Articles by Jream Barnett-Matthews

News & Features June 2, 2014

Middle School, Then and Now

by Jream Barnett-Matthews ’19, Natasha Guy ’16, Pierce Hayton ’20, Elizabeth Raphaely ’16, and Gordon Wilcox ’20 Friends’ Central proudly maintains many traditions in the Middle School on which even upper schoolers can still look back fondly. One of these is the always-fun Phoenix Game Day, the final hoorah to a successful school year. Always balancing competitive spirit with good-natured fun, this day is still significant in the lives of current middle schoolers at Friends’ Central, providing some of the most treasured memories of middle school. Collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald house is not only fun because it contributes to the points of a team, but it also emphasizes the service component that is essential to the Friends’ Central experience. Another tradition essential to the Friends’ Central Middle School experience is the week-long 7th grade trip to the overnight camp Echo Hill, located on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Echo…

Books, News & Features May 28, 2014

YA Writer Alex London Visits FCS

Have you read Proxy yet? Proxy is a “futuristic thriller,” according to Miss Schwoebel’s book talk video. This young adult novel tells the story of Knox, a boy from a wealthy family, and Syd, a boy who has to pay Knox’s debt. Proxy takes place in a dystopia where there is debt that makes the poor become proxies and take punishments for the rich. This amazing book was written by Alex London. If you have ever read this book, you have probably wondered, “Why did it end that way?!” Well… Mr. London has released a sequel to Proxy, titled Guardian. On Tuesday, May 13, Mr. London came to our school to talk about Proxy and his new book, Guardian. Mr. London also offered a writing workshop to a few Language Arts classes! This class was not just any workshop; we wrote a dystopian fairy tale. We were honored that we were able to receive copies of Guardian before the world did, so I hope you did…

News & Features November 21, 2013

How to Draw a Manga Head

Step 1: Lightly draw a circle . If you can’t draw a circle, simply trace around a circular object. Step 2: Draw a spade-like shape along the two sides of the circle. The point of the spade-like shape will be your character’s chin. Don’t make it too pointy.