Brooklyn Friends School SP 2008

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January 2008

Dear Friends,

In this, our 140th year, we are honored and thrilled to present the Brooklyn

Friends School Strategic Plan for the next three to five years. The Plan comes

out of an examination of the Schools mission, values, history, physical plant,

finances and governance; it comes also from an assessment of the Schools

operating environment: both its local setting a burgeoning, increasingly

affluent downtown Brooklyn and lower Manhattan and its place in the

larger, extraordinarily diverse and fast-paced world that our children

encounter every day.

Independent schools, like other industries and institutions, have had toadapt to this environment of accelerating change. As a consequence, this

plan departs from the Schools last strategic plan in some important ways:

first, it maps out planned activities and initiatives over a shorter period

of time, three to five years, as opposed to seven to ten; second, it is designed

to be implemented, with budgets, timelines and personnel to be assigned

for every goal. It mirrors previous planning efforts in other respects.

We reviewed and reaffirmed the schools mission statement. We also

sought to ensure that all current and future activities reflect the schools

foundational Quaker testimonies and practice.

The School is well positioned to achieve the goals outlined in the Plan. Our

success, however, ultimately rests on the continued support of our students,

faculty, parents, and alumni/ae. The implementation of the Strategic Plan

will require increased giving and the contribution of expertise in many of

its specific initiatives.

We extend particular thanks to Edes Gilbert, who served as our strategic

planning consultant, for her intelligent and informed guidance throughout

this process. We also acknowledge, with deep gratitude, the members of

the School Committee, all those who served on various strategic planning

committees, and all the parents, alumni/ae, faculty, staff and friends of the

school who commented on earlier drafts of this plan their insight, perspectives

and unwavering support have made all the difference.

In Friendship,

BENJAMIN WARNKE

Clerk of the School Committee

MICHAEL NILL

Head of School


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his new Strategic Plan represents an important and exciting chapter inthe history of Brooklyn Friends School. The underlying vision is for the

School to be a leader in values-based education, with an exemplary

preschool 12 curriculum capped by an International Baccalaureate

Diploma option and with the financial resources and levels of voluntary giving

to secure its place as the top-tier educational institution we all want for our

students now and in the future.

Work on this Strategic Plan started about a year ago, under the direction

of the School Committee. Inclusion of various constituencies and transparency

of process were the basic principles guiding the project. The School Committee

reviewed and affirmed the Schools Mission Statement. It engaged Edes

Gilbert, a graduate and former School Committee member of FriendsSeminary and for many years the head of the Spence School, to help guide this

work. It devoted substantial portions of its monthly meetings to examining

the mission, condition, and future of the School; and it spent a day-long retreat

further developing its long-term hopes and vision for the School.

School Committee members, with the support of others in the School

community, formed subcommittees to look at various aspects of the School,

including the educational program, school ethos/Quaker life, diversity,

trustees/governance, and all matters having financial implications: tuition,

financial aid, enrollment numbers, facilities, faculty compensation, endowment,

and so on. These subcommittees made substantial use of comparative figures

from twelve New York City preschool grade 12 schools, which we selected as

our benchmark schools. Subcommittees analyzed the Schools strengths and

weaknesses in their areas of focus and developed short- and long-term goals

and strategies. A draft of a comprehensive plan based on subcommittee

recommendations was shared with various constituencies for their review

and comments. Those discussions led to some modifications of the draft that

are incorporated into this final version of the Plan.

As we embark on this new Strategic Plan, Brooklyn Friends School enjoys

a solid position in the community of independent schools in New York City.

Recent milestones include authorization to provide an International

Baccalaureate Diploma program; record enrollments with demand for

admissions at the divisions exceeding our ability to meet that need; a faculty

that on average has 15 years of teaching experience; and the expansion and

renovation of the facilities, made possible by the completion of a two-phased

capital campaign which raised over $4 million.

A Strategic Plan plays the important function of establishing goals and

priorities to strengthen the institution in the next 35 years and beyond.

For Brooklyn Friends, the historic opportunity exists to build on its strengths

and develop in a way that transcends the dreams of the past, while maintaining

the essence of its mission as a Quaker independent school. A number of

factors account for this opportunity and have shaped the priorities embodied

in the Plan:

There is an increasing need for schools to graduate students who seeeconomic, social, and environmental issues through an international lens

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and who have the skills to thrive in a world marked by global competition

and the potential for international cooperation.

