At the Center of Learning Friends Select Newsletter

Summer ReadingSummer:  A Time To Read!

The slower pace of summer offers plenty of time for reading -- and Friends Select faculty are ready with a long list of recommendations for readers of all ages and tastes.  
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Head's Message
On Being a Guest Grammatista
When middle school director Ed Rhee and his wife welcomed their first baby this spring, I offered to teach the Prima Lingua class during his paternity leave.
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Lower School
Reflections on the Last Day of School
The last day of school is a 5-year-old boy holding tight to his pre-kindergarten teacher with one hand, while leaning toward his waiting mother in the car line.  The summer is an abstraction filled with happy possibilities that stretch endlessly into the future.
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June Lower School Events 
Lower School Picnic, June 9, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Allen's Lane Art Center
Lower School Picnic RAIN DATE, June 10, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Allen's Lane Art Center
Last Day of School, June 11
Grade 5 Moving Up Ceremony, June 11, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Meetinghouse, followed by lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Gym
Middle School

Out in the World with Middle Schoolers

As I write this, I am just back from the eighth grade New Mexico trip and feeling particularly good about who our students are out in the world.    Read More

June Middle School Events
Last Day of School, June 11
Grade 8 Moving Up Ceremony, June 11, 8:45 a.m., Meetinghouse, followed by reception, 9:45 a.m., PA Room
Middle School Picnic, June 11, 11 a.m., Dairy Field
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Upper School
Summer Is About Fun
I recently read an article about the importance of summer for adolescents.  It noted that students physically grow more in the summer because they are typically more in charge of their sleep patterns.
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June Upper School Events
Yearbook Ceremony, June 4, 2:15 p.m., Theatre
Last Day of School, June 11
Closing Devotions, June 11, noon, Theatre
Grade 12 Senior Project Presentations, June 11, 12:15 p.m. (Reception in Upper School Library), 1 p.m. (Presentations in Upper School Classrooms)
Baccalaurate & Alumni/ae Induction, June 13, 5-6 p.m. (Meeting for Worship and Alumni/ae Induction at Meetinghouse), 6-7 p.m. (Dinner in Dining Hall)
Graduation, June 14, 10:30 a.m., Meetinghouse
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Class of 2010
BY THE NUMBERS

Total colleges accepted to: 74

Students receiving merit-based college grants: 15*

Total dollars merit-based college grants over 1 year: $199,000* 

Total dollars merit-based college grants over 4 years: $796,000*

Students playing Div. 1, 11, 111 college sports: 5

*Voluntarily reported to Tracy Matthews, Director of College Guidance and Testing; actual number may be higher

College acceptance
June 2010
Events This Month
Last Day of School,  June 11
 
Summer Academic Program Begins
June 21

 
Future Stars Summer Camp Begins June 21


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