Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund Committee Annual Reports

In 2022 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 18 requests from schools for a total of $32,396. The committee considered the requests and was very pleased with their intentions. We distributed $15,475 in full or partial grants for 15 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Friends Center for Children, CT $750 Leadership Training Program, including Quakerism
Friends Community School, MD $1,200 Three faculty to Educators New to Quakerism
Friends Meeting School, MD $1,200 Three faculty to Educators New to Quakerism
Friends School Atlanta, GA $1,200 Cross-age/cross-curricular workshops on Quaker education as it relates to Quaker practices
Friends School Minnesota, MN $275 faculty to Educators New to Quakerism (using remainder of 2020 grant as well)
Friends School Mullica Hill, NJ $1,200 FCE Drew Smith in-service ENTQ
Friends School of Wilmington, NC $1,000 5/6 faculty to Educators New to Quakerism Virtually
Friends Select School, PA $1,200 workshop on Meeting clerkship & Quaker decision-making process for students and faculty
Germantown Friends School, PA $1,000 Develop Quakerism curriculum for young children
Gwynedd Friends School, PA $1,000 FCE in-service workshop for staff, new and seasoned, on fundamentals of Quakerism
Media Providence Friends School, PA $600 Update Quaker Testimonies library
Princeton Friends School, NJ $1,200 workshop for faculty, staff & admin on Quaker decision-making & curriculum development
West Chester Friends School, PA $500 Monthly Quakerism program for classes PreK-5 and one for parents on Quaker parenting
Westbury Friends School, NY $750 Books to enhance understanding of Quakerism
Wichita Friends School, KS $2,400 Two one-day trainings by FCE (2-year grant)
The committee will meet in March 2023 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2023. Either paper or emailed requests are accepted. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.                                                                                          Rosalind Zuses, Clerk

2021 Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund Annual Report

In 2021 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund did not actively solicit requests for funds due to restrictions in schools’ abilities to use the funds that were awarded in 2020.  Schools that were awarded grants in 2020 may still receive/use these grants if they have not been able to do so. If revisions are necessary the Committee can consider them.  However, in 2021we did receive one request for funds from a school for a total of $1,200. The committee considered the request and approved it.  The recipient was:

New Garden Friends School, NC     $1,200   to create an understanding of what it means to deliver a Quaker education & provide resources to faculty & staff

The committee will meet in March 2022 to consider requests.  Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2022.  Either paper or emailed requests are accepted.  Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses, Clerk

2020 Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund Annual Report

In 2020 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 20 requests for funds from schools & organizations for a total of $34,916. The committee considered the requests and was pleased with the high caliber of programs. We distributed $19,050 in full or partial grants for 17 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, all these grants are contingent on the ability for the uses to happen as planned. If revisions are necessary the Committee can consider them. The recipients were:

Buckingham Friends School, PA      $1,000   To revise and reissue booklet "Quaker and Spiritual Life"
Cambridge Friends School, MA       $1,500   3 half-day workshops on Quaker beliefs and education of children, one for parents
Fairville Friends School, PA             $900       3 workshops (1 each) for staff, Board and parents on Quaker Education
Friends Community School, MD     $1,000   3 new members of administration to Educators New to Quakerism
Friends School Baltimore, MD         $1,000   To develop small booklet for families "Intro to Quakerism"
Friends School Minnesota, MN        $1,250   2 new teachers to Educators New to Quakerism
Friends School Mullica Hill, NJ       $600       1 faculty to Educators New to Quakerism, new Head to 2020 Heads Gathering
Friends School of Atlanta, GA         $1,500   4 faculty and staff to Educators New to Quakerism
Friends School of Portland, ME       $750       2 new teachers to Educators New to Quakerism
Friends Seminary, NY                        $1,000   Parent Orientation to Quaker Education sessions
Greene Street Friends School, PA    $1,000   Quaker Collection of books and resources
Tandem Friends School, VA             $1,500   documenting the process of change to be a convinced Quaker School
UETS, Ukraine                                    $1,000   acquisition of Quaker books for college level theology program in Ukrainian Seminary
United Friends School, PA                 $1,500   3 FCE workshops to develop a Quaker Life Committee for the School
West Chester Friends School, PA     $1,500   2 workshops for families to understand how Quaker principles can be adopted at home
Westfield Friends School, NJ            $1,500   creation of Middle School leadership program and Meeting for Business
Wichita Friends School, KS              $550       materials for children to create their own Godly Play figures then use at home