In a world challenged by a lack of integrity in government, business,

education, and athletics, there is a compelling need for education that

embodies Quaker perspectives, so that the next generation of adults will

be leaders in serving others and making the world a better place, with anunderstanding that how one uses knowledge is as important as acquiring it.

With the transformation of downtown Brooklyn, its emergence as a desirable

place to live, and the growing prominence of the borough as a whole, there

is an unprecedented opportunity to increase enrollment through a deliberate

and methodical multi-year plan to add a section of students at each grade

level, starting in year one with the Preschool. This is in addition to the plan

already in progress to increase enrollment in the Upper School, first to an

average of 50, then 60 students per grade. Raising the size of the student

body to 900 within the next ten years will provide students with a larger,

more diverse social network and better meet the increasing demand for

admissions, while at the same time maintaining the intimacy of the School,which has been one of its hallmarks.

In an increasingly competitive and demanding market, independent schools

and small colleges will require strong finances to remain viable in the future,

attract and retain superb faculty, and provide facilities that best serve the

needs of the students and the educational program. Strengthening the

Schools financial resources was the focus of much of the discussions. The

methodical increase in enrollment to 900 students over a period of ten years,

a stronger endowment, and higher levels of voluntary giving are the major

ways the Plan proposes to address this issue. The Brooklyn Friends Board

(the School Committee) is poised to take the lead on meeting these and

other challenges.

This is an historic year: we celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Schools

founding and the centennial of the Upper School. It is the perfect occasion to

embark on a Plan that will ensure our continued history of blending change and

tradition as befits an enduring institution with such a vital mission.


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missionstatement

Brooklyn Friends School provides a college preparatory program serving

students from preschool through grade 12. It is committed to educating eachstudent intellectually, aesthetically, physically and spiritually in a culturally

diverse community. Guided by the Quaker principles of truth, simplicity, and

peaceful resolution of conflict, Brooklyn Friends School offers each student a

challenging education that develops intellectual abilities and ethical and social

values to support a productive life of leadership and service.

corevaluesACADEMIC AND PERSONAL EXCELLENCE

Those who aspire to integrity, embrace challenges, and internalize the goal

of being the best they can be, enable the full development of their minds,

character, and spirit. They build a strong foundation not only for success in

school, but for a rich and rewarding life as well.

COMMUNITY

A community bound and dedicated to the Schools mission provides an

environment of mutual care and teaches its members how to work together

in the common pursuit of learning.

DIVERSITY

A multicultural school community creates an enriched learning environmentthrough the exploration, understanding, and appreciation of differences.

It prepares students for living in an increasingly diverse and global society.

RESPECT

The dignity of all and a sense of inclusion are fostered by active listening to and

active engagement with others. Respect is most powerful when it characterizes

the relationships and interactions between and among all segments of the

school community: parents, students, teachers, staff, and alumni/ae.

SERVICE

Developing the practice of serving others benefits oneself, the school

community, and the world beyond. Graduates with a lifetime commitment tomaking the world a better place fulfill a major aspect of the Schools mission.

SILENCE

Quaker Meeting and other dedicated periods of silence provide precious

opportunities to be in more direct contact with the light within and among

each of us. These are times to reflect on ones values and aspirations,

community concerns, and matters of deeper import that often are submerged

in the noise of everyday life.


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educationalprogram

VISION

As a Quaker independent school, Brooklyn Friends regards each child as the

bearer of special gifts and strengths. Its pedagogical approach is to tap into

these gifts, extend the imagination, curiosity, and love of learning so prominent

among students in the early grades and over the years transform these into a

life-long passion for learning. Faculty student relationships, characterized by

caring and respect, are considered the key to creating a community of engaged

learners. In keeping with its Quaker mission, the School is committed to

ensuring that values and service remain integral to every aspect of the Schools

educational program and an essential component of what the School believes

marks a truly educated person.

Within a liberal arts tradition that embraces the arts and multicultural

and international perspectives, the program seeks to ensure that the Schools

students are competitive with academically ambitious students throughout

the world. In this process, the School will provide increased opportunities for

students to gain recognition for their efforts through local, state, or national

competitions, external performances, and displays of their accomplishments

and creativity.

The School considers the mastery of basic or foundational skills both

educationally valuable in itself and a necessary means to attaining higher-order

thinking skills. It is the Schools goal to ensure that high expectations,

exemplary instruction, and an environment conducive to learning characterize

every classroom, grade level, and division. And finally, the School recognizes

that the success of this vision will depend on the dedication, knowledge, and

effectiveness of faculty committed to ongoing professional growth.

