Carolina Friends School Fall 2006 CFS Trustees Design Inclusive Visioning Process for Long-Range Planning Implementation of this next plan will begin in the 2007-08 school year and continue through 2011-12. The Board devoted its 2005-06 meetings to learning about issues and trends of potential impact on CFS. Discussion topics ranged from technology, demographics, economics, facilities, and land use to con- cepts of globalization, greening, and sustainability. As noted in the minutes of the June 2006 Board Meeting, “Friends expressed both excitement about the opportunity to engage in strate- gic planning and apprehension about whether we can ever be fully pre- pared for such a large task. There was strong support and deep appre- ciation for the solid foundation of the School philosophy and the cur- rent good health of the School -- in terms of staff, board, finances, stu- dents and community -- which gives us faith to move forward. Friends expressed a desire to make sure that we take time to truly spend time photo by Laura Shmania on the visioning part of strategic planning, making sure that we include Campus Early School students during a LRP Listening Session with a CFS trustee the wider community and that we use this opportunity to stretch the School to become even more than it is now while remaining true to the by Ani Flash, CFS Trustee and Convener of the Long-Range Planning Committee foundation of the School philosophy, which is so powerfully and ably The most important work for this year’s lived out each day at CFS.” At the 2006 Fall Board Retreat, led by Friends Schools’ consultant Board of Trustees is to produce the School’s Arthur Larrabee, board members experienced a remarkable level of fourth five-year long-range plan. accord and affirmed the need to remain open and teachable as we use continued on page 11 From the Principal Quaker Education, Three Cups of Tea, and Why We Value What We Do by Mike Hanas The genes that comprise that DNA This article is taken from Mike’s remarks are many, and they include: at the dedication of the new Upper School 1. The development of skills Meeting Hall on an evening in October. that enable students to find the During my first week as a dance stu- answers to the questions on their dent, Annie Dwyer, the dance instructor at minds; CFS, described dance as a way to communi- built with stewardship of the planet in mind. 2. The development of students who are in cate what we value, without words. I believe that CFS makes a profound differ- control of their learning, who know how they I think there can be no doubt that a devel- ence in the lives of our children, our families, learn best and how to advocate for them- opment campaign that prioritizes staff our community, and even our world. selves, and who know how to stand up for salaries, tuition aid, and the very composition I’m convinced that the world is a better what is right and how to contribute what they of our community, communicates what we place when schools like CFS thrive--and that can. value. the world would benefit if there were more 3. Staff members, new and returning, Similarly, I think it fair to see our newest schools like this one embrace a genetic code that inclines us to building, the Upper School Meeting Hall, as a Unfortunately, the truth is that there are search for the terms under which we can say statement about what we value. This building very few schools like CFS. Simply put, our “Yes!” to a student’s proposal or request, even is both simple and beautiful. It was economi- DNA is unique, not perfect, but an unusual the kind that in other settings would beg a cal to build and is very effective. This building blend of school as we know it and as it can be. question like, “What are you, crazy?” in is the product of collaboration in design, and Possibilities abound here. response. continued on page 10 We & Thee 2 Stewardship in Action CFS Invests In Positive Social Change CFS has always been committed to the value of stewardship, and we continue to find new ways we can keep this commitment throughout the School -- in our use of resources, in the curriculum, in building projects, and in our investments. We can make a difference. This is the first in a series of articles in We & Thee about some of the ways in which our commitment to stewardship is put into practice at CFS. by Susan Carson, CFS trustee and exclusively to socially responsible investing media performance in terms of these distinc- Durham Early School parent and has over $1 billion in assets under man- tive social and financial registers. Modeled on agement. Our manager, Farnum Brown, the CERES Principles for environmental per- I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to merged his firm with Trillium in 1994. formance and the Global Reporting Initiative share what we’ve been working on in the CFS Farnum has been a CFS parent for twelve for environmental, social and governance Investment Committee. Last fall, we began to years, so he is very familiar with the School reporting, Open MIC will articulate a set of broaden our thinking about what could be and the CFS values. media responsibility principles and define an accomplished with the School’s significant Trillium’s approach is particularly attractive array of metrics for media company perform- financial resources and sought to effect posi- to CFS because of its internationally recog- ance. The guiding insight of Open MIC is tive change in a world that often ignores social nized leadership in activist, change-oriented that the media values we promote as citizens outcomes in the interest of making profits. investing. Where many socially responsible are those we also promote as investors: open- We realized that we could have a greater managers focus on screening out “bad” com- ness and transparency, innovation and creativ- impact and express the values of CFS by iden- panies, Trillium seeks to establish enough of a ity, competition, and diversity. tifying managers for our portfolio that would position in one of these “bad” companies Boston Common Asset Management be proactive in making the world a better (often teaming together with other sharehold- place while at the same time earning strong ers) in order to change the offensive behavior. Boston Common Asset Management was returns for the endowment. formed in 2002. With $650 million under Though socially responsible investing (SRI) management, BCAM is a value-oriented, has been around for several decades, much employee-owned social investment firm dedi- progress has been made in how much influ- cated to the pursuit of financial return and ence investors can have in making positive social change. BCAM complements prudent changes in the corporate world. SRI started portfolio management with customized social with a focus on filtering out companies that screening and shareholder advocacy. BCAM don’t meet baseline standards of social and uses shareholder leverage to influence corpo- environmental responsibility. For example, rate practices, often in collaboration with SRI investors initially focused on steering coalitions of shareholders and activist organi- clear of companies that made more than 5% zations. of revenue from tobacco, alcohol, nuclear or Over the years, BCAM has sought to effect military weapons. Today, the field has evolved change by engaging with companies to beyond that. Now, SRI managers not only improve 1) their impact on the environment seek to avoid companies engaged in offensive (recycling, climate change, genetically modi- industries ~ called “negative” screens ~ but fied organisms, environmental disclosure, and they also identify companies that are proac- safer products), 2) human & labor rights tively engaged in making positive social (sweatshop/vendor standards, indigenous changes ~ called “positive” screens. Another rights, environmental justice), 3) corporate important evolution of the work of SRI man- governance (sustainability reporting, executive agers is identifying companies that may be compensation), 4) health issues (HIV/AIDS, doing something that is offensive but that are marketing of AD/HD drugs for children), 5) willing to listen to criticisms and suggestions One example of Trillium’s success in diversity and discrimination issues (reporting, for making positive changes. For example, effecting change with the power of financial adopting non-discrimination policies), and 6) one of our managers made an investment in assets was teaming up with Rainforest Action violence in the media (child access to violent Pepsico in the interest of helping shape water Network to cause Home Depot to agree to video games). policies for the company in its plant in India. eliminate purchasing any old-growth wood BCAM’s most recent initiative centers on Such initiatives often take place in the form of products. Other efforts that Trillium has built energy choices for the social investor. Faced shareholder resolutions that are voted by all their reputation on include ecological/envi- with opportunity in a segment of the market stockholders of a particular company. ronmental issues and sexual orientation non- that has a 35% share that is growing only 1.5% After exploring the opportunities among discrimination. annually (oil) and a sector representing only SRI professionals, followed by several months Trillium’s current primary issue relates to 2% of the market yet is growing 30% annual- of due diligence, we hired two managers for media responsibility and their team is current- ly (renewable energy), investors have more the CFS endowment portfolio, Trillium Asset ly in talks with some of the corporate leaders choices than ever before. New energy tech- Management (Trillium) and Boston Common in this industry to effect social change. nology has become one of the hottest invest- Asset Management (BCAM). Having worked on this issue for two years, ments for venture capitalists and opportuni- ties abound in the small and medium-sized Trillium Trillium is about to launch The Open Media and Information Companies Initiative (Open companies that are the engines of innovation. Founded in 1982, Trillium is the oldest and MIC), a proposal to establish an independent continued on next page largest independent money manager devoted reporting framework for measuring corporate We & Thee 3

