One step closer: unifying Friends and Watershed
We’ve made meaningful progress on the unification of Watershed School and Friends School.Building a preschool through 12th grade school in Boulder is a transformational endeavor.
8th Grade’s Magical Retreat
What a fun, chaotic, hot, happy, amazing, crazy (but in a good way) first day of our Eighth-Grade Retreat (adjectives generated by eighth graders). Knowing we couldn’t check into the Retreat House until 3:00 p.m., the teachers decided to take the students to Lyons for a long hike and a cold plunge.
Joining Forces
Today, we announced that, after more than a year of discussion and exploration, the boards of Watershed School and Friends School voted to join forces.
Immersion Week
In two weeks, Friends School’s 5th-8th grade students will participate in our Immersion Program, a week-long, immersive, interdisciplinary, and experiential program where students will engage in a variety of educational experiences outside of the traditional classroom setting.
(Not So) Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Week took place early in February. Friends School teachers engaged our lower school students in several activities that call attention to how we show kindness.
Winter’s Opportunity
These cold winter days make me want to stay indoors, maybe watch a movie or work on a puzzle and enjoy a cup of tea, but daily life doesn’t always offer those lazy days. Instead, I find myself contemplating the opportunities
The Goal of Individualized Support
A close friend who is not an educator sent me an article yesterday from The Wall Street Journal, titled “Parents Who Hire Elite Tutors Are Setting Up Their Kids for Failure.”
Education’s Commitment to Progress
At Friends School, we focus on building the capacities that truly prepare students for an uncertain future—creativity, critical thinking, engagement, and empathy.
Friends Preschool adds Full-Day Option
Since 1987, Friends Preschool has offered a warm, loving, and play-based approach to early childhood education for hundreds of Boulder children. We’re excited to announce a new addition to our program for next year.
Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks by Lucy Goldstein, Pre-K Parent at Friends School Last week as a Pre-K west volunteer parent, I wrote a note of appreciation to the teachers for the month of September. To my surprise, they asked if I would share my thoughts with all of you. It was a note to say thank you, […]
