Summer 2025 Assignments for all FA students can be found on the Veracross Parent Portal
Welcome, Families of Friends Academy!
At Friends Academy, our parents/caregivers are trusted partners. From in-class activities to volunteering at major school events to attending your child's performances and games, we look forward to seeing you on campus!
Parent Tools
Breakfast and afternoon snack items are available for purchase in the Dining Commons during the school year.
All Friends Academy families can find Summer Assignments on the Veracross Parent Portal.
Our values of Simplicity and Equity guide us in creating a dress code that strengthens our school community.
More Resources & FAQ
For New Families 2025-26
"How Do I?" FAQ
"How Do I?..."
- Create Calendar & News alerts and add FA events to my calendar
- Pay my bill? Log onto My BackPack, then "My Account."
- Upload my child's health forms, physical, and immunizations? Log onto Magnus Health (Note: Log-in information for new families will be emailed week of July 11th.)
What is Magnus Health?
Friends Academy uses Magnus Health, which is the electronic storage system for our students' medical records and is accessed via the FA Parent Portal. Visit this site to complete your child's Vital Health Records, and upload your child's physical examination and immunizations. NOTE FOR NEW FAMILIES: Log-in information will be emailed the week of July 11th.
What are the Security Procedures & Protocols?
Early Dismissal protocol for parents
Bus Companies and Emergency phone numbers
In the event of inclement weather, the following protocols will go into effect:
- Parents will receive a direct phone call with a recorded message from the Head of School via the school's phone alert system.
- FA's status will be posted as a pop-up window on the FA website.
- FA's status will be available on Cablevision and FIOS - watch the closings and delays crawl on the television or go to the websites for News12 Long Island or FIOS1.
FA's first line of communication is the phone alert system. If you do not receive a call and are concerned about the safety of the driving conditions, please check the FA website, News12 Long Island, or FIOS1.
Online Safety & Privacy
Below, please find helpful resources for protecting privacy and staying safe online.
Quick Links
Including today's games and info about directions to games.
The Friends Academy experience is built upon a deeply engrained foundation of community, one of our Quaker Testimonies.
We are a community that looks for the best in all of its members and that celebrates the wide variety of gifts and talents they have to share. We are a community that encourages students to aim high, to try new things, to push beyond the known and safe to new levels of achievement, all within a strong network of support that helps students get up to try again when they fall. Students are free to fully explore their potential as individuals because they learn in an atmosphere of trust and respect. They form bonds of friendship that will last a lifetime.
There is also an interconnected community among the parents and caregivers at Friends Academy. Our Parent Council aims to strengthen our community ties by maintaining a close working relationship among parents/caregivers, faculty, administration, and trustees. All parents of current students are automatically members. The Parent Council welcomes families to volunteer and participate in its various activities and welcomes each opinion and point of view.
Our parents and caregivers are a vital part of our Quaker school community. Explore how our families learn more about Quakerism and their children's experience in a Quaker school in this video.
2025-2026 Parent Council Executive Board
President - Cathy Dorego
Executive Vice President - Danielle Valenti Smith ’93
Executive Secretary - Sue Mandel
Treasurer - Meera Mehta Gobindram
Assistant Treasurer - Faiza Rashid
Lower School VP - Emily Silverstein ’05
Lower School Asst. VP - Franki Doshi
Lower School Secretary - Amy Younai
Middle School VP - Liting Chang
Middle School Asst. VP - Kara Kelly
Middle School Secretary - Adina Eigen
Upper School VP - Carol Marcel
Upper School Asst. VP - Jennifer Ross
Upper School Secretary - Alexis Barr Kurita
2025-2026 Class Representatives
Lower School
- Play Group – Julia Burt and Caroline Mendel
- Pre-Kindergarten – Kristin Schneider and Olivia Hertrick
- Kindergarten – Stephanie Yohe
- 1st Grade – Alisa Rudolph and Lauren Bisaccio
- 2nd Grade – Maria Karageorgiou and Jackee Missick
- 3rd Grade – Fara Satin and Janet Chiang
- 4th Grade – Karen Keats and Qiqi Li
Middle School
- 5th Grade – Marlene Sotelo-Dynega and Danielle Chalson
- 6th Grade – Alicia Tsibiridis, Catherine McCrain, and Ebony Barrett
- 7th Grade – Lauren Chiang ’01 and Carolyn Mott
- 8th Grade – Christine Cohen and Nancy Kwon Destefano
Upper School
- 9th Grade – Anna DeNatale and Trina Coviello
- 10th Grade – Karen Lipp-Ostrick and Adelina Popp
- 11th Grade – Jill Panagiotakos, Jackie Nathel, and Jennifer Biondo
- 12th Grade – Amanda Berritto, Kimberly Bohner, and Bettina Saad
Parent Council Calendar
A Family's Guide to a Quaker Education
What is Quakerism really about, and what makes it so unique?
In this guide, we'll explore:
- What's important to understand about Quaker values and beliefs
- How Quakers have always been progressive and forward-thinking leaders
- The benefits of an inquiry-based Quaker education
