| Friends Academy
Alumni Association Board |
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Peter Stein '79
President
Penelope Wylie Mayer '75
Vice President
Park Benjamin III '61
Barbara Shoen Brundige '63
Elizabeth Dillof Dreizen '78
Thomas Hawkins '78
Kathryn Hawkins Schneider '86
Pamela Foschi Danbusky '97
Salwa Touma '01 |
| Alumni Web Page Highlights |
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Click on the link for photos of alums at events and to see what alums are making news:
The past year's events: Holiday Luncheon, Alumni Basketball Game, Fall Fair & Homecoming 2007, NYC Reunion 2007, and Class of 2002 5-Year Reunion
Alumni in the News: links to recent newspaper and magazine articles and videos featuring FA alums
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| Volume 1, No. 1 |
April 2008 |
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Dear Alumni,
This is the inaugural issue of the monthly Friends Academy Newsletter for the Alumni Community.
With a compact, lively format, we seek to keep you informed of upcoming events, new items about individuals and activities of interest, opportunities to participate in the life of the school, and more.
We also hope to streamline our communication with you by consolidating messages as much as possible to avoid clogging your in box.
As this publication evolves, we will seek to make it as inclusive and relevant as possible. We welcome your feedback!
Enjoy,
Alex Edwards-Bourdrez, Alumni Office
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Upcoming Alumni EventsAlumni Events |
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Robin Beckahard James '75 
Benefit Concert, supporting financial aid at FA Saturday, May 10, 2008, 5 p.m.
Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd St., NYC
Robin has generously offered to donate proceeds of her May 10, 2008, cabaret performance in NYC toward financial aid for current FA students. Click here for information. Reservations: alumni@fa.org
16th Annual Golf & Tennis Open, Cocktail Party & Auction
May 19, 2008, Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove
E-mail the Alumni Office if you would like us to send you an invitation. Click here for more information.
Five Year Reunion for the Class of 2003
Saturday, May 31, 2008, 6 p.m.
Jackson House, next to the Duck Pond Road tennis courts. RSVP: alumni@fa.org
Annual New York City Reunion
Monday, June 2, 6 - 8 p.m.
The New York Yacht Club, 37 W. 44th St.
Fall Fair & Homecoming
September 26-28, 2008
Honoring classes ending in 3 and 8
Fall Fair: September 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., followed by the Homecoming Reception at 5 p.m. (free of charge)
More information will be posted soon on www.fa.org |
| Campus Events of Interest - "Thinking Green" Friday, 4/18 |
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 April is Health & Wellnes Month on campus
Please Join Us for "Thinking Green" Friday!
This Friday, April 18, 2008
Register for one or more of the programs listed below by visiting www.fa.org and clicking the Online Brochure link for the Annual Conference for Parenting Strategies & Health Month programs. Or e-mail alumni@fa.org. Click here for more information of the month's activities. This Friday's programs:
"Thinking Green: How Families Can Move Towards Greener Living" - 8:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
"Our Children At Risk" - 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
"Healthy Living" - 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
"Ecophobia" - 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.,
Green Vendor Symposium - 9:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
| Sports Roundup |
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 Boys Basketball Plays in NY State Final Four
Coach Steve Hefele led the Quakers to the Final Four in Glens Falls, NY, for the third time in the last four years. Winter track competed in the conference championships, and girls basketball star Lizzy Handy '08 was named to the All Conference, All County, and All State teams. Click here for the full winter sports roundup, as well as a look back at this year's fall sports. |
| Arts Roundup |
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 The Upper School staged two ambitious productions, The Larame Project in the fall, and the rock opera Tommy in the winter, as well as the recent 9th Annual Original Works production, a series of short plays written, directed and acted by students.
The Larame Project is a theatrical documentary of the aftermath of the 1998 brutal beating and murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shephard. Gay rights activist Romaine Patterson, a friend of Matthew and portrayed in the play, visited FA during the rehearsal period. Click here for more on that, as well as a review of Tommy.
The Dolan Center Art Gallery has offered several provocative shows:
- Voyages and Images: Japan Through the Art Teacher's Eye
- Worx of Fascination and Fancy, The Sculpture of Andrew Smith (brother of FA Middle School teacher Dan Smith)
Click here for a reviews of these shows, as well as an interview with Andrew Smith.
"Eyes Wide Open," the American Friends Services Committee-sponsored exhibition on the human cost of the war in Iraq. More information is on the Committee's Web site. |
| Community Service Roundup |
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From stocking food pantries in Glen Cove to reaching out to the homeless in New York City, the Community Service program remains one of the school's most dynamic and meaningful programs or all ages. Click here for a sampling of recent activities. | |
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