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.
We prepare children to be engaged and active citizens in a democratic society. To do that, children must be engaged, active participants in their own education. Our program fosters a deep and strong sense of self. We encourage and challenge students to find and use their voices. In keeping with the Quaker belief that every […] Read more
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
Jonathan Haidt is the author of the book, The Anxious Generation. Phones and Our Children’s Mental HealthIn the book, he talks about how phone use is affecting our children. We are seeing increased anxiety and depression in young people. Those increases began with the release of the smartphone in 2009. He also cited the survey […] 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