The market for renewables is booming ~ in 2005, biofuels production increased 20%, wind power In Memoriam capacity rose 24%, and solar cell production jumped 45%. In addition to investing in this sector, Boston Common has pledged to offset its 2005 emissions and A Fond And become a carbon neutral organization. BCAM has offered the opportunity to magnify the Sad Goodbye impact of its socially responsible investing by engag- ing with the CFS community about what we can be Pat Dalton, Head Teacher of the doing as consumers to further effect change. In addi- CFS Middle School from 1985 to tion, CFS can be involved in shareholder initiatives 2000, died on the morning of (for example, company dialogues, filing shareholder Sunday, September 24, 2006, in her resolutions, letter campaigns). room at Durham Regional Hospital. Pat’s husband Robert had been with Self-Help Credit Union her through the evening. Her son Seth and mother Betty had also been In keeping with this broader approach to enhance much present during this time, along the impact of the School’s financial resources was our with several in the CFS community, decision to include community-based investments in including Renee Prillaman and Mary the School’s portfolio. More specifically, we have Deborah Englund, who was at Pat’s invested a portion of the school’s short-term cash side at the time of her death. reserves in CDs at the Self-Help Credit Union, which Pat will be missed by many in the has had a meaningfully positive impact on our com- CFS community and in the other munity. educational communities in which she shared her energy, intelligence, and The nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help vision. She touched the lives of many students, colleagues, and parents dur- provides financing to those left out of the economic ing her years at CFS Middle School, and before that, at Chapel Hill High School. She also influenced teachers through her work in the Education mainstream. Since its founding in 1980, Self-Help has Department at NC State, during and after her time at CFS. provided the opportunity to build resources through Shortly after Pat left Carolina Friends School, she was diagnosed with ownership of a home or business to women, rural, breast cancer. During her surgery and recovery then, and over these past and minority borrowers all over NC. Over the years, six years, Pat often expressed amazement and gratitude for the love and Self-Help has helped finance nonprofits, childcare support she continued to receive from members of the CFS community. centers, community health facilities, public charter Pat continued her connections to CFS through her role as an academic schools, and commercial real estate projects while cre- coach to many students, by teaching electives in the Middle School, and by ating a secondary market program that has financed facilitating relationships between her students at NC State and the CFS more than 44,000 mortgages for low-wealth home- Middle School. One of her NCSU students, Matthew Ross, joined the CFS owners. Self-Help also engages in policy and advoca- Middle School staff last year. cy work, most notably speaking out about the preda- A gathering to celebrate Pat’s life was held in the CFS Center on Saturday, October 7, with fellowship following in the Middle School. tory lending practices that strip wealth from low- Messages honoring Pat were shared by family, friends, colleagues, students, income families and helping to end payday lending in and parents. NC. By the end of its 25th year, Self-Help had pro- A fund has been created in Pat Dalton’s name at CFS. Contributions are vided $4.5 billion in financing to build stronger fami- invited and will be doubled through the Next Step Campaign. lies and communities. Two Ways to Contribute to CFS Give Directly from Your IRA Thinking About Writing a Will? A direct, tax-free gift by a transfer from your IRA to CFS is now You will need a will, even if you don’t have a big estate (cash, invest- possible. IF you are 70 & ½ or older. ments, land). Unless, of course, you want the state of North Carolina The law became effective in August ’06 and is temporary, expiring to determine who takes care of your children, who gets your assets, and after December 31, 2007. other important decisions. Removing funds from an IRA in this tax-free and penalty-free way Wills don’t have to be complicated. Matt Drake, Planned Giving benefits both the giver and the School. It is a great opportunity for Coordinator, has prepared a simple two-page introduction to writing a those who qualify. The law is also welcome because an IRA given by a will. Included are objectives accomplished by a will, the basic outline of bequest in a will can be very complicated for the heir. a will, necessary preparations for writing a will, and an excellent list of Contact John or Matt in Development for important details about web resources for a variety of end-of-life documents. the new law. Matt’s introduction is available in hard copy or by email from the Development office. Stop by the Center, call Matt at ext. 228, or email him at [email protected] We & Thee 4 Welcome, New Staff Keith Flynn was born in Goldsboro, NC. and Women's Studies, and an Associate tion in Education Policy, and was introduced Having enjoyed volunteering in his mother’s Degree in Visual and Performing Art. to Durham Early School through field work elementary school Credentials aside, she feels like a work in for one of her education classes. classroom and lis- progress now more than ever. After living in This year, Elizabeth is excited to take on tening to the stories the Middle East, Greece, England, Africa, the Extended Day Teacher position at DES to she shared at the Mexico, and South Dakota, it is only since work directly with children. She will also work supper table, he arriving here that Rachel feels truly at home. part-time at Urban Ministries of Durham. entered Eastern She looks forward to growing in service in the She enjoys reading, knitting, crocheting, cook- Carolina University many ways it is appearing in her life. ing, and skiing. Elizabeth and her new hus- to major in elemen- band Mike were married in August and are tary education. New in Middle School this year is Christel enjoying settling in after their move. Keith then went on Greiner. Christel has to NC State for an a background in and Clair Jenne is a CFS alum returning to fin- M.Ed in Curriculum love of art. She grew ish the year as Upper School Art teacher while and Instruction. up in a small town in Amelia Shull takes her maternity leave. Clair Keith spent 6 ½ years teaching second and upstate NY, and after studied fine arts and the even-finer art of third grades in Goldsboro public schools, and graduating from locksmithing at Warren Wilson College. Since for a time he served as media coordinator Elon University in then, her various pursuits include baking arti- there. After moving to Raleigh, Keith taught 2002 beame a world san breads and pastries, teaching, consulting, for 4 ½ years in Raleigh public schools. traveler, enjoying performing field It was from a CFS parent that Keith heard time in Peru and observations for a about a staff opening in Lower School. He Italy. While teaching national study in edu- says he was drawn by the friendly people and part-time at Durham cation, completing a the School philosophy, especially the extent to Academy, Christel began substitute-teaching year of service as an which there is an emphasis on working with in the CFS Middle School. Americorps volun- students wherever they are developmentally. Christel says: “I’ve loved CFS since I teer, and making art. Keith has moved to Durham now. He learned about the school in 2002. I’m con- After several years of enjoys working on his house, cooking, shop- vinced that it is a perfect fit for my personal criss-crossing the ping at the Durham farmers’ market, reading, and professional growth. I feel a part of the country in pursuit of and running. larger philosophy and love the challenge of well-roundedness, meeting the School’s mission.” Christel will Clair is delighted to Rachel Galper teach classes in math and social studies and have temporarily landed back at Friends has just joined CFS will supervise Homework Central and share School. Although she plans to return to as the new Middle an advisee group with Nancy Parsifal. Baltimore (her most recent home) to attend School AfterHours In a recent Middle School newsletter, stu- graduate school next fall, teaching Upper teacher. She feels dents were quoted as saying that Christel is School art is a welcome adventure. blessed to be work- “fun, energetic, awesome, and ready for new Clair is enjoying being in an environment ing with such bright ideas.” where exchanges between students and teach- and caring people. ers are in the spirit of mutual learning and dis- Deeply moved by Elizabeth Bax Hoffmann was born and covery. “I’m interested in an environment Quaker philosophy raised outside Chicago, Illinois, until her where we are all trying to collectively come up and practice, Rachel father’s job took the with solutions—whether we’re talking about is commited to family to London for how to build a sculpture, what to do about sharing in the won- a year and a half dur- trash on campus, or discussing larger, more ders of learning in ways that acknowledge ing high school. She complex, societal issues. It’s all part of a larg- young people as sources of love and wisdom. now officially identi- er process of learning to be an active member Recently moved from upstate New York, fies as an Anglophile. of a community.” where she was a public and home school Elizabeth loves to In her free time, Clair enjoys running, bik- teacher, a museum and arts educator, and an travel and returned to ing, hiking, swimming, and anything that gets artist, Rachel is also the founder of London during a her outside and moving. She hopes to do as Transformations: Adventures in Peace Making,an study abroad pro- much as she can with the time she’ll be at CFS ongoing arts-based youth empowerment pro- gram in college, and is happy to say—at least these days—that gram. Now living near family in Chapel Hill, where she interned at art and life simply cannot be divided. she works as an art teacher, children’s story the British Parliament. writer, and storyteller. She is also a Reiki prac- Elizabeth graduated from the University of Hallie Montgomery (Chapel Hill Early titioner and the proud auntie of two beautiful Notre Dame with a double major in School) is a native of Chapel Hill who attend- boys. Economics and Peace Studies. Duke’s Public ed Chapel Hill Early School and Lower School Rachel has a Master's in Elementary Policy program drew Elizabeth down South. for a time. She is glad to have had the oppor- Education, a BA in Latin American Affairs She graduated this past May with a concentra- tunity to spend a year in Montpellier, France We & Thee 5

