The Crefeld Courier The Crefeld Courier Let’s end where the show began with the musical review. In music class, F and G Block students concentrated on the music in film and television. Their choice of songs reflected their course of study. Two sets of talented musicians performed Melt with You from the film, Valley Girl; Age of Aquarius from the play, Hair; Stayin’ Alive from the film,Saturday Night Fever; and a lively rendition of Got To Be Real from the documentary, Paris is Burning. Bravo, Crefelders! We enjoyed the artwork, the music, the dancing, the acting, and most of all, we loved how you show. The Newsletter for Alumni, Parents, and Friends of The Miquon Upper School and The Crefeld School A Biannual Newsletter Winter 2015 Winter Arts Celebration Students showcased a semester’s worth of work on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the Winter Arts Celebration. Once again the gymnasium was transformed into a sleek art gallery (thanks in large part to alumni parent and Crefeld board member, Andy deLone and the magic of lighting and draping.) Stunning glass pieces, large canvases covered in collages, mixed media pieces, and new to the show, a fiber arts corner! Alice in Wonderland and King Midas’ Foolery were skillfully adapted and performed by G and F Blocks, respectively, to the delight of the audience. The Crefeld Dancers boogied to some Big Band music and also made a surprise appearance at the end of one of the musical performances.
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The Crefeld Courier
The Crefeld Courier
Let’s end where the show began with the musical review. In music class, F and G Block students concentrated on the music in film and television. Their choice of songs reflected their course of study. Two sets of talented musicians performed Melt with You from the film, Valley Girl; Age of Aquarius from the play,
Hair; Stayin’ Alive from the film,Saturday Night Fever; and a lively rendition of Got To Be Real from the documentary, Paris is Burning.
Bravo, Crefelders! We enjoyed the artwork, the music, the dancing, the acting, and most of all, we loved how you show.
The Newsletter for Alumni, Parents, and Friends ofThe Miquon Upper School and The Crefeld School
A Biannual Newsletter Winter 2015
Winter Arts CelebrationStudents showcased a semester’s worth of work on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at the Winter Arts Celebration. Once again the gymnasium was transformed into a sleek art gallery (thanks in large part to alumni parent and Crefeld board member, Andy deLone and the magic of lighting and draping.) Stunning glass pieces, large canvases covered in collages, mixed media pieces, and new to the show, a fiber arts corner!
Alice in Wonderland and King Midas’ Foolery were skillfully adapted and performed by G and F Blocks, respectively, to the delight of the audience. The Crefeld Dancers boogied to some Big Band music and also made a surprise appearance at the end of one of the musical performances.
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The Crefeld Permaculture Center This past spring/summer, a group of thirteen graduate students from Philadelphia University’s Sustainability Masters Program collaborated with Crefeld to create a Permaculture Center. Together, they planned, designed and built a portion of the center in just seven weeks. If you visit Crefeld today, you will see that the center includes a greenhouse and a chicken coop with egg laying chickens! This is the phase one of the greening of Crefeld’s campus.
It all started on a beautiful day in May. The graduate students and community members of Chestnut Hill along with The Crefeld School came together for a charrette to discuss the upcoming project. A charrette is an all day brainstorming session. It is a quick and effective way to figure out the base idea and plan of what is going to be done.
After the charrette, the class met to narrow down ideas of what they thought would be the most beneficial for the school to have immediately. A greenhouse, incorporating aquaponic technology, and a chicken coop were decided upon. The class separated into different focus groups to figure out the best design solutions to make the project a success.
The graduate students worked tirelessly to ensure that the project would be built in one week in July 2014. For the build week, many volunteers came together to lend a hand: students, staff, board members, parents, alumni and, of course, the PhilaU graduate students. Thanks to everyone who helped bring this permaculture center to life!
