AnnuAl RepoRt | July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

The Friends School Haverford Annual Report is published yearly for the alumni, parents, and friends of FSH. We welcome your comments to the editor: astauffer@friendshaverford.org

Head of SchoolMichael Zimmerman

EditorAngela Whalen Stauffer

Director of Admission & DevelopmentAndrea Dominic

Business ManagerCheryl Hammond Hopewell

851 Buck Lane | Haverford, PA 19041 610-642-2334 | www.friendshaverford.org

letter from the head of School

I feel as if I am standing at an auspicious spot on the trend line of Friends School Haverford history. Initiatives reflecting the values and innovation of this marvelous school are tipping that trend line up. One must lean forward to keep one’s balance as teachers develop and implement ever more exciting and worthwhile activities and curricula. Here are just a few . . . ProgrAM InItIAtIvES: Our first seventh and eighth grade students since before World War II (when for a brief time we had these grades) began the Friends School Haverford middle school adventure this September.

We acquired Tr. Chris McCann, who has experience teaching mathematics through calculus, and provides opportunities for our middle school students to understand, speak, read, and write the language of mathematics with unprecedented fluency.

In seventh grade history, students explored the origins of democratic government in the civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome. The birth of American democracy was examined and culminated in a week long trip to Williamsburg and Washington, DC. In eighth grade, students will examine such subjects as the history of the US Civil War, the Women’s Suffrage Movement, and the founding of the Religious Society of Friends. The Quakerism study will culminate in a trip to England, an extraordinary capstone experience.

We hired a chef to pilot our school lunch program, nourishing our students with a healthy balanced lunch. Students help determine menus and provide feedback about the food. Food waste is composted and leftovers donated to a local food pantry. This school year, students will be treated twice a week to a nutritious, delicious, locally sourced, and organic where possible, family style meal.

In addition to being a professional marimba player and recording artist with 12 years experience teaching general music, Tr. Ed Nardi pioneered Kwaya Marimba during his first year of teaching music at FSH. In this group, our students excel as performers, and have the opportunity to collaborate as songwriters. I am excited about the growth of our instrumental and ensemble music programs under Ed’s stewardship.

BuSInESS AS unuSuAl: It is not just extraordinary program initiatives that have me feeling wonderful about Friends School Haverford. Faculty cooperation and curricular continuity are hallmarks of our evolving curricula. In pairs, clusters, committees, and as a unified faculty we enhance the power of an exciting program by

developing a shared understanding of how we teach across grades and across the curriculum.

Our expanding middle school has prompted the availability of several enthralling after school activities (ASA’s), such as horseback riding, fencing, cycling, field hockey, bowling, and ice skating. Students may also participate in our newly established seasonal inter-scholastic sports teams; soccer, basketball, softball, and tennis. PHySIcAl EnHAncEMEnt: With the addition of the eighth grade class this year, some classrooms have shifted locations to allocate space more appropriately. Lockers have been moved upstairs, closer to classrooms in order to create a better flow for middle school students. We have also created a middle school student lounge so friends have a comfortable place to study, collaborate, and converse with each other. New LED lighting and a refinished floor adorned with our logo on center court have much improved the appearance our gymnasium. tHE PurcHASE of 833 Buck lAnE: Last summer the property at 833 Buck Lane became available. Adjacent on two sides, we saw the wonderful potential of the additional space and the School Committee worked quickly, and with help from some very generous friends of the School, we were able to purchase the property. We began working with faculty, staff, trustees, parents, and students to determine a strategic vision of the School and to translate that vision into bricks, mortar and outdoor space. After a careful search, KSK Architects was chosen to design the campus master plan. I am excited about the possibilities for programmatic and space enhancements.

uP, uP, uP: Enrollment continues to trend up. Last year we enrolled more students than the year before and we will do the same for next year. This past year we had 142 students enrolled, up from 111. We currently have 158 students enrolled for the 2013-2014 school year.

We are looking forward to what promises to be an outstanding 2013–2014 school year. Thank you for being an important part of our community.

Sincerely,

Michael Zimmerman

Dear Members of the Friends School Haverford Family,

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maywood: 833 buck lane detailS

You may have driven down Buck Lane for years and not noticed the expansive property at 833 Buck Lane adjacent to Friends School Haverford. Lushly overgrown hedges and trees mask the 1.25-acre property that has been piquing the curiosity and imaginations of the School and the Meeting for generations.

When the property became available in late 2011, there was no doubt that this was a “once in a lifetime” opportunity for Friends School Haverford. The School Committee worked quickly to develop a plan and to raise the necessary funds to move ahead with the acquisition. A small group of generous donors stepped forward to make the opportunity a reality, and in August of 2012, the transaction was complete.

The purchase of 833 Buck Lane, or Maywood, as it was named at the turn of the 20th century, has opened up numerous possibilities for the campus of Friends School Haverford. The property is adjacent to FSH on two sides and the acquisition enhances the footprint of the school in a most natural way.

Following the acquisition, and the necessary rezoning process, the school was ready to begin considering how to best use the property to enhance our PS – 8 program. A strategic planning process was conducted in the spring, working with all stakeholders, to produce an educational vision for the school and to consider how the facilities should support this vision.

We have hired the firm of KSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc. of Philadelphia to work with us to develop a comprehensive campus master plan. They will assess the condition of Maywood and our existing facilities and work with us to envision capital improvements that will support our educational program. We are

assessing the capacities of Maywood and the alternative costs for how to use the property and house to benefit the school. The cost of the campus master plan was generously underwritten by a group of longtime friends of the School.

The Master Planning Task Force, comprised of faculty, staff as well as current and former parents, has been working with KSK since early June. The work of assessing and evaluating our facilities, and aligning the goals and vision for the program, is producing many interesting possibilities. From the beginning, easing traffic flow and improving campus safety has been an important consideration. The faculty and staff are looking 5-10 years out, considering trends in education and how FSH can use all the facilities to deliver the highest quality educational program for our students. This includes trends in science and math and the arts as well as technology, humanities and Early Childhood Education. Sustainability and outdoor spaces are also important considerations.

As we continue the work into the fall, KSK will deliver a variety of scenarios for the Task Force to consider. These options will be assessed for feasibility and to ensure that they are in service to the mission and philosophy of the School. The final plan will be a multi-year, phased development project that will involve our entire school community. We look forward to sharing news of the project and the campaign and they unfold.

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Maywood: Circa 1911

- Susan Cal lahanSchool Commitee member and Clerk of the Master Planning Task Force

This past year was an exciting time for our budding athletes. With the debut of our FSH soccer, basketball, softball, and tennis teams, we literally hit the ground running. Students enjoyed the camaraderie of being on a team together, and displayed incredible sportsmanship towards their opponents. The basketball and softball teams also put their skills to the test with a hilariously fun Faculty vs. Students game at the end of their respective seasons.

