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.
Our school has invested in the ISACS parent series. The ISACS Parent Series is a year-long program offering 6 webinars designed for parents and caregivers in all stages of their children’s growth. October’s speaker was Jonathan Haidt. He presented the findings in his book The Anxious Generation Phones and Our Children’s Mental HealthIn the presentation, he […] Read more
Progressive Education, Quaker Education, social-emotional, Uncategorized
Each year, as a school, we focus more closely on one of the values. This year, we are focusing on the value of community Our Friends Gathering for Racial Justice (FGRJ) event is one of the places where our learning, reflection, and action becomes visible. This gathering deepens our understanding of our values and invites the […] Read more
My love and curiosity about the environment arose through a culmination of experiences growing up. In elementary school, our playground was the forest, and I began to associate playing and exploring with the natural environment. My love for being in the natural environment was strengthened as I attended camps such as Widjiwagen in elementary school […] Read more
This past June, two FSMN alums, Charlie Ernst (FSMN class of 2022) and Maya Sardon Garrity (FSMN class of 2021) participated in a Public Art St. Paul Critical Conversation: Stewarding our Earth for the 7th Generation. We are so inspired by the work our graduates are a part of in our community and world! Click here […] Read more
