Greene Street Friends School Alumni

Calling all Alumni! Join us at today's Fall Fair for a special treat and support the Costa Rica Exchange Program!!

Today is our

Funds contributed today will support the DEI Initiative Fund. This fund will sustain our programs focused on equity and will be prioritized by the GSFS Director of DEI!

Visit greenestreetfriends.org/love4gsfs for more information and to make a gift!

Congratulations to Elizabeth '20 on this incredible honor! https://www.lmsd.org/harritonhs/about/newsroom/article/~post/pair-of-harriton-singers-named-to-pmea-district-11-chorus-20211214?fbclid=IwAR3qo-Uz22DT9dF9IJolWJDmgOGjMFqYoNJVnySlNzhH7nbnlC258I5-bsc

Pair of Harriton Singers Named to PMEA District 11 Chorus The PMEA recently announced that Harriton junior Chandric Lee and sophomore Elizabeth Clancy have been selected to the District 11 Choral Ensemble.

Wow! Check out Pete '20 leading Central High School to the PIAA Quarterfinals, with six strong innings on the mound and only one earned run.

We know that Pete (and our many other Central students and alum) are thrilled!

PIAA Class 6A Baseball: Central bounces Boyertown, 3-2, for first state win since 2006 – PA Prep Live PLYMOUTH >> Boyertown had more base runners, struck out more batters and even likely hit the furthest ball of the day, but sometimes none of those things matter on the baseball field. A Central High School team powered by a senior at the plate and a freshman on the mound held off the District 1 […...

Attention, Young Alumni! Penn still has spots open in its Summer Mentorship Program. The deadline has been extended to tomorrow, June 4th and you can read more about this (paid!) opportunity below:

Summer Mentorship Program – Summer Mentorship Program At this time YES, the Provost’s Summer Mentorship Program will be taking place virtually. As of now, the programming schedule for SMP 2021 is July 12, 2021 – August 6, 2021, Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm (Attendance is Mandatory).

Great summer opportunity for our Young Alumni!

Know a teen that would like a part time Summer job at an urban farm and youth run farm stand at Grumblethorpe?

Grumblethorpe Youth Farm Stand has a few job openings! Apply now by reaching out to [email protected] to set up a conversation and interview.

$10 per hour for 13 hrs per week (Fri/Sat) in June, July and August

Must acquire working papers from the Philadelphia School District either online or in person! Ages 14+

Will we see you at tomorrow's Virtual Alumni Day from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST? Register today to connect with GSFS friends, play a fun GSFS trivia game, win prizes, and see current life at GSFS!

https://tinyurl.com/GSFSAlumniDay2021

We want to make sure our entire alumni community saw this tribute to Kathie Bowes, beloved Pre-Kindergarten teacher who passed away last week.

Please share your memories of Kathie here or on the GSFS page and look for more ways to honor Kathie via email.

The entire Greene Street Friends School community mourns the loss of Kathie Bowes, our beloved Pre-Kindergarten Teacher who passed away at her home, surrounded by family, earlier this week.

One of Kathie’s many passions that she passed on to her students was a love of poetry. Each year, Kathie’s class celebrated National Poetry Week and hosted a coffeehouse style open mic for faculty, staff, and GSFS friends to share favorite pieces.

This morning we can’t help but think of the following poem by Maya Angelou and just what a great tree Kathie was in our community- always joyful, always encouraging, always kind, always understanding, always curious. Always a passionate teacher and eager learner.

Kathie was also always dedicated to her home here in Germantown. Kathie’s family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Horizons at Greene Street Friends School, the summer academic enrichment program that she volunteered with regularly and bridged her loves for Germantown, Greene Street Friends School, and education. You may do so here: https://greenestreetfriends.org/giving

When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.

When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.

Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.

And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.

We are heartbroken to share that Fay Gardner Lawton, our Reading Specialist from 1972-1990 has passed away at age 96. Fay worked with so many of our alumni and had a rich life outside of school as a published author and Quaker activist.

You can read more about Fay below and please share your memories of Fay in the comments.

Fay Gardner Lawton, poet, teacher, and singer, dies at 96 A longtime educator at Greene Street Friends School and the Bryn Mawr College Child Study Institute, Mrs. Lawton published her first book of poetry, Ringing Changes, when she was 74.

Wow! Check out Georgia '14, who is working as a poll worker this year and featured in Vogue! You can read about Georgia and why she is passionate about voting rights and this year's election here: https://www.vogue.com/article/first-time-poll-workers-2020-election?fbclid=IwAR1RY47E_m6k2jvApbMgHztbu3p-pmlsaQifUGwLg32OV96u-NgeaimQPuc

Ready to show your GSFS pride this fall?

Check out our school store and stock up on hoodies, sweatpants, and other Hawks gear at sale prices! https://greenestreetfriendsschool.itemorder.com/sale