when she was a stu- component of the Upper School orientation Florida to Los dent. Hallie attended class with principal Mike Hanas). Angeles, but he soon East Carolina Born in Philadelphia, Ginny was long settled into a day job University, where she aware of Friends Schools’ excellent reputa- that he hoped would studied Child tion. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in allow him to pursue Development and P.E. at East Stroudsburg University, Ginny music at night. He Family Relations with worked at fitness centers and coached various worked in manage- a concentration in sports and then entered a master’s program in ment for Whole Special Education and Sports Psychology at Temple University. Foods, and before Spanish. For more than a decade Ginny moved to long found he was In her work experi- different areas and traveling 35 weeks of ence Hallie is most loved them all: New the year and thus proud of the time she taught in the Head Start England, the pretty much unable to program in CHCCS. She has enjoyed working Adirondacks, North play music at all. Greg took a sabbatical, start- with children with special needs and those Carolina (where she ed playing again, and decided he needed to who were English Language learners. taught for a while at find a different kind of work for the next Hallie is delighted to have rejoined the Westchester chapter of his life. Carolina Friends School community. She Academy in High A friend asked him to substitute for her looks forward to learning more about Point), and then class one day, and Greg loved it. He began Quakerism and its role in her teaching prac- Houston. It was at subbing for her one day a week, and soon was tice. She is excited about the year and hopes Westchester that exploring job options in teaching music. He to include her young children Sawyer and Ginny became aware taught in a public charter school for 3 years. Eliza in the Friends School community as they of Carolina Friends Greg is now working at CFS 60%-time and mature. School. “I liked the way the kids played.” So still keeping up his teaching at local preschool when her partner Rémi accepted a job as a and at the Durham Arts Council, where he In joining the Upper School as guidance Nurse Practitioner at Duke Hospital, Ginny teaches beginning guitar. In addition to guitar, counselor, Sherri Moore-Mott merges her was eager to learn more about the possibility Greg himself plays percussion and keyboard. experience and love for the field of education of working at CFS. He also loves to sing and to write songs; and with her background Ginny and Rémi enjoy walking their he loves to write songs with the students in his in divinity and mental Labrador retrievers on trails in Duke Forest, classes. health. Sherri grew up as well as training for half-marathons and Greg and his wife Carol have been married in DesMoines, Iowa mini-triathalons this fall. So if you see a ten years and are devoted to their two dogs. and Graham, NC, woman wearing a CFS t-shirt (she has all the Greg also practices Tai Chi. and attended East colors) and a big smile, it just might be Ginny Carolina University, Riley. Bob Druham is by no means new to CFS where she earned a (perhaps recycled is more apt), but we are degree in English For Greg Taylor, music was bred in the delighted that he has returned to teach cours- with a concentration bone, since both his father and grandfather es in math and environmental science in the in Writing (’90), after made their living as musicians. Greg grew up Upper School. See him below, working with which she received a in Nothern Virginia and studied music at students to build solar panels for the Upper Masters in Divinity from Duke (’94) and then University of Miami. Greg worked full-time in School. did a clinical residency at the Duke Medical music for a while, playing in bands from Center (’95). She was the Mental Health Chaplain at the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford, and then returned to ECU for a Masters in Education (’03). She has been a mental health outpatient therapist, a foster care specialist, and a school guidance coun- selor. She is also a certified Hatha Yoga instructor. Sherri and her husband live in Henderson, where they purchased a historic home several years ago. She is excited about the possibilities for her here at CFS. In addition to teaching courses in psychology, academic strategies, language arts tutorial, and yoga, Sherri hopes to develop counseling groups and an explicit character education program here.