Exercise also came in the form of an array of wonderful new After School Activities, or ASA’s, for our middle school students. With options like field hockey (which our third and fourth graders participated in, as well), bowling, fencing, ice skating, cycling, and horseback riding, there was an intriguing venture for everyone! We look forward to expanding our list of adventurous activities in the upcoming year.

middle School SportS & activitieS

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letter from the clerk of the School committee

“My middle name is Ethan” he whispered as he tugged on my sleeve. I was a little surprised because I was standing at the podium at graduation reading the names of the graduates as he reached up and pointed to his name on the program. He whispered again “It’s not printed in the program, but my middle name is Ethan.” Then I realized what he meant. I had been reading the full names of all the graduates – as we usually do – and this young man recognized that I would not read his full name because his middle name was not printed in the program. So he told me. A minute or two later when it came his turn I announced his full name like all the others, and he walked slowly to receive his certificate and returned quietly to his seat as if he did it every day.

Later I thought of the poise and confidence that required; to realize what was going on and to whisper to the speaker, someone he had never met, to correct this oversight and to have the sense of timing to do it between the reading of other names so as not to interrupt the proceedings. A twelve year old boy with that kind of awareness, confidence and poise seems unusual. But at Friends School Haverford it is not unusual; it is common and it is impressive. When you observe an FSH graduation you realize that all of these students exhibit these qualities.

I was reminded of this recently when our son was visiting at home with a number of his FSH friends. They are all out of college now and although they attended different colleges they all have similar qualities: they are kind and friendly, articulate and funny, confident and thoughtful; they have strong values and peaceful minds. Just like older versions of the students I saw at graduation.

We all want our children to be successful adults. We see their elementary school education as preparation for a great college one day, where they will learn, grow, and be a success in their profession and in their lives. We expect the right college will give them the education they need; the tools to be successful. They’ll be scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, teachers – or whatever they want to be. We think the right school is a stepping stone to the best colleges. And FSH is just such a school.

But I have come to understand that this school does more. FSH instills in students a sense of themselves and a confidence in their own ability that is extraordinary. And it is something that not only makes them successful applicants to great colleges; but it makes them great people for the world. I see it in our twenty-something son and his FSH friends, and I saw it at graduation, when in front of a crowded room, in the middle of an intimidating and formal ceremony, a young boy whispered to me, “My middle name is Ethan.”

Thank you to all the faculty and staff who make this school what it is, to the parents who entrust their students to us, to the graduates who show the world the value of an FSH education.

- Tom Caramanico

thanks to the 2012-2013 School committee for your generous commitment to friends School Haverford:

Susan CallahanTom Caramanico Grace Sharples CookeSandy DeanKate deRielJanet FrazerDouglas KeithBenjamin LloydRichard Lytton

Cindy McKeeverJoyce Platfoot Martha SharplesChris StrawbridgeJonathan WeissRoderick WolfsonMichael Zimmerman Christopher Zurek-Toton

My middle name is Ethan

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GettinG to know our anceStorS

Fourth Grade Research Project into the History of our CemeteryBy Gretchen Dykstra ’60

Fourth Grade students researched the lives and accomplishments of the storied Quakers interred in the Haverford Monthly Meeting Burial Grounds. Five students wrote and recorded their research in the recording studio.

not long after the Ice Age, my two sisters and I used to walk to Haverford Friends every morning from our house on Panmure Road.

We’d slip behind the Lloyd’s house and through their wooden gate, up the college path, around the burial grounds, and into the schoolhouse. I never thought much about the graveyard. It did not scare me or sadden me or, in truth, much interest me; its inhabitants were just there, like old neighbors unavailable for play.

But I loved Haverford Friends and have stayed in touch ever since, seeking ways to reconnect. When I first met Michael Zimmerman, we got to talking about lots of things, including a recent article I had written about the Pennsylvania roots of cremation in America. That’s when it dawned on us. Wouldn’t it be fun if the kids got to know those old neighbors in the burial grounds? Teacher Lee and his feisty fourth graders were the perfect group to make the introductions. All year long they had studied communities around the state, integrating reading and writing with social studies, art and geography. They could turn their eyes and hearts to the people behind the stone walls and under the green ivy.

Meredith Swift from the Haverford Monthly Meeting suggested six people whom she thought would interest and inspire the kids. She chose well. So Teacher Lee, the students and I set about to bring those six back to life: William Garrigues, a relative of the donor of the land and someone who, although a Quaker, loved hymns; Wallace Collett, the pacifist candy man; Rufus Jones, the famous Quaker philosopher; his daughter, Mary Hoxie Jones, a writer

and a poet; Calvin Schwabe, the academic explorer who ate bugs and worms; and Howard Wood, the color blind doctor who loved orchids. Six dead people, ten willing students, five teams.

The students first explored the burial ground, mapping it and drawing it, and talking about graveyards in general. Meredith Swift visited, talking about the burial grounds. Tippy Schwabe and Anne Wood, two of the widows, also came to visit on separate occasions, bringing stories, maps, picture albums and their loving enthusiasm.

The kids then conducted research on the internet and poured over copies of documents Teacher Lee acquired from the Quaker Collection at the Haverford College library; they extracted the key elements of the lives and then, in their respective teams, they wrote and edited and finalized obituaries that captured the facts and the spirits of their special people. They read the obituaries aloud to the class, sometimes several times, working on their diction and their composure, introducing their people to one another and practicing for podcast recordings. They drew portraits of their new friends and they wrote epitaphs, distilling into a few words the essence of their person.

TOP: Gretchen Dykstra in the burial grounds with FSH student (Celeste Funari-Muse) and John Muse.

BOTTOM: 2011-12 Fourth Grade class participants.

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Class of 2006 Colleges

We have recently lost four special members of our Friends School Haverford Community:

Joan carroll garner was a long-term attender of the school and graduated in the ‘40’s. Her daughter, Marjorie, also attended Friends School Haverford.

Janet Hays Austin, another graduate in the ‘40’s, was a very talented artist and a good friend to many.

Anne Bryan ‘01 and Mary Simpson ‘01 were both vibrant, artistic young women who had been best friends since they met in third grade.

Please join us in holding these friends in the light.Our hearts go out to their friends and family.

tanner Bowes: Drexel UniversitySamuel Brodfuehrer: Washington University in St. LouisMattock callahan: Boston Collegechristopher camerata: Washington & LeeJeremy comer: Washington University in St. Louisnicholas Defina: University of PennsylvaniaAntonia Diluca: Goucher College kyle Evans: Drexel University Steven green* Jaimeson Henning-krasner: University of North Floridakashi Inskeep: Skidmore Collegecharlie kinzig: Yale UniversitySean lynch: University of Pennsylvaniakaitlin Mulholland: Highpoint UniversityIlias Storti: Drexel UniversityIsabel terres: Yale UniversityDavid Zager: Oberlin College

Graduation liSt

Class of 2007 Colleges Mary cain*francis Doyle*lindsay freed*chelsey gaskins: West Chester UniversityHana giangiacomo-tannenbaum: Drexel UniversitySophie grimaldi*grace Heard: University of RochesterDara Holt: University of RichmondIsaiah Jones: California College of the Artskenneth lassiter: Syracuse UniversityHaley Mankin: Villanova Universitychirstopher McDougall*grace Mckenzie-Smith: Bowdoin CollegeJared ominsky*Alessandra Patrizio*vincent Patrizio: Elon UniversityAqeel Phillips: Princeton UniversitySamantha Pincus: College of CharlestonMargaret reynolds*natalie Schade: Lehigh UniversityPatrick torphy: Emerson Collegerobin Weeks*

in memoriam

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* We’d love to hear more – if you’re in touch with this friend, please give us an update!

