Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund
Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund
The Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund Committee consists
of one member appointed by the Advancement and Outreach Committee
and one appointed by the Religious Education Committee. Such appointments
are for two-year terms. Members may not serve for more than six
consecutive years. Other members may be co-opted as appropriate.
In addition, Rosalind Turner Zuses will serve as convenor without
a term limit until such time as she is unable or unwilling to
continue.
The Fund was established in Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1996
by Howard and Rosalind Turner Zuses in recognition of Sue Thomas
Turner’s long support of Quaker education and Quaker values
in public education. Its purpose is to support the understanding
and practice of Quaker faith in schools and to support the growth
of a life lived in the Spirit by members of the school communities.
School community members include students, faculty, staff, administration,
trustees, and parents. The Fund is targeted for, but not limited
to, Friends schools under the care of a Friends Meeting.
The Fund is intended to be used for materials, lectures and consultants,
workshops and retreats, and programs and activities which help
to explain Quaker faith and practice to members of the school
communities, to be brought into the schools for individuals or
groups from the school communities to attend workshops, classes
or retreats on Quaker faith and practice and spiritual development
and for the creation and distribution of materials related to
these issues by members of the school communities. The Fund would
be limited to uses which are in addition to those already funded
by a school or committee budget, or to augment funds to enable
a use which exceeds ordinary funding.
Applications from schools, Meetings, committees, Friends’
agencies or individuals for a specific project must be received
by March 1. In general, the Committee meets once a year, usually
on Spring Yearly Meeting Day. The amount of money distributed
is a percentage, adjusted as the Committee determines is appropriate,
of the value of the Fund at the time of distribution.
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Manual of Procedure, July 2004, p35
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Advance Report - 2009
In 2009 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 13 requests for funds. Representatives of the committee considered the requests and distributed, with great pleasure, $8,040 in full or partial grants for 12 uses consistent with the purpose of the fund. The recipients were:
- Friends School of Wilmington, NC, $750 to host two Friends Council on Education (FCE) Workshops at the School
- Friends Select School, PA, $590 to send two additional new faculty to FCE Workshops over the 6 annually budgeted;
- Friends Seminary, NY, $500 to write Friends Seminary's own Faith & Practice;
- Greenwood Friends School, PA, $550 to send faculty, staff & board members to FCE Workshops;
- Lincoln School, RI, $500 for a Friend in Residence to help write a statement on the School's Quaker connections & mission
- Mary McDowell Center for Learning, NY, $750 to implement a curriculum on Quaker Testimony of Learning especially related to learning disabilities;
- Oakwood Friends School, NY, $500 to bring Peter Blood & Annie Patterson to lead a day of music celebrating Quaker history, testimonies & ideas;
- Quaker School at Horsham, PA, $750 for a day of training on Mindfulness with Irene McHenry;
- San Francisco Friends School, CA $600 to purchase FCE literature for new staff in new 7th & (2010) 8th grades;
- Sandy Spring Friends School, MD, $500 to send faculty to Art Larrabee Clerking workshop & purchase copies of FCE "Advices & Queries for Friends School Community Life" for new faculty;
- Sidwell Friends School, DC, $1,750 for a 2-yr project to write/publish a guide to Query Writing for students Grades 1-4;
- Westbury Monthly Meeting & Friends School, NY, $300 for two teachers to attend UN Conference on Teaching for Peace & Human Rights.
The committee was very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and practice in education again this year, and is especially glad to be continually reaching a wider group of Friends Schools. We unfortunately have not found a satisfactory means to transfer funds to the schools in Kenya, and are following the Guidelines on Giving and Receiving approved by the Quaker Peace Network—East Africa, March 19, 2006 in Uganda. These, for compelling reasons, require a level of administration that this committee cannot provide, so we are sadly and reluctantly withdrawing our offer of grants to the African Schools and communities. We hope that at a future time we will be able to take advantage of the ability of another organization to administer funds to the African schools that so desperately need assistance.
The committee will meet in March 2010 to consider new requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2010.
Rosalind Zuses, Clerk, reporting from Auckland, New Zealand
Advance Report - 2008
The purpose of the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund is to support the understanding and practice of Quaker faith in schools and the growth of a “life lived in the Spirit of Friends” by members of the school communities.