Ginny Riley brings her ebullience not only to her role as CFS physical education teacher but also to her inquiry into Friends education (which includes co-teaching the Quakerism photo by Amelia Witkin We & Thee 6 Staff Pursue Professional Development Carly Chapman, Tim Wells, Dee Dudley-Mayfield, Joan Matthew Ross and Natalie Annie Dwyer, who teaches and Libby Pendergrast (Campus Walker, and Kathy Schenley Gilbert (Middle School) attended dance at all levels at CFS, participat- Early School) have participated in attended the Lower School the conference on Educators New ed in the summer session of varied professional development Conference sponsored by the to Quakerism held at Pendle Hill American Dance Festival in activities. With colleagues from North Carolina Association of outside Philadelphia. Both teachers Durham. At ADF Annie worked Chapel Hill and Durham Early Independent Schools. Dee and Joan “came away feeling overwhelmed on Pilates and Modern Dance School, they enjoyed workshops on attended a workshop on Literature with what a special place CFS really Technique. In July she traveled to Music and Creative Movement for Circles, and Dee and Kathy attend- is! When stories were shared about New York City for a workshop on Young Children. Carly attended a ed mini-sessions on math centers ‘how things were done,’ CFS always Developing Dance Literacy through workshop on Handwriting without and hands-on activities for solidify- seemed to feel like an oasis of cre- LOD (Language of Dance) and LMA Tears, and Tim attended workshops ing basic computational skills. ativity and understanding,” Natalie (Laban Movement Analysis). This on nature, documentation, emer- writes. Amanda Knight (Lower experience focused on methods for gent language, drawing, gender School) began Lifeways Training, a deepening the understanding of issues, and more. Toni Williamson (Middle School) young dancers of ways to commu- year-long program exploring child attended the NAIS People of Color Barbara Conger and Debbie development based on Rudolf nicate, observe, and think about Conference, planned by and for movement. In August she attended Kornegay (Chapel Hill Early Steiner’s philosophy, which she will People of Color in independent School) attended a peer network complete next summer in Maine. the Bill Evans schools (with over Dance Workshop conference at Friends Council on Amanda also participated in the 2000 attendees) in Education for Early Childhood Augustine Tutor Training, which in Port Townsend, Dallas. Toni attended Washington, Educators in Quaker Schools, trains tutors to provide free, one- sessions led by James focused on ways to make Quaker on-one, long-term instruction in focused on ways Earl Jones, Sandra to use the Laban beliefs more visible in a curriculum. reading, writing, and spelling to Cisneros, and Sarah low-income learning disabled stu- movement princi- Sue Caldwell (Chapel Hill Early Lawrence-Lightfoot, ples in technique, dents. The program provides train- and appreciated that School Head Teacher) and Renee ing based on a systematic, multi- improvisation, and Prillaman (Middle School Head the conference was choreography with sensory, phonetic teaching method- held congruently Teaher) attended a conference on ology that has proven to work with older dancers. Building and Sustaining a with a Student learning disabled children and oth- Diversity Leadership In September Professional Learning Community ers with reading difficulties. sponsored by the Klingenstein Conference, which 2005, John Ladd Center at Columbia University. Mig Little Hayes focused her meant some sessions were held for and Matt Drake attended a professional development efforts staff and students. She was also Spirituality of Giving conference This year the CFS Salary and on technology this past year. First, delighted to sing in the choir. (photo sponsored by the Friends Fiduciary Benefits Committee began award- she attended the North Carolina above, with Toni to the right) Corporation, followed by the bi- ing two PACE (professional and Educational Technology confer- annual Mennonite Foundation con- community enrichment) grants to ence in Greensboro. Toni also attended an Inclusivity ference for planned giving profes- staff. Thanks to one of the first Then Mig took a class on Final Conference through the Palmetto sionals. “Highlights were the pre- grants, Michael Bonsignore Cut Pro at the Association of Independent sentations on the ministry of devel- (Lower School) Center for Schoos along with Mary Deborah opment from a Quaker perspective, traveled to Documentary Englund (Middle School) and a sociological look at the ways con- Mongolia, where he Studies in Durham. Natalia Silva (Admissions tributors differ by generations, and horsetrekked 180 Final Cut is a Secretary). Toni plans to start a the ways gift annuities benefit miles to visit movie-making pro- study group to discuss issues of givers and charities.” nomadic people gram, taking video diversity and inclusivity at CFS. along the Siberian work to a higher Principal Mike Hanas joined border. Michael level than iMovie. Friends Council on Education other heads of schools at three shared stories from Mig is using the arranges “peer networks” to bring gatherings over the last year, two his travels with the training by working together educators from Friends specifically for heads of Friends CFS community at on a video about Schools around a particular focus. schools and one sponsored by the a presentation in the Upper School’s Tommy Johnson (Middle School) National Association of October. (photo at cheerleading squad, and Michael Bonsignore attended Independent Schools. Mike also right) the Earthquakers the Friends Environmental joined Kathleen Davidson at a Educators Network (FEEN). conference on Hispanic Growth in PACE grant recipient Mary Finally, Mig attended Full Frame Documentary Festival, thanks to a the Triangle last October. Harwood had to postpone plans Frances Brindle (Upper School) grant from the Jenny Hall fund. for her trip to Costa Rica for a attended two week-long workshops Kathleen Davidson also took month-long language immersion Full Frame is considered by many to be the premier documentary film on biotechnology organized by the advantage of two chances to learn program until this winter. To pre- NCBiotechnology Center in RTP. about marketing for independent pare for the trip, Mary enrolled in festival in the United States. All this leads up to video projects for The workshops offered lectures, hands- schools. She and Natalia Silva Spanish Classes last year. She will on activities, financial support for took a workshop for the Southern use her new speaking skills with Middle School language arts stu- dents in the fourth year. implementing activities, and access Association of Independent Lower School students. Mary has to a library of biotechnology-relat- Schools, and she enrolled in a sem- has also attended workshops Middle School teacher Jim ed DVDs and videos. Frances will inar on Marketing Savvy for through the Bureau of Education Henderson attended the Broadway use information from these work- Independent Schools sponsored by and Research for children’s litera- Teaching Lab sponsored by Music shops in biology classes, particular- the Klingenstein Center for ture and for developing strategies in Theatre International this summer, ly in AP Bio and an advanced elec- Learning at Columbia University in teaching elementary math. to learn about aspects of stagecraft. tive on biotechnology. New York. We & Thee 7 Fine Fall Days at Carolina Friends School

