Greenwood Friends School

Recently, Greenwood Friends School teachers Ula, Sue and Barb presented a workshop at Bloomsburg University's Reading Conference on Greenwood's Pre-primary through 2nd grade reading and writing program. Click here to view their slides to get a glimspe into our literature-rich, hands-on language arts curriculum.

Barb Golder, Ula Konczewska, Gavin Noble, Audra dePrisco, and Sue Rockwood will all be returning to Greenwood’s faculty in 2010-2011. In addition, Michelle Dennen will be returning as our music teacher after a brief hiatus. We also welcome a new art teacher, Andrea Cotner. Read below for more information about our Music and Art teachers.

We welcome Ula Konczewska as our new Primary Team Co-Teacher. Ula has been volunteering with the Primary class since January and, while a number of enthusiastic and well-qualified candidates came forward for this position, we are thrilled that Ula has accepted our offer to join Greenwood’s faculty. She has already connected beautifully with our Primary students demonstrating an approach to teaching that fits seamlessly within our learning community. We all look forward to collaborating with and learning from Ula.

Bob Lentz passed away at his home in Danville on January 13, 2010. Bob acted as Greenwood's interim head of school in 2007-2008, coming out of retirement to help Greenwood regain its footing at a time of challenge and change. A graduate of Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, Bob spent much of his career in education as principal of Groves High School in Birmingham, Michigan. During this time, Groves became nationally recognized for its innovations in experiential learning and in multicultural leadership. Prior to this, Bob served as the founding director of Project Adventure.

On January 18th Greenwood Friends School gathered to celebrate Mick Myers years of service to the Greenwood Community. For many years, as a volunteer and friend of the school, Mick has visited classes and shared books and stories about heroes, many of whom were called into service in their communities. Mick has had such obvious enthusiasm when he is around children that his exuberance tends to rub off on them. A former teacher and sponsor of a local baseball team, Mick has shared his joy of learning with our community.

We left Lewisburg, Pa on June 28th for Brussels. It was technically a fourteen-hour trip but we were only flying for eight hours because of the plus six-hour time difference. We moved into our apartment on July 2nd. Very close to our apartment we have a boulangerie (French for bakery), chocolaterie (chocolatier), papeterie (bookstore), and a bus stop.

Next stop... London

[Ed. Greenwood sixth grader Ethan and his parents, Ken and Sandy, are on a year-long sabbatical in Brussels, Belgium and traveling throughout Europe. We are glad to share this update from Ethan to our Greenwood community. Note to the whole family—we miss you; travel safely!]

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