The Gnus
Sandy Spring Friends School
Sandy Springs, MD
Issue Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 
Issue: October issue
Last Update: Tuesday, October 23, 2007


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At-a-glance
        
 

By Gnus staff

In 6th grade, for my halloween costume I dressed as a monk and i carried around a bag of chips. I was a ‘Chip-Monk’!” Rebecca Cook (9) Every year I rent ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show!” Mepi Meyers full story >

Quaker venturing on the West Coast
By Travis Mager ‘08

Senior Anna Evans spent the second semester of her junior year in California for the Woolman Semester, a Quaker based alternative-educational experience that teaches its students about the world and h full story >

By Chris Johnson ‘08

before school as a day student: you wake up, shower, eat a breakfast of your choice, say goodbye to your parents, and get to school by various modes of transportation. Now consider the morning of a do full story >

By Naya Oke ‘11

eople?” said Janeah Alexis, a ninth grader new to SSFS from Brooklyn, NY, in reference to why she didn’t get a first friend. That’s what a lot of new ninth grade students have been asking lately. Fi full story >

By Neby Aklog ‘08

dents at Sandy Spring Friends School are responsible for some truly amazing things. These achievements run the gamut from exceptional artwork and an outstanding number of community service hours comp full story >

By Keelin O’Donoghue ‘09

The walk to the cafeteria has had a change in scenery this year. The open space in front of the main entrance is no longer a dusty, barren plot of land, but instead the fenced off site of the school’s full story >

By Jessi Zarker ‘08

ironmental stewardship!” boasts the Head of Sandy Spring Friends School Ken Smith in our first all-school assembly of the year. Following his speech, seven lower school students scramble the letters R full story >

We’ve got spirit yes we do! : We’ve got spirit and community too!

By Ye Ri Lee ‘08

It has been over forty years since the value of diversity was pursued at SSFS; however, the interactive atmosphere around foreign students and American students in the community has been around for on full story >

By Jenny Lazo ‘11

Waiting to go in through the door, pushing through the crowd and stepping over backpacks are just three of the steps for getting to class in time in the ninth grade hall. The hall is sometimes crowded full story >

By Keelin O’Donoghue ‘09

After 5 years as Math Department Head, Barry Merritt stepped down. Although a new teacher last year, Elizabeth Doschek volunteered to fill the position. Doschek is now the only female Department Head. full story >

Closing doors closes ties: Gnus staff responds to the recent addition of locks to the doors in Moore Hall.
By Gnus staff

It’s fall. The leaves on the trees have changed colors from their summery greens to the vibrant reds and yellows of fall. Students wear poly-blend wool sweaters instead of their tattered shorts. The o full story >

By Neby Aklog ‘08

Senior Tommy Meeks-Teal entered High School as a wide-eyed freshman, unable to imagine the surrealistic lives of seniors. He noticed how the seniors wandered campus under the governance of their own full story >

Jolivet gives peace a chance: Sophomore Lucas Jolivet get arrested at an anti-war protest in D.C.
By Keelin O’Donoghue ‘09

“What do we want? PEACE! When do we want it? NOW!” sophomore Lucas Jolivet shouted with a crowd of an estimated 100,000 people as they marched shoulder to shoulder down the eight lanes of Pennsylvania full story >