Alumni News

For GFS faculty, Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia isn’t just for the students: it’s transformed them, too.

GFS was honored to welcome Kristen Welker ‘94, distinguished journalist and moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” as the speaker at this year’s Christopher Allen ’09 Lecture. The lecture was presented as a conversation between Welker and her longtime mentor, Chris Blackman.

On Friday, December 6, Drew Dickler '08 came to Germantown Friends School as the featured speaker of the 20th annual Alumni Speaker Assembly, and shared a sneak peek of her memoir-documentary, "Big Bass." 

In early November, Boston-area Germantown Friends School alumni and friends gathered to socialize and build intergenerational community connections at Oxfam America in The North End neighborhood. 

As the featured speaker at the 32nd Annual Mercer Tate '48 Lecture at GFS, Matthew Countryman '81 presented a few interlocking narratives. These included scholarly reflections on the history of Civil Rights movements, as well as stories of his family's multi-generational involvement in education and the ongoing struggle for racial justice.

Cedric Hall '04 credits his time at GFS with instilling the urgency he feels to increase equity in education and pay forward what he experienced as a student. On July 1, Hall was appointed the first ever Vice President of Student Experience at Girard College in Philadelphia.

Jess Beer ’05 played an instrumental role in opening the new Weavers Way Co-op location at 328 W Chelten Ave. in Germantown, just down the way from the GFS Main Campus.