Macht ’50 Lilyan Maitin A. Freeman Mason ’49 Aloysius B. McCabe ’45 Ian McClelland ’11 Susannah McCord Paul McKoy '64 David Mallery ’41 Judith Chappell Mallery ’52 Elizabeth Evans Mischler ’30 Sara Jane Galbraith Mitchell ’52 Margaret Lane Myers '79 Stanley F. Myers '45 Ian O'Donnell ’93 Marcy Olmstead ’75 Thomas Spring Osborne ’83 Nancy Drum Price ’51 Penny Rainey Eric Reath ’84 Patricia Reifsnyder Preston Ringo J. Cooper Robb ’78 Margery Reinhart Roth ’54 Ross Rutledge ’04 Sabrina Sampson-Knapp ’04 Henry Scattergood ’29 Herb Schiele Sr. David Seaver Maxine Selling Paul Gordon Shaffer ’56 Dr. Charles I. Shubin '58 Gavin Smith '86 Isaac Starr '90 Babo Stern David Stokes, Jr. ’69 Thomas Todd '46 Ella King Torrey '75 Dick Wade Alexander Walbridge ’01 Fred Weathers Andy Williams ’72 Cicely Taylor Wilson Andy Wolf ’61 Bette Zipin Renée Zuritsky

Bequests Estate of Frances P. Kellogg Estate of Francis Hartung Jr. ’45 Estate of Gilbert Parker ’44 Estate of J. Morris Evans ’39 Estate of James W. Flosdorf ’52

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You may also call the Advancement Office at 215-951-2340, ext. 3294, for assistance. We accept MasterCard, Visa, and American Express.

GIVING THROUGH EITC AND OSTC Pennsylvania provides tax credits for contributions to approved non-profit scholarship organizations, including GFS. Corporations and individuals may participate in this program if they have tax liabilities to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Your personal tax accountant or financial advisor can assist you in determining if you are eligible for this program.

I R A C H A R I TA B L E R O L L OV E R If you are 70½ years of age or older, you can M AT C H I N G G I F T S take advantage of a simple way to support If you work for a company that matches gifts GFS and receive tax benefits in return. You to schools, your contribution to GFS may be can give any amount up to $100,000 per doubled. Please contact your employer or year from your IRA directly to a qualified that of your spouse to see if you can obtain charity, such as GFS, without having to pay a matching gift for GFS. income taxes on it. This popular gift option is commonly called the IRA charitable rollGIFTS OF PROPERTY over, but you may also see it referred to Property other than cash, such as real as a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or estate or securities (including mutual funds, QCD, for short. certain bonds, and stocks), may help you If you reached the age of 70½ on or before make a larger gift at a lower cost.

Dec. 31, 2019, you can use your gift to satisfy Stock can be easily and quickly transferred all or part of your Required Minimum Diselectronically to our GFS stock account by tribution (RMD) for the year. If you turned providing your broker with the following 70½ on or after Jan. 1, 2020, you can use instructions: your gift to satisfy all or part of your RMD Raymond James & Associates, Inc. starting at the age of 72. Contact your IRA c/o Jean Schneider custodian to complete the gift. (Note: The One Pitcairn Place RMD requirement has been waived for 165 Township Line Road, Suite 1500 2020, per the CARES Act.) Jenkintown, PA 19046 GIVING THROUGH Phone: 267-633-3426 T H E U N I T E D WAY DTC Number 0725 If your employer offers the opportunity to Credit GFS Account No.: 168-TT910 make gifts through the United Way Donor Choice Program, your designation of GFS— Code #1925—will provide important support to our Annual Fund.

THE OPEN DOOR SOCIETY: SUPPORTING THE FUTURE OF GFS BEQUESTS

GFS has been the recipient of bequests from many alumni and friends over the years. There are several ways to include GFS in your will, such as bequeathing a dollar amount or a percentage of your estate to GFS; indicating a specific asset, such as stock, real estate, or other property to be gifted to benefit the school; or designating the “residue” of your estate to GFS. Please contact the Advancement Office at 215-951-2340 for additional information.

GIVE AND RECEIVE: C H A R I TA B L E G I F T ANNUITY

Life-income gifts, such as a charitable gift annuity, allow you to give and receive an income for the rest of your life or the life of a beneficiary. At the end of the lives of all beneficiaries, the remainder of the gift will be used to benefit programs and services of your choice and support the future of GFS.