The committee will meet in March 2021 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2021. Either paper or emailed requests are fine (see details below). Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses, Clerk

2019 Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund Annual Report

In 2019 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 23 requests for funds from schools & organizations for a total of $35,286. The committee considered the requests and was very pleased with the high caliber of programs.  We distributed $25,156 in full or partial grants for 22 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund.  The recipients were:

Cambridge Friends School, MA            $1,500     3 workshops to further educate CFS Faculty and Staff about Quakerism and Quaker beliefs
Friends Center for Children, CT             $1,500     workshop to teach the spirit of Quakerism with SPICES and the mechanics of Quaker process
Friends Community School, MD           $700        new Head of School to attend a workshop/training at Pendle Hill or with FCE
Friends Meeting School, MD                 $945        FCE retreat on Friends leadership for Head of School and leadership learning team
Friends Neighborhood Nursery Sch, NJ $1,000     workshop on Quaker philosophy and Quakerism; none of the teachers are Quaker
Friends School Atlanta, GA                   $1,750     design curriculum for gr 6-12 on Quaker advocacy and activism with 25 student pilot program
Friends School Baltimore, MD              $1,000     retreat at Pendle Hill for Quaker Principles Committee (20 members)
Friends School Haverford, PA               $1,200     purchase materials from FCE and bring a FCE Prof Develop Program on Quaker pedagogy
Friends School Minnesota, MN             $1,500     3 new FSW faculty members to the "Educators New to Quakerism" (ENTQ)
Friends School Mullica Hill, NJ             $830        2 new FSW faculty members to the "Educators New to Quakerism" (ENTQ)
Friends School Wilmington, NC            $720        4 new FSW faculty members to the "Educators New to Quakerism" (ENTQ)
Friends Seminary, NY                            $1,400     FCE Workshop to develop an n annual Workshop on Quakerism for parents new to the School
George School, PA                                 $1,320     16 faculty to FCE Educators New to Quakerism
New Garden Friends School, NC           $1,250     speaker from FCE to lead an extended staff development session
Oakwood Friends School, NY                $500        FCE workshop for parents at the School
Plymouth Meeting Friends School, PA $1,500      Godly Play consultants’ workshop for faculty; 3 teachers to be trained in Godly Play
Quaker Religious Educat Collab, TX     $991        purchase and shipment of Quaker Meeting and Me, to all 78 Friends School libraries in the US
Quaker School at Horsham, PA             $1,500     toolkits for classrooms to support the integration of the Quaker faith into the curriculum
Sandy Spring Friends School, MD         $1,000     support the continuation of its “Living Quakerism” speaker series for SSFS faculty and staff
School for Friends in D.C.                      $650        half-day training for all school teachers and staff to integrate the Quaker SPICES values
Westfield Friends School, NJ                 $1,500     a booklet on Quaker Testimonies and curriculum about Quaker leader William Penn.
William Penn Charter School, PA         $900        speakers for 3 teacher trainings on Quaker Faith & Practice

The committee will meet in March 2020 to consider requests.  Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2020.  Either paper or emailed requests are fine (see details below).  Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2018 Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund Annual Report