GOALS

Global Citizenship

Promote students understanding of economic, social, and environmental

problems and issues through an international lens.

Draw out the connections between global and Quaker perspectives.

Use the external assessments administered by the International

Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program to ensure our students are competitive

with achieving students throughout the world. Determine how the School can best prepare students to graduate with facility

in reading, writing, and speaking a second language, introduce and integrate

second language study in the earlier grades to help achieve that end, and

examine what second languages the School should offer.

Capitalize on our status as an IB school to encourage more student exchange

programs, as well as explore how to make it possible and economically

feasible for individual students from abroad to spend a semester or year

at the School and for our students to spend a semester or year abroad.

Promote communication and joint projects with students and others in other

countries through the use of the internet.


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International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

Successfully implement the IB Diploma Program for the first junior and

senior participants (2007 2009).

Review and modify, as necessary, scope and sequence in Preschool Grade 10

to embrace the IB learner profile and ensure that our students are prepared

in each of the major disciplines to participate successfully in the IB Diploma

Program should they choose to do so.

Investigate the advisability of adopting the IB Middle Years Program and

the IB Primary Years Program.

Explore the advisability of eventually having all juniors and seniors participate

in the IB Program.

Professional Development

Commit more funds for professional development, with the goal of moving

each division to the next level of excellence, ensuring the use of best practices

and multi-sensory approaches in the classroom, and furthering overall

instructional effectiveness through course and degree work, summer

seminars, grants, fellowships, and visits to other New York City schools.

Broaden the professional outreach of the faculty, among members of the

School community and among Quaker and Preschool 12 educators,

by creating an in-house faculty journal, and encouraging them to conduct

workshops for each other, write for professional journals, sit on professional

boards, and present at academic conferences and workshops.

Explore opportunities for teacher and administrator exchanges within the

country and abroad.

Invite nationally and internationally recognized educators and specialists to

the School to engage in meaningful dialogue with the faculty.


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The Schools Quaker Mission

Continue efforts to recruit Quaker faculty and educate the community

about Quakerism and the Quaker dimension of the School, maintaining

the centrality of silence, Quaker Meeting, values, and the commitment to

serving and making the world a better place.

Explore the advisability of undertaking a self-study of the Quaker dimension

of the School to identify areas for improvement.

Technology

Prepare students to use technology in a manner that is safe, ethical, and

educationally productive.

Explore how best to provide students with the greatest accessibility to

technology at the point of learning. In keeping with this goal, the School

will investigate the advisability of a student laptop program.

Provide faculty with the training, assistance, and technological resources to

enable them to further the learning of their students through successful

integration of technology into the curriculum.

the School is committed to ensuring that

values and service remain integral to every

aspect of the Schools educational program


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community

VISION

Students, faculty, administration, parents, and alumni/ae of Brooklyn Friends

School form a vibrant community that enables its members to thrive. The

community reflects what the School is and its vision for the future. Its diverse

composition and the opportunities for people to work together in multiple ways

across differences is a compelling aspect of life at Brooklyn Friends School. As

we look to the future, it is important that we enhance and celebrate the School

community by fostering the diversity we value so highly; recruiting, retaining,

developing and celebrating our faculty; strengthening our governance to meet

the challenges of the next five years and beyond; reinforcing our relationship

with the Quaker community; and broadening and deepening our relationships

with the larger community of Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan.

GOALS

Consistent with the Schools ongoing examination of issues of diversity, we

will work to strengthen the racial and ethnic diversity of our students, faculty,

administration, and School Committee, increase the socio-economic diversity

of our student body, and continue efforts to foster dialogue that recognizes

differences and affirms commonalities.

The School Committee and administration, drawing on other resources

as needed, will create a strategic plan to address these issues, with a

completion date of no later than the Spring of 2009. The plan will aim to

clarify what BFS means by diversity, what purposes we want it to serve,

where we want to be in 35 years and what action steps we need to take to

achieve our goals.

Strengthen BFSs ability to recruit and retain excellent faculty and enhance

their commitment to the Schools mission and connection with the community.

In order to recruit and retain a high quality and diverse faculty, who are

at the heart of a Brooklyn Friends education, the compensation package

must be the best that is possible. Significant efforts must be directed to

overcoming financial and other constraints to make this possible.

(See Financial Resources.)