Eric ring '78 has opened an office in Darby, Pennsylvania. He has his MLB in tax law and also does accounting.

John Partridge '83-'85 and his wife, Carly, are now the proud parents of Robert Quinn Partridge, born last July.

Matthew Press '82 is now a lawyer, working in NYC. He is married to Atosisa Leoni and has a young son, Paul, born on Thanksgiving day in 2010.

Jenny Schanbacher '93 found success in her early years at Germantown Friends School and Princeton University, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she got her M.A. in Theatre. She is now living in Los Angeles where she is currently playing “God” in the stage production of “Dark Side of the Moon,” by Pink Floyd.

Jeff Block '95 was married last fall in Pasadena, California.

Mike Schanbacher '96 is a very talented artist and musician and is “Mike” of “The Pete & Mike Band,” and they are very well-known in some select areas, especially in New England. Mike has also become a producer, and has his own studio, which he calls, “Attic Jam Studio.” Pete & Mike have put out six CD’s of their own. All tracks are, of course, available

on I-Tunes. The title track, “Afloat,” by the way, was just used as the opening music for a TV movie on the Lifetime Network called “Sexting in Suburbia.” Notwithstanding the relatively salacious title, it was a serious movie about cyber-bullying and teen suicide, based on that terrible case in Massachusetts a few years ago. Mike’s real “career” will involve 3D computer animation, which he has found a true passion for after creating his own music video. He has recently graduated after pursuing this field of study.

Aliya Solomon '99 graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in graphic design.

kory calicat-Wayns '09 won the Cappies Spirit Award for The Haverford School.

Isaiah Jones '09 was the cover of Haverford School Today, featuring the methods he uses to create 3-D prototypes for his industrial designs.

Emma lewis '11 took the National Spanish Exam and walked away with a Nacional - Mencion Honorifica - National Honorable Mention of Achievement in Spanish. She was also top ranked regionally. Emma also took the National Latin Exam, which is given internationally, and received the 7th Grade - Latin Achievement Award - equivalent to The National Silver Medal. She also won the Philadelphia Classical Society Honorable Mention for her art project, a watercolor of Romulus and Remus suckling a wolf. She was honored at a luncheon in Philadelphia.

PIcturED BEloW:TOP LEFT: Eddie McCann and Eric Denbin, class of '09TOP RIGHT: Callie Wasson, Sarah Wing, Mekiyah Coney, and Gabrielle Ciccone, class of '09BOTTOM LEFT: Sean Lynch, Mattock Callahan, Ilias Storti, and Antonia DiLuca, class of '09BOTTOM RIGHT: Emma Lewis '11

alumni noteS

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Share your stories with friends School Haverford! Send an email to: communications@friendshaverford.orgWe look forward to hearing from you!

We gratefully acknowledge the following 2012-2013 donors whose generosity supported a wide range of needs, including Annual Fund Gifts, endowment, planned gifts and much more. Your thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated.

GiftS to friendS School haverford

Partners $10,000 and AboveAnonymous (1)Alan and Kathy BleznakTom and Anne CaramanicoDay & ZimmermanPeter and Ellen EvansJohn Templeton FoundationJohn and Sarah '76 SchmaderSharon and Harold Yoh

Heritage $5000-$9999Anonymous (1)Bryn Mawr Trust CompanyMerritt T. and Grace S. CookeAnne JansonBrook and Connie McCannMichael and Cynthia McKeeverPhiladelphia ContributionshipThe Robinson FoundationWaste Management & Processors Inc.

founders $2500-$4999Sally Cooper BleznakSandy DeanWayne Giles '73Marion MannMark and Paula SolomonBarbara StanleyEric Zager and Marirosa Colon

Second century $1000-$2499Tom and Betsy BalderstonBill and Laura BuckLin and Jim BuckSusan and Matt CallahanDoug and Cassie KeithMichael C. Kelly and Joan MazzottiStephen J. Kron '73Richard and Margaret LyttonMargaret and Francis R. ManloveSuzy Miller and Howard SklaroffGerry and Sandra ParrottoGary and Monique SilviMicah and Vandy SolomonTad Sperry and Ellen HarveyStratton LimitedTempletown Realty DDrs. George E. Weaver and Mary HedigerLawrence Wells and Bernadette WheelerMichael Zimmerman and Debra Fox

centennial Quilt $500-$999Eduard Aliakseyenka and Amy CooperJim and Nancy CaccamoTeresa Burt Carnell '76Larry Carter '59William Daniels and Martha SharplesHoward and Lenore DenbinKim and Kate deRielMrs. Alice C. DorranceNick and Linda EiteljorgGunst Family FoundationBeth and Bob KrickBill McVail and Katy RuckdeschelSacha Page and Volnie WhyteJohn S. PriceMark and Nancy RadomileScott and Barbara D. RenningerMark Rupp and Nancy LevittPatricia and Howard SilversteinPaul SmithArthur R.G. and Julia Solmssen, Jr.Drs. Robert and Andrea SolomonJack and Ruth SolomonMark Stein and Carol BakerChris Strawbridge and Wendy EiteljorgBrian and Erin Tessler

climbing tree $250-$499Benjamin Armstrong '79David and Anne BakerJames and Elisabeth BrowningJacklyn BruntMartha and Harry BryansChristian and Alice BullittJeffrey Butcher and Janine BarsoumBarbara Hunter Chaffee '61Rayenne ChenCoho PartnersAndrea DominicThomas and Valerie FoleyAndrew and Lauren ForbesMrs. Elizabeth S. Harper '48Cheryl Hammond HopewellFrank Iguodala and Rebecca ProudfootRobert and Nancy JeffreyAnn KlotzWilliam '72 and Meg W. LloydAlice Biddle Lloyd '67Elizabeth E. Manlove '69Ursula and Gerd MuehllehnerElizabeth Muse

Veronica '47 and Robert PetersenPhilip Rosenau Company, IncJohn and Jeanne PolidoriBrad and Christie ReedPriscilla Longstreth Roche '40Jay and Regina RotheMiriam K. RothenbergTippy SchwabeTuesday VanstoryDaniel Weiser '70Bertram and Lorle Wolfson

