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Below, please find information that pertains to multiple divisions in our community.
- All-School Welcome Letters
- Upcoming dates/events
- Friends Academy Dress Code
- Dress Code guidelines – Visit our FA/Lands' End Store and apply your FA Discount until Aug. 11th!
- Click here to request financial assistance
- Fri. Sept. 8 – Students are requested to wear their Friends Academy Logo polos
- Health Forms
- Athletics
- Visit rSchoolToday to register for Grades 7-12 (Live as of Friday, July 28)
- Grades 7-12 Summer Conditioning
- Friends Academy Guidelines
- Lunch Menu and Food Services
- Busing and late buses
- Parent Programs
- Academic concerns
- NWEA Standardized Testing (Gr. 3-8)
- Learning Support/Academic Support – To come later this summer
- Tuition Refund Plan
- Tuition Monthly Payment Plan Form
- Security Procedures & Protocols
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Mark Schoeffel, Upper School Principal
Below, please find information that pertains to our Upper School families:
- Back-t0-School 2023-24 Information for Families
- Welcome Letter to our new Upper School Families
– Upper School Principal Mark Schoeffel - Whom to Contact in the Upper School
- Academics
- Placement Test Info and Dates:
- Language Exam: August 22nd at 2 pm
- Math Exam: August 23rd at 2 pm
- Summer Athletic Conditioning and Fitness Schedule & Information
- Fall 2023 Upper School Athletics Information
- Friends Academy Arts Preseason Info – Available in early August
- Upper School Orientations – Mon. Aug. 28
- All 9th Grade (new and returning) – 10:30 am to 3 pm (students can start arriving at 10 am)
- New 10th and 11th Grade – 11 am to 3 pm (Theater)
- 2023-24 School hours: 8:05 am - 3:05 pm
- Senior Driving
Christine Saunders, Middle School Principal
Below, please find information that pertains to our Middle School families:
- Back to School 2023-24 Information for Families
- Welcome New Families – Middle School Principal Christine Saunders
- Whom to Contact in the Middle School
- Summer 2023 Assignments
- 2023-24 Course of Study
- Athletics
- School Hours:
- Students may arrive at 7:30 am
- Advisory begins at 8:00 am (mandatory)
- Dismissal at 3:15 pm
Dot Woo, Lower School Principal
Below, please find information that pertains to our Lower School families:
- Back to School 2023-24 Information for Families
- Welcome New Lower School Families! – Lower School Principal Dot Woo
- Lower School Questions?
- Please contact Lower School Administrative Assistant Jess Robbins at 516-393-4230 or jess_robbins@fa.org
- Summer 2023 Assignments
- Suggested Math Activities
- Suggested Summer Reading lists
- Summer Reading
- 2023-24 Course of Study
- School Hours:
- Early Childhood – 8 am to 2:45 pm
- K/1/2 – 8 am to 3:10 pm
- 3/4 – 8 am to 3:20 pm
- 2023-24 Dining:
- Early Childhood students bring non-heated lunch and eat in their classrooms
- K-4 students eat in our main dining hall Commons and have a choice of hot and cold lunch options, as well as a weekly dessert
- Lower School Dismissal Form – Will be available in August 2023
- Our After 3 & Weekend programs
Breakfast and afternoon snack items are available for purchase in the Dining Commons during the school year.
General info on school practices and guidelines as well as specific info for each school division.
Our values of Simplicity and Equity guide us in creating a dress code that strengthens our school community.
"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?
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.
Volunteer for a 2023-24 Parent Council Committee!
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.
