Quaker Schools - period ended 12.1.2006

Quaker Schools/War/Pacifism/Wilmington (DE) Friends School/Helicopter pilot leads unit in Afghanistan/The News Journal/Newark/DE/USA/24-Nov-06//... Although some people who know him may shake their heads, wondering how a Wilmington Friends School graduate wound up flying helicopters in combat zones, no one is surprised he's a unit commander.

"It doesn't surprise me one bit that he's in charge," said Greg Miller, Reilly's wrestling coach at Friends. "He's always been a leader."

Despite the fact he attended a Quaker school, founded by pacifists, Reilly was determined to follow in his father's footsteps and go to West Point.

His father admits he was taken aback by that.

"I really was surprised when he expressed an interest in West Point," Bernie Reilly Sr. said. "But I probably shouldn't have been, because he's always wanted to do his best." ...

Quaker Schools/Politics and Economics/Violence/Earlham College/Some ideas are unwelcome on America's college campuses/The Free Lance-Star/Fredericksburg/VA/USA/28-Nov-06//... (Ironically, the school is affiliated with the peace-loving Quaker denomination.) And a Western Michigan University protester screaming "Stop the bigotry ...

Quaker Schools/International Conflict/Ramallah Friends School/Behind the Wall: Palestinian Teens Speak Out/Palestine Chronicle/Seattle/WA/USA/24-Nov-06//... At least that’s true for 10th graders at the Ramallah Friends School, an American Quaker-owned institution with a 100 year history in the West Bank. ...

Quaker Schools/Environment/Mount School/York pupils up for conservation award/York Press/York/England/UK/24-Nov-06//... The conservation area at the Quaker girls' school in York was originally established by Dr Catherine Morris 14 years ago and consisted of a butterfly garden, a ...

Quaker Schools/Community/Non-Violence/Peace/Give cheerful greetings and help charity/DetNews.com/Detroit/MI/USA/22-Nov-06//... Friends School teaches children ages 3 through eighth grade the Quaker values of community, nonviolence and peace. Package of 10 cards for $10. ...

Quaker Schools/Brooklyn Friends School//From Projects to Penthouse, It’s One Family/New York Times/NY/NY/USA/23-Nov-06//There were constant arguments and crises — fights in school, teenage pregnancies, run-ins with the law — and the Rosens wondered if by parenting five more sons, they were shortchanging Ripton, who is now 16 and attends the Brooklyn Friends School, along with Morgan, 13.

Quaker Schools///Classes Without Borders/Philadelphia citypaper.net/Philadelphia/PA/USA/21-Nov-06//... cultural perspectives. It could be a Quaker school or an inner-city school, but each will be telling the rest of the world what to do.".