In 2018 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 14 requests for funds from schools & organizations for a total of $25,117. The committee considered the requests and was very pleased with the high caliber of programs. We distributed $14,127 in full or partial grants for 11 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Cambridge Friends School, MA $1,630 workshops on Quakerism and the intersection between Quaker beliefs and parenting and educating children
Frankford Friends School, PA $1,790 Traveling Testimony Backpacks in library to take home built around testimonies
Friends Community School, MD $1,500 Art Larrabee workshop to faculty on Friends Decision-Making in a Friends School
Friends School of Harford, MD $1,000 up to 5 faculty members to go to FCE Educators New to Quakerism
Germantown Friends School, PA $1,450 Six faculty to FCE Educators New to Quakerism
New Garden Friends School, NC $1,148 Six faculty to Southern Region meeting of Educators New to Quakerism
Quaker Religious Education Collaborative, TX $1,300 teachers to QREC gathering, distribution of Quaker Meeting and Me, & creation of Quaker Meeting and Me storyboards
San Francisco Friends School, CA $1,040 design & printing of Meeting for Worship brochures for three school levels
Sandy Spring Friends School, MD $1,000 further develop a "Living Quakerism" series for faculty and staff with speakers from outside local community
Westfield Friends School, NJ $1,500 create a packet for families with Quaker testimonies and Quaker history
Wichita Friends School, KS $769 children's books for the SPICES program and materials for Faith & Play stories

The committee will meet in March 2019 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2019. Either paper or emailed requests are fine (see details below). Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2017 Annual Report

In 2017 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received a record 30 requests for funds from schools & organizations for a total of $52,422. The committee considered the requests and was very pleased with the high caliber of programs, but struggled with the inability to fund all of them to their level of need. We distributed $22,270 in full or partial grants for 23 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Chicago Friends School, IL, $1,000 to help build a Middle School program with Quaker values; Frankford Friends School, PA, $1,650, workshop sessions on Quaker philosophy and Quakerism 101, Friends Community School, MD, $1,000, to bring Brooke Carroll for faculty enrichment on Quaker history and biography; Friends Meeting School, MD, $1,000 to invite Friends Council on Education (FCE) speaker on Quaker Pedagogy; Friends School Baltimore, MD, $750 to send Quaker Principles Committee to Pendle Hill; Friends School of Atlanta, GA, $1,000, to help send 6 new faculty to FCE ENTQ; Friends School Haverford, PA, $1,000 to send faculty to Art Larrabee Clerking workshop & to FCE Educators New to Quakerism (ENTQ); Friends School Minnesota, MN, $1,600 for a retreat led by FCE staff to renew and introduce Quaker F&P; Friends School of Wilmington, NC, $720 to send faculty to FCE ENTQ; Friends School Portland, ME, $625 for a Quaker School alumni panel on influence of Quaker Education; Friends Western School, CA, $1,275 to send a faculty member to FCE SPARC program (Spirited Practice & Renewed Courage); Germantown Friends School, PA, $1,000 to send faculty to FCE ENTQ; Gwynedd Friends School, PA, $700 to purchase books for Quaker SPICES resource boxes; Olney Friends School, OH, $1,000 to bring FCE program Quaker Philosophy of Education to School community; Princeton Friends School, PA, $1,000 to support faculty and staff education about Quakerism, workshop and materials; Quaker Religious Education Collaborative, TX, $1,000 to send four Friends school educators to QREC gathering on how Quakerism is both taught and caught; Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, $1,000 to bring Arthur Larrabee to lead a workshop for faculty and staff on Quaker process, State College Friends School, PA, $800 for materials to support Quaker study; Stratford Friends School, PA, $150 for living history impersonations of George Fox & William Penn to teach beginnings of Quakerism in the US; Tandem Friends School, VA $1,000 to train student leaders in Quaker process and have parent sessions on Quakerism; United Friends School, PA $1,000 to send faculty to FCE ENTQ; West Chester Friends School, PA $1,000 to send faculty to FCE ENTQ; Westfield Friends School, NJ, $1,000 to create Quaker materials to explain Q F&P for new families.

