John Woolman School Alumni Association

The John Woolman School Alumni Association (JWSAA) is alive and active. Our focus is on the preservation of our JWS history and in promoting contact among alumni through our newsletter Wombats in the Real World, and with events such as Alumni Day and our annual summer gathering. We seek alumni participation... "Alumni" being students who attended JWS for any length of time, former staff, work campers, and board members, all of whom we welcome!

Click here to go to the JWSAA archives web site.

JWS Alumni Association on Facebook!

John Malcomson has set up a page for us on Facebook. In order to visit the page, you'll need to be a member of the Facebook community. It's easy (and free!) to create a profile for yourself, then you will be able to see photos and the profiles of others. It is a really low key way to keep in touch with other Alumni. Click here to go the the Facebook page.

Annual Summer Gathering

Each summer all John Woolman School staff, Woolman Semester staff, current and past board members, graduates and non-graduates are invited to reminisce and celebrate their time at JWS.
The 2008 Alumni Gathering will be held August 10th. We're hoping that everyone can make it to the 50th Anniversary Gathering on the 9th as well! See our home page for more information.

Call for photos
Does anyone have a great photo from 2007's Gathering that they'd like to share? Send it to Lisa at Sierra Friends Center , and we'll put it on this page.

New!
You can see the list of people who will be at the Gathering...
Click here to go to our evite invitation to the 50th anniversary.

John Woolman School Alumni
Establish Scholarship Fund

John Woolman School Alumni Establish Scholarship Fund
The JWS Alumni Scholarship Fund has been established to support Woolman Semester students!! John Woolman School Alumni (including students, staff, workcampers, supporters) are especially encouraged to contribute to this scholarship, which will be awarded preferentially to relatives or friends of JWS Alumni who attend the Woolman Semester.  If you know of high school students or post-grads, who would be interested in the Woolman Semester, please let them know about the program (www.woolman.org) and about this scholarship opportunity. 

You can make your tax-deductible donation by sending your check or a pledge letter to: Sierra Friends Center, 13075 Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CA 95959. Please make a note indicating that you wish to donate to the JWS Alumni Scholarship Fund.  If you have questions, contact Susan McGuire: 1 (530) 273-3183 or susanm@woolman.org.

Wombats in the Real World

The Spring 2004 issue (137Kb)
The Marshall Palley Forest Report (18 Kb)
The Spring 2003 issue (192Kb)
The Spring 2002 issue (66Kb)

Note: These are Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files. If you don't have Acrobat Reader already installed, you can download it (FREE) from Adobe's Web site. 

JWSAA Officers

(Alums can submit articles for the newsletter by email attachment to racheljowilliams@yahoo.com.)

John Woolman School Alumni Association
JWSAA, P.O. Box 3118, Alameda, CA 94501

2007 Gathering outside the Dining Hall

2006 Relaxing at the Stone House

Marylouise and John at the 2006 BBQ.