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Supporting Crefeld!Thanks to you, contributions to Crefeld are growing every year. It’s only January and we are just shy of this year’s AF goal of $55,000. We also mightily surpassed our EITC/OSTC goal with gifts from both new and familiar donors! The following list reflects all gifts to Crefeld from July 1, 2014 to
January 20, 2015. If you are not on the list, don’t panic. You can contribute through June 30, 2015.
Thank you!
1970 Founder’s Circle ($10,000+)Amy & Tony D’OrazioPhiladelphia Insurance CompaniesUHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.Vertical Screen, Inc.The Village of Arts and Humanities
Chestnut Hill Circle($5,000 - $9,999)Malinda & Frank Berardino Edward FieldGRA, IncorporatedGeorge L. Popky M.D.Waste Management
Crefeld Street Circle($2,500 - $4,999)AnonymousRich CohenSusan and Edward EllisDana and John LevittiesMarvin LevittiesPaul NeuwirthUnivest Bank and Trust Co.
Wissahickon Circle($1,000 - $2,499)AnonymousShelley & David BrietlingJoni & Bill GreenfieldJudith & Stuart HainRalph HirshornNancy & Tom JenningsRandall Kamien & Jenny YuDorothy & Donald KardonMaxpro CorporationMary Ellen MoormanGeorge Zeleznik
Community Circle(All gifts to $999)ACHECynthia AlbrechtIan & Lee AlexanderPeter Badgio, MDBenjamin & Carol BaldridgeRick & Stephanie BareChristine Beard & Jonathan BrezonCaitlin BechtelClaudia Becker & Michael CunninghamKathrina Lear & Matt BerkEmily BerkleyBenjamin BorchersJames BortsDeborah BrownEllen & Albert BrownRussell & Anne ByersAdriana CaddleCheryl CapacchionePeter CapperDebra CharlesworthMike CobleMark ColvsonDonna ConnorAnn CroxsonBarbara CulbertStacey & Dan CunitzCraig Currie & Heather WilliamsDavid & Susan DannenbergJeff DarcyNancy DeephouseChris DiNardo & Donna SmithNancy & Charles Dunnebay inc. FoundationTracey EllisScott & Renee ErwinPat Evans & Mark Piechota
Steven & Kristin FiergangCarl & Dru FinkbeinerAlison Fisher & Michael SchwartzDebbie & Steve FlaksNica FlemingConsuela & Joshua FranksMichael & Cheryl FriedenbergMarie GarrisonSteven Gertz & Thea GailJoan Giannobile & Izak MaitinKathleen GibbsJennifer & Mitchell GoldMarcy & Richard KardonHowie Gordon & Laurel BuxbaumMark GouldCaron Graff & Brian BeereDavid & Karen GrayNicole GreavesRichard HaazLeslie & Craig HaddowEleanor & Joseph HayesWilliam & Audrey HoltzmanMichael & Lisa HorwitzDonna Hunt & Christopher DeephouseLisa Hutton & Eric SiegelAnita KaplanChris Keyser & Donna GenoveseRebecca KohlNancy Kreider & Robert LaneBecky LashGregory & Karen LeeRachel LockeGena LopataJulia Lynch & Tom LaskawyTom & Andrea MaceyLiz Rogan & Joseph MagidLehte MannikJustin Martino & Brenda Smith
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Beulah Trey & Steve MastersRobert & Sheila McIntyreJoan McKentyMerckKathy MeyersScott & Carra MinkoffMario Moussa & Robin KomitaLori & Brett MoyerBeth & Robert MuellerEmma NashnerMichael & Lois NeftEric & Leonor NeibauerErica NelsonJeff NeslenTom & Kim PakradooniCindy Palmer & Robert RosenthalDonald & Elizabeth PattersonSasha Patterson
Philip Rosenau Co. Inc.Lee & John PopiolekBarbara PosatkoRay & Karen PraterColleen PuckettPatricia Redmond & Jon HoffmanMarvin ResnickBetsy & Michael RobinsonPeggi Guenter & Jack SabolPatricia Saluk & Steven BrownLisa ShaffrenAngela SingletaryRobert & Claudia SlipakoffPatty Smith & Peter GardnerJerry & Lois SnyderRobert Spiller & Susan WallaLisa SpilnerRod Stanton
Michael & Cynthia SteinMary SzczesniakWalter & Joell TaggartTargetJoseph & Judith TempioStephen & Margaret ThompsonPeter & Annette TobiaDominic & Janice TorielloBeulah Trey & Steve MastersKatrina TrudeauVanguard FoundationMark & Hele VondraJeannine & David WebberSandra WeckesserJohn Hoagland WingIvan & Becky WolnekTori WryeEsther Wyss-Flamm & Brad Flamm
Auction Save the Date...When: Saturday, April 18, 2015Where: Crefeld Campus
It’s coming. Crefeld’s Biennial Auction is Saturday, April 18, 2015. Join us for our biggest fundraiser! It’a a fun night of tasty food and drink, live music, and fantastic auction items. All proceeds go towards Crefeld’s programs and scholarship fund.