In 2008 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 16 requests for funds. The committee considered the requests and distributed, with great pleasure, $7,175 in full or partial grants for 13 uses consistent with purpose of the fund. The recipients were: - Abington Friends School, PA ($1000 to fund professional development and a document on Quakerism instruction;
- Frankford Friends School, PA ($135 for curriculum materials);
- Friends Meeting School, MD ($550 to fund a panel on Quaker Education);
- Friends Mufutu Secondary School, Kitale, Kenya ($475 for lectures and workshops on Quaker F & P);
- Friends School of Charlotte, NC ($500 for two lecture/forums on Quaker practice in Quaker Education);
- Friends School of Portland, ME ($300 to send teachers to Friends Council on Education (FCE) Workshop);
- Friends Western School,
CA ($500 to send a teacher to Pendle Hill workshop);
- Lansdowne Friends School, PA ($630 for Irene McHenry to facilitate a Mindfulness Training Day);
- Mahusi Friends Quaker School, Malava, Kenya ($500 for books and facilitators of Quaker religious education);
- Mary McDowell Center for Learning, NY ($750 for project on Quaker Testimonies);
- Moorestown Friends School, NJ ($500 to have FCE bring workshop for new faculty & staff);
- State College Friends School, PA ($750 to fund Art Larrabee workshop on Quaker decision-making) and
- Thornton Friends School, MD ($585 to participate in the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference).
The committee was very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and practice in education again this year. In 2007 we had difficulty arranging for funds to be transferred securely to the schools in Kenya, and we are seeking assistance from other Friends’ organizations that have direct connections in Kenya to solve this, and expect to have all the funds transferred.
The committee will meet in March 2009 to consider new requests. Request deadline will be MARCH 1, 2009.
Rosalind Zuses, Clerk
Advance Report - 2007
The
purpose of the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund is to support the
understanding and practice of Quaker faith in schools, and to support the
growth of a "life lived in the Spirit" by members of the school
communities.
In
2007 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 20 requests for
funds, including 1 from Ramallah and 6 from Kenya. The committee considered the requests and distributed, in great
optimism, $5075 in full or partial grants for 11 uses consistent with purpose
of the fund. The recipients were, Ramallah
Friends (Boys) School, West Bank ($400 for Quaker curriculum materials); Sandy
Spring Friends School, MD ($340 to send 4 to Clerking Workshops); Friends
Meeting School, MD ($520 to weave Quaker values and history into
curriculum); Friends School of Wilmington, NC ($500 to bring Friends
Council on Education [FCE] trainers); Mary McDowell Center for Learning,
NY ($500 to develop biography of Quaker Mary McDowell); Friends School of
Atlanta, GA ($500 to bring Friends Council on Education [FCE] workshop); Thornton
Friends School, MD ($500 to purchase Friends General Conference
publications); Mukuyu Girls Secondary School, Kenya ($465 for a seminar
for teachers of 8 Friends Schools); Friends Lirhanda Girls High School,
Kenya ($550 for an in-service for teachers on Quaker values); Friends School
of Portland, ME ($500 to purchase Quaker books and pamphlets for
curriculum); and The Woolman Semester (formerly John Woolman School),
CA, ($300 for a non-violence training day for students in the context of the
Peace Testimony).
The
committee was very pleased with the opportunity to support Quaker faith and
practice in education.
The
committee will meet in March 2008 to consider new requests. Request
deadline will be MARCH 1, 2008.
Rosalind
Zuses, Clerk
Advance Report - 2006
The
purpose of the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund is to support the
understanding and practice of Quaker faith in schools, and to support the
growth of a "life lived in the Spirit" by members of the school
communities.
In
2006 the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund received 10 requests for
funds. The committee considered the
requests and distributed, with great pleasure, $4947.59, in full or partial
grants for 10 uses consistent with purpose of the fund. The recipients were Carolina Friends
School, NC, ($500 for staff to attend Friends Council on Education [FCE]
workshops); Friends Central School, PA ($500 to support a Quaker potluck
Group for parents); Friends School of Portland, ME ($586.59 to purchase
Quaker books and pamphlets for curriculum); Greene Street Friends School,
PA ($365 to send staff to FCE workshop); Greenwood Friends School, PA
($496 to hold Peace Colloquium with Bruce Birchard from FGC); New Garden
Friends School, NC ($400 purchase Quaker reference books for their newly
acquired high school program); Northern Virginia Friends School, VA
($500 for a School Committee retreat on Quaker Process); Westbury Friends
School, NY ($500 to bring J. Harry Hammond to speak to staff on Quaker
pedagogy in the classroom); William Penn House, DC, ($500 to help bring
20 teachers to 2006 Teachers of Peace
workshop at WPH) and The Woolman Semester (formerly John Woolman School),
CA, ($500 to purchase Quaker books and media for the library and
curriculum).
The
committee was very pleased with the caliber of the requests and the opportunity
to support Quaker faith and practice in education. This year we again chose
to go into our principal as well as using our income. In
order to give help for these worthwhile projects in the future, the principal
needs to continue to grow. We ask that others who feel a leading to
support this important work, please contribute whatever they are able to the
endowment. Funds may go to the BYM with
a notation for the "Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund
Endowment". Thank you in advance for your support.
The
committee will meet in March 2007 to consider new requests. Request
deadline will be MARCH 1, 2007.
Rosalind
Zuses, Clerk
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