AROUND THE QUAD
IV Form soccer midfielder Conor Bradley was Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week in the Oct. 31 issue of Main Line Suburban Life and the Main Line Times newspapers. Haverford School boys’ soccer head coach Bill Brady calls Bradley “The true engine of our team – we can’t get anywhere without him. The team relies on him to win balls and generate the attack.” As a freshman, Bradley was a second team All-Main Line selection.
Division I athletes Student-athletes who have committed to play sports at Division I colleges and universities include VI Formers Ian Rothweiler, Cornell University, squash; Cole Berman, Georgetown University, golf; Sander Yu, Drexel University, soccer; Thomas Walker, Brown University, squash; Peter Blynn, Harvard University, lacrosse; Eric Anderson, Yale University, basketball; Jack Appicciafuoco, Lafayette College, lacrosse; and Dan McGrath, Lehigh University, swimming; and Connor Keating (not pictured), University of Pennsylvania, lacrosse.
yielded 63 pints. Each pint can help as many as three patients, therefore approximately 189 patients may benefit from the School community’s donations.
Toys for St. Barnabas The advisories of Director of Community Chris Avery and Middle School math teacher Robert Schaaf collected age-specific toys for the families of St. Barnabas in hopes of making sure all the children had Share the Warmth toys for the holidays. The Haverford School had a “Share the Warmth” tree in each division – Lower, Middle, and Upper. Students, parents, faculty, and staff brought in hats, mittens, gloves, and scarves to adorn the boughs. The Haverford School Parents’ Association provided the trees and the items were donated to the Life Center of Eastern Delaware County and The Veteran’s Group in West Philadelphia.
Toys for Tots The Student Service Board and the Notables a cappella group organized the 11th annual all-school toy collection for children under 10 years of age for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign that benefits needy children. Gathered SERVICE with the collection boxes Led by V Formers Philip are VI Former Max Gold, V Poquie, Lane Odom, Brandon Former Major Tepper, Service Shima, and Alex Keszeli, with Learning Director Jini Loos, Upper School math teacher and VI Former Jake Cohen. Steve Patrylak, The Haverford School’s annual American Red Cross Blood Drive on Feb. 12
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Toys for sale! Haverford School third-graders held a used toy sale Dec. 17 for their service learning project. They brought in toys, books, board games, and more, and sold the items to Lower School students, faculty, and staff. The boys priced everything and raised $1,832.91. They donated the money to St. Barnabas, a shelter for homeless mothers and children.
The Haverford School community contributed 11,678 cans for the annual Haverford School-Episcopal AcademyAgnes Irwin Can Drive. The donations go to the Life Center of Eastern Delaware County, St. Barnabas Mission for Homeless Mothers and their Children, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and Food Cupboard, and low-income senior citizens in Philadelphia through the Old Pine Community Church’s Saturday for Seniors program. At the Can Dance, students donated more than 1,700 cans and raised more than $4,000 for the schools’ hunger partners. The turkey drive, led by V Former Ben Nelligan, netted 111 frozen turkeys for Project HOME and neighbors in need that were accompanied by Thanksgiving cards made by Lower School and Haverford Center students. The Upper School held a dress-down day Oct. 24 and raised $1,234.05 to support the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, the Nation’s oldest and largest provider of needbased scholarships to military children, with particular attention given to those whose parent has been killed or wounded in combat, or who have demonstrated financial need.
Denim Day Students, faculty, and staff joined the national effort for breast cancer awareness,