For further information on ways to support GFS now or in the future, please contact Lise Twiford, Director of Development, at 267-323-3284.

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Endowed Funds at Germantown Friends School The following list of endowed funds have been created by generous alumni, current parents, parents of alumni, foundations and friends of GFS to support the students, faculty and physical resources of Germantown Friends School. Endowed funds are invested in accordance with the school’s investment policy, and a portion of the income is spent each year in support of its designated program. We are grateful to the donors who have enriched our community with their legacy, and to those who continue to support these funds with new gifts.

ENDOWED FUNDS SUPPORTING ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY » COMMUNITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The endowed funds below provide support for students who have been designated Community Scholars.

Andrew W. Mason ’52 and Dorothy M. Mason Scholarship Fund Established in 2015 by Andrew Mason ’52 and his wife Dorothy to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Community Scholars Program.

Class of 1944 Lower School Community Scholarship Established by the Class of 1944 on the occasion of their 60th Reunion, to support Lower School Community Scholars.

Florence R. C. Murray Scholarship Fund Established in 1984 by the trustees of the Florence R. C. Murray Charitable Trust.

Justin Berg Memorial Community Scholarship Fund Established in 1992 by Ronald Berg and Roberta Berg, parents of Daniel ’04 and Lauren ’04, in memory of Ronald’s father, Justin Berg.

Jonathan E. Rhoads ’56 Community Scholarship Fund Established in 1996 by the Annenberg Foundation, in honor of Jonathan E. Rhoads ’56.

Community Scholars Program Endowment As the original endowment fund for this program, hundreds of alumni, faculty and staff, parents, parents of alumni and friends of Germantown Friends School have contributed to this fund.

Alice and Herbert Sachs Scholarship for Lower School Community Scholars Established in 2010 by Alice Sachs, a longtime GFS faculty member, and her husband Herbert Sachs. Alice and Herbert are the parents of Rob ’96, Andrea ’92 and Michael ’91.

Gerald A. Denisof ’53 Community Scholars Fund Established in 2016 by Gerry Denisof ’53 to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Community Scholars Program.

DeWitt Wallace – Reader’s Digest Fund The DeWitt Wallace - Reader’s Digest Fund established this scholarship in 1992 to further their mission of helping American youth fulfill their education and career aspirations. Today this organization is known as The Wallace Foundation.

Kathy and Jenny Freilich Memorial Community Scholarship Fund Established in 1986 by Stanley Freilich and Judy Freilich in memory of their daughters, Kathy ’82 and Jenny ’87.

Edward E. Ford Foundation Fund Established in 1995 with a grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation.

Harriet Fuerst Lower School Community Scholarship Fund Established in 1998 by William and Jill Steinberg in honor of Jill’s grandmother, Harriet Fuerst.

The Anne and Philip Glatfelter III Family Community Scholars Fund Established in 2016 by The Anne and Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation, a longtime supporter of the Community Scholars Program, in recognition of the program’s 50th Anniversary.

David Godin Scholarship Fund Established in 2014 by PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. with the support of Deirdre Godin and Gabriela Godin ’19, in memory of David Godin.

Richard P. Goldman Scholarship Established in 2002 on the occasion of Dick Goldman’s retirement from GFS as Associate Head for Finance and Development, to recognize his particular interest and expertise in ensuring access and affordability. This scholarship benefits a Lower School student.

Howland Community Scholars Program Endowment Established in 1995 by Nancy Howland, parent of Lyle ’75, Courtney ’72 and Alexandra ’64.

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Lower School Community Scholars Fund Established in 1999 with broad community support, fulfilling the recommendation of the School’s Strategic Planning Committee to provide funding specifically for Lower School Scholars.

Six Saints Music Fund Established by Robert W. Giess ’57, along with other alumni members of The Six Saints jazz band, which performed from 1953-1957. The Fund's purpose is to provide financial assistance to GFS students and faculty within the music program, to enhance musical performances, and/or to bring quality musicians to perform at the school. The Class of 1969 Fund was established by the Class of 1969 on the occasion of their 50th reunion and in memory of three of their classmates. To be granted each year to a Community Scholar who wants to pursue a particular interest or passion outside of the classroom setting.

Ted and Stevie Wolf Community Scholars Fund Established in 2016 by the GFS School Committee to honor Ted Wolf ’47 and Stevie Wolf on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Community Scholars Program. This endowment was funded by proceeds from the CSP 50th Anniversary Gala.

