Summer 2004 Press Releases

Summer '04 - Coppadge Qualifies for Junior Olympics
Summer '04 - Third/Fourth Graders Help Ronald McDonald House
Summer '04 - Fifth Grade Sells "Fair Trade" Chocolate
Summer '04 - Seventh Graders on YPT Soccer Team
Summer '04 - Senior on Youth Philanthropy Board
Summer '04 - Junior Honored by WMS
Summer '04 - Junior Attends National Technology Forum
Summer '04 - Senior on Quaker Pilgrimmage
Summer '04 - First IB Test Scores
Summer '04 - Faculty Summers of Note

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Summer '04 - Coppadge Qualifies for Junior Olympics
Junior Alexandra Coppadge qualified for the AAU Junior Olympics, by winning the Young Women's Hepathalon with 4,668 points in seven events, Alex competed as part of the Delaware Diamonds track team.

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Summer '04 - Third/Fourth Graders Help Ronald McDonald House
Students in Jaime Lassman's fourth grade class organized third and fourth graders in a chores and odd jobs fundraising campaign to raise money for the local Ronald McDonald House. Students earned money by doing extra jobs at home, and together were able to contribute $575 to purchase gift certificates and movie houses for families with sick children.

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Summer '04 - Fifth Grade Sells "Fair Trade" Chocolate
In the late spring, fifth graders organized a sale of "Free Trade Chocolate" at school events, to call attention to areas in the world where the use of slave labor persists and to support anti-slavery efforts. The students petitioned Head of Lower School to support the project, writing, "Our class would like to see if we could organize a sale of fair trade chocolate to raise money for an organization called Free the Slaves. The Free the Slaves organization helps free slaves all around the world. The slaves we are especially worried about are the child slaves that harvest cocoa in Ivory Coast in Africa. The children are kidnapped and sold to cocoa plantation owners, which is illegal. Some of these slaves are whipped every day, and sometimes even killed." The chocolate sales were very successful, and the class plans to continue the service project in sixth grade.

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Summer '04 - Seventh Graders on YPT Soccer Team
Bryce Sheppard and Austin Holbrook, both seventh graders new to Friends, played on a Youth Professional Training soccer team that traveled to Europe this summer. The trip began with training in Holland, then continued in Germany and Belgium. In addition to playing against some of the top youth teams in Europe--including a win described by the coach as "unexpected" against a German club considered a training ground for top professional players--the team had a chance to watch a professional match and do some sight-seeing.

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Summer '04 - Senior on Youth Philanthropy Board
Senior Felicia Goodman served on this year's Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation. The Youth Philanthropy Board awards $10,000 in grants each year to organizations that help children from pre-kindergarten through high school.

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Summer '04 - Junior Honored by WMS
Ben Zorach '06 was among the Wilmington Music School students to receive an Honor Award at a ceremony in May. The awards are given at the end of each school year to students who have achieved a high level of proficiency, as demonstrated by teacher nominations and then performance at a special audition.

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Summer '04 - Junior Attends National Technology Forum
Sam David '06 was chosen to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Technology, which was held in San Jose, California, from July 26 through August 4, 2004. Sam had the opportunity to participate in group and independent projects, including workshops led by technology industry leaders, demonstrations of new tech products, and visits to nearby campuses.

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Summer '04 - Senior on Quaker Pilgrimmage
George (Andy) Cannon '05 participated in a four-week pilgrimage through England and the Netherlands, as Andy wrote, "following in the footsteps" of Quakers George Fox and Margaret Fell. Thirty-two students from nine different countries were on the pilgrimage, which included experiences learning about other faiths, as well, including the Muslim tradition of pilgrimage, the influence of Gandhi, and the suffering of Jews and others in the Netherlands during World War II. Andy wrote about the lessons of the trip, "If someone has enough determination and their cause is just, they can change the world."

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Summer '04 - First IB Test Scores
In the first found of International Baccalaureate exams for Wilmington Friends students--and for the state of Delaware--98% of the scores were 4 or above, a benchmark for qualifying for credit and/or placement with many colleges or universities.

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Summer '04 - Faculty Summers of Note
Numerous Friends teachers participated in professional development work during the summer of 2004, including: a microbiology workshop at Woods Hole, a workshop on "Religious Diversity in America," a course in stage combat, a conference on teaching reading skills, a course in Internet distance learning, the Responsive Classroom workshop, and a course in teaching Japanese. Many other faculty members met in teams for planned summer sessions about curriculum development and coordination.

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