$100-$249Robin Abell and Jonathan DohGordon and Jennifer AdamsMatthew and Mary AdamsBrigitte Solmitz Alexander '43Phil Apostol and Nicole TrentacosteHossein Alidjani and Laila RajabiAsia Alderson Bennett '46Fred and Valerie BlockBud BretschneiderFraser and Kate BrownLarry and Wendy A. BrownSteve and Carolyn ClingmanRobert Cryan '36John and Kathleen DabagianLetty Lee Dahme-BerkowitzCharles and Suzanne H. DavisElizabeth Geary DavisonLinda Dunn '67 and John CrollJean DykstraGretchen Dykstra '60Carol and Chuck EgovilleAbdulbari Farooqi and Saeba HusainIrma M. FeldmanJ. Michael & Daphne FellAaron '79 and Tanja FischerEdward and Jane I. FosterJanet and Evan FrazerSusan M. Getze '58Doris GluckJami Godfrey and Jessica JonesLeslie Goehl and Fred EisenbergAme GoldmanDaniel and Jacqueline GoldsteinBetsy Griffith-SmithRichard Hamilton '55Frank and Joan HarrisonLawrence Indik and Sharon EcksteinRyakkia Johnson

Richard and Kay KerrWilliam Landes and Rani IsenbergMichael Langham and Jennifer MosherOwen and Beth LefkonSharon and Bruce LivingstonLallie B. Lloyd '64Lahcen Loudini and Nawal ElhindiJanice Lower '65 and Paul BergerCharlie and Betsy MacIntoshCharles Manlove '66Daniel and Melanie Marein-EfronMrs. Henrietta Harrison Marshall '36Elizabeth A. Martin '53Eleanor Earle Mascheroni '67Barbara McClellandEleanor Tenney Miller '71Mark and Laura MulhollandEdward NardiTim and Ellen O'ConnellTorie Osborn '62Marlisa ParkerDrs. Bruce Partridge and Jane WidsethHenry PitneyJason Rash and Allison NeuhausRichard and Susan S. RavenscroftJoan Curtis Reese '49John and Anne RuskWalter and Nan W. SchanbacherPeter Schwartzman '74J. Irving Bird Scott '61Edward '36 and Skip ShakespeareEugene and Valerie SingletaryLorraine SmithJohn J. Stetzer, IIIMargaret Roberts Stevenson '39David StrawbridgeRobert and Meredith SwiftMary Wallace TalbotAnn and Ed WardMarvin and Dorothy WeisbordRick and Mollie WheelerKen and Ruth WillmanRod H. Wolfson '70 and Beth VarcoeSara Wood

“Giving to the annual

fund is the way to show our

appreciation to a loving and

nurturing place. It also shows

that we respect Quaker values

of equality, service, community,

and peaceful problem solving.

– Laila & Tony Alidjani FSH Parents

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$1-$99Anonymous (1)Mary and Borden AyersCaleb C. Balderston '00Gerald Beyer and Anna FeliksikSusan BodleyLori and Edmund BrennanPeter Bromley '69Lorraine BrownBenjamin BullWilliam and Sheryl BullittJames Caccamo and Joyce PlatfootUlf and Kristin Cahn von SeelenCarl and Janet M. Campbell, Jr.Donald and Winnie E. CarverElizabeth CaryDixie Chapman '53Sally ClingmanSusan CodyDr. Norman and Sheila H. CohenJay Cohen and Bonnie McClintock CohenAnnie Coughlin and Walter HarlosKenneth Crown '72Alan and Susan B. DaroffMargaret DawsonRobert and Annie DugganRobert and Elizabeth DugganMary Kaye EdwardsNancy Ely NewlinJames R. EpsteinIsabella EricksonDavid and Mary FarrowMrs. Marjorie FerryNewell and Ruth FischerFrederick '59 and Suzy FletcherBabs McCabe Friel '47Michael and Donya GeaganKate GerhartJoan GiresiIndira GoingsGary and Angela GreeneDuPont and Sarah GuerryBart HarrisonBetsy HavensNeil and Carole HechtKathleen HellbergBob and Carole HenegarJack and Carol HennAlonzo and Lorretta HughesFelicia Humer '47Holland and Helen HunterChristine M. Hunter '64 and Lou VenechTimothy and Anne Hunter '67Nancy HurleyPatricia IsenbergMrs. Stefanie Hetzel JohnstonRabbi Louis KaplanAnna KentWilliam T. Kirk, Jr. '34Dr. Elizabeth Korn '71Lee Kowalski and Jean HurdRita and Edward KravitzJessica Krick Stanton '92Elmer and Florence LaffeyWendell and Florence LednumTracy Bodine Lee '70JP and Kathleen LefebvreMargaret LeidyJeffrey and Jennifer LilgendahlJohn and Mary Pat Lynch

Sandra and Jeffrey LynchPhebe '69 and Martin J. MackRebecca Madsen '80Samuel and Deanne Marein-EfronGertrude MarshallMargaret Marshall '59Edward Marshall III '62 and Joanna BassertFrank and Jeanne-Marie J. McCallGeoffrey McConnell '59Eric and Emily MoodyJennifer NatesWilliam S. Newlin, Jr.Mr. Frederick Y. Peters '32Peter and Irina Pfund '44John & Laurie PooleGerald and Judith PorterChristine QuigleyEddie Rame and Elizabeth TurnerByford and Jessie ReedVirginia Ligget Reinhardt '34Katherine and Matt RenningerNancy '58 and J. Permar RichardsCharles and Deborah Rose '64Douglas and Jerilynn RossAbdelKrim and Diane RouineJaniel RuffinLori RyalsTerence and Victoria RyanLeonard and Leah SamuelsNancy B. SavageJennifer Schanbacher '93Michael W. Schanbacher '96Christopher and Stacy SchannoDiane SchetkyWendy Schwartz WoodhallMary '65 and Robert SicklesPaul and Ellen Skilton-SylvesterBrian and Alyson SolomonRoger Standridge and Brooke LillehaugenAngela Whalen StaufferSharon and Rick StewartChris and Mary StrasserTrudi Goheen SwainJulia TarquinioKaren TeelRon and Beth ThiemannPearline ThomasRobert Thomas and Caroline LenelWade Tomlinson and Allison MonacoFrederick and Mary A. TuckerJohn Tull and Diane GentryRoman Tybinko and Helen MangelsdorfTara TylerAnne H. Van ArkelMark and Dolores VerdeurMrs. Elizabeth Severinghaus Warner '41William H. Wassell '56Robert and Dawn WeisbordLois and William WestAntoinette WhaleyTroy and Sheronda WheelerWilliam and Olivia D. White '57Herbert and Ruth WilfJohn and Barbara Wille '69Charlotte L. WilliamsBarry and Elaine WislerWilliam and Molly P. Wood, Jr. '64Stephen V. Yarnell and Barbara PorterPaul and Pilar Yeakel

“It is scary the first time a child goes to school.