Lower School students in Mountain Class wrote books for the beginning readers in River Class. (far left)

Every year Lower School teachers choose a theme, and this year’s theme is The Earth. Students are asked what they know and what they want to know, and projects are created. In Mountain Class students have enjoyed making planets out of paper mache.

photo by Kathy Schenley

photo by Laura Shmania

photo by Laura Shmania

Above, an Upper School student in the History of the Mideast class discusses his project on the Iraq War with visitors who came to view presentations in the Upper School Meeting Hall one afternoon after school.

Science exploration takes CFS students to the field and to the labs. Middle School students learned about edible native plants from herbologist Will Endres, a Middle School parent who spent several classes with Tommy Johnson’s science classes. Upper School students in Frances Brindle’s AP biolo- gy class have engaged in several lab experiments.

Middle School photo by Tommy Johnson; Upper School phto by Laura Shmania We & Thee 8 Meet the CFS Board of Trustees From Chapel Hill Friends Meeting: Mike Bishop is convener of the Steering Harriet Hopkins serves on Governance Simon, Meta, and Pilar). Cindy herself is the prod- Committee of the Capital Campaign and serves on Committee. A former CFS Upper School teacher uct of Friends Education, having attended Friends the Long-Range Planning Committee. Mike and his (’75-’79), Harriet attended law school at UNC-CH Select in Philadephia. Before parenting, Cindy was wife Melissa are parents of two Middle School stu- and has been in private practice since 1982. She is a writer/journalist. She has taught a course in the dents, Leah and Joseph, who enjoyed their early certified by the NC Administrative Office of the CFS Upper School on children’s literature. educational and social development at DES. Mike Courts as an arbitrator and mediator, and currently Cal Geiger serves as an emeritus member of the is involved in the discovery of new medicines at engages in a variety of mediations. She is mother of Board, after many years on the board and also the GlaxoSmithKline, where he is a department direc- Jason (’05) and Maggie Parker (’07). CFS staff. Cal started the Service Program in the tor in medicinal chemistry research. Flannery Hysjulien attended CFS from age 3 Upper School in the 70’s and has for many years led Mary DeCoster is the parent of two CFS grads, through graduation in ’98. She went on to basketweaving interest groups in the Lower School. Mimi Smith-DeCoster (‘04) and Rachel Brooker Colorado College to major in sociology. Flannery is His youngest son Edward graduated from CFS. (‘95). Mary returns to the CFS Board and will serve happy to have been able to pursue her love of Cal and his wife Virgie are active members of on the School Life Committee. She works in public adventure by traveling to the United Arab Emirates, Durham Friends Meeting. health education at the Durham County Health Norway, and India. Currently she is in a masters Bill Graves convenes the Business Committee Department and finds ways to stay involved in lac- program in the School of Social Work at UNC-CH. and serves on Executive Committee. He is the tation consulting and international health. Flannery serves on the Long-Range Planning father of 1985 graduate and CFS “lifer” Bill Ani Flash is convener of the CFS Long-Range Committee Graves. Bill recently retired from the University of Planning Committee and serves on Governance Martha Klopfer has served on the CFS Board North Carolina after 35 years with the department and Executive Committees. She is the mother of since the School’s founding. She has worked on of Administrative Information Services. He is also Heather Harding LaGarde (‘87) and Holly Harding nearly every Board committee, served as Clerk of serving on the Friends School of Charlotte Board Baddour (‘89), and stepmother of Margaret Flash the Board for nine years, and currently works with during its startup. Bito (‘79). Her husband Bill served on the Board the Development Committee. She has also volun- Mike Hennessy serves on the Business in years past. Ani retired in 1999 from the UNC teer-taught, coached, and led interest groups here. Committee of the CFS Board. He is the father of School of Medicine’s Program on Aging, where she Martha says, “The School has been my occupation, Grace Hennessy, who enrolled at CFS starting in served as nurse practitioner and coordinator of besides farm and family. A joy!” Campus Early School and stayed for ten happy clinical services in Geriatrics. John March currently serves as CFS Board years. Mike is a founding partner in Morgan Creek Deborah Gibbs is parent to Madeline Smith- Secretary. The parent of two CFS grads (Matthew Capital Management, which brings the university Gibbs, who attends CFS Upper School. She has ’01 and Maggie ’04), John is Professor and Chief of endowment model of investing to smaller endow- been a member of Chapel Hill Friends Meeting for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Duke ments, foundations and families. over twenty years. She will serve on the CFS University Medical Center. Peter Klopfer has served continuously on the Business Committee. Deborah is a policy analyst at Joel Meyer graduated from Juniata College in CFS Board since founding the School with other RTI, evaluating policies and programs addressing Friends in 1962. He has taught classes, served on child abuse and domestic violence. Peace and Conflict Studies and Environmental Studies and lived and worked for five years in nearly every committee, and been Clerk of the Marsha Green convenes the Governance Guatemala, where he met his wife Victoria. They Board; currently he serves on the Business Committee and serves on the Executive returned to the US so Joel could pursue a PhD in Committee. Apart from his life at CFS, he is a biol- Committee. Marsha has three children: Tristan, environmental toxicology at Duke. Currently he is ogist on the Duke Zoology faculty. He and his wife who attends CFS Upper School, as well as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute Martha are dedicated athletes: they run, ride bikes, Sebastian and Tamsin. Marsha and her husband of Environmental Health Sciences, and he will join ride horseback, kayak ....the list goes on! Mike are Friends General Conference Couples the faculty of the Nicholas School of the Mark Kuhn is Clerk of the Board and serving Enrichment Leaders. When not involved in Quaker Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke on the Investment Committee and (ex officio) on activities, you can find Marsha producing employee University in January. Joel and Victoria are parents the Long-Range Planning Committee. In years communications for Duke University Medical of Danilo, a Middle School student, and Elia, an past, Mark clerked the previous Long-Range Plan Center and Health System. aspiring early school student. Joel is on the Committee as well as the Principal Search Hugh Meriwether serves on the School Life Business Committee. Committee. Mark and his wife Cindy are parents of Committee. He and his wife Renee Prillaman Sheilah Thomas serves on the Long-Range two CFS graduates, Elena (‘99) and Eric (‘01). He (Middle School Head Teacher) are parents of CFS Planning Committee and School Life Committee. works as a financial advisor in his own investment alum Caitlin Prillaman (’05) and Upper School stu- She and her husband Josh Hartford have co-con- management company. dent Andrew Meriwether. Hugh works as a com- vened Parent Meeting, contributed to CFS publica- Steve Nowicki is entering his first year of Board puter consultant. tions, and helped teachers in many ways. Their service and will serve on the School Life Chris Stanley convenes the School Life son Luke attends Upper School; Josh’s daughter Committee. Steve’s son Schuyler began attending Committee and is a member of the Executive Samantha attended CFS in the 80’s. Sheilah and CFS at the Durham Early School and graduated Committee. Chris and his wife Faye have been Josh own Wellness Communications, Inc. and pub- from the Upper School in June. Steve is a member Health & Healing involved in music and arts activities at the School. lish the Triangle-area newspaper . of the Duke University Biology Department and Their daughter Grace is an Upper School student Co-Opted Members: currently serves as Duke’s Dean of the Natural and their son Will also attended CFS. Sciences. With his wife, Susan Peters, Steve studies Susan Carson convenes the Investment the evolution and ecology of animal behavior, and From Durham Friends Meeting: Committee and serves on Executive Committee. he has recently published a high school biology textbook. Annie Caulkins taught at CFS for ten years, She is the mother of Will, who attends Durham Early School, and Leah. Susan has been an lpursuing graduate work in Communication Joan Siefert Rose serves on the Business Investment Advisor in Durham for over twelve Studies. She works at SAS as a meeting facilitator Committee. She has been General Manager for NC years (with Mark Kuhn, chair of the CFS board). and leadership development consultant. Annie is Public Radio WUNC-FM since 2002. Joan’s hus- parent of two CFS grads, Rachel and Eli Kovick. Cindy Covington joins the Board and its band Jim Rose teaches in the Middle School, and She serves on the Steering Committee of the CFS Development Commitee. Cindy and her husband their sons Andy and Ian are students in the CFS Capital Campaign. Alfred are parents of four CFS students (Ali, Upper School and Middle School. We & Thee 9 CFS License Plates Are Now Available for Your Vehicles The front bumper plastic license plate is CFS green with white letters. If you live in the Triangle area, we’ll be glad to send you one for free. We’re eager to have local folks, especially potential parents, know we’re here. To receive yours, call Laura Shmania at 383-6602 ext. 276 or email her at [email protected].

