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Volume 21, Number 1
Autumn 2009
Muskrat
The Community School Newsletter
Farmers’ Table Lunches
Community Meals
Every Thursday
Noon-1, by donation
An Alliance Is
Born: The Rey
Foundation Joins
Us at the Perkins
Farm
The Rey Foundation honors the legacy of Margret and H. A. Rey, authors of the
Curious George books, through activities that carry on the Reys’ life work and
interests. These included writing and illustration for children and adults,
advocacy for alternative energy and other sustainable environmental technologies, gardening, natural history, pottery, photography, and astronomy. Like
the Reys themselves, the Foundation bridges art and science, science and the
citizen, young and old, and visionary change and practical action.
The Rey Foundation and The Community School are developing a
unique partnership which will expand our work with the Rural Sustainable
Schools Project. This collaboration is designed to bring the experience of
professional level work—around conservation, energy, food, and the arts—into
the classroom. Building on earlier collaborations, the next step in this alliance
Holiday Fair
has involved situating the Foundation’s studios at The Community School and
Saturday, December 5
10am-2pm
making students an active part of the Foundation’s work and mission, creating
Call to reserve a table for your arts or
meaningful and relevant learning experiences.
crafts, or to order handmade wreaths.
The Rey Foundation emphasizes the studio model as a place of
Come buy locally-made gifts, eat delicious
exploration,
learning and creation. As a first project, The Rey Studio for
food, and visit with friends.
Environmental Design at The Community School is focused on supporting a
variety of initiatives to establish a protected corridor between the Sandwich
Mountain Range and the Ossipee Mountains. This corridor has the potential to
balance a combination of values, including land conservation, wildlife habitat
protection, agriculture, recreation and human settlement. Through this studio,
The Community School’s early work with GIS (geographic information
systems) mapping is being revitalized and state of the art equipment is now
available to our students.
As part of our Rural Sustainable Schools curriculum, the Studio is
working with students to plan projects which will continue to shape The
Explore the Possibilities Day Community School’s place as regional model for sustainability, demonstrating
Thursday, February 11
environmental technologies and practices in the areas of energy, water, food,
10am-3:15pm
agriculture, silviculture, and biodiversity protection. Stop by any time to see this
Tour the school, participate in classes,
exciting and important work in progress.
Q & A sessions for
Nat Scrimshaw, Executive Director, The Rey Foundation
parents, includes lunch.
A Note from Jenny
Dear Friend,
Another exciting year is underway at
The Community School. Our 2009 graduates are
thriving in their first months of college, and an
exceptionally kind and motivated student body joins
us on The Community School campus. Twenty-seven
students arrive each day from Porter, Maine; Wolfeboro, and North Conway (and all points in between),
happy to see one another as they get off their
buses. Thirteen part- and full-time staff and faculty are
here to meet their needs.
We are delighted to be working in partnership
with The Rey Foundation. This newly-forming nonprofit has leased under-used space at school and is
collaborating with us and other regional education,
conservation, and arts organizations. Wish us luck as
we embark upon an alliance meant to sustain both
groups, as well as offer new learning experiences for
students and community members!
Countless hours of work went into preparing
ourselves for re-accreditation by the New England
Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). At the
end of October we hosted a visiting committee who
evaluated us using common standards. Students,
teachers, staff, parents, trustees, community members,
and alumni met with the team to talk about what they
loved about the school and where we could still
improve.
Our visitors felt warmly welcomed. They
commented on the strong sense of community they felt
at TCS and on how interesting and diverse we are, as
well as at the huge strides we’ve made recently in
board development and with administrative
functions. Each a teacher or administrator at another
independent school in New England, team members
recognized the challenges we all face as small schools.
We'll share the highlights of the final report with you
all when we receive it.
Like every independent school we know
about, we are now offering more financial aid to more
of our students. The support that you have afforded
The Community School in the past year has made this
stretch possible. We hope you’ll feel free to lunch with
us on Thursdays and meet the faithful staff and lively
kids who benefit each day from your kind connection
to us.