Our fears and, most importantly, those of our child

were alleviated the moment we all visit Haverford

Friends School. We knew she would receive the

care and attention we wanted for her. She just

thought it was super cool. She bounded into

school the first day. Although we knew we were

entrusting her to great people, we still cried.

After her first year we couldn’t be happier.

– Erin & Brian TesslerFSH Parents

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Annual Fund

GiftS to friendS School haverford

Robin Abell and Jonathan DohGordon and Jennifer AdamsMatthew and Mary AdamsBrigitte Solmitz Alexander '43Eduard Aliakseyenka and Amy CooperHossein Alidjani and Laila RajabiAnonymous (2)Phil Apostol and Nicole TrentacosteBenjamin Armstrong '79Mary and Borden AyersDavid and Anne BakerTom and Betsy BalderstonCaleb C. Balderston '00Asia Alderson Bennett '46Gerald Beyer and Anna FeliksikAlan and Kathy BleznakFred and Valerie BlockSusan BodleyLori and Edmund BrennanBud BretschneiderPeter Bromley '69Fraser and Kate BrownLarry and Wendy A. BrownLorraine BrownJames and Elisabeth BrowningJacklyn BruntMartha and Harry BryansBill and Laura BuckLin and Jim BuckBenjamin BullChristian and Alice BullittJeffrey Butcher and Janine BarsoumJames Caccamo and Joyce PlatfootJim and Nancy CaccamoUlf and Kristin Cahn von SeelenSusan and Matt CallahanCarl and Janet M. Campbell, Jr.Tom and Anne CaramanicoTeresa Burt Carnell '76Larry Carter '59Donald and Winnie E. CarverElizabeth CaryBarbara Hunter Chaffee '61Dixie Chapman '53Rayenne ChenSteve and Carolyn ClingmanJay Cohen and Bonnie McClintock CohenDr. Norman and Sheila H. CohenCoho PartnersMerritt T. and Grace S. CookeAnnie Coughlin and Walter HarlosKenneth Crown '72Robert Cryan '36

John and Kathleen DabagianLetty Lee Dahme-BerkowitzWilliam Daniels and Martha SharplesAlan and Susan B. DaroffCharles and Suzanne H. DavisElizabeth Geary DavisonMargaret DawsonSandy DeanHoward and Lenore DenbinKim and Kate DeRielAndrea DominicMrs. Alice C. DorranceRobert and Annie DugganLinda Dunn '67 and John CrollJean DykstraGretchen Dykstra '60Mary Kaye EdwardsCarol and Chuck EgovilleNick and Linda EiteljorgNancy Ely NewlinIsabella EricksonAbdulbari Farooqi and Saeba HusainDavid and Mary FarrowIrma M. FeldmanJ. Michael & Daphne FellMrs. Marjorie FerryAaron '79 and Tanja FischerNewell and Ruth FischerFrederick '59 and Suzy FletcherThomas and Valerie FoleyAndrew and Lauren ForbesEdward and Jane I. FosterJanet and Evan FrazerBabs McCabe Friel '47Michael and Donya GeaganKate GerhartSusan M. Getze '58Wayne Giles '73Joan GiresiDoris GluckJami Godfrey and Jessica JonesLeslie Goehl and Fred EisenbergIndira GoingsAme GoldmanDaniel and Jacqueline GoldsteinGary and Angela GreeneBetsy Griffith-SmithDuPont and Sarah GuerryGunst Family FoundationRichard Hamilton '55Mrs. Elizabeth S. Harper '48Bart HarrisonFrank and Joan Harrison

Betsy HavensNeil and Carole HechtKathleen HellbergJack and Carol HennCheryl Hammond HopewellFelicia Humer '47Holland and Helen HunterChristine M. Hunter '64 and Lou VenechTimothy and Anne Hunter '67Nancy HurleyFrank Iguodala and Rebecca ProudfootLawrence Indik and Sharon EcksteinAnne JansonRobert and Nancy JeffreyJohn Templeton FoundationRyakkia JohnsonMrs. Stefanie Hetzel JohnstonRabbi Louis KaplanDoug and Cassie KeithMichael C. Kelly and Joan MazzottiAnna KentRichard and Kay KerrWilliam T. Kirk, Jr. '34Ann KlotzDr. Elizabeth Korn '71Lee Kowalski and Jean HurdBeth and Bob KrickJessica Krick Stanton '92Stephen J. Kron '73William Landes and Rani IsenbergMichael Langham and Jennifer MosherTracy Bodine Lee '70JP and Kathleen LefebvreOwen and Beth LefkonMargaret LeidyJeffrey and Jennifer LilgendahlSharon and Bruce LivingstonWilliam '72 and Meg W. LloydLallie B. Lloyd '64Alice Biddle Lloyd '67Lahcen Loudini and Nawal ElhindiJanice Lower '65 and Paul bergerJohn and Mary Pat LynchSandra and Jeffrey LynchRichard and Margaret LyttonCharlie and Betsy MacIntoshPhebe '69 and Martin J. MackRebecca Madsen '80Margaret and Francis R. ManloveCharles Manlove '66Elizabeth E. Manlove '69Marion MannDaniel and Melanie Marein-Efron

“We give to the

Friends School Haverford

Annual Fund because

we are thankful to the

faculty and staff for

their dedication and

generosity to their

students. Our son is

benefitting in many

ways from the wonderful

environment at FSH...

academically, as well

the important lessons

he learns by being in

a setting that values

respect for others and

helps him to expand his

relationship with the

world around him. We

give so that FSH can

continue to make a big

impact on its students.

– Pilar & Paul YeakelFSH Parents

”

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Annual Fund

Mark and Nancy RadomileEddie Rame and Elizabeth TurnerJason Rash and Alison NeuhausRichard and Susan S. RavenscroftBrad and Christie ReedJoan Curtis Reese '49Virginia Ligget Reinhardt '34Katherine and Matt RenningerScott and Barbara D. RenningerNancy '58 and J. Permar RichardsThe Robinson FoundationPriscilla Longstreth Roche '40Charles and Deborah Rose '64Douglas and Jerilynn RossJay and Regina RotheMiriam K. RothenbergAbdelKrim and Diane RouineJaniel RuffinMark Rupp and Nancy LevittJohn and Anne RuskLori RyalsTerence and Victoria RyanLeonard and Leah SamuelsNancy B. SavageWalter and Nan W. SchanbacherJennifer Schanbacher '93Michael W. Schanbacher '96Christopher and Stacy SchannoDiane SchetkyJohn and Sarah '76 SchmaderTippy SchwabeWendy Schwartz WoodhallPeter Schwartzman '74J. Irving Bird Scott '61Edward '36 and Skip ShakespeareMary '65 and Robert Sickles