The committee will meet in March 2018 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2018. Either paper or emailed requests are fine (see details below). Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2016 Annual Report

In 2016 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received nine requests for funds from schools & organizations. The committee considered the requests and was very pleased with the high caliber of programs. We distributed $10,240 in full or partial grants for 8 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Friends Community School, MD, $1,000 to bring Peter Blood & Annie Patterson to lead a day of music celebrating testimonies in Rise Up Singing; Friends Meeting School, MD, $1,200 for a workshop for faculty on how social justice is grounded in Quakerism and can be used in programming; Friends School Baltimore, MD, $1,500 to send Quaker Principles Committee to Pendle Hill for retreat; Greene Street Friends School, PA, $1,000 to purchase Faith & Play kits & training, send new faculty to Pendle Hill workshop; Power of Goodness, $2,265 to integrate Power of Goodness book into curriculum of three schools; Sandy Spring Friends School, MD , $1,000 to develop booklet on the Quaker roots and identity of SSFS; Virginia Beach Friends School, VA, $900 for faculty/staff retreat workshops on Education & Quakerism and Environmentalism & Quakerism; and Wilmington Friends School, DE, $1,375 to print a newly developed Wilmington Friends School Faith & Practice.

The committee will meet in March 2017 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2017. Either paper or emailed requests are fine. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2015 Annual Report

In 2015 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received only 4 requests for funds from schools & organizations. The committee has taken steps to make sure that the Fund is as well advertised as it needs to be to elicit the usual number of requests next year. Representatives of the committee considered the requests and distributed $2,900 in full or partial grants for 3 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Friends Community School, MD, $700 to purchase Quaker histories and biographies for the school library and Quaker song books for the music program; Friends Meeting School, MD, $1,200 for a Friends Council on Education one-day workshop; Sandy Spring Friends School, MD; $1,000 to support the Middle School’s participation in Guiding Students in Decision Making workshop by Friends Council on Education.

The committee will meet in March 2016 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2016. Either paper or emailed requests are fine. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses, Clerk

2014 Annual Report

In 2014 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 14 requests for funds from schools & organizations. The committee is very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and practice in education again this year. Representatives of the committee considered the requests and distributed $10,865 in full or partial grants for 12 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

• Brooklyn Friends School, NY, $1,000 to develop & print orientation materials on Quaker Faith & Practice
• Cambridge Friends School, MA, $1,000 to develop & distribute a Quaker curriculum
• Friends Community School, MD, $700 to purchase Quaker literature for the School library
• Friends Council on Education (FCE), PA, $1,125 to create & distribute a brochure "Friends Education & the Religious Society of Friends"
• Friends Meeting School, MD, $1,010 for attendance at a FCE workshop Quaker values in School community
• Friends Select School, PA, $1,000 to create & implement a Quakerism course for international students
• Greenwood Friends School, PA, $120 to purchase "Readings on Quaker Pedagogy" for faculty
• Lansdowne Friends School, PA, $960 to create an all-school mural arts project to illustrate the Quaker testimonies
• Plymouth Meeting Friends School, PA, $950 to send faculty to FCE workshops
• Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, $1,000 for training in "Faith & Play" to teach Quaker faith to Lower School students
• Scattergood Friends School, IA, $1,000 to design a new curriculum for Intro to Quakerism course
• Tandem Friends School, VA, $1,000 for a faculty & staff workshop with Art Larrabee on Clerking Meetings in FS

The committee will meet in March 2015 to consider requests. Request deadline will be March 1, 2015. Either paper or emailed requests are fine. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to receive grant funding in time.

Rosalind Zuses (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2013 Annual Report

In 2013 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 10 requests for funds from schools & organizations. The Committee is very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and practice in education again this year, but is disappointed that more schools did not apply. Representatives of the Committee considered the requests and distributed $6,388 in full or partial grants for 6 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Carolina Friends School, NC, $1,000, to support a self-study of their evolution as a Quaker School; Friends Center for Children, CT, $733 to bring FCE staff to facilitate a workshop for the FCC Board; Friends School of Atlanta, GA, $1,000 to purchase Quaker-related resources for a new Quaker Education Library; Harford Friends School, MD, $1,325 to provide information & experience for the School community in Quaker Faith & Practice; Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, $1,000 to create a video to explain the central role Meeting for Worship plays in the SSFS community; Westbury Friends School, NY, $980 for a Quaker self-study in the FCE membership renewal process “Good Practice for Quaker Schools”.

The Committee will meet in March 2014 to consider requests. Request deadline will be March 1, 2014. Either paper or e-mailed requests are fine. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to hear from the Committee in time.