Caution: check your front bumper first to make sure your car has a plate holder or “dimples” for two screws to hold the plate in place; many cars don’t. Holidays Bring Next Step Campaign: Opportunities for Alums to Return to CFS Progress Report Still playing basketball? Enjoy watching basketball Carolina Friends School has benefit from increased endow- games? Want to relive the CFS basketball experience? entered the second year of the ments for tuition aid. We all ben- Come to the gym on Friday evening, December Next Step Campaign, having efit from the support to each 15. The alumni women’s and men’s basketball teams will made good progress toward its year’s annual budget, which play the CFS varsity teams. goal and with high hopes for con- requires more than tuition to The women tip off at 6:30 and the men begin at 8:00 tinuing this momentum. reach its goal. And the Upper pm. Last year, both games were real ‘barn burners,’ with “Last year’s great response cre- School community is already ben- the winners decided in the closing minute. Great fun! ates a clear goal: $846,000 efiting from the wonderful new For information or to sign up to play, email: algor- remains to be raised,” says John Meeting Hall, which was ready [email protected] or call Alex Gordon at school. Ladd, CFS Development for use by the start of the 2006 Another opportunity to enjoy the magic of CFS is the Coordinator. school year. alumni dance performance being organized by Jessica Every Next Step gift will be Participation by everyone in Harris (‘00). For several years Jessica Harris, Hana matched, dollar for dollar, which the CFS family is invited. John Ginsburg (‘00), and other alums have collaborated on a means that each and every gift Ladd explains, “We encourage wonderful performance that has reunited friends and will make a difference. and accept all kinds of gifts: cash, benefited the Kaia Parker Fund. This year’s event will Donations to the Next Step checks, stocks, mutual fund occur on Sunday, December 31, at 4:00 pm in the Campaign will have a significant shares, whatever is best for the Performing Arts Center. impact on the entire CFS com- contributor.” Alums interested in participating in the event can con- munity. CFS teachers will benefit Question? Email or call John tact Jessica at [email protected] or Annie from the increase in the staff at [email protected] or 919-383- Dwyer at [email protected]. salary endowment. Families will 6602 ext. 270.

On the weekend of November 3-5, the CFS Book Fair, featuring students and staff reading from their own and published works, was held at the Regulator Bookshop in Durham. The Friday night coffee- house, generously stocked with baked goods from CFS parents, gener- ated money to help support Upper School end-of-year trips. Proceeds from book sales went to the CFS libraries, which also benefited from “wish list” books donated by patrons of the fair, for a total of over $5000. Thanks to all who supported this event! At right, Pam Mayer, Upper School Librarian, opens the coffee- house session at the Book Fair.