Gary and Monique SilviEugene and Valerie SingletaryLorraine SmithPaul SmithArthur R.G. and Julia Solmssen, Jr.Brian and Alyson SolomonJack and Ruth SolomonMark and Paula SolomonMicah and Vandy SolomonDrs. Robert and Andrea SolomonTad Sperry and Ellen HarveyRoger Standridge and Brook LillehaugenBarbara StanleyAngela Whalen StaufferMark Stein and Carol BakerJohn J. Stetzer, IIIMargaret Roberts Stevenson '39Sharon and Rick StewartChris and Mary StrasserChris Strawbridge and Wendy EiteljorgDavid StrawbridgeTrudi Goheen SwainRobert and Meredith SwiftMary Wallace TalbotJulia TarquinioKaren TeelBrian and Erin TesslerRon and Beth ThiemannRobert Thomas and Caroline LenelWade Tomlinson and Allison MonacoFrederick and Mary A. TuckerJohn Tull and Diane GentryRoman Tybinko and Helen MangelsdorfTara TylerAnne H. Van ArkelTuesday Vanstory

Gertrude MarshallMrs. Henrietta Harrison Marshall '36Margaret Marshall '59Edward Marshall III '62 and Joanna BassertElizabeth A. Martin '53Eleanor Earle Mascheroni '67Frank and Jeanne-Marie J. McCallBrook and Connie McCannBarbara McClellandGeoffrey McConnell '59Michael and Cynthia McKeeverBill McVail and Katy RuckdeschelSuzy Miller and Howard SklaroffEleanor Tenney Miller '71Eric and Emily MoodyUrsula and Gerd MuehllehnerMark and Laura MulhollandElizabeth MuseEdward NardiJennifer NatesWilliam S. Newlin, Jr.Tim and Ellen O'ConnellTorie Osborn '62Sacha Page and Volnie WhyteMarlisa ParkerGerry and Sandra ParrottoDrs. Bruce Partridge and Jane WidsethMr. Frederick Y. Peters '32Veronica '47 and Robert PetersenPeter and Irina Pfund '44Henry PitneyJohn and Jeanne PolidoriJohn & Laurie PooleGerald and Judith PorterJohn S. PriceChristine Quigley

“Our son’s excitement in going to school every day, his passion for learning, his

curiosity that unfolds, the individuality of all of his experiences, the care and love

of the teachers and staff, the opportunities and adventures that await around every

corner. FSH is a diverse community full of individuals who are difficult to label apart

from knowing they are all friends. It is a place that cares deeply and has helped him

develop his strengths while allowing him to take risks, rewarding his successes and

helping him to learn when he makes mistakes. FSH is our co-parent.

– Christie & Brad ReedFSH Parents

”

Mark and Dolores VerdeurAnn and Ed WardMrs. Elizabeth Severinghaus Warner '41William H. Wassell '56Drs. George E. Weaver and Mary HedigerMarvin and Dorothy WeisbordRobert and Dawn WeisbordDaniel Weiser '70Lawrence Wells and Bernadette WheelerLois and William WestAntoinette WhaleyRick and Mollie WheelerTroy and Sheronda WheelerWilliam and Olivia D. White '57Herbert and Ruth WilfJohn and Barbara Wille '69Ken and Ruth WillmanBertram and Lorle WolfsonRod H. Wolfson '70 and Beth VarcoeSara WoodWilliam and Molly P. Wood, Jr. '64Paul and Pilar YeakelEric Zager and Marirosa ColonMichael Zimmerman and Debra Fox

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Current Parents

Past Parents

GiftS to friendS School haverford

Robin Abell and Jonathan DohGordon and Jennifer AdamsEduard Aliakseyenka and Amy CooperHossein Alidjani and Laila RajabiPhil Apostol and Nicole TrentacosteGerald Beyer and Anna FeliksikLorraine BrownFraser and Kate BrownJames and Elisabeth BrowningChristian and Alice BullittJeffrey Butcher and Janine BarsoumJames Caccamo and Joyce PlatfootSteve and Carolyn ClingmanRobert and Annie DugganAbdulbari Farooqi and Seaba HusainThomas and Valerie FoleyAndrew and Lauren ForbesJoan GiresiIndira GoingsAme GoldmanDaniel and Jacqueline GoldsteinBetsy HavensFrank Iguodala and Rebecca ProudfootLawrence Indik and Sharon EcksteinRyakkia JohnsonMichael Langham and Jennifer MosherOwen and Beth LefkonJeffrey and Jennifer LilgendahlLahcen Loudini and Nawal ElhindiDaniel and Melanie Marein-EfronMichael and Cynthia McKeeverBill McVail and Katy RuckdeschelSuzy Miller and Howard Sklaroff

Priscilla Longstreth Roche '40John and Anne RuskWalter and Nan W. SchanbacherJohn and Sarah '76 SchmaderEdward '36 and Skip ShakespeareBrian and Alyson SolomonJack and Ruth SolomonDrs. Robert and Andrea SolomonTad Sperry and Ellen HarveyMark Stein and Carol BakerJohn J. Stetzer, IIIChris and Mary StrasserTrudi Goheen SwainRobert and Meredith SwiftFrederick and Mary A. TuckerRoman Tybinko and Helen MangelsdorfMark and Dolores VerdeurAnn and Ed WardDrs. George E. Weaver and Mary HedigerMarvin and Dorothy WeisbordAntoinette WhaleyRick and Mollie WheelerHerbert and Ruth WilfJohn and Barbara Wille '69Bertram and Lorle WolfsonRod H. Wolfson '70 and Beth VarcoeSara WoodStephen V. Yarnell and Barbara PorterEric Zager and Marirosa Colon

Eric and Emily MoodyTim and Ellen O'ConnellSacha Page and Volnie WhyteGerry and Sandra ParrottoJohn and Jeanne PolidoriMark and Nancy RuppEddie Rame and Elizabeth TurnerJason Rash and Alison NeuhausBrad and Christie ReedJay and Regina RotheAbdelKrim and Diane RouineJaniel RuffinMark Rupp and Nancy LevittLori RyalsTerence and Victoria RyanLeonard and Leah SamuelsChristopher and Stacy SchannoGary and Monique SilviEugene and Valerie SingletaryPaul and Ellen Skilton-SylvesterMark and Paula SolomonMicah and Vandy SolomonRoger Standridge and Brook LillehaugenChris Strawbridge and Wendy EiteljorgBrian and Erin TesslerRobert Thomas and Caroline LenelJohn Tull and Diane GentryTara TylerRobert and Dawn WeisbordLawrence Wells and Bernadette WheelerTroy and Sheronda WheelerRoderick Wolfson '70 and Beth Varcoe Paul and Pilar Yeakel

Anonymous (1)Mary and Borden AyersTom and Betsy BalderstonAlan and Kathy BleznakSally Cooper BleznakFred and Valerie BlockLori and Edmund BrennanLarry and Wendy A. BrownJacklyn BruntBill and Laura BuckLin and Jim BuckUlf and Kristin Cahn von SeelenSusan and Matt CallahanCarl and Janet M. Campbell, Jr.Tom and Anne CaramanicoDonald and Winnie E. CarverRayenne ChenDr. Norman and Sheila H. CohenMerritt T. and Grace S. CookeAnnie Coughlin and Walter HarlosAlan and Susan B. DaroffCharles and Suzanne H. DavisElizabeth Geary DavisonHoward and Lenore DenbinJean DykstraNick and Linda EiteljorgIsabella EricksonPeter and Ellen EvansIrma M. Feldman