With warm regards,
Jenny
The Board’s Eye View
Greetings,
As I dropped my daughter off at The
Community School, I marveled at the
impact this school has had on my
family. My son, a Community School
graduate, is happily enrolled in college, and my daughter, clad in multiple layers, hefted a large backpack
filled with tools and equipment she needed for her
“Trip Week” hike in the White Mountains, and confidently chatted, smiled, laughed with fellow students as
she walked into school. An amazing transformation
has occurred in her in the past year. The Community
School has played a central role in her development,
and I’ve heard many other students’ similar stories of
success and growth. I am grateful for every faculty,
staff, student, and community member that makes it
happen.
So it’s not surprising that I am proud to be
serving on the Board again. I’ve learned much in the
past year, and have been very pleased with the caring,
knowledgeable, and energetic group of people that
work to support the continued development of the
School.
2009-10 will be an exciting period for the
Board of Trustees as we help to construct programs,
initiatives, and annual strategies based on our Quarter
Century Plan’s concepts of partnership and
community. This process comes naturally to the
School, as the mission and vision began and continue
to be based on responding to our student, local, and
regional community needs.
I want to especially invite you to be a part of
the collaboration this year. You can do this by making
any donation large or small, volunteering your time,
participating in our school events, contributing your
ideas, and sharing our story of success with friends and
neighbors. Your support and input as we continue to
build for the future are, as always, most welcome!
-Cynthia Robinson
Meet The Board of Trustees
Chris Clyne spends a lot of time outdoors—walking,
biking, and gardening. She works at the Cook
Memorial Library in Tamworth and as a nurse
practitioner at White Mountain Community Health
Center in Conway. Tom Curtin cherishes the benefits
his connection with The Community School provides.
A long time Tamworth resident and owner of Southern
Slope Builders, he shares a home with his wife Kerrie,
and a fluctuating cast of family members, friends, pets
and farm animals. Dawn Evans is from Wolfeboro
and currently is a resident of Tuftonboro. She holds a
BS in Environmental Conservation and served with the
Peace Corps in South America. She was the Spanish
teacher at TCS for years. Dawn has experience teaching, and with business management, and currently
serves on the board of the Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro Land
Bank as well as Moose Mountain’s Regional
Greenways and the Dan Hole Pond Watershed Trust.
Steve Fairlamb is a UK guy with two girls at TCS
and a firm belief in chocolate for everyone. Until that is
a reality, he wants to support any and all ethical means
of bringing about the real change we need for a more
just society and sustainable planet—and his career has
been to assist the voices of the underdogs and disadvantaged in being heard. Schyler Nutting is an avid
world traveler whose current life is ruled by music,
school, and preparing for the road ahead. He is a TCS
senior, and makes his home in Lovell, Maine. Lisa
Parker, mother of TCS junior Butterfly Dompkowski,
lives in Parsonsfield, Maine. She owns and operates
cake!, a custom cake business. Grace Pease has
worked and traveled in Madagascar and India. She’s a
senior this year. Brady Potter lives right behind the
school with her chickens and “is lucky enough to be
the farm manager and
harvest teacher at The
Community School.” She also milks a beautiful cow
named Poppy at the Bickford Farm down the road.
Cynthia Robinson, of Moultonborough, is Mom to
TCS student Emily and alum Ben, and is our art
teacher. She also teaches art at Madison Elementary
School, and has a traveling artist in residence program,
Eco Art a la Carte. Louise Taylor is an avid environmentalist who likes to build stone walls. She is the
author of four books, and is publishing a volume of
poetry this year. She works as a copywriter, and lives
in Tamworth.
Though not a board member,
Wonalancet’s Nancy Stearns has been helping us to
function smoothly by serving as “silent recorder,”
taking excellent minutes for the Board.
Alumni News
We’d love pics of you, your family,
your friends, your new digs!
[email protected]
The Class of 1999 has been checking in with us regularly over the
past year and a half. We’ve seen
Mike Brown, Ondrej Zeman, Jeff
Jarrett, and Claire Adelman in casual visits and at the
alumni bbq last June. This class is coming into its
own, making financial donations to the school, too.
