Greene Street Friends School Alumni

Calling all Alumni! Join us at today's Fall Fair for a special treat and support the Costa Rica Exchange Program!!

Today is our

Funds contributed today will support the DEI Initiative Fund. This fund will sustain our programs focused on equity and will be prioritized by the GSFS Director of DEI!

Visit greenestreetfriends.org/love4gsfs for more information and to make a gift!

Congratulations to Elizabeth '20 on this incredible honor! https://www.lmsd.org/harritonhs/about/newsroom/article/~post/pair-of-harriton-singers-named-to-pmea-district-11-chorus-20211214?fbclid=IwAR3qo-Uz22DT9dF9IJolWJDmgOGjMFqYoNJVnySlNzhH7nbnlC258I5-bsc

Pair of Harriton Singers Named to PMEA District 11 Chorus The PMEA recently announced that Harriton junior Chandric Lee and sophomore Elizabeth Clancy have been selected to the District 11 Choral Ensemble.

Wow! Check out Pete '20 leading Central High School to the PIAA Quarterfinals, with six strong innings on the mound and only one earned run.

We know that Pete (and our many other Central students and alum) are thrilled!

PIAA Class 6A Baseball: Central bounces Boyertown, 3-2, for first state win since 2006 – PA Prep Live PLYMOUTH >> Boyertown had more base runners, struck out more batters and even likely hit the furthest ball of the day, but sometimes none of those things matter on the baseball field. A Central High School team powered by a senior at the plate and a freshman on the mound held off the District 1 […...

Attention, Young Alumni! Penn still has spots open in its Summer Mentorship Program. The deadline has been extended to tomorrow, June 4th and you can read more about this (paid!) opportunity below:

Summer Mentorship Program – Summer Mentorship Program At this time YES, the Provost’s Summer Mentorship Program will be taking place virtually. As of now, the programming schedule for SMP 2021 is July 12, 2021 – August 6, 2021, Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm (Attendance is Mandatory).

Great summer opportunity for our Young Alumni!

Know a teen that would like a part time Summer job at an urban farm and youth run farm stand at Grumblethorpe?

Grumblethorpe Youth Farm Stand has a few job openings! Apply now by reaching out to [email protected] to set up a conversation and interview.

$10 per hour for 13 hrs per week (Fri/Sat) in June, July and August

Must acquire working papers from the Philadelphia School District either online or in person! Ages 14+

Will we see you at tomorrow's Virtual Alumni Day from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST? Register today to connect with GSFS friends, play a fun GSFS trivia game, win prizes, and see current life at GSFS!

https://tinyurl.com/GSFSAlumniDay2021

We want to make sure our entire alumni community saw this tribute to Kathie Bowes, beloved Pre-Kindergarten teacher who passed away last week.

Please share your memories of Kathie here or on the GSFS page and look for more ways to honor Kathie via email.

The entire Greene Street Friends School community mourns the loss of Kathie Bowes, our beloved Pre-Kindergarten Teacher who passed away at her home, surrounded by family, earlier this week.

One of Kathie’s many passions that she passed on to her students was a love of poetry. Each year, Kathie’s class celebrated National Poetry Week and hosted a coffeehouse style open mic for faculty, staff, and GSFS friends to share favorite pieces.

This morning we can’t help but think of the following poem by Maya Angelou and just what a great tree Kathie was in our community- always joyful, always encouraging, always kind, always understanding, always curious. Always a passionate teacher and eager learner.

Kathie was also always dedicated to her home here in Germantown. Kathie’s family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Horizons at Greene Street Friends School, the summer academic enrichment program that she volunteered with regularly and bridged her loves for Germantown, Greene Street Friends School, and education. You may do so here: https://greenestreetfriends.org/giving

When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.

When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.

Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.

And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.

We are heartbroken to share that Fay Gardner Lawton, our Reading Specialist from 1972-1990 has passed away at age 96. Fay worked with so many of our alumni and had a rich life outside of school as a published author and Quaker activist.

You can read more about Fay below and please share your memories of Fay in the comments.

Fay Gardner Lawton, poet, teacher, and singer, dies at 96 A longtime educator at Greene Street Friends School and the Bryn Mawr College Child Study Institute, Mrs. Lawton published her first book of poetry, Ringing Changes, when she was 74.

Wow! Check out Georgia '14, who is working as a poll worker this year and featured in Vogue! You can read about Georgia and why she is passionate about voting rights and this year's election here: https://www.vogue.com/article/first-time-poll-workers-2020-election?fbclid=IwAR1RY47E_m6k2jvApbMgHztbu3p-pmlsaQifUGwLg32OV96u-NgeaimQPuc

Ready to show your GSFS pride this fall?

Check out our school store and stock up on hoodies, sweatpants, and other Hawks gear at sale prices! https://greenestreetfriendsschool.itemorder.com/sale

*Alumni Update!*

Caroline Sacko '01, pictured here, is working for a Johns Hopkins clinic in an underserved Baltimore community. In one of her capacities, she is on the front lines delivering medicines to people at risk of HIV/AIDs and drug overdose. She also works on an organic farm at Jonah House (an intentional peace and justice community founded by the Berrigan brothers in West Baltimore). Wow!

