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.
Quakers explore these values by sitting in silence, sometimes reflecting on a query, and listening for deeper truth. How is living simply a way of being? How do I promote peace in the language I choose when talking to someone I disagree with? How am I living my values versus just talking about them? How […] Read more
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
