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Friends
School provides mixed-age classrooms after students leave
the self-contained kindergarten room. Classes are balanced
by gender, maturity, interest, and academic level. The school
strives to maintain a diversity of students in every classroom.
Follow the links to individual classes, or check out the
News section of the web site to see what they have been up
to during the past few weeks.
In general, a Friends School of Minnesota education is characterized
by...
Hands-on Learning
Children learn deeply when all of their sense are involved
in active exploration of a stimulating environment. A variety
of learning styles are respected as children engage in experimenting,
drawing, writing, modeling, dramatizing, discussing, reading,
building, and inventing.
The Inquiry Process
Children's thoughtful questioning guides the in-depth study
of themes and topics. Students gather information from a variety
of sources (interviews, books, films, field trips, experiments,
media) to seek answers to their questions. Then they synthesize
what they discover into new learning and share it through
conversations, projects, and presentations.
A Weekly All-School Silent Meeting
In the Quaker tradition, our weekly Meeting provides students
and staff the opportunity for silence, reflection, and sharing.
Brief periods of silence during the daily classroom routine
allow students to focus and reflect in the midst or at the
end of a busy day.
Classroom Community
Classroom rules, routines and celebrations are developed
by the children and teacher together. These important elements
help the class grow into a safe, welcoming, respectful, joyful
community.
Group Gatherings
As a regular part of the classroom routine, time is set aside
to calmly, consciously focus on problems that arise within
the group and suggested solutions. This practice supports
an atmosphere of peace and community.
Accreditation
Friends School of Minnesota is fully accredited through the
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS).
Here is a list of our curriculum,
in depth, in all subjects:
Mathematics
Language Arts
Social Studies
Science
The Arts
Spanish
Physical Education
Music
Multicultural Education
Sexuality Education
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