» FINANCIAL AID

The endowed funds below are used to provide scholar­ ships to students with demonstrated financial need.

Lovida Hardin Coleman, Sr. and Lovida H. Coleman Jr.'s Scholarship This scholarship was established in 2014 by Lovida Hardin Coleman Sr. and William T. Coleman Jr. to recognize Lovida Sr.’s service on the GFS Scholarship Committee in the 1960s. Significant gifts were added from and in memory of Lovida H. Coleman Jr. ’67, a pioneering attorney, human rights champion, philanthropist, and indomitable spirit. Family and friends, including William T. Coleman III ’65 and Hardin L. K. Coleman ’71, also support this fund.

Emily D’Ancona ’93 “Little Person’s Fund” Established in 2008 in memory of Emily D’Ancona ’93 by her family and friends to support a Lower School student.

J. Morris and Anne T. Evans Scholarship Fund Established in 2013 by J. Morris “Morrie” Evans ’39 and his children, Peter ’76, Laura ’70, Wendy ’68, Wally ’66 and Joe ’64, in memory of his wife Anne ’39.

Financial Aid for Quaker Children Established in 1995 by the trustees of the Tyson Memorial Fund.

Andrew Harkins ’81 Memorial Scholarship Established in 1993 in memory of Andrew Harkins ’81, by his classmates.

This scholarship is awarded to an Upper School student with particular talent in the visual arts.

The Don Kawash Fund Established in 2014 in memory of Don Kawash, beloved music and history teacher serving 32 years at GFS, by his cousins, Joe and Kathy Buckley, to support students with a love of music.

The Andrew Keidel ’96 Scholarship Fund Established in 2018 by Robert and Carole Keidel, in loving memory of their son, Andrew. This endowed fund supports talented students in need of financial assistance at GFS. Sterrett Mayson ’66 Endowment Scholarship Fund Keith Morgan established this Fund to honor Sterrett’s memory in 2001.

This scholarship is given to an Upper School student with preference given to a student(s) whose parent(s) is deceased.

Mertz Family Scholarship Fund This scholarship was established by the Mertz family, a multi-generational GFS family, to be given to a “fine and worthy student” in need. The family includes Oscar Sr. 1928, Martha 1934, Karl 1935, Robert ’61, Martha ’63, Anita ’64 and Oscar Jr. ’75.

Northwest Philadelphia Scholarship Fund Established in 2012 by an anonymous donor to benefit students living in Northwest Philadelphia.

Ross Roby Memorial Scholarship Fund Established by Tom Roby ’75 and his siblings, Kate ’71, Dan ’69 and Nick ’67, in memory of their father Ross Roby.

Scholarship Endowment Fund This general endowment fund provides scholarships to any student with demonstrated financial need.

The John and Marion Stokes Memorial Fund Established in 2018 by Michael Metelits and Nicki Nathan, in memory of Marion Stokes and John Stokes ’38. This fund provides support for needs of students above and beyond tuition, providing access to academic, artistic, and athletic opportunities.

West Williams Family Scholarship Established in 1999 as the West Family Scholarship by Ted West ’71 and Anna Louchheim West ’71, Sally West Williams ’72 and Andy Williams ’72, Bruce West ’74 and P.R. West ’75, Ann West Figueredo ’80 and Vince Figueredo, and Tom West ’82 and Eve West, in honor of their parents David and Susan Quillen West, both graduates of the class of ’49. This fund was renamed in 2015 to honor Sally and Andy Williams for their decades of service to GFS. The scholarship is awarded to the child of a GFS alumnus/a.

Beatrice Gaylord Wistar Ufford, Class of 1925 Memorial Scholarship Established in 1991 in memory of Beatrice Gaylord Wistar Ufford, Class of 1925, by Wilbur Ufford, her husband, and her children, Charles and Beatrice.

» AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIPS

Recognizing that there are expenses beyond tuition associated with a GFS education, these funds support co-

curricular needs of students including academic, artistic and athletic opportunities.

The Abigail Rebecca Cohen ’91 Fund for Study and Travel Established in 2015 by Jonathan Cohen ’88 and Julia Pershan in memory of Jonathan’s sister. This fund provides financial assistance for students participating in school-sponsored academic travel and study programs.