We need your help! We are looking for great items to auction off at the event, as well as sponsors and advertisers for the event. Think about what you, your family, your company, your clients, and your business associates can donate to the auction. We are looking for : vacation stays, travel opportunities, gift certificates, and event tickets. You can call Joan Giannobile, Director of Development, for more information at 215-242-5545 or [email protected].
We have an auction webpage on our website. Go to Crefeld’s main page - www.crefeld.org - and then click on the auction link in the lower right hand corner. All auction related forms are available there or contact Joan.
The Courier is published twice a year.Editor - Joan Giannobile Head of School - George Zeleznik
Crefeld Board of Directors 2014-2015Robert Lane, PhD (President), Nancy Jennings (Vice President), Susan Ellis (Secretary), Malinda Powers Berardino (Treasurer),
Katrina Lear Berk, J. Craig Currie, Esq., Anderson deLone, Joan Greenfield, Judith Hain, Dana Levitties, Robert McIntyre, George Popky, MD, Jeri Bond Whatley, Gene Caffrey (Emeritus Member)
8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org
Important DatesMarch 12, 2015: Speaker Event
March 23 - April 3, 2015: Spring Break
Saturday, April 18, 2015: Crefeld Auction
May 4-8, 2015 : Spring Mini-Courses
June 5, 2015: Graduation Day
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Growing numbers of people are embracing greening as a core behavior in the 21st-century economy. But are we doing enough? Given the increasing threats of human-induced global warming, sea level rise, catastrophic weather patterns, and habitat destruction, designers are under pressure to make significant developments in sustainable design.
The leap from the current low standards of greening to more ambitious sustainable design requires a fundamental shift to a regenerative model where buildings clean the air and water, send energy back to grid, and produce zero waste. Such a jump will require us to realize that we are living in a manmade climate that is hotter, less predictable than in previous years, and threatening to human existence. This conversation enables us to think beyond green as an afterthought as we use sustainable practices to demonstrate our own adaptation and resilience.
Rob Fleming is a LEED® Accredited Professional and a registered architect with over 15 years' experience of teaching, research and practice in sustainable design. He is the co-creator and Director of the award winning Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program at Philadelphia University where he holds the Salaman Family Chair in Sustainable Design. His new book, Design Education for a Sustainable Future was released by Routledge/Earthscan earlier last year. Rob is a Sustainability Fellow at Re:Vision Architecture in Philadelphia where he consults and facilitates integrated design charrettes.
The Crefeld Speaker Series
Beyond Green: How can sustainable design transform our lives?
Featuring Rob Fleming, AIA, LEED AP BD&C
Join us on Thursday, March 12 at 7:00pm as we consider ways to lay the groundwork for new and transformative approaches to sustainable design that are ambitious, authentic, and ultimately lifesaving.
To register, please go to www.crefeld.org or call Joan at 215-242-5545.