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From the Principal facilitate the School’s fourth Long Range school, finally had everything he needed, and (from page 1) Planning process, and each one of us will have was driving the local people very hard. the opportunity to wonder and share perspec- One clear afternoon at the beginning of August, Those genes are readily apparent in count- tives on how our calling, the mission of this Haji Ali tapped Mortenson on the shoulder at the less efforts (in classrooms, projects, perform- Quaker School, has evolved and how best to construction site and asked him to take a walk. The ances, and meetings for busi- respond. We are now one of old man led the former climber uphill for an hour, on ness or worship) that help many deliberately integrated legs still strong enough to humble the much younger students to make authenti- independent schools in the man. Mortenson felt precious time slipping away, and cally clear and compelling At CFS we are not southeast, and I wonder what by the time Haji Ali halted on a narrow ledge high expressions of who they are in the business of our commitment to diversity above the village, Mortenson was panting, as much and to express their unique in the business of summons us to do next, perhaps from the thought of all the tasks he was failing to talents in constructive ways. forcingforcing pegspegs intointo in response to the rapidly grow- supervise as from his exertion. That genetic composition ing Spanish speaking population Haji Ali waited until Mortenson caught his is made manifest in our serv- holes of any shape in the Triangle and state of breath, then instructed him to look at the view. The ice work with migrant farm North of Carolina. I wonder, air had the fresh-scrubbed clarity that only comes with workers in Newton Grove, or form...... too, how we can be more delib- altitude. Beyond Korphe K2, the ice peaks of the building homes and commu- erately international in programs inner Karakoram knifed relentlessly into a defenseless nity centers in El Salvador and practices. This year alone, blue sky. A thousand feet below, Korphe, green with and Costa Rica, and in local agencies through- the School community includes students from ripening barley fields, looked small and vulnerable, a out the Triangle. Afghanistan, Germany, Korea, Nicaragua, and life raft adrift on a sea of stone. At CFS we are not in the business of forc- Rwanda, as well as families that have been Haji Ali reached up and laid his hand on ing pegs into holes of any shape or form, and traveling around the world, and CFS students Mortenson’s shoulder. “These mountains have been we recognize that the world today calls out for studying abroad in Germany here a long time,” he said. “And so new examples of how to solve problems. and Panama. have we.” He reached for his rich In a recent essay on education in the US If you haven’t seen the brown lambswool topi, the only and Asia, Richard Brodhead, the president of film An Inconvenient Truth,I symbol of authority Korphe’s nur- Duke University, found things to praise about hope you will. I saw the film madhar ever wore, and centered it education abroad. But he questioned whether in early August and won- on his silver hair. “You can’t tell “the very strengths of their system may pre- dered if climate change will the mountains what to do,” he said, vent the fostering of a versatile, innovative pose for our generation the with an air of gravity that trans- style of intelligence,” the very kind of intelli- kind of challenge that civil fixed Mortenson as much as the gence we know that our children need to rights and integration did for view. “You must learn to listen to thrive in a constantly changing world. the founders of the School. them. So now I am asking you to President Brodhead suggested that “....the Even if it is only one of listen to me. By the mercy of country that will do the best is not the one our most significant chal- Almighty Allah, you have done that will find the magic fix. Rather, it will be lenges, all indications are that much for my people, and we appre- the one that asks, in the deepest ways, what it will summon all the very ciate it. But now you must do one education is for and what human traits it is best creativity, imagination, photo by Laura Shmania? more thing for me.” meant to foster.” He added, more specifically, and engagement we can “Anything,” Mortenson said. Middle School students who are pen “We (in the U.S.) need to promote everything muster. What better way to “Sit down. And shut your pals with students in our Afghan in our system that breeds initiative, independ- frame the study of math, the mouth” Haji Ali said. “You’re sister School in Tob Chi decided, ence, resourcefulness and collaboration.” The importance of scientific making everyone crazy.” after learning that their friends very traits that the world desperately needs are method, the powerful impact “Then he reached out and took worked after school to make carpets those that CFS most intentionally teaches our of clear and compelling my plumb line, and my level and students while they learn math, writing, sci- to help support their families, to prose and public speech, the engage in some equivalent endeavor. my account book, and he walked ence, music, art, service, and foreign language. use of computer graphics to back down to Korphe,” Mortenson But not everyone understands CFS; you They learned to hook rugs in the bring statistics to life!! The American colonial tradition. The says. “I followed him all the way know that. Shouldn’t that be the case, if we very stuff CFS teachers love to his house, worrying about what really are different? In fact, I suspect that students have sent one peace rug to to do. our sister school in Tob Chi and are he was doing. He took the key he most in our community were educated in Recently, I’ve been read- working on smaller projects to raise always kept around his neck on a schools very different from this one. ing, with the