Class of ’66 Sterrett Mayson ’66 Fund for Students Established by the Class of 1966 in memory of Sterrett Mayson, this fund assists students who pursue international travel or study, artistic projects, academic work, research, or community service in the summer after junior year at GFS. Carol Baldwin Moody/Mary F. Morgan Scholarship Fund Carol Baldwin Moody ’74 established this fund in 2006, in memory of her mother Mary Morgan, to support seniors who are challenged with expenses associated with college applications.

The Joseph M. Rubenstone ’40 Fund Established by his wife, Eddi, and daughters, Sally ’69 and Liz ’73. Supported by hundreds of donors, the Rubenstone Fund provides for non-tuition needs, such as books, class trips, music lessons and athletic equipment for Community Scholars.

The Isaac B. Starr ’90 Memorial Fund This fund, established in 2001, by Emmy and Harold Starr in memory of their son, Isaac ’90, provides financial support associated with programrelated travel, including language, music, art and drama, and/or collegeadmissions-related travel expenses.

ENDOWED FUNDS SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING Carolyn N. and Joseph M. Evans, Jr. Fund Established in 2018 by Joseph Evans ’64 and his wife, Carolyn, to support innovations in teaching and learning.

Maguire Innovation Fund for Progressive Education Created in 2017 by the Maguire Family, this endowment is a competitive fund which supports innovative programming and targeted projects that closely align with current school priorities.

» FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT David Mallery ’41 Professional Development Fund Established in 2010 by David’s wife, Judith Chappell Mallery ’52, and by his children, Roger ’77 and Diane ’80, as well as by David Loeb ’51 and his wife Barbara, and David and Susan Quillen West, both from the Class of 1949, this fund recognizes David’s extraordinary contributions to the GFS community as an alumnus, teacher, School Committee member, parent, national leader in the field of professional development for educators and a beloved friend to many. This fund, in addition to generating its own stream of directed income, serves as the umbrella fund for other named funds designated to support professional development at GFS. Class of 1952 Faculty Study Grant Established in honor of their 50th reunion by the Class of 1952, this endowment funds a study grant each year for a faculty member(s) from any discipline, with preference given to a proposal that reflects a desire to explore and analyze issues confronting our world, especially for study in developing countries, or areas of social concern around the globe.

Class of 1959 Memorial Fund Created in memory of deceased classmates on the occasion of their 50th reunion, this fund honors the excellent teachers from whom the Class of 1959 benefitted and supports enrichment programs for current faculty.

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Class of 1960 Professional Development Fund Created in celebration of their 50th reunion, this fund honors the excellent teachers from whom the Class of 1960 benefitted and supports enrichment programs for current faculty.

Rainey/Reinke Faculty Arts and Humanities Fund Established in 1996 by Nancy Hoffman and Bob Schwartz in appreciation of the excellent teaching at GFS, and especially in honor of Peter Reinke and Penny Rainey. This fund supports professional development opportunities for GFS Middle and Upper School teachers in the arts and humanities, including summer study, research or curriculum development.

» FACULTY COMPENSATION Faculty Leadership Fund Established in 2011 by David West and Susan Quillen West, both from the Class of 1949, with significant gifts from many others, this fund recognizes the leadership, service and commitment of faculty members by providing supplemental salary support based on both leadership and classroom teaching performance.

Teachers’ Salaries Endowment Fund One of the school’s oldest endowed funds, this fund recognizes the school’s longterm commitment to maintaining competitive salaries and honoring teaching as a profession.

McClelland Fund Established in 1982 in memory of Mary Warner Sharpless McClelland ’36 by her classmates, and later joined by friends and family. This fund supports salaries for Master Teachers.

Waring Teachership Created in 1988 by Margaret Waring Evans, Class of 1928, and Ann Waring Thompson, Class of 1931, along with family and friends to recognize excellence in teaching at GFS. Nancy Webster ’36 Mentorship Fund Created in 2012 in memory of Nancy Landenberger Webster ’36 by her husband Maurice Webster ’35 and their children, Rebecca Webster McKinnon ’64 and Stephen Webster ’61. This fund supports stipends for teachers who mentor other faculty members.

» DEPARTMENTS Barker Endowment for Classics Established in 2006 by a bequest from Elizabeth Barker ’37 to support the ongoing excellence of the Classics Department.

Abigail Rebecca Cohen ’91 Art Fund In memory of his sister, Jonathan Cohen ’88 and his wife Julia Pershan established this endowment in 2002. This fund supports the annual Abigail Rebecca Cohen ’91 Art Lecture, bringing renowned artists to GFS to present their works and stories to students, and also supports the art department.

