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Nonprofit Org. US POSTAGE PAID SummerSummer 20201817 Permit No. 259 Newburgh, NY Address Service Requested NEWSLETTER FROM OAKWOOD FRIENDS SCHOOL • CELEBRATING OVER 210 YEARS OF FRIENDS EDUCATION IN THE HUDSON VALLEY 2018-2019 Fall/Winter School Calendar Oak Leaves October 23 Workshare Day October 26 Parents’ Weekend. Reception at Flutist Allison Loggins-Hull ’01 Li Guo ’07 Head’s House, 4:00pm November 7 Breakfast with the Head, 8:30am To Present Arts Lecture New Board Member November 9 Parents’ Dinner, 6:00pm November 9-10 Fall Production, 7:30pm from The Hermitage in Englewood, Florida and will be in residence there between 2018-2020. November 14 Middle School Dinner, 5:00pm December 9 11th grade College Planning, 1:00pm Allison is on the faculty of The John J. Cali December 11 Parents’ Dinner, 6:00pm School of Music at Montclair State University, Holiday Concert, 7:00pm SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute and is a former faculty January 4 Winter Reunion member of The Juilliard School’s Music Advance- January 10 Breakfast with the Head, 8:30am ment Program. She has also served as a visiting January 26 Wine Dinner & Auction, 6:30pm and/or teaching artist at the New England Con- servatory, the University of Michigan, the Uni- February 22 Parents’ Dinner, 6:00pm versity of Wisconsin-Madison, The New School, February 22-23 Winter Production, 7:30pm Allison Loggins-Hull, Oakwood class of 2001, Chamber Music America, SphinxConnect, and Li Guo ’07 Visit us at www.oakwoodfriends.org will return to campus on April 26, 2019, to several other institutions. Allison lives in Mont- present Oakwood’s 6th annual Arts Presenta- clair, NJ, with her husband and two children. Oakwood Friends School is delighted to wel- tion to the school community. Allison is a flut- We are honored to welcome our accomplished come Li Guo, class of 2007, as its newest ist, composer and educator with an active ca- alumna Allison Loggins-Hull back to Oakwood! member of the Board of Managers. Li attend- reer performing and creating music of multiple ed Oakwood as an international student from 16 SuSummermmer 20172018 NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI AND MEMBERS OF THE OAKWOOD FRIENDS COMMUNITY genres. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she moved Special thanks to Marsha and Jonathan Talbot Shanghai and brings an important new perspec- to New York at the age of 10, started playing ’57 who support Oakwood’s Art Series which tive to the Board. As a student, Li immersed flute shortly thereafter and was self-taught until was launched by Jonathan’s presentation, “Col- himself fully in the life of the school and was Oakwood’s Commencement on June 8, 2018 she began formal training at the age of 15. She lage: Medium and Metaphor,” in 2013. selected as student clerk for his senior year. is one half of the critically acclaimed flute duo Flutronix, which was praised by the Wall Street After Oakwood, Li earned his BA from Boston Journal for being able “to redefine the instru- University, majoring in International Relations ment.” MTV recognized Flutronix for “redefining and Political Science. After working for the family the flute and modernizing its sound by hauling business for a while, he returned to school and it squarely into the world of popular music.” received a master’s degree with honors from the University of Chicago. His thesis explored what Allison has recently performed and/or recorded constitutes nationalism in the context of China with the International Contemporary Ensem- and provided empirical case studies of the de- ble, NOVUS NY, singer/songwriter Toshi Re- sign of China’s history textbooks and national agon, jazz pianist David Virelles and hip-hop monuments. His dissatisfaction with the quantita- producer Ski Beatz. With Flutronix, she has tive bend of the discipline steered him toward released two full studio albums, a live album history, and he entered the History Ph.D. pro- (Live From the Attucks Theatre), an EP (City of gram at Northwestern University with a focus on Breath) and is signed to Village Again Records the history of Late Imperial and Modern China. in Japan. In addition, she has been featured in In addition to research, Li was also a teaching television segments on Telemundo, AriseTV, Allison with fellow alums on a service project in fellow for the course Early Chinese Civilization. and The Daily Buzz, as well as an internation- NYC in 2016 After two years, Li’s desire for greater creativity ally broadcast ESPN Super Bowl commercial and freedom caused him to leave academia to and the Black Girls Rock! Awards Show on BET. become a fiction writer, writing stories of fantasy/ magical realism and lies in search for his truth. She is the creator and producer of Diametrically Composed, a New Music USA grant-winning proj- Thank you! Li is currently living in the Greater Chicago area, ect that exclusively features the stories of artists 2017-2018 Annual Fund