Opportunities for professional development continue to be offered with

increased financial support. (See Educational Program.)

Maintain efforts to strengthen the student body by:

Continuing to increase the retention rate of students moving from grades 8 to 9.

Continuing to ensure that the Schools students are competitive in their

efforts and achievements with academically ambitious students everywhere.

Continuing to enroll students who will contribute to the community through

community service, social activism, the arts, and athletics and actively

support the Mission and values of the School.

Increasing enrollment to a total of 900 qualified students within the next

ten years.

Strengthen the integration of alumni/ae into the community by:

Enhancing communication to alumni/ae about BFS and raising parent,faculty, and student awareness of and interest in the alumni/ae community.


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Increasing opportunities for alumni/ae participation in the school viaspeaking engagements, guest teaching, internships and other mentoring

programs, and community service projects.

Strengthen and clarify the policies and procedures of the School Committee by:

Assessing its structure and procedures regularly to ensure effective

governance and communication.

Assuming the responsibilities for the implementation and oversight of

the goals of this Plan.

Strengthen relationships with the various communities of Brooklyn, and

especially downtown Brooklyn, taking advantage of the growth and development

in these areas by articulating and promoting the Schools unique qualities.As a Quaker independent school that has served these communities since

1867, Brooklyn Friends has particular values and perspectives that will enhance

potential partnerships and lead to new opportunities. This work will be

accomplished by:

Deepening our relationships with Brooklyn institutionsacademic,

government, arts, and businessforming mutually beneficial alliances and

playing a role in the transformation of downtown Brooklyn.

Working with the Brooklyn Monthly Meeting to foster a strong relationship

of mutual care.

Implementing a summer educational and cultural enrichment program,

modeled after Horizons National, for children of low-income familiesin Brooklyn.


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financial resources

VISION

Over the past five years Brooklyn Friends School has achieved a level of

financial stability that positions it well for the immediate future. It has

substantial cash reserves, effective financial systems, and experienced and able

financial stewardship. The Schools recent financial successes come largely

from robust enrollments and strong fiscal management of annual operations.

A recent, successful capital campaign has resulted in significant improvement

to the Schools facilities.

On the other hand, the School has neither the endowment nor the history

of strong annual giving that allows it to fulfill the dreams the community has

for it or even comfortably weather a succession of leaner years. In addition,

current fiscal strengths of the School are due in part to the absence of any debt

and to compensation levels that rank below the median for New York City

independent schools. The increasing need to be competitive in hiring and

retaining the best faculty possible, as well as the need to take on debt in

financing additional facilities, will necessarily change the fiscal picture.

Clearly, then, the Schools main priority over the next three to five years

must be to achieve substantial progress towards long-term financial stability

and growth. Tuition, compensation, financial aid, voluntary giving, and

endowment are all interrelated. A growth in expenses to meet the needs and

dreams of the School community must be balanced by a growth in revenue.

Recognizing the limits of reliance on tuition revenue, the School plans

to strengthen its finances over the next few years primarily through a

methodical increase in enrollment, as well as increases in voluntary giving

and the endowment.

GOALS

Emphasize and strengthen the role of the School Committee in assessing

and garnering the financial resources required for the success of the

Schools mission and goals. The Committee will be active and visible leaders

in cultivation, solicitation, and giving. It will also work with the Trustees of

the New York Quarterly Meeting to develop a governance and corporate

structure that provides clear lines of accountability and responsibility.

Increase salaries over the next 35 years to the 50th percentile of our NYC

PK 12 benchmark schools to ensure that the School hires and retains thebest possible faculty and administrators.

The Schools recent financial successes come

largely from robust enrollments and strong fiscal

management of annual operations.


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Maintain competitive benefits, with consideration to an employee survey and

additional benefits not currently offered, such as housing loans, emergency

funds, and staff-paid dental plan.

Increase the amount of money available for staff workshops and coursework

to the recommended rate of 1.5% of the operating budget in order to ensure

their ongoing professional growth.

Keep tuition increases within or below the Independent School Management

recommendation of the inflation rate plus 2%.

Increase financial assistance 0.5% per year from the current 13% to 15%

percent of the budget to make Brooklyn Friends more accessible to those

who cannot fund the entire tuition, including the Schools middle class

families. In addition, the School will explore ways to help students in need

participate in exchange programs or programs that involve study elsewhere

for a semester.