Patricia Reifsnyder History Endowed Fund Established in 2012 by Ted Fernberger ’67, on the occasion of his 45th Reunion, to honor GFS history teacher Pat Reifsnyder and the inspiration she provided him, the Class of 1967, and generations of GFS students, this fund supports the history program at Germantown Friends School.

David Loeb ’51 and Barbara Loeb Funds for Technical Theater These two funds were created in 2012 to establish the full-time position of Technical Theater Director, as well as to provide resources for the maintenance and acquisition of equipment that will support consistent, first-rate performances and events in the Loeb Performing Arts Center; facilitate audio/visual recording and streaming; and offer hands-on training to students interested in learning technical theater skills.

Edith Levy Schneewind ’50 Fund Established by Louis E. Levy ’46, Joan Levy Coale ’4 4, Carol Levy Franklin

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Peter H. Spitz ’43 Science Fund Established in 1990 by Peter and his wife Hilda to support and enrich the science department.

Ella King Torrey ’75 Memorial Arts Fund Established in 2007 in memory of Ella King by her mother Ella R. Torrey, with additional gifts from family and friends, including John F. McCloskey.

This fund supports the arts at GFS and named the Ella King Torrey ’75 Gallery in the Front Hall of the Main Building.

Warren L. Towle ’30 International Language Fund Established in 1987 by Warren L. Towle ’30 to support the Modern Language Department.

» SUPPORTING STUDENT WORK Frank Stokes ’57 Student Research Fund Established in 2013 by Frank Stokes ’57 to honor the tenure of Dick Wade, head of GFS from 1993-2013. This fund supports independent student research projects, with preference for science-related projects.

Amelia Lebowitz-Begg ’06 Fund Established in 2007 in memory of Amelia by her family and friends. This fund memorializes and celebrates Amelia as a passionate artist and writer whose creativity and spirit greatly enriched the GFS community. This fund supports Polyphony, the GFS literary magazine.

» UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT Maurice and Nancy Webster Family Endowment Established in 2006 by Maurice Webster ’35 and his wife Nancy Landenberger Webster ’36, and supported by their family, in recognition of the importance of unrestricted funds to meet unexpected needs and seize opportunities.

» OUR CAMPUS Class of 1958 Campus Beautification Fund Established on the occasion of their 50th reunion, this fund provides ongoing support for campus improvement and beautification projects.

Friends Free Library Fund At the request of the Library Committee of the Germantown Monthly Meeting in 1976, all admin­istrative and financial operations of the Library were merged with and assumed by Germantown Friends School. This fund supports the operations of the Friends Free Library and is augmented by the Poley Trusts.

Levy Family Fund for the Library Established in 2004 by Louis E. Levy ’46 and his wife Jane Delaplaine Levy ’4 8, with additional gifts from family and friends. This fund supports the Friends Free Library.

David and Barbara Loeb Music Fund Established in 2011, this fund supports the maintenance and, as needed, acquisition of instruments used in all three divisions of the GFS music department.

» ATHLETICS David E. Stokes ’69 Memorial Fund Established in 2006 by David Stokes ’40 and his wife Joanne in memory of their son David E. Stokes ’69, who died in his junior year during a basketball practice. This fund endows the Stokes Athletic Banquet, held each year to recognize senior athletes.

GERMANTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL

ALUMNI WEEKEND

Return ( Virtually). Reconnect. Reminisce.

MAY 14–16, 2021

Reunion Committees are forming and plans are in the works, so get ready to celebrate with your classmates! Special reunions are planned for classes with years ending in ’0, ’1, ’5, and ’6. Stay tuned for more information regarding virtual opportunities to come together.

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This fall, as part of a themed immersion study, Kindergarten teachers Annie Errickson and Lauren Postell transformed their classroom into a construction site. When the students arrived to class, they were each given a tool vest, hard hat, and tool-shaped pens to complete their work. With physically distant measures in place, they worked at their own learning stations, focusing on foundation reading skills, number sense, and key elements of their calendar math routine. “During these uncertain times, it is important to strengthen our love of learning in unique ways that encourage academic risk-taking and creative thinking,” says Errickson. “Seeing the surprised smiles when my students walk into a classroom that has been completely transformed into a themed space shows how even when faced with new challenges due to COVID-19, we can still find joy in our everyday.” Photographed by Joanna Volpe on October 7, 2020.