Helping Kindergarteners Fall in Love with Letters
One of the most exciting parts of kindergarten is watching children discover the alphabet. And fall in love with letters.
Stepping Back
When we step back instead of stepping forward as parents, we give our children space to grow and build confidence.
Handing Students the Keys
Moving from student-centered to student-driven education… Sometimes all it takes is trusting kids enough to hand them the keys.
It’s not about the dishes
What do doing the dishes and being a middle school student have to do with each other? Both require grit, responsibility, and care for each other.
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.
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.”
Portrait of a Graduate
Back in 2019, our faculty and staff came together to develop a “portrait of a graduate” of Friends School. The idea behind creating such a portrait is to truly dig into the mission of our school and endeavor to translate it into a description of the skills and character of the young people we aim to nurture through our program.
