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Special Issue: Decade in Review 2000-2010 Friends’ Central School VolumeF XXXV Issue 6 1101 City CUSAvenue Wynnewood Pennsylvania 19096 Special Issue Spring 2010 Edition SPECIAL ISSUE: DECADE IN REVIEW 2000-2010 Changes in FCS Through the To Our Readers, Eyes of the Headmaster We are so excited to present to you our annual special Lower School to its current issue which this year is aptly themed A Decade in school had to invest in By Madelena Rizzo ‘10 location on Old Gulph Road. new buildings, which has Review. As we begin the ’10s, the Focus staff revisited Mr. Felsen asserted that When current involved major campaigns of the past decade’s successes and failures, fads and there was a “huge response Headmaster David Felsen the last two decades. fashion, technology and innovations, throwbacks and to the second campus,” arrived here in 1988, Friends’ Both the academic and setbacks, and probably most importantly, its influence resulting in an increase of Central was composed of 630 athletic buildings were on all of us from childhood to adolescence. As seniors students to over 1000 in students; this encompassed lacking at the beginning prepare to leave, reflecting on their time at FCS, total. With this blossoming Focus all three divisions, mind of the second millennium. of enrollment, there was invites you to look a little bit farther back into the past you. Indeed, the Upper The science building also a swelling of diversity, to remember what was and to be excited for what will School was only about 220 was “inadequate,” and and FCS was flooded with be. Thanks for your support this past year, and we hope students, and the Lower the Linton and Rex talented individuals. New Focus gave you a better “focus” on campus life and the School was nestled into gymnasiums limited programs were developed, larger world. the current Middle School spectator attendance and and the faculty grew in size building. The dynamics of the also athletic performance. to accommodate the unique school changed drastically Mr. Felsen headed this Arielle Fogel and Madelena Rizzo , Editors-in-Chief and ever-growing student beginning in 1990 with expansion campaign, which body. However, this increase the decision to move the saw the construction of the in size also meant that the Fannie Cox Center and Shimada. In addition, tennis courts were added and 7 FCS Campus: Then and Now acres of land were leased The FCS campus has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. Here is see HEADMASTER on page 2 a look back on the appearance of the campus at the turn of the century. By Daniel Banko '13 The Cottage (used by Development Dept.) Paving of the Tennis Courts The Red Building (used by the Math Dept.) Frame of Shimada Gym Front of the Campus in 2010 -- Photo Courtesy of Haleemah Jackson Page 2 April 2010 Editors from the Past 10 Years Consider the Past 10 Years Focus By Arielle Fogel ‘10 Throughout this issue, Geoff studied at Vassar College comparable to the invention of seared into every American’s sense of connection and the current Focus staff has and then moved to France for the printing press! In fact, the memory. And then came the euphoria among all the reminisced, lamented, and a year to teach English. Now, Internet has already changed aftermath. Two long wars in Philly fans enjoying the explained the past decade. In he is currently a reporter in how we live our lives. Just look Afghanistan and Iraq, Abu moment, which I have never order to make our account of New Jersey where he’s been very at Facebook!” Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, experienced anywhere else.” the decade more gratifying, we successful, winning a few New Daniel Pearl, torture memos, decided to reach out to former Jersey Press Association awards Jimmy is currently a medical Saddam Hussein’s execution, Matt, a sophomore at the Focus editors-in-chief from in the past couple of years. student in the 6th of a 7-year and all the rest. I cannot even University of Pennsylvania, the past 10 years to nominate medical program at National imagine what the decade is working towards a what they considered the Joyce Miller ’03 – “The Taiwan University in Taipei, would have looked like if the degree in economics with most memorable things of the creation of Youtube has Taiwan. attack had not occurred.” concentrations in finance and decade. affected everything with a real entrepreneurship. or potential audience, causing Sarah Brown ’05 – “I Aaron has just started his MD/ David Talemal ’00 – “The major power shifts in all would say increased global PhD at Harvard University Brendan Kaminsky ’08 – “To most memorable thing in the creative entertainment medias, communication through where he will