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![Beyond Textbooks: Nurturing Fluency and Cultural Understanding with Our Spanish Maestra]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718750639/friendsschoolatlantaorg/cymk7e0hvc2qlhfvqzob/Linden-Tree-Photography-082923-Friends-Fall-205-300x400_Shanye-Crawford-e1704810271809.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718750639/friendsschoolatlantaorg/cymk7e0hvc2qlhfvqzob/Linden-Tree-Photography-082923-Friends-Fall-205-300x400_Shanye-Crawford-e1704810271809.jpg","width":267}])
In this week’s Quake Take blog, we sit down with Shanye Crawford, our vibrant Spanish teacher, to learn more about her journey to becoming an educator and her unique approach to teaching Spanish.
Alumni Highlights
![Celebrating Emily Strasser’02: FSA Alum Receives Prestigious Rieser Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718751982/friendsschoolatlantaorg/hgvc6j5xarpmtrxdytxd/unnamed-6-768x782.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1718751982/friendsschoolatlantaorg/hgvc6j5xarpmtrxdytxd/unnamed-6-768x782.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718751982/friendsschoolatlantaorg/hgvc6j5xarpmtrxdytxd/unnamed-6-768x782.jpg","width":768}])
Congratulations to Emily Strasser, a distinguished alum of The Friends School of Atlanta, Class of 2002, for being honored with the prestigious Bulletin’s 2023 Rieser Award.
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
![Stories of Identity and Belonging: Black History Month and Beyond]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718286067/friendsschoolatlantaorg/jk6fsowxn9iampe5f35e/SOI_Pam.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1718286067/friendsschoolatlantaorg/jk6fsowxn9iampe5f35e/SOI_Pam.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718286067/friendsschoolatlantaorg/jk6fsowxn9iampe5f35e/SOI_Pam.jpg","width":793}])
Kristen Clayton, Director of DEI, sits down with third grade teacher Pam Garvey to discuss her experiences with school integration, and the messages she wants to send to Black children during Black History Month and beyond.