Hello, friends.
School is back in session, at least virtually for most students. As we prepared to begin the 20-21 year, CFS staff embraced the word "reimagine" as a call to action. The graphic below by US Art Teacher Amelia Shull is a wonderful representation of our approach to this year--and the way staff and the CFS community have consistently evolved to meet changing needs while remaining solidly grounded in our Quaker values.
I invite you to share with us the ways you are reimagining aspects of your personal and professional life. Share your news, projects, family updates--let's try to stay connected and reimagine our world in community with each other.
In peace,
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Program:
Jim Henderson's Guided Meditation on the Land & History of CFS
Wednesday, September 16 at 7 p.m.
To join from your mobile app:
Meeting ID: 945 3013 7436
Passcode: 377299
Join Jim Henderson, retired staff member (1982-2013), alumni parent (Dave '05 and Jonathan '01), and double sax player as he shares this very special meditation on the place we know as CFS. Beginning with the pre-history of the land as volcanic island terrain through the centuries to present day, Jim invites us to consider the land's historical context and to be keepers of the vision and stewards of the land to which we are heirs.
This meditation was first shared on April 22, 2012 and is published in 27 Views of Carolina Friends School.
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Program: US Yoga Class with Olynda
Yoga teacher Olynda Smith (2016-present) invites you to audit her US class. Visit this special, unlisted CFS Youtube playlist to view intro to yoga lessons weekly as well as multi-level classes. Each week new material will be added. She welcomes you to share her general YouTube channel far and wide, but please keep the class link to yourself as a special perk of being a CFS alum!
Olynda Smith is a seasoned yoga teacher, an early childhood teacher, a writer, and a mama. With over 15 years of yoga teaching experience, Olynda has taught yoga to every age group and level of students. She is an experienced 500 hour RYT and has completed all three levels of Little Flower Yoga kids and teens yoga and mindfulness training. Olynda is also a certified Montessori Early Childhood teacher (ages 2.5 – 6). In non-pandemic times she teaches a variety of local places in addition to teaching yoga to Upper school students at the Carolina Friends School. This year she is also teaching virtual private classes. You can contact her at osmith@cfsnc.com.
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We&Thee Summer 2020
The new issue of We & Thee has arrived in mailboxes and inboxes across the country. If you have not received your copy (or if you'd like to receive it via email), let us know by updating your info here.
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Save the Date: 2nd Annual Remembrance Ceremony
Friday, November 6, 7 p.m.
Zoom link to be sent closer to the event
For more than a decade, CFS's Middle School has celebrated Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). MS community members have honored loved ones who have passed by voicing memories and writing notes on giant kites in the Guatemalan tradition of barilletes gigantes during a special Meeting for Worship.
Last year, we began a new tradition: on the first Friday following Halloween, we will gather annually and celebrate the lives of members of the CFS community that we have lost through a slideshow presentation, followed by a meeting for worship.
Big thanks to Henry Walker, whose vision created this moving event along with a Memorial Circle on campus (designed and built by Bradley McDevitt '89), and to the many CFS community members who helped make it a reality!
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Community News
Congratulations to Kathryn Diamant '11 on receiving her Masters in Occupational Therapy from UNC-Chapel Hill this spring.
Congrats also go out to Carter Hodge '14 on the release of their first single, End of August. Listen on Spotify.
Are you a basketball fan? Check out Zoe Vernon's '12 new basketball analytics blog. Zoe is currently a 4th year Ph.D student in the Statistics Department at University of California, Berkeley.
Thank you to Adelaide Rowe '16 who is volunteering with the CFS Advancement Office. We are grateful for her helping us gather alum emails and addresses (among other tasks) so we can stay connected.
Welcome to several CFS alums serving as guest teachers: Jack Thegen-Crowley, US Ceramics; Coleman Ikenberry '13, US Environmental Science; Kyle Gouchoe-Hanas '12, MS Movement; Carter Hodge '14, MS Spanish; and Jaylan Watson '16, MS Dance.
We are also pleased to have the following alums supporting Athletics: Allegra Berry '14, Varsity Volleyball Head Coach, and Sefton Dennis '08, US Boys Soccer Head Coach.
Happy (Employment) Anniversary to Jackson Carboni '15, who has been working for the past year in the Center Building with the Advancement Office!
In Memory:
Filiberto Espinosa-Cruz '16 joined the CFS community in 2009, leaving a mark on all those he touched with his gentle kindness and desire to do his very best in every endeavor he undertook. You can read Fili's obituary here.
***Condolences can be sent to his parents Cleofas Cruz and Filiberto Espinosa, along with his brothers Adolfo '17 and Isaac (the youngest at just 2 years old) at 2560 Chadwick Pl, Durham, NC 27704.
***Additionally, there is currently a Meal Train in place, for those who desire to help in this way (options include providing a no-contact meal via Grubhub or DoorDash). To participate, visit here.
In July, we lost Peggy Manring, beloved alumni parent and grandparent, and former and first MS and US art teacher for CFS. Kent Phelps '76 has shared the recording of her memorial, a slide deck of photos, and Peggy's obituary are available here.
***To send condolences: Kent '76, Catherine '79 and Sam '17 Phelps, 100 S Hillsborough Ave, Hillsborough, NC 27278 and York Phelps '78, 1020 Urban Street, Durham, NC 27701.
Also in July, former MS teacher, alumni parent, and current grandparent Marion O'Malley lost her fight with cancer. Read about her amazing life in her obituary.
***Condolences can be sent to: Kirsten Krueger '86 and Family (including Marion's granddaughter Mena LaVelle '23 and current US teacher Rob LaVelle), 115 Dillard St, Carrboro, NC 27510; Tom Krueger '85, 607 Hillsborough Rd, Carrboro, NC 27510; Corey O'Malley, 407 County Seat Dr, Hillsborough, NC 27278; and former CFS staff member and spouse of 31 years Art Scherer, 4309 Pond Rd, Efland, NC 27243.
Devoted father and CFS Ultimate coach Brian Dobyns passed away in early August. Read his obituary here and view tributes from the Ultimate community here.
***You can send condolences to Tim '17, Ryan '20 and Katherine Bliss, 828 Mt Willing Rd, Efland, NC 27243.
This just in: Watch Henry Walker's recent Zoom interview with Norm Budnitz.
Norm taught science and math in the US and MS for over two decades beginning in the mid-1970s. Visit here to watch.
Send us your news! In addition to inclusion in our new newsletter format, we now publish Class Notes in our We & Thee magazine!
From left to right: Fili, Peggy, Marion, and Brian.
Carolina Friends School is a vibrant and inclusive learning community empowering students to think critically, creatively, and independently. We foster active exploration and quiet reflection, individual endeavor and collaborative engagement. Inspired by Quaker values — pursuit of truth, respect for all, peaceful resolution of conflict, simplicity, the call to service — we teach our children that it is possible to change the world.
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