It was great to hear from Henry Steele
(1999) who is living and working in
Boston. Thanks for your support,
Henry. Johanna Hoag (1994) is
living in Sandwich again, after a stint
in the Caribbean. She has two girls,
Isabella and Fiona, who she and Jon
bring to TCS fairs and dinners. Nate
Beaulieu (1994) stopped by for some
produce and a look around the gardens
and grounds. Solveig Gannon (1995)
had a baby girl, and her mom, Mia, is
moving from South Tamworth to the
Brattleboro region to be closer to her beautiful granddaughter. Andrew Jawitz (1998), Emily Smith
Mossman (1998), and Ryan Chesley (2004), were
generous with their time, coming to a luncheon here at
school with the re-accreditation visiting team. Some of
you might remember what it was like when, eleven
years ago, the school earned its initial accreditation
through the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges. Andrea Jarrett, Jeff Jarrett (1999), Jenny
Stowbridge, Hillary Mangan (2007), Kate Costello
(2007), Liz Zack (2006), Eric Dube (2009), Casey
Heimlich (2000) and Claire Adelman (1999) visited
at our second annual alumni bbq, held on the day after
graduation (mark your calendars for next year). It was
nice to see Erica Bente (2001) and her baby girl here
over the summer when they visited from New Mexico.
Simon Polhamus (2005) recently moved to Boston
where he’s attending school. Julie Streeter (2005) also
moved back to Boston after a stint working her lighting
magic in the neon Mecca, Las Vegas. Caitlin Behr
(2005) and Jack Mauch joined us at
one of our summer community
dinners. They live in Boston where
Caitlin is on the fast track in nursing
school and Jack is pursuing his passions in the art world. Our newest
alums are off to college and out in the
world. Ruby Nelson (2009) is at
College of the Atlantic and Kate
Costello (2007) is her RA! Jared
Pittman (2009) is studying art and psychology at
Plymouth State; the commute in his big ol’ ‘70’s van is
fast eating up his savings, so if anyone has a fuel efficient mini for sale, call Jared.
Eric Dube and James
Lydecker (2009) visited us
last week when they were on
break from Sterling College.
Though they haven’t forgotten where the snack shelf is,
they were lucky enough to
make it in time for lunch.
Charlotte Doucette
(2009) is spending her
first semester at Colby
Sawyer College abroad,
studying in France.
Fiona Howell (2009)
sends regular emails
from New Orleans
where she’s doing really
well at Loyola; she is
the third seat flutist in
the orchestra. Way to
go! Katie Smith (2004)
taught a poetry class here last spring, to much acclaim.
Cody Sayers (2005) is in her senior year at Sterling
and showing Eric and James the ropes up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Liz Zack (2006) and
Jennie Bonica (2005) are faithful about coming to
school events, from fairs to dinners, whenever they’re
in town; they even drag their parents along! We
appreciate that Daren Boothby (2006) came by to help
us set up and take down the tent when we used it for
several events this spring and summer. Members of the
Class of 2008, Audrey Punturieri, Chelsea Cathcart,
and Jeremy Pyburn, stop in several times a year. We
love seeing you! Congratulations go to Ryan Page
(2007), who is studying at U Maine Orono, on the release of a new album on a major label. We were happy
to have Cory Valentine (2008) and George and Ida
Dyment, among a host of others already mentioned in
this column, join us for graduation last June. We love
it when you come back! Don’t be strangers…. If
you’re home for Thanksgiving, we’re having a feast
here. Come!
Signs of the Times
Believe it or not, there are still people who don't know
where The Community School is. Parent and sign
maker BG Hodges and his son, TCS senior, Gess, are
helping them to get a better bearing on us. D r i v i n g
along Route 25 in the summer, you see the first of new
and creative signs: a three-foot green bell pepper
advertising "Organic Produce." If you happen along
this same route on one of our community events days,
a bold white sandwich board proclaims "Community
School Fair Today." Turning the corner at Bunker Hill
Road, a smaller sign guides you, till you finally get to
the spiffy hanging sign in our school yard, surrounded
by rose bushes, that leaves no doubt you're at The
Community School. Across the road from the Perkins
Farmhouse, a jazzy orange carrot on the farm stand
draws your attention to "Fresh Produce."
BG, a long-time art educator at Brewster
Academy, began his career as a sign maker in his
hometown of Tuftonboro. Plenty of his signs can be
seen in the Wolfeboro area. Gess, also an artist,
briefly apprenticed with his dad this summer,
refurbishing a huge old signboard for the TCS farm
stand, for which he earned vocational credit toward his
senior year requirements.
