February • The Parents for Multiculturalism Committee held its annual Dinner and a Movie event on February 1. This year’s event featured A Dream Deferred: Issues and Answers, the Events Surrounding the 1968 Wilmington Riots, a 40-minute documentary about the political, social, and cultural events leading to the race riots in Wilmington, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. University of Delaware professor emeritus of Black American Studies Dr. James Newton was the guest speaker. • Freshman Caroline Wren performed at Carnegie Hall as part of The American High School Honors Performance Series. Participants in the Series qualify through auditions and nominations from directors. The Series is open to talented high school performers throughout North America and at selected international schools. • Junior Kenji Endo was recognized with an Honorable Mention for poetry, for his poem “The Rocketship,” in the Delaware Writing Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. (Read Kenji’s poem, page 21.)
Freshman Caroline Wren performed at Carnegie Hall in February.
• With leadership from Mandarin teachers Xiaohong Xu and Yue Wang, Friends had a festive Chinese New Year celebration. To read about the events, and about other activities in the Chinese program so far this year, visit https:// www.wilmingtonfriends.org/chinese-program-newsletter.
Scenes from the lower school Peace March and Martin Luther King Day Morning of Service.
Winners of the annual Friends Geography Bee, pictured with middle school teacher Adrian Burston: Sixth grader Maggie Coons was the middle school champion, qualifying for the state competition. Sophomore Emilio Ergueta won the upper school event, and junior Ellie McGinnis was runner-up.
• Students in IB Visual and Performing Arts classes attended the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s dress rehearsal for Silent Night, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music. The opera recounts a moment of peace during World War I, when Scottish, French, and German officers defied their superiors to negotiate a Christmas Eve truce.
Scenes from Chinese classes and special events; to learn more, please visit the Chinese program’s online newsletter page on the school web site.
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