Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Quaker Schools - period ended 10.15.2006

Quaker Schools / War / Sandy Springs Friends School / In Marine's Death, Clues to a Son's Life / Washington Post / Washington / DC / USA /11-Oct-06/ Washington Post / ... streets of Bethesda. Alex graduated from a Quaker high school, then stunned them by enlisting in the Marine Corps. Gilda trusted ...

Newsweek / New York / NY / USA

Canton Repository / Canton / OH / USA

HeraldNet, / Edmunds / WA / USA

Quaker Schools / Environment / Connecticut Friends School / Toscanos, Kim / A Win-Win Proposition / Norwalk Citizen / Norwalk / CT / USA /10-Oct-06// ... of the Connecticut Friends School of Wilton, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade and is guided by Quaker principles, announced on ...

Quaker Schools / Environment / Connecticut Friends School / Toscanos, Kim / Friends School Enters Contract for White Barn Property / Westport-News / Westport / CT / USA /6-Oct-06// ... of the Connecticut Friends School of Wilton, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade and is guided by Quaker principles, announced on ...

Quaker Schools / Environment / Connecticut Friends School / Toscanos, Kim / Connecticut Friends plan to buy the White Barn Theatre / Wilton Villager / Wilton / CT / USA /6-Oct-06// ... morning, Moccia, Common Council members Douglas E. Hempstead and Kelly L. Straniti, and others praised the plan being pursed by the Wilton-based Quaker school. ...

Quaker Schools / Environment / Connecticut Friends School / Toscanos, Kim / School to buy White Barn land / Stamford Advocate / Stamford / CT / USA /5-Oct-06// NORWALK -- A Quaker school in Wilton has entered into an agreement with a luxury-home developer to purchase the 18.5-acre White Barn Theatre property for $6 ...

Quaker Schools / Connecticut Friends School / Toscanos, Kim / Schempp, Woody / Friends School plans to move to Norwalk / Wilton Villager / Wilton / CT / USA /12-Oct-06// WILTON — The Connecticut Friends School [CFS], which interweaves Quaker ideals throughout its kindergarten through eighth grade curriculum, is planning to ...

Quaker Schools / Women / Lincoln School / A test of confidence / Providence Journal / Providence / RI / USA /8-Oct-06// ... AT FIRST, Gigi DeBarros was excited to go to Lincoln School, an all-girls Quaker school on Providence’s East Side that gave her a full scholarship. ...

Quaker Schools / Silence / Earlham College / Speaker inspires at Earlham / Palladium-Item / Richmond / IN / USA /10-Oct-06// ... Lomax to the area. Because of Earlham's Quaker roots, the program started with a quiet time of reflection. After the period passed ...

Quaker Schools / Security / Harford Friends School / Pa. shootings spur safety reviews at county schools / Baltimore Sun / Baltimore / MD / USA /8-Oct-06//... Safety policy also is being emphasized at Harford Friends School in Darlington, which is in its second year of operation.

"We have a protective policy in place at the school. We just hope that we never have the occasion to act on it," said Jonathan Huxtable, head of school at Friends, where 13 pupils in grades six and seven receive instruction based on Quaker philosophy. .

Quaker Schools / Religious Diversity / Dogmatism // Debt of thanks to church schools / Telegraph.co.uk / London / England / UK /6-Oct-06// ... Even Henry VIII only defended one at a time. Faiths differ. Quaker schools have attracted children of unbelievers because Quakers are not dogmatic. ...

Quaker Schools / Religious Diversity // Getting Religion / Washington Post / Washington / DC / USA /12-Oct-06//... Priscilla Warner came from a Reform Jewish background. She had attended a Hebrew day school from which her father "abruptly pulled" her, sending her to a Quaker school. She deeply resents the label of "Christ killer," which she detects over and over again in the popular culture and media. She is frank in articulating the ingrained sensitivity born of Judaism's long and difficult history. ...

Quaker Schools / Rebellion /// The importance of not being earnest / Guardian Unlimited / London / England / USA /11-Oct-06// ... He grew up liberal and middle-class and, eventually, rebellious (he was expelled from his Quaker boarding school) in rural Lincolnshire. ...

Quaker Schools / Peace Activities / Burundi Yearly Meeting / Friends School of Baltimore / Conference on "Peacemaking in the Home, School, and Community" To ... / The Baltimore Chronicle / Baltimore / MD / USA /13-Oct-06// ... world peace. There will also be a presentation by Elie Nahimana, General Secretary of the Burundi Quaker Yearly Meeting. Nahimana ...


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