These beautiful and useful signs are just
another example of how keen eyes, steady hands, and
very good hearts have left their imprint along the paths
we travel to reach our school.
Bienvenido, José
When José Brenes of Costa Rica
arrived in New Hampshire on
September 1, he commented on
how beautiful the land was and how
familiar much of it felt to
him: deep forests, mountains in the
distance, and dirt roads. By the end
of his first week at his new home and school, he was
already telling friends how much he was going to miss
them when he left at the end of the term.
José is the sixth Costa Rican student to
participate in the 15-year old exchange program
between The Community School and the Monteverde
Friends School. MFS has an upper school roughly the
same size as ours and a similar spirit of connectedness
to its community. José has been learning English
since the first grade, and his bilingual abilities have us
all jealous. He loves ancient history and physics.
His homestay family, the Hodges, are
delighted with how quickly José fit into their household. Homestay brother Gess will travel to Monteverde in the spring, living with José and his mother,
Yesenia. Gess hopes to learn lots of traditional Costa
Rica cooking while improving his Spanish.
Buena suerte to both boys as they venture
forth this year into new cultures.
The Farmers’ Table
It’s all well and
good for us to talk
about
how
important it is—for
our health’s sake
and for the earth’s
sake—to eat as
much unprocessed,
locally-raised, organic, sustainablygrown food as
possible. But our reality in Carroll County—the
second poorest county in N.H.— is that this goal
often feels, to many of us, unattainable. Food raised
on smaller, more sustainable scales can be expensive.
Small farmers don’t always have the infrastructure to
grow, store, or market food beyond the traditional
season. So what can we do to tackle these issues?
That’s what The Community School and the Rey
Foundation have been working to address. One
answer presents itself as The Farmers’ Table.
Each Thursday, we prepare a nutritionallybalanced, incredibly delicious meal using as much
locally-raised food as we can find. Our students have
canned and frozen fruit and vegetables from many
sources, including our own organic gardens. We’re
working with local farmers to use their available
goods. And we’re serving this up on a by-donation
basis. Those who choose to (and can) put a few
dollars in our sap bucket do. Those who can’t, don’t
and no one is keeping tabs. To date, costs have been
covered, with a bit extra to splurge on locally-raised
meats and cheeses.
Ashley Bullard, Sandwich native and former
garden manager at TCS for five years, has taken on the
job as head chef and bottle washer. Ideally, she will
be working with one student apprentice each week to
plan and prepare meals for the students, staff, and
community guests who serve themselves from the
buffet and relax around the kitchen tables or lobby
wood stove.
Nat Scrimshaw, The Rey Foundation’s
executive director, entertains the happy pack of
children who surround his easel as he does “Chalk
Talks,” interactive drawing sessions in the style of
H.A. Rey. Each child proudly leaves at the end of the
meal with an original work of art inspired by the child
and drawn by Nat.
These meals would not be possible without
the tireless efforts, community spirit and generosity of
many farmers and growers and food producers. We
are proud to be serving their delicious food: Behr
Farm, Booty Farm, Windover Farm, Larry’s Bees,
Sunnyfield Bakery, DiFilippe Gardens and
Greenhouse, the Roberts Family, the LeTartes, Small
Chase Farm, the Bickford Farm, Red Gables Farm,
Maple Wood Farm, the Sandwich Creamery,
Stonehedge Farm, Mocha Rizing, Hollow Hill
Orchard, Jeff Garden, Young Maple Sugar House,
Merrifield Farm, Whites’ Forest Farm, Katy
Thompson, Chris Moneypenny, Bob Ambrose and
Pete Prentice.
Whirlwind
Each morning, about 10 AM, a
whirlwind of sunshine and
lightning enters the school. It’s
Raetha Stoddard, our new English
teacher, arriving for classes—and
the energy in the building shoots up
a notch!
One senses this woman
does all things with passion. Raetha explains her 11year career as a professional wilderness guide saying, “I
wanted to find a way to live in the adult world without
losing my ‘child-wonder’.” Her love of music was the
seed for the Ossipee Valley Acoustic Music Festival,
now the largest festival of its kind in Maine. It also
led to the creation of a small non-profit that supports
tradition-based music and art in all forms through
promotion and education. Then there’s her passion for
“all things” Steve Martin: his humor, his movies, his
music, and the recent thrill of a backstage introduction.
