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Peace Week 2026 at Friends Academy explored the theme of “Peace as Collective Responsibility.”

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Students / Lower School / Upper School / All School / Middle School

Peace Week 2026: ‘Listen Deeply. Discern Wisely. Act With Integrity’

Peace Week at Friends Academy isn’t designed to...

01-27-26

Students gather to strategize their rebuttal in Mr. Chris Fischetti's fifth-grade Speech and Debate class at Friends Academy Middle School.

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Students / All School / Middle School

Inside the Middle School’s Newest Class: Speech & Debate

After one class last fall, a handful of...

01-23-26

Students used family cultural artifacts as props in small group improv scenes to tell a new story that built upon the original theme.

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Admissions / Arts / All School / Middle School

Cultural Show & Tell Meets Improv Acting

The first rule of improv acting is you never say,...

12-15-25

Students from the Friends Academy Middle School and Upper School performed at the ‘Holidays With Friends’ winter concert inside the Dolan Center Theater.

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Arts / Upper School / All School / Middle School

‘A Fun Night Being Together and Feeling the Holiday Spirit’

A new twist — and likely a new tradition — was...

12-12-25

For the 10th year in a row, Friends Academy students wrapped holiday presents for a community-service endeavor to help people in the Bronx.

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Lower School / Upper School / All School / Middle School

At Friends Academy, Community Service Is Part of the Solution

The Field House at Friends Academy briefly turned...

12-10-25

At Friends Academy's Middle School, fifth graders lead their own parent-teacher conferences — a rite of passage in the school’s four-year curriculum.

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All School / Middle School / Academics

A Unique Rite of Passage at Friends Academy’s Middle School

The four words in bold, black lettering are...

11-04-25

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Lower School / Upper School / All School / Middle School

‘Be Present. Appreciate Everything That You’re Doing’

Sitting in a group circle, Friends Academy senior...

10-20-25

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All School / Middle School

Guided by our values at the Middle School Open House

The raindrops did not keep away the prospective...

10-08-25

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Academic Awards / World Languages / Upper School / All School / Middle School

Middle and Upper School students receive top honors in national language exams

On Monday, June 2 following morning assembly, the...

06-04-25

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All School / Middle School

New Prosthetics arts workshop helps MS students bring characters to life

During this year’s Middle School Arts Week, held...

05-07-25

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