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  As you may or may not know, Service-thru-ART is a group of students under the direction of Ms. Caroline Maw-Deis and the assistance of Mrs. Julie Gordon that helps beautify Friends’ Central School through their artistic talents. One of their most recent masterpieces, “Ying-Yang,” is a collage made out of a collection of [painted] bottle caps (partially provided by ART room recycler Julian M. Brenman) pasted on to a large cut out cardboard circle. This piece represents many things, including the fact that plain old trash can be put together to produce a beautiful piece of ART! However, Abby Donnenfeld ’20, a Service-thru-ART member, also added, “The ying-yang represents the good and the evil in all of us and that there is a little bit of everyone in everything. Nobody is black or white. We are all the same in some way.” This beautiful work can been seen on the bulletin…

Hey guys, it’s me, Julian! If you don’t already know some people call me “The Locker King”! I realize that it can be hard to keep your locker organized with all of the materials that are required for school while simultaneously making it a cool sight to see. So, “The Locker King” is here to help! It is not only really, really convenient to have your locker clean, but it has been proven that keeping your space clean can INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY! As it says on noobpreneur’s website, “A clean and tidy workplace not only ensures better productivity but can also keep us healthier.” So, if you want to do better in your studies, check out the link below to get started on making YOUR locker that much more exciting and organized today! A link to a helpful video to help you organize your locker

We know that you all have been taking the Echo Hill Poll, and the results are finally here! We received many different types of responses, and we learned a lot from your feedback. Before we get to the results, I want to thank all of you who participated for taking some of your time to give us your feedback, and for putting up with my emails about the poll! ;-) Now for the results… For the first question on the poll, about how excited about Echo Hill you were before the trip, the average was 3.8 out of 5. The most frequent response was 4 out of 5, with eight people responding. Next was 5 out of 5, with six people. 3, 2, and 1 came in third, fourth, and fifth respectively. So, there was a lot of positive feedback for that question. For the next question, about how many…

Name: Dwight Dunston Occupation: Assistant Admissions Director Where He Works: Admissions Office Reason profiled: Mr. Dunston believes that everyone should be able to be interviewed. He feels very grateful to be interviewed and believes that the people he interviews feel the same way. Mr. Dunston’s message to the community: “I would describe my role as an exciting one because I get to be the Assistant Admissions Director. It brings me great joy to talk to the people of Friends’ Central and meet new people. I have an important role in that I get to be a part of the creation of this communtity. As we look to build a welcoming communtity, I am welcoming to visitors and accurately portray the members of this community. I also coach track and field and am a member of the diversity board.”

Name: Vicki Schwoebel Occupation: Academic Technology Coordinator/Librarian Where she works: The Blackburn Library and in classrooms for instruction Reason profiled: Ms. Schwoebel is the MS technology point person for teachers and students, the book cheerleader, an SSR enthusiast, and a bibliography helper. Ms. Schwoebel’s message for the community: “Keep calm and love Spongebob.”