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===Forums and Mailing Lists=== | ===Forums and Mailing Lists=== | ||
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiverClass/ River Class] - lower school (free subscription required) | *[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RiverClass/ River Class] - lower school (free subscription required) | ||
| + | ==Upcoming Events== | ||
| + | * '''2005-12-16''' (Friday): '''Alumni/Varsity Basketball Games''' "Join us in the gym for a match between alumni and the varsity teams. Cheer the players, talk with friends, and enjoy refreshments." | ||
| + | ** 6:00 p.m. for alumni women and girls varsity | ||
| + | ** 7:30 p.m. for alumni men and boys varsity | ||
| + | * '''2006-01-01''' (Sunday): '''Alumni Dance Performance''' "Join us in the performing arts center for this annual treat prepared for us by alumni dancers and musicians." | ||
| + | ** 5:00 p.m. with reception following | ||
| + | * '''2006-01-06''' (Friday): '''Life After CFS''' "Join a panel of alums sharing stores of life after CFS with current Upper School students in the Upper School main room from 12:45 - 1:30 p.m." | ||
| + | * '''2006-01-16''' (Monday): '''Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration''' "Join us to honor Martin Luther King, from 10:30 a.m. - noon. This year's theme is 'Remember, Inspire, Change.' Units will participate, and singing by Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church Choir. Public invited." | ||
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| + | ''Email contacts have been omitted to prevent spam; contact {{woozle}} if you need that information.'' | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The mural on the driveway-side of the middle school pavilion (The Quakerdome) was painted by Matthew Henry, [[User:Woozle|me]] (weird | *The mural on the driveway-side of the middle school pavilion (The Quakerdome) was painted by Matthew Henry, [[User:Woozle|me]] (weird | ||
unfinished brown tower-thing being sucked into the black hole), [[htwiki:Jenny Hall|Jenny Hall]] (dragon), Charlotte Denny (from New Zealand -- the Kiwi is hers; we jokingly called it "the dragon turd"), and I have to check about the one or two others. It was done for a mini-session project in 1982 (possibly 1981). I thought we were going to come back later and finish it... I remember the supervising teacher's face, but not her name (time to rifle through old yearbooks). | unfinished brown tower-thing being sucked into the black hole), [[htwiki:Jenny Hall|Jenny Hall]] (dragon), Charlotte Denny (from New Zealand -- the Kiwi is hers; we jokingly called it "the dragon turd"), and I have to check about the one or two others. It was done for a mini-session project in 1982 (possibly 1981). I thought we were going to come back later and finish it... I remember the supervising teacher's face, but not her name (time to rifle through old yearbooks). | ||
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==Recollections== | ==Recollections== | ||
===[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 06:10, 30 Apr 2005 (CST)=== | ===[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 06:10, 30 Apr 2005 (CST)=== | ||
CFS in 1979-1982 was quite a magical place. I met people there who totally changed my life. (Bad things also happened, and they didn't | CFS in 1979-1982 was quite a magical place. I met people there who totally changed my life. (Bad things also happened, and they didn't | ||
handle [[Htwiki:User:Harena|Harena]]'s crisis very well when she was there, but they at least erred on the side of allowing the individual to make their own choices, rather than being heavy-handed and authoritarian.) It would also seem to have been very good for for Mel, who graduated from the CFS upper school in 2002(?), and [[Htwiki:Zander|Zander]] (age 7 when he first went there in 2004), who was not getting along very well at Hope Valley (Durham Public Schools). (My [[Htwiki:CFS Wiki Proposal|wiki offer]] still stands, for what it's worth.) | handle [[Htwiki:User:Harena|Harena]]'s crisis very well when she was there, but they at least erred on the side of allowing the individual to make their own choices, rather than being heavy-handed and authoritarian.) It would also seem to have been very good for for Mel, who graduated from the CFS upper school in 2002(?), and [[Htwiki:Zander|Zander]] (age 7 when he first went there in 2004), who was not getting along very well at Hope Valley (Durham Public Schools). (My [[Htwiki:CFS Wiki Proposal|wiki offer]] still stands, for what it's worth.) | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 10 December 2005
Carolina Friends School is a private school on the western outskirts of Durham, NC. Founded by Quakers, and reflecting the Quaker philosophy, the school often does things differently from other schools.(For example: Students and Staff "settle in" together for 15 minutes or more in the morning, with no formal reading of "announcements"; individuals speak as they feel the need. Upper School students help with the maintenance and instruction at the school as part of "School Service" classes, or did as of 1982, when I went there; I presume this still applies.)
Links
- Carolina Friends School official web site
Related
CFS in the News
- 2005-06-19 Herald-Sun: sports at CFS
- 2005-05-31 Washington Post (near the end; search for "Carolina")
- 2005-05-20 News & Observer "Harvesting for the Needy"
Forums and Mailing Lists
- River Class - lower school (free subscription required)
Upcoming Events
- 2005-12-16 (Friday): Alumni/Varsity Basketball Games "Join us in the gym for a match between alumni and the varsity teams. Cheer the players, talk with friends, and enjoy refreshments."
- 6:00 p.m. for alumni women and girls varsity
- 7:30 p.m. for alumni men and boys varsity
- 2006-01-01 (Sunday): Alumni Dance Performance "Join us in the performing arts center for this annual treat prepared for us by alumni dancers and musicians."
- 5:00 p.m. with reception following
- 2006-01-06 (Friday): Life After CFS "Join a panel of alums sharing stores of life after CFS with current Upper School students in the Upper School main room from 12:45 - 1:30 p.m."
- 2006-01-16 (Monday): Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration "Join us to honor Martin Luther King, from 10:30 a.m. - noon. This year's theme is 'Remember, Inspire, Change.' Units will participate, and singing by Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church Choir. Public invited."
Email contacts have been omitted to prevent spam; contact Woozle if you need that information.
Trivia
- The mural on the driveway-side of the middle school pavilion (The Quakerdome) was painted by Matthew Henry, me (weird
unfinished brown tower-thing being sucked into the black hole), Jenny Hall (dragon), Charlotte Denny (from New Zealand -- the Kiwi is hers; we jokingly called it "the dragon turd"), and I have to check about the one or two others. It was done for a mini-session project in 1982 (possibly 1981). I thought we were going to come back later and finish it... I remember the supervising teacher's face, but not her name (time to rifle through old yearbooks).
Recollections
Woozle 06:10, 30 Apr 2005 (CST)
CFS in 1979-1982 was quite a magical place. I met people there who totally changed my life. (Bad things also happened, and they didn't handle Harena's crisis very well when she was there, but they at least erred on the side of allowing the individual to make their own choices, rather than being heavy-handed and authoritarian.) It would also seem to have been very good for for Mel, who graduated from the CFS upper school in 2002(?), and Zander (age 7 when he first went there in 2004), who was not getting along very well at Hope Valley (Durham Public Schools). (My wiki offer still stands, for what it's worth.)