J. Michael & Daphne FellNewell and Ruth FischerEdward and Jane I. FosterMichael and Donya GeaganGary and Angela GreeneDuPont and Sarah GuerryNeil and Carole HechtFelicia Humer '47Michael C. Kelly and Joan MazzottiRichard and Kay KerrBeth and Bob KrickWilliam Landes and Rani IsenbergJP and Kathleen LefebvreSharon and Bruce LivingstonJohn and Mary Pat LynchCharlie and Betsy MacIntoshMargaret and Francis R. ManloveMarion MannGertrude MarshallFrank and Jeanne-Marie J. McCallBrook and Connie McCannMark and Laura MulhollandDrs. Bruce Partridge and Jane WidsethVeronica '47 and Robert PetersenJohn & Laurie PooleGerald and Judith PorterJohn S. PriceRichard and Susan S. RavenscroftScott and Barbara D. Renninger

“We became interested in FSH when seeking a

preschool program for our eldest daughter. I (Alison)

attended a Quaker college and developed a fondness

and appreciation for an educational environment

that encourages equality, respect, a love of learning,

and attention to one’s own inner voice. We never

considered another preschool program, but we also

never envisioned her staying there beyond pre-K. She

is now in fourth grade and her sisters, who also started

in preschool, are in first.

FSH feels like more than just a school to us; it’s an

extended family that provides not just excellent

academic, social, and emotional enrichment to our

children, but also a community for all five of us. We

give to FSH because we want our children, and all

children, to love learning – and learning for its own

sake. We feel so good about dropping them off every

morning at a place where we know their minds will be

stimulated and their hearts and spirits will be valued.

– Alison Neuhaus and Jason Rash FSH Parents

”

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Past Parents

1930’sRobert Cryan '36William Kirk, Jr. '34Henrietta Harrison Marshall '36Frederick Peters '32Virginia Ligget Reinhardt '34Edward and Skip Shakespeare '36Margaret Roberts Stevenson '39

1940’s Brigitte Solmitz Alexander '43Asia Alderson Bennett '46Babs McCabe Friel '47Elizabeth Harper '48Felicia Humer '47Stefanie Hetzel Johnston '47Charlie and Betsy MacIntosh '46Veronica and Robert Petersen '47Peter and Irina Pfund '44Joan Curtis Reese '49Priscilla Longstreth Roche '40Elizabeth Severinghaus Warner '41

1950’s Larry Carter '59Dixie Chapman '53Frederick and Suzy Fletcher '59Susan Getze '58Richard Hamilton '55Margaret Marshall '59Elizabeth Martin '53Geoffrey McConnell '59Nancy and J. Permar Richards '58William Wassell '56William and Olivia White '57

1960’s Peter Bromley '69Barbara Hunter Chaffee '61Linda Dunn '67 and John CrollGretchen Dykstra '60Christine Hunter '64 and Lou VenechTimothy and Anne Hunter '67Lallie Lloyd '64

Alice Biddle Lloyd '67Janice Lower '65 and Paul BergerPhebe and Martin Mack '69Charles Manlove '66Elizabeth Manlove '69Edward Marshall III '62 and Joanna BassertEleanor Earle Mascheroni '67Torie Osborn '62Charles and Deborah Rose '64J. Irving Bird Scott '61Mary and Robert Sickles '65 John and Barbara Wille '69William and Molly Wood, Jr. '64

1970’s Benjamin Armstrong '79Teresa Burt Carnell '76Kenneth Crown '72Aaron and Tanja Fischer '79Wayne Giles '73Elizabeth Korn '71Stephen Kron '73Tracy Bodine Lee '70William and Meg Lloyd '72Eleanor Tenney Miller '71John and Sarah '76 SchmaderPeter Schwartzman '74Arthur R.G., Jr. and Julia Solmssen '74Brian '78 and Alyson SolomonDaniel Weiser '70Roderick Wolfson '70 and Beth Varcoe

1980’s Betsy Havens '87Rebecca Madsen '80Wendy Schwartz Woodhall '84

1990’s Jessica Krick Stanton '92Jennifer Schanbacher '93Michael Schanbacher '96

2000’s Caleb Balderston '00

Our girls have had such a nice start at FSH. They are happy and working hard and curious and excited and it feels like they are where they should be. Thank you.

The other night, npr was on and we heard the FSH open house ad. My daughter piped up and said “Hey - that’s my school.” And then went on to say “They’re right. It’s the BEST school. It should get 100%.”

On this cold and wet day in the midst of the hubbub of the school year and an admissions season, I thought you’d get a kick out of the “perfect grade” she gave FSH after just one month. She does not like change and so this is a particularly big deal.

I feel like I need to also report that listening to my other daughter talk about how she helps her first grade buddy settle in Meeting For Worship is priceless. She is LOVING being the one who supports another rather than the one who is being supported (by her parents usually) and I think it is really helping her own MFW experience both at school and at our meeting.

Thank you, thank you for the work you are doing.

– FSH Parent

– FSH Parents

Alumni

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Faculty

Grandfriends

GiftS to friendS School haverford

Mary AyersSusan BodleyBenjamin BullAndrea DominicKate GerhartDoris GluckLeslie GoehlCheryl Hammond HopewellNancy HurleyLee KowalskiMargaret LiedySharon LivingstonAllie MonacoEdward NardiJennifer NatesRuth SolomonAngela Whalen StaufferSharon StewartJulia TarquinioKaren TeelWade TomlinsonTuesday VanstoryAnn WardMichael Zimmerman

Matthew and Mary AdamsDavid and Anne BakerFred and Valerie BlockBud BretschneiderWillis BrownBill and Laura BuckWilliam and Sheryl BullittJim and Nancy CaccamoSusan CodyJay Cohen and Bonnie McClintock CohenJohn and Kathleen DabagianLetty Lee Dahme-BerkowitzRobert and Elizabeth DugganCarol and Chuck EgovilleNick and Linda EiteljorgNancy Ely Newlin

James EpsteinMartha S. Ferguson ‘42Kathleen HellbergBob and Carole HenegarAlonzo and Lorretta HughesPatricia IsenbergAnne JansonRobert and Nancy JeffreyLouis KaplanRita and Edward KravitzElmer and Florence LaffeyWendell and Florence LednumSamuel and Deanne Marein-EfronShirley and Wally McKenzieUrsula and Gerd MuehllehnerElizabeth Muse

William Newlin, Jr.Byford and Jessie ReedPriscilla LongstrethMiriam RothenbergDiane SchetkyJack and Ruth SolomonDavid StrawbridgeMary Wallace TalbotPearline ThomasMarvin and Dorothy WeisbordCharlotte WilliamsKen and Ruth WillmanBarry and Elaine WislerBertram and Lorle WolfsonJames Wright and Mary Dabney

I wanted to tell you what a pleasure it was to visit Sam’s school. I had accepted the invitation to GrandFriends’ Day because I wanted to support Sam and his school. I did not expect it to be the great pleasure it was. The teachers and staff were not just kind and inclusive; I saw today they were highly intelligent and that the program there is really impressive. I, for one, cannot tell you how the height of the ball’s bounce relates to the ball; but I’m impressed that fourth graders are asked to consider such questions... not to mention questions about Odysseus and I forget what else... the range reflected in the headmaster’s remarks was... well, remarkable.

