2019 Annual Report for the Scholarship Committee of Third Haven Friends Meeting
The Society of Friends has considered the education of its members of high importance going back to its earliest times. Two of its schools, Penn Charter, in Chestnut Hill, PA and Friends Select School in Philadelphia, were founded as early as 1689. This committee continues to encourage the education of its members through Scholarship grants to students.
Because of the generosity of the Meeting and individual Friends, special grants were made to Katie Claggett for her internship at the Quaker United Nations Organization and to Juliette Neill to attend Summer School at Yale. For this Fall semester we have increased grants to $800 for those attending Quaker Schools and $400 for non-Quaker schools. For the Spring we hope to increase grants again. Our policy remains that those attending Quaker schools receive double the grant as those in non-Quaker schools.
The Committee has discussed further promotion of Friends Schools for students and their families who are approaching high school and college. One thought is to offer visits to the schools—Sandy Spring, George School, Westtown. Another would be to invite the schools to send representatives to a gathering which we would hold—possibly in January or February.
| Our Scholarship recipients for the Fall are: | year & school | amount |
| Nathan Mullen | senior, Wesleyan University | $400 |
| Laurence Claggett | senior, St. Mary's University | $400 |
| Juliette Neil | junior, Yale University | $400 |
| Emma Leibman | University of Maryland | $400 |
| Maya Claggett | sophomore, Earlham University | $800 |
| Sophie Neil | freshman, Georgetown University | $400 |
Total: $2,800
Students coming along in the pipeline are:
- Atticus Leibman – senior – Frederick High School
- Zadoc Bond – junior – St. Andrews School
- Max McCall – junior – Easton High School
- Serena Claggett – 10th grade – Annapolis High School
- Maeve Mufson – 7th grade – Country School
- Molly McCall – 5th grade – Country School
- Guiseppe Colburn -
- Liam Owsley-Ewing – 5th
- Finley Owsley-Ewing – 3rd grade
- Riley Jane Ewing –
Currently our funds are:
- At Friends Fiduciary (6/30/19):
- Endowment Fund: $133,821.09
- Operating Fund: $11,964.66
- At Shore United Bank(9/3/19): $521.71