Increase annual contributions to the Brooklyn Friends Fund by 25% within

the next 5 years. Increase to 85% the annual participation rate of parents in the Brooklyn

Friends Fund in the next 35 years.

Triple the current endowment within the next 5 years or sooner.

Cultivate alumni/ae and students so that a stronger sense of the importance

of giving back to the School emerges among the Schools graduates to ensure

that future generations of students will enjoy the same benefits from a

Brooklyn Friends education as they have. Strengthen efforts to bring

alumni/ae participation in annual giving to the 15-20% level as is common in

other independent schools and increase their participation in capital and

endowment giving as well. Plan and implement a comprehensive capital campaign to help meet the

schools initiatives and goals laid out in this Strategic Plan.


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facilities

VISION

The Schools facilities should serve the educational program well, enhance the

quality of life of students, faculty, and others, and strive for an aesthetic of

elegant simplicity. In addition, the architecture, systems, and practices should

be environmentally friendly to the extent feasible and economically prudent so

that the School can model for its students wise stewardship of the earth.

The renovations and expansion of facilities over the last several years have

been major steps towards meeting these goals. The present facilities, however,

do not meet all the needs of our educational program. For example, there is a

need for additional gym space, music room, conference rooms and offices, and

a black box theater. Although the facility at 55 Willoughby is serving the School

well and was absolutely essential to meet the needs of the Upper School, it is

rental space and will in time need to be replaced.

The Schools facilities must thus be expanded to meet these needs, as

well as accommodate an enrollment that is projected to reach 900 students

within the next ten years. This need comes at a fortunate time for the School,

since the growth and transformation of downtown Brooklyn offers significant

opportunities to acquire and develop suitable space. Funding for expansion and

other facility needs will come from a combination of financing, depreciation,

and capital campaign contributions.

GOALS

Acquire, build, and design at least a 50,000 square foot addition to the

facilities. Preference is for contiguous space, so that once again the entire

school can be housed in one location. Alternatively, in the absence of

available contiguous space, the School would acquire nearby space and

design it to house the Preschool and Lower School. Under this latter plan,

375 Pearl would house the Middle School and Upper School.

Refurbish 375 Pearl on a floor by floor basis, including installing better

lighting, raising the ceilings, standardizing the flooring, and adding and

improving storage, with the emphasis on the classrooms.

Upgrade the infrastructure of 375 Pearl as needed to maintain the building

and the safety of the community.

Develop a consistent palette and furniture and equipment style within

each facility.

Consider environmental implications of School practices and any changes

to the facilities, determining, for example, possibilities for green lighting

and energy use, insulation, mechanical equipment, resource utilization,

temperature control, and data processing.


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1867 Friends School at Brooklyn is founded by the

Religious Society of Friends as an elementary pro-

gram in the basement of the Schermerhorn Street

Meeting House. Mary Haviland is the first princi-pal and teacher, and there are 17 students 9 girls

and 8 boys. Tuition is $12 per quarter for class-

room instruction, stationery and fuel.

1885 The School catalogue calls attention to the educa-

tional tenets at Friends: The process of self-devel-

opment in every child should be encouraged to the

fullest extent. Children should be led to make their

own investigations, draw their own inferences, and

find enjoyment in being industrious, systematic,

upright, kind, and helpful.

1902 A two-story school building is constructed next tothe Meeting House, and a kindergarten program is

added. Schoolwide enrollment is 137.

1907 The upper school division opens with 21 students.

It is our aim to shape the course of study so that

our graduates may enter whatever colleges they

will; to make the methods of instruction such that

good habits of thought and study will be formed;

and to gradually increase responsibility and the

measure of self government so that the students

may be prepared to meet the new conditions and

withstand the new temptations in college or in

business.

1920 Enrollment rises to 348. A new three-story build-

ing, named for Quaker philanthropist Phoebe

Anna Thorne, opens. The building has a basement

and a rooftop play area and is equipped with

chemistry and physics laboratories.

1923 The School purchases a six-acre athletic field at

Avenue M and McDonald Avenue, to be known as

Friends School Field, to meet the needs of a bur-

geoning athletic program.

1931The varsity football team completes an undefeated,untied and unscored-on season, going 6-0 and

ending with a 61-0 victory against Adelphi.

1937 Construction of the Friends School Field House

is completed. The building is designed by BFS

parent Lorimer Rich, architect of the Tomb of the

Unknowns in Washington, D.C.

