The Friends Academy Magazine for Alumni, Parents & Friends The Meeting House Season XXXX-XX [Cover is separate document.] Friends Academy Board of Trustees, 2016-2017 President Debra Del Vecchio Vice President Robin Wachtler ’83 Treasurer Francis Ingrassia Secretary Andrew Menzin ’81 Strong Minds. Board Members Kind Hearts. Carl Ashkin Paul Broder The Friends Academy Mission Peggy Brucia Jeff Daniels ’90 Founded in 1876 by Gideon Frost for “the children Steve Fortuna of Friends and those similarly sentimented,” Friends Conchita Heffron Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, Gregory Hughes college preparatory school serving 775 students Elizabeth McCaul Ingrassia from age three through twelfth grade. Joe Podbela Robert Rosenbaum George Tsunis The school’s philosophy is based on the Quaker Craig White ’61 principles of integrity, simplicity, patience, Honoree Trustee moderation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and a John Gambling ’69 belief that the silence and simple ministry of the “gathered meeting” brings the presence of God into Head of School the midst of busy lives. Friends Academy is Andrea Kelly committed to developing a diverse community whose Friends Academy Alumni Association, 2016-2017 members value excellence in learning and growth in President knowledge and skill, a genuine commitment to Peter Stein ’79 service and ethical action, and a realization that every life is to be explored, celebrated, and enjoyed Vice President in the spirit of the Religious Society of Friends. Penelope Wylie Mayer ’75 Secretary The Meeting House Thomas Pascarella ’95 Editorial Board, 2016-2017 Christine Bowe Alumni Board Members Amanda Fisk ’99 Craig White ’61 Natalia Porcelli Good ’93 Barbara Shoen Brundige ’63 Hayley Kucich ’03 Thomas Hawkins ’78 Penelope Wylie Mayer ’75 Elisabeth Dillof Dreizen ’78 Andrea Miller Kathryn Hawkins Schneider ’86 Jennifer Ryan Woods ’99 Elizabeth Siris Winchester ’91 Colleen Doyle Moran ’91 Alana Teutonico Brock ’94 Courtney Devon Taylor ’01 Salwa Touma ’01 Jenna McCann ’06 Rebecca Pacchiano ’07 President Emeritus James R. Greene ‘74 Alumni Office The Meeting House | Fall 2009 Director of Alumni, Christine Bowe From the Head of School Andrea Kelly Friends, alisl eugiam velenis dolor sendipisi. Tum duis nibh eu feuiscin ulputat etum autate Vendiam ver at aliquis dit vulla feuisis cillaortio duisi. od dolortis ex endignit ad magnit utat. 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From The Archives: 1877 – First Friends Academy Head of School dwin Hallock served as the principal of Friends EAcademy from 1877 to 1882. Hallock collaborated closely with “Uncle Gideon” Frost who visited almost daily until his death in 1880. For the 1877-78 school year, Friends Academy had 28 students and three faculty members, which included Hallock, Sarah Heacock (the first teacher), and Elizabeth Stewart Porter. Mary Cocks joined sometime between 1878 and 1880. After his tenure at Friends College, Edwin Hallock moved out west, following America’s trend toward Western Expansion. COURTESY OF FRIENDS ACADEMY ARCHIVES ACADEMY FRIENDS OF COURTESY race Vandenberg; Standing (left to right): Mary Hicks, unknown, unknown, Grace Jackson, Ho Seated (left to right): Emily Wright, Edwin S. Hallock and Mary Cocks. The Meeting House | Fall 2016/Winter 2017 Ancient Art; Lessons for Today Lama Tenzin returned to Friends for a Peace Week kickoff, where he shared life stories and lessons from the Sand Mandala. “A testimony is not just a belief... What I’ve learned is that a testimony is a committed action.” – Head of School Andrea Kelly during Peace Week 2017 insideVOL. 52, NO. 1 Meeting House Letters. 6 Around the Quad. 8 ‘You can disagree and that’s okay.’ Hands-on Washington, D.C. discovery helps juniors dive into passions Fitting square pegs into round holes. Students share their literary appetites Thought-provoking global connections Kung Fu Panda – 4? United in Resolution LS Science – To go boldly where no student has before... The making of a (new) Middle School Fall Fair. 16 Sights and scenes from our 51st Fall Fair! The Arts. 18 Art in the Community A Classic visits FA The Winter Concert & Art Series Dream-state Sports: Go FA! 24 A wrap-up of the Spring 2016, Fall 2016 and Winter 2017 FA seasons. Faculty Milestones. 