Rosalind Zuses (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2012 Annual Report

In 2012 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 19 requests for funds from schools & organizations. The committee is very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and practice in education again this year, and reach an ever-wider group of Friends Schools. Representatives of the committee considered the requests and distributed, with great pleasure, $12,793 in full or partial grants for 16 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund.  The recipients were:

Alexandria Friends School, VA, $300, student attendees to Quaker Youth Leadership Conference; Delaware Valley Friends School, PA, $1,000, books to enhance the Quakerism curriculum; Friends School Baltimore, MD, $840, attendees to FCE Clerking workshop; Friends School Minnesota, MN, $1,000, Art Larrabee to present workshop to school community; Friends School of Wilmington, NC, $1,000, bring Educators New to Quakerism workshop to school; Friends School Portland, ME, $750, books to enhance the Quakerism curriculum; Friends Select School, PA, $568, publish a pamphlet on Meeting for Worship for school community; Greene Street Friends School, PA, $1,000, design of  curriculum more integrated Quakerism curriculum; Greenwood Friends School, PA, $500, to send 2 teachers to FCE "Educators New to Quakerism" workshop; Moses Brown School, RI, $1,600, 5-Friends School one-day forum to discuss Friends education; Newtown Friends School, PA, $500, bring a presenter for workshop on living the Quaker testimonies; Quaker School at Horsham, PA, $600, presenter on historical Quaker view on war, peace & conflict resolution; Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, $1,000, year 2 of grant for curriculum & activities on testimony of peace & justice; Scattergood Friends School, IA, $750, to send teacher to FCE "Educators New to Quakerism" workshop; West Chester Friends School, PA, $885, to send 3 teachers to FCE "Educators New to Quakerism" workshop; Westbury Friends School, NY, $500, print curriculum on Quaker role in Underground Railroad.

The committee will meet in March 2013 to consider requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2013. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to hear from the Committee in time.

Rosalind Zuses, (Sandy Spring) Clerk

2011 Annual Report

In 2011 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 16 requests for funds from schools & organizations. The Committee is very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and practice in education again this year, and reach an ever-wider group of Friends Schools. Representatives of the Committee considered the requests and distributed, with great pleasure, $10,685 in full or partial grants for 14 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:

Friends Meeting School, MD, $570 to send 6 students to 2011 Quaker Youth Leadership Conference; Friends School Mullica Hill, NJ, $1,000 to support pre-K-8th grade Quakerism curriculum; Friends School of Atlanta, GA, $800 to develop History unit on Quakerism in Monteverde, Costa Rica; Friends School of Charlotte, NC, $885 to send 2 teachers to FCE “Educators New to Quakerism” workshop; Friends School of Haverford, PA, $295 to send a teacher to FCE “Educators New to Quakerism” workshop; Friends Seminary, NY, $750 to send Librarian to a Board of Books Conference to incorporate peace books into the Quaker curriculum; Mary McDowell Friends School, NY, $750 to print Quaker Faith & Practice booklet to support new 9th grade program; Newtown Friends School, PA, $350 to bring in facilitator to guide unit on living the testimony of Simplicity; Oakwood Friends School, NY, $885 to bring program from FCE on the history & mystery of Quakerism; San Francisco Friends School, CA, $600 to develop and print Quaker testimonies for Spanish families; Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, $1,000 for resource materials/honoraria on Quaker testimonies in new Peace & Social Justice curriculum; Sidwell Friends School, DC, $1,000 to help bring Arthur Larrabee for ‘sense of the meeting’ workshop; & make a third pamphlet of Quaker Queries; Virginia Beach Friends School, VA, $800 to purchase books & materials for Quakerism curriculum; Westbury Friends School, NY, $1,000 to develop curriculum/video on role & testimonies of Quakers in the Underground Railroad.

The committee will meet in March 2012 to consider new requests. Request deadline will be March 1, 2012. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to hear from the Committee in time.

Rosalind Zuses, (Sandy Spring), Clerk

2010 Annual Report

No report received.