At the Center of Learning Friends Select Newsletter

Immediately Immersed in Learning
MS visits Lenape Exhibit












It was an emergency situation - but a good one.  An exhibit on the Lenni Lenape tribe of the Delaware Valley was about to close.  The middle school had to act fast.
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Head's Office
New Challenges for a New School Year
What is on the Board of Trustees' agenda for 2009-2010?  Joseph E. Ronan, Jr. '72, newly-appointed board president, shares his thoughts.
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Lower School
A "Specials" Evening 
Explosions of foam disks, riotous laughter, rhythmic chanting games, and deciphering meaning in a world language.  No, this isn't a Fringe Festival production.  It's life in lower school.  We invite you to sample the experience. 
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October Lower School Events 
Specialists Night, Oct. 27, 6-7:30 p.m., child care available with advance sign-up
Halloween Parade, Oct. 30, 8:30 a.m.
Middle School
Advisory:  Beyond "Hanging Out" 
What really happens in advisory, when groups of 8-10 students get together with a faculty advisor for guided conversation on a pre-determined topic?  And how do middle school students benefit from the advisory experience?

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October Middle School Events
Middle School Service, Oct. 1, 8 a.m.-noon
Grade 8 Parent Coffee, Oct. 26, 7:45 a.m., PA Room

Upper School
Stay Connected 
Friends Select helps parents stay in the loop about what's going on at school.  Here are several ways to stay connected, even with the most reticent of teenagers! 

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October Upper School Events
Back to School Night, Oct. 1, 6-8 p.m.
Spirit Day, Oct. 2
Director's Coffee, Oct. 5, 8 a.m.
October '09
Events This Month
 
School Closed, Oct. 9 (vacation care open) & October 12 (vacation care closed)

Families for Ethnic and Cultural Diversity meeting, Oct. 14, 6 p.m., PA Room

Friends Select Day at Barnes & Noble, Oct. 23

LGBT Potluck Dinner, Oct. 20, 6-7:30 p.m., PA Room

Parent Association meeting, Oct. 21, 8:15-9:15 a.m., PA Room


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Looking Ahead
 
Lower School Conferences (no LS classes, vacation care open), Nov. 5,

No Classes (LS Conferences & MS/US Report Writing), vacation care open, Nov. 6

No Classes in Grades 6-12, Nov. 20

Upper School Play, "The Good Doctor," Nov. 20 & 21, 7 p.m.

Thanksgiving Vacation, Nov. 25, 26 & 27 (vacation care open on Nov. 25 only)