Or can it be that Raetha’s mantra comes from
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, as she says?
“There is no use trying,” said Alice, “one
can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,”
said the Queen. “When I was your age, I
always did it for half an hour a day. Why,
sometimes I’ve believed as many as six
impossible things before breakfast.”
When the TCS clock strikes 11, class begins and it’s
easy to believe Carroll’s Queen has arrived: the line
between impossible and possible has just blurred! Yes,
even English class can crackle with fun.
Currently working on her Master’s degree,
Raetha brings with her 30 years of teaching experience.
Lively discussions generated by students’ work or a
shared short story or poem start the hour; then each
student heads with the day’s assignment to a favorite
writing spot. Raetha rotates through, sitting with each
one, offering encouragement and giving focused
instruction. As teacher of our youngest students, she
works closely with fellow teacher, Mark Bickford, so
that students will be prepared to move into his class
next year.
Raetha revels in her role at TCS, saying she
believes she was “always headed here!” We can happily
attest that we are all the richer for her having arrived.
In Memory of Our
Friends Who Are No
Longer With Us
Your years of support, hard
work, and friendship made a
difference to many lives here
at The Community School
Frank Henry
Charlie Johnston
Heather Moir
Alan “Nick” Nichols
Elizabeth Sanders
George Zink
Thank You, Donors
2008-09
We could not do it
without you!
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Bill & Linda Abdu
Claire Adelman
The Ahearn Family
Ingrid & Mark Albee
Maud Anderson
C. Alt & B. Divitto
Jim Alt & Beth McCarthy
Dianna & Mike Babcock
Brad Ball
Lucy Bartley & Shawn Allen
Bill & Anne Batchelder
Robert Bates
Jim & Cathy Baybutt
Mildred Beach
Suzanne Becker
Ned Beecher & Chris Clyne
Fred & Sue Bowden
B. Boyden & G. Cunningham
Cynthia Boyden
M. Breasted-Smyth & T. Smyth
Sandy & Darin Brown
Dolly Bryant
Ashley Bullard
Bob Butcher & Caroline Nesbitt
Keri & Jeff Cathcart
Dave & Amy Chase
Kathe & David Chipman
Greg & Emine Cichowski
Michelle & John Cleveland
Marnie Cobbs
Sue Colten
Ian & Janet Cooke
Bob & Page Coulter
Tom & Kerrie Curtin
Sang Curtis
Lucy Cutting
Lucy & George Cutting
Susan Cutting
Davis & Andrea Dassori
Tom & Ruth Earle
Jimmy & Dot Elliot
Dawn Evans
Heidi & Ed Fayle
Jeff & Mary Fleischmann
N. Frederickson & C. Misavage
Carla & John Girouard
Leo & Jan Goldman
George & Ann Hackl
Don & Joanna Harte
Debbie Hatch
Melinda & Peter Heimlich
Abbey Heimlich
Frank & Grace Henry
Charlotte Hill
Jean Hill
Skip & Susan Hoag
Donald & Marie Hochstrasser
Michelle Hodge, Melcher &
Prescott Insurance
William & Silke Hoffman
Matt Hoopes
Jean Howell
John Howell & Laura Weymouth
Hollis & Edie Hunnewell
Jennifer Huntington
George Jafferis
Richard & Maryjane Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett
Peggy Johnson
Sarah & Brian Kelley
Rachel & Dan Kusch
Shirley Lear
Barbara Lloyd
James Lougee
Betsy Loughran
Robert Magruder
Candace Maher
Charlotte Maher
Nicole Maher-Whiteside &
Taylor Whiteside
B. Martin & M. Demos
Kim Mathison
Philip May
Roger & Pat Merriman
Peggy Merritt & Ron Lawler
John & Cathy Mersfelder
‘Chele Miller
Bud Millner
Heather & John Moir
Chris Moneypenny
Cope & Priscilla Murray
Catherine Nash
Mary Nee
Norman & Sally Nelson
Alan & Jane Nichols