Do you have an update we should share with the GSFS alumni community? Send Lindsay ([email protected]) your information and we'll make sure it's shared with Hawks worldwide!

Welcome our newest group of alumni! 📸 Jaime Bou

Wow!!! Congratulations to Desmond Daniels ‘13, the winner of the Hannah Amgott Memorial Scholarship, a prestigious award from the Delaware Valley Education Consortium! 🤩🎉

You can read more about Des and his passion for teaching by clicking here:

Daniels ’21, ’22M Awarded Hannah Amgott Memorial Scholarship | Arcadia University Education and Literacy Studies major Desmond Daniels ’21, ’22M is the first Arcadia student to be awarded the Hannah Amg

Check out Corina Newsome '07, featured in next week's edition of the The New Yorker!

Corina, a wildlife conservationist in Georgia, helped organize and promotes black naturalists and anti-racism in the field. You can read all about Corina's work here:

Corina Newsome and the Black Birders Movement The wildlife conservationist, whose field site, in Georgia, is down the road from where Ahmaud Arbery was killed, helped organize after a white woman called the cops on a black birdwatcher in Central Park.

Attention, Young Alumni! Great opportunity for high school seniors from the University of Pennsylvania:

Penn will offer public high school seniors in Philly a free four-week college and career prep program At the University of Pennsylvania, administrators developed the free summer academy to help rising seniors in Philadelphia’s public high schools close any gap that may have been created by COVID-19.

You can find Philly protests all in one place, thanks to a volunteer web designer The site has a chronological listing of activist events across the region.

Congrats to Lucas, Noah, and Theo '16, friends since Lower School at GSFS! We especially like those cool maroon cups 🥳

Today’s the day! We hope to see you at Alumni Day TODAY at 2:00 p.m. EST

We hope to see all of you at Saturday's Virtual Alumni Day! You can register here: https://tinyurl.com/GSFSAlumniDay20

Wear your GSFS Swag and test your skills during our Kahoot games!

Don’t miss Alumni Day this year! It’s virtual so grab your favorite device and join us on Zoom (link provided upon registration)!

We hope to see all of you at Saturday's Virtual Alumni Day! You can register here: https://tinyurl.com/GSFSAlumniDay20

Wear your GSFS Swag and test your skills during our Kahoot games!

Don’t miss Alumni Day this year! It’s virtual so grab your favorite device and join us on Zoom (link provided upon registration)!

Did you see Syreeta Scott ‘89 on Good Morning America?! Click here to read about how her business, Duafe Holistic Hair Care, has changed its model in the wake of COVID-19 and how you can support small businesses like hers.

These small business owners are getting creative to survive in the COVID-19 economy "GMA" put out a call to small businesses and service workers to see how they've responded to the economic downturn and we'll be sharing their stories here.

Alumni Day is coming up on Saturday, May 2nd at 2:00 p.m. Remember to wear your GSFS swag (all decades of designs welcome!) and play games to win fun prizes.

Register at https://tinyurl.com/GSFSAlumniDay20 today!

In yesterday's Tuesday Flyer, we encouraged folks to send us pictures of their students' Origami creations from the 1st-4th Grades current art unit.

Howard Kellogg '00 got into the spirit a few years ago when Ed was visiting him at M.I.T. Do you have a beautiful paper creation to share with your fellow alumni? Send a picture to Lindsay ([email protected]) and be sure to like the GSFS page to see how students are continuing to learn on virtual platforms.

Scholarship Alert!

In honor of the five founding members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, the Centennial International President of Zeta Phi Beta will award $100,000 scholarship each year to a new recipient, for five consecutive years beginning the sorority’s Centennial Anniversary year of 2020. Learn more about this opportunity by clicking here:

http://www.zpbnef1975.org/centennial-scholarship.html

Centennial Scholarship In honor of the five founding members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, the Centennial International President of Zeta Phi Beta will award $100,000 scholarship each year to a new recipient,...

Director of After School Programs Amy Fiske '87 and her family were recently featured in a touching segment on our local CBS station. We continue to hold Amy and her family in the light and are so thankful for her hero sons!

Two Montgomery County Brothers Honored For Saving Parents' Lives From December Fire Cooper and Ryder Fiske-Kneafsey received chief's commendations from the Lower Merion Fire Department on Wednesday

Be sure to catch Rosa Leff '03 in "Ten", an upcoming art show at Paradigm Gallery + Studio. Rosa and her fellow artists will be at the opening reception on Friday and you can read more about the exhibit below. Congrats, Rosa!

"TEN" TEN A group exhibition celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Paradigm Gallery + Studio Exhibition Dates: February 28 - March 21, 2020 Opening Reception: Friday, February 28, 2020 | 5:30 - 10:00PM Artwork by Emily Smith Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present TEN, a comprehensive, group exhi...

Congrats to Xzayvier '18 and his teammates on their big win last night!

"Brown, a ninth-grade starter with the unflappable air of a seasoned veteran, was 3-for-3 from the field, including 2-for-2 from behind the arc. He also was 4-for-4 from the free-throw line."

https://www.inquirer.com/high-school-sports/pennsylvania/roman-catholic-archbishop-wood-philadelhia-catholic-league-playoffs-20200220.html

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