1942 Brooklyn Friends celebrates its 75th anniversary

at the Hotel Towers in Brooklyn, followed by

the publication of Edgerton Grant Norths book,

Seventy-Five Years of Brooklyn Friends.

1948 The school buildings and Meeting House are

threatened with demolition to make way for a new

city jail. Fortunately, a coalition of civic and reli-

gious organizations persuades the mayor and bor-ough president to build the jail one block away on

Atlantic Avenue.

1957 The Middle States Association encourages BFS to

give careful study to a program of acquiring a new

physical plant on a more desirable site. More than

300 students are enrolled 27 in the senior class

and 45 in the junior class.

1967 While celebrating the Schools 100th anniversary,

Principal William Meeneghan writes in the year-

book: Todays world is beset by a litany of prob-

lems nuclear weapons, the emergence of newnations, the problem of hunger, and educational

deprivation. He urges graduates to take steps to

seek responsible solutions, for this is your heritage.

1973 Friends Field is sold to the New York City Parks

Department, and the School conducts its first capi-

tal campaign to finance the move to 375 Pearl

Street, a seven-story building constructed in 1928

for Brooklyn Law School.

1983 Close Harmony, a film about BFS fourth and fifth

grade students and their intergenerational chorus

with members of a neighborhood senior citizenscenter, wins the Academy Award for Best Short

Subject Documentary.

1985 The Preschool program begins with two teachers

and 12 three and four year-olds.

1992 The School marks its 125th anniversary with year-

long celebrations and programs with nationally

renowned educators Peggy McIntosh, David

Mallery, Paula Lawrence Wehmiller, and Anderson

J. Franklin.

2003 The boys varsity basketball team wins the New

York state championship.

2005 Schoolwide enrollment tops 600 for the third year

in a row, and the new home of the Upper School

opens at 55 Willoughby Street.

2007 As it celebrates the centennial of the upper school,

BFS begins to offer the International Baccalaureate

Diploma Program for juniors and seniors.

2008 The BFS School Committee engages the entire

School community in its work to produce a

Strategic Plan to guide the School in the next three

to five years.

Milestones in the Historyof Brooklyn Friends School


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Strategic Plan

Steering CommitteeCynthia Cohen

Peter Laughter 89

Diane Mackie

Michael NillAlice Pope

Karen Robinson-Cloete

Ninon Rogers

Benjamin Warnke

20062008

School CommitteeConway Boyce

Anita Bushell

Cynthia Cohen

Verina Crawford

Trefor Davies

Maura Eden

Fern Finkel GentileDarrick Hamilton 89Lara Holliday

William Kuntz

Samuel Laufer

Peter Laughter 89

Hildemarie Ladouceur

Martin Norregaard

Alice PopeKaren Robinson-Cloete

Ninon Rogers

Cindy Rose-Kadet

Lisa Sack

Whitney Thompson 90Joseph Sweeney

Benjamin Warnke

Additional Faculty and StaffSue Aaronson

Margaret Bary

Sharon Carter

Jacqueline Condie

Jeffrey CoxKaren Edelman

Jonathan Edmonds

David Gardella

Jennifer Knies

Karen Luks

Vladimir Malukoff

Joan MartinRachel Mazor

Jane Morrissey

Mike Pellechio

Marie-Christine Perry

Susan Price 86

Joan Rappaport

Kerri RichardsonSara SollTony Soll

Fanny Sosenke

Orinthia Swindell

Gil Zalman

Roxanne Zazzaro

Additional Parents,

Alumni/ae, and FriendsKenneth Adams 78

Jennifer Blum

Nicholas BoulukosDavid Bernstein 55

Richard Cutler 62

Rachel Fishman 86

Mechele Plotkin Flaum 68

Allison Sargent-Franco

Thomas Franco

Stephen Friedman 55

Koon Wah Gee 88Edith Gelfand 60

Seamus Henchy

Elizabeth Houley

Elise Kaufman

Thomas Klitgaard

Robert MacCrate 39

John MajorMichael Rosen

Charles Rosenthal 53

Frances Trainer Salant 37

Paul Segal 62

Toukie A. Smith

Shelley Ullman

Catherine Stamm Woolston 80

Brooklyn Friends School acknowledges with sincere appreciation themany individuals who led and served on committees and those who madevaluable contributions to the strategic planning process:

BROOKLYN

FRIENDS SCHOOL

375 Pearl Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone: 718-852-1029

Fax: [email protected]

www.brooklynfriends.org


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