Quaker Schools - period ended 12.15.2006

Quaker Schools/Religious Diversity//The big tent: Celebration widens Jewish sons' world./Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia/PA/USA/19-Dec-06//... (Noah would come home a few days later from his Quaker school, proudly displaying the "menorah" he had colored. It was, in fact, a Kwanzaa kinara.). ...

Quaker Schools/Pacifist///RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Japan's expat rebel with many causes blends music .../The Japan Times/Tokyo/Japan/Asia/3-Dec-06//...You've lived in New York for many years. Have you ever thought about leaving?

Obviously after 9/11, I and my partner talked about moving somewhere else. We were worried about a second terrorist attack, perhaps a nuclear bomb in a briefcase. More than that, though, we were really shocked that our friends in New York turned patriotic overnight. You know, they started putting out the flags and so on. So we were searching for a safer place, maybe Kenya or Brazil. (laughs) Japan is one of the United States' strongest allies next to Britain and Italy, so Japan is obviously not safe. The only reason why we're still staying in the U.S. is the school. Our son goes to a Quaker school, very pacifist. He'll graduate in three years, and we'll move somewhere safe. Japan is one of the options, but only one. ...

Quaker Schools/Mount School/Jones, Betti//Beti Jones: An appreciation/The Herald/London/England/UK/12-Dec-06//... to more than 90%. As a member of the Society of Friends, Beti's devotion to children continued after her retirement. She was as ...

Quaker Schools/Friends Meeting School//Guatemalan students visit their Frederick sister school/Frederick News Post/Frederick /MD/USA/8-Dec-06//... were visiting this week in the first sister-school student exchange trip, along with the principal and her daughter and a teacher from the Quaker school in ... The Ijamsville school, which carries on the tradition of Quaker non-violence, had sought a relationship with a school in another country in part to promote non-violence and friendship, Ms. Breiling said. The Liceo Tecnologico Bilingue in Chiquimula was chosen as partner because it is close to the same size -- about 150 students -- as Friends School, and because Mr. Orellana and the school's principal, Ms. Pinto De Estrada, hit it off right away.…….

Quaker Schools/Charlotte Friends School/Charlotte Friends Meeting/Cain, Tracey/Quakers plan new Charlotte school/Charlotte Observer/Charlotte/NC/USA/10-Dec-06//The school will fulfill a longtime interest with the Charlotte Friends Meeting -- the Quaker faith community in Charlotte -- to launch an independent school ...

Quaker Schools/Barclay Friends School//Leaving a mark on Bradford County/Towanda Daily Review/Towanda/PA/USA/10-Dec-06//... "And always a gentle woman." Penni Eldredge-Martin of Ulster, along with her husband, Brooks, were teachers at the Barclay Friends School, a Quaker school, in ...

Quaker Schools/Arts/Music//Eccentric soundtracks put Imogen Heap into the bright lights at .../Malaysia Star/Kuala Lampur/Malaysia/Asia/19-Dec-06//... As a 12-year-old at a Quaker boarding school, the classically trained pianist discovered an old Atari computer and its music-making capabilities. ...

Quaker Schools///Did tabouli lead the Marines to me?/Houston Chronicle/Houston/TX/USA/16-Dec-06//... And so at age 15, I crossed the ocean blue to New York, and from there, journeyed by bus to a small Quaker college in Oskaloosa, Iowa, where I watched ...

FCNL/Quaker Schools/Consensus/Wilmington College/WC students, professors attend conference in Washington/Wilmington News Journal/Wilmington/OH/USA/4-Dec-06//... Abby Pratt, freshman: "Even when it seems to take forever to make decisions, I found that the Quaker process of agreement does work.". ...