study the me, the most memorable last 10 years for me, would and opening up a whole new e-mail, blogs, and social media economics of health. occurrence of the decade was have to be the introduction realm of possibilities for networks like Facebook, 9/11. Witnessing America, of the iPhone. I’ve had upstarts and young people twitter, myspace, linkedin, Ben Present ’07 – “This the most important force in all 3 generations so far, – and on an individual, flikr, etc. has had a profound past decade was definitely the world under attack,made and I definitely believe it educational level. Students can impact on the world this past a memorable one, from us question world stability revolutionized the way people Youtube Sean Penn harassing decade. When I graduated experiencing 9/11 as a and global US supremacy. stay mobile. From having a his daughter or dead poets from FCS, we were just seventh grader, to electing Personall,y being so close to phone, to surfing the web, to reading their own work aloud starting to use Smart Boards our first black president, to these attacks was very scary, listening to music and playing (while they were alive). We’re (leave it to avant-garde the Phillies winning their first and threatened my sense of games, the iPhone made an audio-visual society for the teachers like Mr. Gruber to championship in 25 years. security to travel in the United us much more of a mobile time being and Youtube serves institute such cutting-edge Talk about an unbelievable 10 States.” society, much more so than we as one of our central theaters.” learning technology) and years. Also I think you have were back in 2000. e-mail for school-related to look at creations like the Brendan is currently studying After graduating from FCS, projects. Now look at the kids iPod, the GPS, and Facebook at UNC-Chapel Hill where he Currently a manager at a Joyce studied at NYU where she these days! And it’s not just and the impact they’ve had is majoring in Management local Arby’s restaurant, David majored in theater. kids, obviously. Nonprofits, on people’s lives. Our world and Society with a minor in is trying to become a general like the one I currently work was certainly a completely entrepreneurship. He also plays manager sometime in the Jimmy Yang ’04 – “If it’s one for called Peace Action West different place 10 years ago.” on the basketball team. upcoming months. single ‘most memorable’ event, out in the San Francisco it’d have to be 9-11, but I’m Bay Area, use social media Ben is currently a junior at Dan Fedder ’08 – “There Geoff Wertime ’02 – “If guessing other former editors network marketing to target the University of Maryland are many important events there’s one thing that rippled will write about that, so I’ll potential peace advocates, where he’s been working for that define a period of time. through the first decade of write about something else. mobilize collective actions, the student newspaper, The I think the iPod and iTunes the new millennium, it’s I think when we look back and galvanize coordinated Diamondback. This summer, revolutionized the way we the effects of the September in the future, the defining legislative pressure.” he’ll be interning in Harrisburg listen to and transport music 11 attacks. Throughout development of the 2000s at The Patriot-News, working today, which ultimately the years since that day in would be the information Aaron Schwartz ’05 – “That’s for the sports section. changed the way we 2001 we’ve experienced two explosion, which isn’t one a tough question you posed! communicate. We can see its wars, dramatic changes in event but a whole series As I’m typing this, I’m trying Matt Buchwald ’08 – development over the entire personal privacy expectations, of events, from Google to to decide between September “Watching the Phillies win decade as well, so this was a and a total shift in foreign Wikipedia to Youtube to 11th, the financial crisis, and the world series was one of the major part of the 2000s.” policy. Other countries have Twitter. This decade marked Barack Obama’s election. I most memorable moments completely reassessed their the shift from traditional hate to be a downer on this of the decade for me. It was Dan is a sophomore at international relations policies media to the web. The result one, but I have to go with incredibly exciting to watch Washington University in as well, and a notable few have is not only greatly increased September 11th. The attack the game and insanely fun St. Louis where he is double- undergone massive upheavals.” accessibility of information, inflicted such intense trauma to experience the post-game majoring in history and but also widespread channels on the country and its citizens.
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