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Springside School’s fifth grade class designed ceramic bowls for the Empty Bowl benefit dinner held at Chestnut Hill College on Wed. Nov. 12. The proceeds go to the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, an agency that offers food, shelter, and social services to local families. Pictured are: (front left to right) Annie Ponce, Marisa Sinatra, Mckenzie Case, Grace Kuo, Marielle Silberman, and Carly Plotkin; (back left to right) Taylor Harris, Mercedes Reichner, Head of School Dr. Priscilla Sands, Alexandra Fiol-Mahon, Ellery Crandall, Natalie Schwartz, Caroline Bown, Julia Reeves, art teacher Judy Callas, Nicole Novo, and Smith Hambrose.
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Cathleen Jordan, a graduate of Notre Dame, and Marc Rubin, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, were married on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Our Mother of Consolation Church. The couple had a few hours between the ceremony and the reception at the Cricket Club, so they stopped by the Tavern on the Hill, along with some of their guests, to watch the Notre Dame/Pitt football game and enjoy a beverage and some delicious wings. Pittsburgh won after four overtimes. The couple were still speaking to each other the next day.
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As part of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy’s recent Book Fair, students in grades 4-6 enjoyed a special presentation by two authors of The Seems series. John Hulme and Michael Wexler talked about what it was like to collaborate on their two popular science fiction novels, The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep and The Seems: The Split Second, and opened with a bold statement that excited these young followers of their work, “Anything the Seems does has an impact on our world.” They talked also of Becker the 12-year-old hero and the youngest “fixer” in these stories and delighted the students with projected artwork from their novels (illustrated by Gideon Kendall) including one that showed the world of the Seems. The authors also announced their next novel, The Seems: The Lost Train of Thought, is expected sometime in 2009.
Pictured (from left) are Audrey Hinchey of Lafayette Hill, Deja Hemingway of Mt. Airy, authors Michael Wexler and John Hulme, Daisy Slawek, of Conshohocken, Casey Lorimer of Chestnut Hill, NFA librarian Linda O’Malley, Nicholas Heuer of Ambler and Luke Skobieranda of Flourtown |
LOCAL STUDENTS PLAN CONFERENCE: Germantown Academy students Victoria Edwards (left) and J. Leah Ray, both of Mt. Airy, make plans for the third annual Student Leadership Conference sponsored by the Black Student Alliance to be held Saturday, Nov. 15, at their school. The student-run conference brings together black affinity and multicultural groups from independent schools in the Greater Philadelphia area and offers talented minority students an opportunity to network, build awareness and gain support.
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PEACE AWARD HONORS FALCOVE: Rachel Falcove (third from left), executive director of the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, was the recipient of the 12th Annual Peace Award of the Germantown Mennonite Church, which cited Falcove for her “vision for dignified housing for all.” With Falcove are (from left) Jay Johnson, church chair; Ruth Sutter, Peace and Social Concerns chair, and Amy Yoder McGloughlin, the GMC liaison with NPIHN. The network assists homeless families by providing shelter in area churches, synagogues and mosques, along with work referrals and skills training. |
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November 13, 2008 Issue