organizers of money for the project. leather thong, opened a cabinet dec- Nonetheless, our students earn admission to our Afghan Sister School orated with faded Buddhist wood the Summer Ventures in Math and Science Project, a book called Three Cups of Tea,by carvings, and locked my things in there, alongside a and the N.C. Governor’s School, placements Greg Mortenson, a former mountaineer who shank of curing ibex, his prayer beads, and his old in professional dance companies, and accept- became Director of the Central Asia Institute. British musket gun. Then he asked Sakina to bring ances and scholarships at an extraordinary Its subtitle reads “One Man’s Mission to Fight us tea.” range of colleges. At CFS we resist the temp- Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School Mortenson waited nervously for half an hour while tation to define ourselves by means of scores at a Time,” and I’d like to share a section that Sakina brewed the paiyu cha. Haji Ali ran his fin- and numbers and lists, and we don’t spend offers a rich illustration of learning, leader- gers along the text of the Koran that he cherished nearly as much as other schools do for mar- ship, and service in the context of communi- above all his belongings, turning pages randomly and keting, but the frequency with which our stu- ty. mouthing almost silent Arabic prayer as he stared out dents are identified as compelling candidates It chronicles the time when Mortenson was into inward space. for countless opportunities speaks volumes. in Korphe (Pakistan), intent on building a When the porcelain bowls of scalding butter tea This year the CFS Board of Trustees will We & Thee 11 steamed in their hands, Haji Ali spoke. “If you Long Range Plan (from page 1) want to thrive in Baltistan, you must respect our a sense-of-the-meeting process to enhance from as many in the community as possible. ways,” Haji Ali said, blowing on his bowl. “The our work. The Long-Range Planning The Long-Range Planning Committee of first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a Committee of the Board has thus challenged the Board will assimilate all of this content stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an itself to develop a clearly inclusive approach and synthesize it for presentation to the full honored guest. The third time you share a cup of to the long-range planning design and Board for reflection, worshipful discussion tea, you become family, and for our family, we are process, one that is both collaborative and and discernment. In January, task force prepared to do anything, even die,” he said, laying generative and involves listening to the groups will be formed to further study the his hand warmly on Mortenson’s own. “Doctor School’s many constituencies. issues in each strategic area. By late Spring, the Greg, you must make time to share three cups of tea. Activities planned by the Board this fall work of the task forces will be brought We may be uneducated. But we are not stupid. We (some of which have already happened) together in a draft plan that will be presented have lived and survived here for a long time.” include visioning sessions with staff, students, to the Board. Following Board revisions, the “That day, Haji Ali taught me the most impor- alumni, parents of current and former stu- fourth CFS Strategic Five-Year Plan will be tant lesson I’ve ever learned in my life,” Mortenson dents, and members of the Chapel Hill and brought back to the trustees for final says. “We Americans think you have to accomplish Durham Friends Meetings. The Board will approval. everything quickly. We’re the country of thirty- have its own visioning session during its There will be communication with the minute power lunches and two-minute football drills. November meeting. In every session, atten- School community throughout the year as the Our leaders thought their ‘shock and awe’ campaign dees will consider three queries: “What about Board proceeds thoughtfully, seeking the right could end the war in Iraq before it even started. Haji the School should be affirmed/changed?” path at each step, and taking the time neces- Ali taught me that I had more to learn from the peo- “What are the most important challenges/ sary for this process to have integrity and trac- ple I work with than I could ever hope to teach opportunities that CFS faces?” “What initia- tion. It is important to us to build on the them.” tives should be implemented to meet those School’s strengths as we prepare for the Now at CFS the challenges we face may important challenges/opportunities?” In an future; at the same time, we very much want not closely resemble those that the people of effort to hear from those unable to attend the to strengthen the commitment of individuals Afghanistan--and Iraq--and so many other visioning sessions, a survey questionnaire will to the School and increase connectedness, places in the world are facing. be circulated with the hope to gather input respect, and appreciation for one another. But they are many and real. And so too, are our opportunities to make a difference. We are a resolutely Quaker School, ani- mated by the belief that there is that of god in each one of us. And we share in the responsibility to bring to bear the unique gifts we have to offer the world, both as indi- viduals and as a community. That’s why I think the world is a better place when CFS thrives. And why I think I have the best job in the world.

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Upcoming CFS Events . . . Upper School Winter Dance Concert in the Performing Arts Center Open Dress Rehearsal, Wednesday, December 6 at 7:30 pm Dance Concert Thursday and Friday, December 7 at 8:00 pm Alum/Student Basketball Games, Friday, December 15 Women tip off at 6:30 pm, Men at 8:00 pm, in the Gym

Alumni Dance Performance, Sunday, December 31 4:00 pm in the Performing Arts Center

Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, January 15, 2007 All are welcome to join us in the Gym at 10:30 am