9V+March+2012


 * Minutes for March 6, 2012 **

Welcome to Toby
 * Settling-in / Silence **

Working on documentary – Kenny Dalsheimer has started filming here; trying to figure out how to film there. Have applied for a grant from Sue Thomas Turner fund. Also looking at funding for NCAIS next fall. Investigating the Doris Duke Foundation. Thinking on how we can celebrate our 10th anniversary. Looking at how to deepen connection with all units – class on Afghanistan in US next year. The Top Chi school has so many students now that having enough pen pals is getting hard – considering a newsletter. Damian Tolfree – alum – has been to Afghanistan with military – maybe a contact? Committee exploring how this project is an example of service learning that could be shared with other schools.
 * Afghan Sister Schools Partnership **

Nikki has helped coordinate flights and lodging for Paul. Sunday, April 22, forum by Paul Lacey at Durham Friends Meeting – c. 11:00 after rise of Meeting – all invited Paul here Monday and Tuesday 4/23 and 4/24 – to visit & observe in units – schedule TBA Tuesday 11:15 - all school Meeting for Worship, noon dismissal, staff development following Christen, Nikki, and Charlie will coordinate Paul’s visit
 * Update on Paul L. and Christen’s visit in April **

It would be nice for our school/committee to have a presence there. Fee? Bus or carpool?
 * Guilford College - April 20-21 //Quaker Schools in the 21st Century// **

Minute of appreciation for Charlie and Jamie’s efforts in putting this program together.

Workshops for staff and board April 24 – DRAFT [We will be contacting other about being co-facilitators of these sessions – some from Meetings – some from CFS – some from our committee – TBA]
 * Plans for Tuesday, April 24 Staff Development (see planning sheet below) **

1. How can we use silence in our daily lives at school for //Early and Lower School// staff? [Carly & Barbara]
 * in Meeting for Worship?
 * in our classes?
 * to help students learn to experience their inner lives?
 * to develop ourselves personally as educators?

2. How can we use silence in our daily lives at school for //Middle and Upper School// staff?
 * in Meeting for Worship?
 * in our classes?
 * to help students learn to experience their inner lives?
 * to develop ourselves personally as educators?

3. What are the roots of Quakerism? [Bryce]
 * What parts of Quaker history are relevant to life at school?
 * Are there aspects of Quaker history that I can use to enhance my teaching?
 * Are there parts of Quaker history that I can introduce in my classes?

4. American Friends Service Committee: Love In Action
 * How does this Quaker service organization realize Quaker testimonies in the world?
 * How can these add to our classes?

5. Quaker Testimonies and Service: How can we put our philosophy into the world?
 * What is a testimony, anyway?
 * How did CFS come up with the testimonies in our philosophy and how are they related to Quakerism and service learning?
 * How are our testimonies put into action in our service program?
 * How can we do more?

6. Listening and Gathering: The Role of Clerking [Toby - if off work]
 * How is the role of a clerk different from that of other participants in a meeting?
 * How can we judge the “sense of the meeting?”
 * What do Quakers mean when they say a meeting is “Gathered?”

7. “What Makes You A Quaker School?
 * Why do we get to call ourselves a Quaker school if most of us aren’t Quakers?
 * In what ways are we different from other, secular or parochial, independent schools?
 * Do we teach what it means to be a Quaker? Why or why not?

8. How does my personal spirituality fit at CFS?
 * How do we learn about and include spiritual practices of others in a Quaker school?
 * How can I teach Quaker values if I am not a Quaker?

9. Friends Education: Toward a Culture of Peace
 * How does our peace testimony fit into our everyday classroom work?
 * How can we/do we model peaceful resolution of conflict?
 * Are there things we ‘should’ be doing out in the greater world to create peace?
 * Is creating peace the same thing as opposing war?

10. What if I have beliefs that differ from Quaker practices and Quaker testimonies? [Jim H]
 * What if I believe that war is sometimes necessary?
 * What if I don’t believe in God?
 * How do I express values that are meaningful to me?

Group visiting from Baltimore Friends School - Piedmont Friends Fellowship on campus next weekend
 * Announcements/Other items of business **