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Their mission is to educate the head, hands and heart. Each child is treated as an individual and every teacher is AMAZING!
We have been a part of the Friends' School community for four years now. Our two kids are both in elementary school. The school has met or far exceeded every expectation we've had! The teachers are compassionate, focused, cutting-edge skilled, and truly life-long learners who couldn't set a better example for the kids they work with every day. The interns in the classroom bring great energy, passion, and enthusiasm while enhancing one-on-one learning tailored to the child's needs. The Head of School is an exceptional leader in our view and knows every child and family's name within the first couple of weeks of each academic year. We support the school as parents in a variety of volunteer positions and wouldn't make such commitments for less than a stellar organization and community!
You won't find more committed teachers than those at Friends' School. They are smart, funny, caring, and creative. They value children as individuals and help them reach their potential. Most importantly, perhaps, they teach kids a language to use when resolving conflicts that promotes self-respect and confidence as well as empathy. My children love to go to school at Friends' because of these teachers; they love to read, to learn, to play, to solve problems, and to challenge themselves. Further, the greater community at Friends' couldn't be more supportive. There is always another parent to laugh with or help you solve a problem. Most kids want to stay on the playground for hours after school, and all the parents seem to enjoy hanging out as much as the kids. Finally, Friend's benefits from superb leadership from Polly Donald. She is a top-notch educator in all respects.
Both of my kids attend Friends'. Before Friends' neither of my kids were excited about going to school and now i literally find them in the car waiting for me to drive them there. I appreciate the focus on helping kids develop socially and emotionally. Helping them develop important social/emotional skills early on in life will serve them forever. At Friends' they have also developed a real love of learning and I find them turning games into learning opportunities. The small class sizes allow for incredible focus on each child and I love to 2-year looping system. The teachers really get to know each child. Before choosing Friends' I asked several people who I deeply respected (all Ivy league grads) who sent their kids there and they all spoke so highly and each of their children were so different. I truly think it works for all different types of kids!
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