Nancy Nichols
Lucille Noel
Cintra & Carl Olson
Joel Palmer
Nancy Papp
Shawn Papp
Lisa Parker
Jean & Bill Parker
Maryjane Pettengill
Onesime Piette
Mark Polhamus
Maggie & Boone Porter
Lianne Prentice
Jay Rancourt
Jill Rawson
Lillian Rines
Kendall & Cynthia Robinson
Jane Rowe & Tim Yandow
J. Rowe & N. Scrimshaw
Judy Rowe
W. Rowe & C. Nardozzi
Elizabeth Sanders
Mary & Nevin Scrimshaw
S. Scrimshaw & M. Hall
S. Scrimshaw & A. Stern
Nancy Sheridan
David & Rebecca Sinkler
Brian, Emily, & Katie Smith
Charlie & Rose Smith
Sue & Guthrie Speers
Charlie Sprague
Nancy Stearns
Bill Stockman
Frances Strayer & Rich Benton
Joel & Lorraine Streeter
Louise Taylor
Mari & Peeter Teedla
John & Helen Tomb
Jim & Anne Twaddle
Katy VanDusen
Stephanie Vazzano
CC & David White
Janice Williams
George & Sally Zink
In-Kind Donations
Scott Aspinall
Beggar’s Pouch Leather
Liz Berks, In Touch Massage
Mark Bickford
The Bonica Family
Daren Boothby
Botanical Lampshades
Brazier Place Uniques
Mary Breasted-Smyth
K.A. Brett School
Azia Brown
The Calnan Family
George Cleveland
Michelle Cleveland
Sue Colten
Cool Jewels
Ben Cook
Tom Curtin
Custom Fit
Norman Cloutier
Tom Curtin, Southern Slope Builders
Steve & Pam Dagley
William Day & Sons, Inc.
Eastern Slope Inn Fitness Center
John Enright, B.E.A.M.
Dawn Evans
Evergrain Natural Foods
Heidi & Ed Fayle
Fiah
Framed Art Superstore
From Our Place to Yours
Front Side Grind
Barbara Gibbs, The Art Place
Gifts of Life
Joslin Heyn
Lawton Harper
BG Hodges
Carol Holyoke, Great Waters Music
Festival
Bill Jackson
Philip Jacobs, Earth & Fire
Jeff Jarrett
Charlie Johnston
Katrina’s Organic Market
Bill Krueger
Shirley Lear
Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation
Mark LeVasseur
Captain Planet Foundation
Luna Gallery
Freedom Charitable Trust
Chris & Ken Lydecker, Riverside Inn
Hannaford
Brenda Mallory
Pfizer Foundation
Hillary Mangan
Annette P. Schmitt Foundation
Mimi Mathieson, Madlights
Smith-Denison Foundation
The Met
The Tamworth Foundation
Emily Mossman, Valley Jewelers
Foundations and
Grantors
Molly Nelson & Howard Pease
MWV Puzzle & Poster
Nelson O’Bryan
N.E. Charms/ Naked Bohemian
Nordic Skier Sports, Inc.
Stephen Nutting
Molly & Joseph Nye
Ossipee Auto Parts
Jean & Bill Parker
Lisa Parker
Park View Salon
Fred Peabody
The Penguin
Pirate’s Cove
Richard Posner, TLC
Lianne Prentice
Rivendell Farm Natural Foods
C. Robinson, Eco Art a la Carte
Rolling Knolls Farm
Deb Samia
Sawyer Ridge Knife Co.
Rey Center
Six Paca Farm
Spiderweb Gardens
Spruce Hurricane
Nancy Stearns
Claes Thelemarck
Toy Chest
Wayside Farm
David White
White Birch Books
Taylor Whiteside
Peter Wobber
Zeb’s General Store
Ondrej Zeman
Muskrat Lodge
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The Community School Means...
Reflections from our youngest students
...that I have had some of my best times in my life here. I have some of the
best friends that I ever will. My personality has changed a lot! I’m not as shy. I have good
study habits now. I love school.
...that I get to make more choices of how I learn.
...I get more trust and it’s easier for me because there’re smaller groups.
...means certain responsibilities. It also means that I should have fun. In fact, most of my
responsibilities are fun, like Block Class and English.
...I must pay attention and study hard because we paid $6,000 and I need to respect
the teachers.
The Community School is a 501(c)3 organization. All gifts are tax deductible.