with his wife Fei Sun. We know Li will bring his who are also mothers. She regularly composes creativity, sharp intellect and wonderful humor music for Flutronix and has been commissioned Exceeds Goal! to his work on behalf of Oakwood. He respond- Bottom Row: Tillie Schneiderman, Lanting (Elly) Xie, Alli DeCola-Judge, Ha Nguyen, Lily Schaeufele, Garret Tanis 2nd Row: Claudia Sicherman, Taji by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Texas See Annual Gifts Report ed to his board appointment: “I am grateful and Parker, Shane Calliste, Paola Ji Chen, Yi (Keah) Liu, Matthew Rodriguez, Ana Alexander 3rd Row: Nancy Masimbi, Vizyion Wilson, Catie Colvson- honored for the wonderful opportunity to serve Bucher, Ali Walker, Shai Ebony-Chenee Blackbird, Jiaqi (Fiona) Song, Jiayun (Bryce) Wei, Xiaohan (Echo) Xu, Asha Felice, Romi Elting, Gabriel (Gaby) Flute Society and cellist Amanda Gookin (PUBLI- In center section. Quartet). With Flutronix, Allison is published by as a board member of Oakwood Friends School, Mat, Amir Movahedi Top Row: Jiaqi (Jacky) Zhang, Wangyin (Marcus) Li, Thelonious (Spike) Kelly-Rossini, Maty Thiam, Adele Ruboneka, Chris Ishimwe, Carl Fischer. She recently received a fellowship for now I can reconnect with a community that I Briana Uket, Junlan (Shei) Yin, Caesar Conte, Matthew Colalillo Not pictured: Trevor Mooney am forever fond of and help make it brighter.” 2 SSummerummer 20182017 NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI AND MEMBERS OF THE OAKWOOD FRIENDS COMMUNITY CELEBRATING OVER 210 YEARS OF FRIENDS EDUCATION IN THE HUDSON VALLEY SummerSummer 20182017 15 In 1964, he was selected as a national finalist for the Teacher of the Year Award given by All In! Remembering Hal Frazier, Look Magazine. Upon retirement from Hall, by Chad Cianfrani, Head of School he taught at Talcott Mountain Science Acad- Oakwood faculty, 1949 – 1954 emy in Avon. Dad couldn't go anywhere All In! The Sacred Waters outside Standing without meeting a former student. Past stu- Rock, Peking University, Craig dorm dents frequently called and stopped by to bathrooms, the Republic of Georgia, mitre Oakwood Friends had an exterior harmony and sense of propor- thank Dad and tell him how much he had saws, and approximately 70,000 bees spoke School lost a won- tion that he traced back to the Golden Mean. influenced their lives; some becoming math in unison within the Oakwood community derful friend when teachers themselves. He also developed new this summer. Inspiration took on many forms Harold “Hal” Fra- Yet every experience provided a chance for math curricula in Cleveland, edited math these last months and filled our campus zier passed away on him to teach. His children learned early on textbooks for the Houghton-Mifflin Co. in with a strong sense of optimism for the March 4, 2018 at the to only ask for homework help under the Boston and taught many summers at UNH year ahead. Seemingly disparate activities, age of 93. Hal and most dire of circumstances because of the training college graduates to teach math. He projects, adventures, modes of research Emily and Matthew Woolever building a patio his wife Chris were two-thousand-year history of mathematics served as President of not only the West Hart- and professional development resonated members of the Oak- and its relevance to the world around us ford Retired Teachers Association, but also of with a common theme this summer; one Rock and the Rosebud Reservation in South that inspired greatness on the Oakwood wood community that he felt compelled to elucidate each time. the CT Retired Teachers Association and of of engagement, energy, curiosity, and a Dakota, to Peking University in Beijing, to football field carried over into Hap’s classes from 1949 to 1954. "One man's trash is another man's treasure" the Association of Teachers in Math in CT.” sense that our faculty and staff are all in! Wadgassen, Germany and Tbilisi in the Re- in advanced mathematics. Yosh’s quiet re- Hal was the Dean of Boys, taught mathemat- was especially true for Dad. He could turn public of Georgia. During their travels, our flection and a willingness to connect trans- ics and shop and coached boys’ athletics. anything into a work of art. He filled his On campus this summer, our faculty ran faculty presented research, attended con- lated into engaging work with prose and His tenure at Oakwood made a deep impres- house and yard with his sculptures, carvings, paintings, pottery, calligraphy and etchings. multiple programs, camps and workshops. ferences, drew inspiration, created art, and essays. Faculty from the late 60’s, like Bob sion on him, and he continued to support IN MEMORY Local middle school girls challenged them- built relationships. Their intellectual curios- Hidell, returned to celebrate reunion with the school through the Annual Fund and He made furniture and lights, soap holders selves during two weeks of science and ity coupled with an innate desire to connect his former students, now lifelong friends.