45 Alumni News & Profiles. 48 Tara Judge ‘11: An Enlightening Journey Laurence Corash ‘61: Unlocking Life’s Mysteries Class Notes. 58 In Memoriam. 86 The Meeting House Staff Editor Andrea Miller, Director of Communications and Marketing 516.393.4295 | [email protected] Writers: Hayley Kucich ’03 and Andrea Miller Class Notes: Christine Bowe Photographers: Amanda Fisk ’99 and Alan Quackenbush on the cover STANDING ON COMMON GROUND. The entire Friends Academy community united in peace on a brisk November morning. AMANDA FISK/FRIENDS ACADEMY MEETING HOUSE Thoughts, memories and reflections LETTERS from our readers ... you! 13 years of Friends – 2003 to 2016 e decided to dedicate the Meeting House Letters section to looking back at the time now-retired WHead of School Bill Morris spent at Friends Academy. Thirteen years of Fall Fairs, Community Service Days, Fourth Day Honors, Convocations and Founders Days – and of course, First Days of School. Thank you Bill and Sue Morris for your dedication, commitment and energy. FRIENDS ACADEMY ARCHIVES AND AMANDA FISK/FRIENDS ACADEMY A collection of photo memories from retired Head of School Bill Morris’ time at Friends Academy, 2003-2016. On the facing page, the senior class and Bill. (Please turn to page 45 for an appreciation of retired Upper School English teacher Rick Sullivan in the Faculty Milestones section.) The Meeting House | Fall 2016/Winter 2017 AMANDA FISK/FRIENDS ACADEMY The Meeting House | Fall 2016/Winter 2017 8 Around the Quad Common Ground Opens Way to Civil Discourse ‘You can disagree and that’s okay.’ Role-playing, debate and personal stories help pave a way nlike the country, the 2016 Friends Danny Seymour, designed and orchestrated an Academy mock Presidential Election entire all-division program that took place in Uon November 8th yielded no winner the respectful space of the Meeting House. – neither candidate reached the needed 270 Roleplaying several scenarios, the trio of Electoral College votes, as represented by Upper teachers demonstrated the consequences of poor school advisories and classes in fifth through listening, assumptions and reloading. eighth grade. However, the real winner this fall “You’re going to hear our inner voice to turned out to be an all-school push to find com- show what the other person is really thinking,” mon ground and civil discourse and dialogue instructed Frazer, as the two teachers squared off in an Election season that was anything but. in a conversation, which quickly devolved into Framed by the school theme, “Embracing dif- an argument. “What is very important is that ferences to deepen awareness: Seeking, Asking, both of them are trying to win and are unable to Listening, Understanding,” the way to common listen to each other,” analyzed Seymour. “Both ground was tread by students in every grade. of them are only waiting for their turn to speak,” Beginning early in the fall, Middle School he added as the dialogue took a negative turn. history teachers, Phil Cicciari, Dave Frazer and Showing how interruption, heresay and The Meeting House | Fall 2016/Winter 2017 Around the Quad 9 gossip shaped interactions, the teachers modeled one “poor” exchange and then reworked the scenario for students as they modeled the impact of active listen- ing, calmness and compromise. “How can you have a civil, civic discussion?” asked Seymour. “By trying to find a common ground, supporting your points with facts and not yelling, and thinking about where each person is coming from,” he answered. In subsequent days, students would practice similar skills, protocols and eti- quette in their history classes. “If we can spread these skills to others, we might just see more compromise over time,” remarked Cicciari.