And throughout the day there was a sense of caring and individual attention and diversity! I loved the music, and Sam’s classroom, and the library, and the silence in the meeting, and the remarks. What a wonderful place. And btw, I knew Sam could read, but I didn’t know he could read aloud at such a rapid pace that we had trouble keeping up with him! I think he was pleased to have us there. Please let him know how pleased I was to be included.

Pam Wilford - FSH Grandfriend

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Mary AyersSusan BodleyBenjamin BullAndrea DominicKate GerhartDoris GluckLeslie GoehlCheryl Hammond HopewellNancy HurleyLee KowalskiMargaret LiedySharon LivingstonAllie MonacoEdward NardiJennifer NatesRuth SolomonAngela Whalen StaufferSharon StewartJulia TarquinioKaren TeelWade TomlinsonTuesday VanstoryAnn WardMichael Zimmerman

William Daniels and Martha SharplesMargaret DawsonKim and Kate deRielJanet and Evan FrazerBetsy Griffith-SmithBart HarrisonHolland and Helen HunterDoug and Cassie KeithRichard and Margaret LyttonTippy SchwabePaul SmithAnne H. Van Arkel

Martha and Harry BryansElizabeth CaryCharles and Suzanne DavisSandy DeanAlice DorranceMary Kaye EdwardsDavid and Mary FarrowMarjorie FerryFrank and Joan HarrisonJack and Carol HennAnna KentAnn KlotzBeth and Bob KrickSandra and Jeffrey LynchMarlisa ParkerHenry PitneyChristine QuigleyKatherine and Matt RenningerDouglas and Jerilynn RossNancy SavagePatricia and Howard SilversteinLorraine SmithBarbara StanleyRon and Beth ThiemannLois and William WestSharon and Harol Yoh

On the morning of October 4, I had the treat of being one of the members of Haverford Monthly Meeting to visit our school for Morning with Friends.

This morning, I recognized during Meeting for Worship that everything I had observed from Teacher Wade, from two sets of students (6th-7th and 5th graders), and even from everything in the classroom was about “where I am in the world and what I am responsible for doing in it.” It was not about “where I am in the world” because his teaching was about maps and a map of the Middle East or even about history but because everything that everyone did and everything that everyone talked about was really about learning how to understand where and how they fit into their world - right down to the fifth grader who beautifully answered Teacher Wade’s question about what a “craft is”. The boy said it is when somebody does something with great care and detail; and Wade added “and with pride”. (Most literally this was about the craft of map-making - but let us not interpret this too literally.) I also saw it during Meeting for Worship when I saw a little boy sitting very close to an older boy (his brother?) leaning against him with the older boy’s arm around him. Clearly this was one illustration of how they see where they fit into their world-- and a way of finding the joy, comfort, and Love that we all seek during Meeting for Worship.

Many thanks for my visit.

Dick Lytton Member of Haverford Monthly Meeting

Meeting Members

Friends

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GiftS to friendS School haverford

Purchase of 833 Buck Lane

Anonymous (1)Sally Cooper BleznakSusan and Matt CallahanTom and Anne CaramanicoMerritt T. and Grace S. CookePeter and Ellen EvansDoug and Cassie KeithJohn and Sarah '76 SchmaderSharon and Harold Yoh

Race BenefactorThe McCann Family

Race PatronBryn Mawr TrustTom & Anne CaramanicoExpedition SelfThe Sparveys

EITC

Bryn Mawr Trust CompanyDay & ZimmermanPhiladelphia ContributionshipPhilip Rosenau Company, IncStratton LimitedTempletown Realty DWaste Management & Processors Inc.

Foundations

Anonymous (1)Gunst Family FoundationJohn Templeton FoundationRobinson Foundation

Financial Aid

Paul and Ellen Skilton-SylvesterStephen Yarnell and Barbara Porter

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Race SponsorAmerican Wedding GroupCommons & Commons, LLPRainstorm Media GroupThe Miller-Sklaroff FamilyThe Schmader FamilyWheeler/Wells Family

Race StepperJames Branch Cleaning Service Inc.Radomile FamilyCommercial Snow & Ice LLCCuffco Inc.John & Jeanne PolidoriJon & Kate DeRielRadomile Family Dental CareRLC Construction

Dear School Committee,

I had a wonderful adventure last Friday morning when I visited school. Everyone was so

welcoming beginning the moment I walked up the driveway and met Grace who introduced me to

a parent, then Andrea walked by and said she wanted to share something very exciting. Cheryl

said hello while helping a little guy settle in with a book, Joanne and Sharon helped me find my way.

Michael and I spent some time together discussing the planning process. Most of this occurring

even before I made my way to the classrooms. I was struck by the relative calm and cleanliness

of the school and noticed exciting artwork on the walls.

Although for the most part, I just stepped into the classrooms for a short time not wanting

to disrupt the learning, I witnessed amazing teaching and learning. There was the second grade

economy explained by several enthusiastic students who noticed me reading the work on the wall.

As I moved around I heard about research on castles in Spain with the Spanish teacher, all

kinds of nouns in the fifth grade, preparation for the storytelling festival in fourth, study of

ancient Greece and the Maya civilization and poetry in Middle School. In Heritage House I saw

happy three year olds with Tuesday and Chris anxiously waiting to hear a story.

I saw many examples of caring; in the first grade a young girl was being consoled by Susan

Bodley when another student at the lunch table asked the unhappy child if she would join them at

her lunch table. Students seeing me in the hall said hello, smiled, and excused themselves as they

passed. They chatted quietly as they moved from class to class or on their way to recess. A

student in seventh grade noticed a classmate having difficulty finding a solid writing surface

and brought her a clipboard without having been asked to do so.

One of my favorite moments occurred while observing Marcia Kravis teaching Robert Frost’s

poem, The Road Not Taken with half of the 6th and 7th grades. Marcia asked the group to think

about who was speaking and what the poem was about while she read the poem aloud. Moments

after she finished a student raised her hand, “Why that is a metaphor for life!" Teachers

Karen and Marcia beamed with pleasure at this insightful comment.

All of this is to say, if you want to experience real education, both of intellect and character,

and to feel optimistic about future generations that attend FSH, spend a few hours walking

the halls and popping into classrooms.

- Sandy Dean

December 9, 2012

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