Mawrtian Minutes

Alia Zerhouni '27 Honored by Center Stage in Young Playwrights Festival

Congratulations are in order for Bryn Mawr second grader Alia Zerhouni, who was selected as one of the 2017 Center Stage Young Playwrights Festival honorees. Alia's play, entitled "The Little Kiwi," was one of only six plays – out of 600 entries – that was selected to be professional staged and performed at Center Stage. From the play description: "It’s never easy to move to a new place, especially if you’re a Little Kiwi. With grouchy neighbors and funny new smells, nothing feels like home. But with a little courage, and a lot of love, Little Kiwi might just find a way to fit in."

For more than 31 years, the Young Playwrights Festival (YPF) has been Center Stage's flagship education program. The program exposes children across Maryland to professional teaching artists and helps students learn the craft of play writing, including communicating their ideas, developing characters, writing dialogue and creating a narrative arc for their stories. Every playwright who submits to the YPF receives constructive feedback, and a handful are chosen either to be professional staged at Center Stage or to receive an in-school reading. Honorees like Alia also have the opportunity to work with a mentor to help them refine and edit their scripts.

Pictured: Alia, third from left, with other YPF honorees and Center Stage’s artistic director, Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE. Photo credit: Tyrone Eaton.

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Bryn Mawr Bazaar a Success - Thank you, Parents' Association!

The 2017 Bryn Mawr Bazaar was a success! Thanks to chairs Greer Verheyen and Jennifer Broussard and to all who volunteered, donated items and attended. The Pot of Gold raffle was won by Kathy Neuzil.

Thanks also to this year's outgoing Parents' Association Executive Board:

President: Emily Woods, P’21, ’23
President-Elect: Meara Denton, P’18, ’21, ’25
Upper School Chair: Richard Skolasky, P’17, ’19
Upper School Chair-Elect: Erin Becker, P’19
Middle School Chair: Meaghan Knaub, P’22
Middle School Chair-Elect: Dennis Cashen, P’23
Lower School Chair: Meara Denton, P’18, ’21, ’25
Lower School Chair-Elect: Karen Boyle, P’24, ’25
Little School Chairs: Claude Scheidle, P’Lis and Jamie Gansell, P’Lis
Recording Secretary: Julia Nickles-Bryan, P’21
Corresponding Secretary: June Bartlett, P’19, P’23
Nominating Chair: John Maranto, P’18

Congratulations to next year's Parents' Association Executive Board:

President: Meara Denton, P’18, ’21, ’25
President-Elect: Greer Verheyen, P’21
Upper School Chair: Erin Becker, P’19
Upper School Chair-Elect: Christine Cross, P’21
Middle School Chair: Dennis Cashen, P’23
Middle School Chair-Elect: Elena Thompson, P’24
Lower School Chair: Karen Boyle, P’24, ’25
Lower School Chair-Elect: Tammy Yeganeh, P’22, ’26
Little School Chairs: TBD
Recording Secretary: Julia Nickles-Bryan, P’21
Corresponding Secretary: June Bartlett, P’19, ’23
Nominating Chair: Emily Woods, P’21, ’23

Thank you, Annual Fund Donors!

The Bryn Mawr School would like to send heartfelt thanks to the 1,914 donors who have committed $1,274,000 to the Annual Fund so far this year!

Gifts to the Annual Fund ensure that Bryn Mawr students will be passionate about who they are, how they learn, and how they lead and succeed.  None of what we do would be possible without generous donor support of the Annual Fund and the flexible resources donations provide to deliver on our mission.

The Annual Fund closes on May 31, 2017.  If you have not yet made your gift, please go to www.brynmawrschool.org/donate today to join as a donor!