Greenwood Friends School

Volleyball, music and laughter, old friends and new friends, exploring our labyrinth, and of course food, as only our school community does it, were all to be found at this year's back-to-school community picnic. Students, families, teachers, staff, friends, and supporters of Greenwood gathered on Sunday, 9 Sept., to celebrate the beginning of the school year. Thanks to everyone who helped make the event such a great success! Click on the photo or here to see more pictures.

It has been an exciting summer at GFS as teachers prepare for a new year and students look forward to the first day of school. As always, our teachers are making lots of exciting plans for the year, which will find students exploring...

Greenwood Friends School is excited to welcome Robert Lentz as acting head of school for the 2007-2008 school year. Bob brings 40 years of experience in classroom teaching...

Greenwood promises to become "The Astronomy School" as dreams become reality over the spring and summer.

A concrete pad will be laid on the GFS campus...

Greenwood Friends School spirit was loud and clear as students joined in the end-of-year talent show.

The annual event featured singing, skits, magic tricks, piano duets, and demonstrations of tai chi, archery, and fencing.

GFS students ended the academic year with ice cream sundaes from Brennan's Big Chill in Bloomsburg.

Mick Myers, a longtime school volunteer who was keynote speaker at this year's eighth-grade graduation, provided the treat on the final day of classes.

The Back Porch Recital at Greenwood Friends School on May 29 featured solos, duets, and trios sung and performed on piano, flute, clarinet, violin and guitar.

The talented performers were kindergarten-to-eighth-grade students who take private music lessons at Greenwood. Their eclectic musical program ranged from "Eensie Weensie Spider" and J. S. Bach to Green Day and Semisonic.

Friends and acquaintances paid tribute to Dr. Mary Linley Hopkins during a memorial service at the Millville Friends Meetinghouse on May 13, 2007. Dr. Hopkins, longtime friend of Greenwood Friends School and member of the board of trustees since 1983, died in Bloomsburg Hospital May 2, 2007, at the age of 94.

Dr. Hopkins was a retired professor of nursing who had also served 13 years on the school nursing staff of Southern Columbia school district. She had been a resident of Bloomsburg's Balanced Care nursing home for several years, since being incapacitated by a stroke. Yet she managed to be present at many GFS functions and was a regular attender of board meetings. In 2004, she was honored at the dedication of the school's Mary Linley Hopkins Library. She was a member of the Millville Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.