Friends School of Minnesota is a K-8 progressive education school grounded in Quaker values. FSMN was founded in 1988 and is located in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, convenient to South Minneapolis. We are a diverse community with students from a broad range of religious and non-religious backgrounds, including ten percent from Quaker families.
Friends School of Minnesota’s nationally recognized conflict resolution program was started to help create and maintain a peaceful community with the understanding that the communication skills that students learn translate into other parts of their lives, where they have a peaceful effect on other people and communities. Our conflict resolution program is rooted in the […] Read more
If you go for a walk outside with a child, you will quickly notice their innate naturalist instincts. They will stop and observe even the tiniest things, and if you go for the same walk regularly, they will notice even the subtlest of changes. As adults, it is our responsibility to help cultivate this natural […] Read more
Inner-tubing down the Root River through Lanesboro, exploring caves in southeastern Minnesota, hiking to the top of Barn Bluff in Red Wing, cycling through the pine forests surrounding the headwaters of the Mississippi River, kayaking Lake Superior, and rock-climbing at Shovel Point on the north shore of Lake Superior are just some of the activities […] Read more
Literacy Skills Writing and Dictating: Through the creation of the “list poems”, students practiced forming ideas and expressing them through writing. They built their vocabulary by generating descriptive words. Reading and Comprehension: As students reflected on their experiences, they connected spoken language with written words, strengthening their understanding of how stories and ideas are communicated. […] Read more
