Friends School of Baltimore

Friends School of Baltimore
Address
5114 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Coordinates 39°21′22″N 76°37′39″W / 39.35611°N 76.62750°W / 39.35611; -76.62750Coordinates: 39°21′22″N 76°37′39″W / 39.35611°N 76.62750°W / 39.35611; -76.62750
Information
Type Private, Co-ed, Day
Motto Palma Non Sine Pulvere
Religious affiliation(s) Quaker
Established 1784
Head of School Matthew Micciche
Faculty 95
Enrollment 1009 total
Average class size 12 students
Student to teacher ratio 8:1
Campus Suburban, 35 acres
Color(s) Scarlet and Grey
Athletics 30 sports
Athletics conference Men: MIAA, Women: IAAM
Mascot The Quaker
Newspaper The Quaker Quill
Yearbook The Quaker
Website www.friendsbalt.org

Friends School of Baltimore is a private Quaker school in Baltimore, serving students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

History

It is the oldest private school in Baltimore, founded in 1784 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (the Quakers). Classes were first held in the Aisquith Street Meetinghouse in the East Baltimore community of Old Town. The School was moved to the Lombard Street Meetinghouse in the 1840s and then, in 1899, to its third location at 1712 Park Avenue, adjacent to the Park Avenue Meetinghouse. In 1925, Friends purchased its present site at 5114 North Charles Street. Though the School incorporated in 1973 and separated from the Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run, it maintains its historic and philosophic ties with the Meeting.

Philosophy

Quaker philosophy maintains a somewhat fluid state because Quakers have historically resisted specific creeds or regimented hierarchical church structures unlike most organized religion. Members of the movements profess the priesthood of all believers,[1][2] a doctrine derived from the First Epistle of Peter.[3][4] They include those with evangelical, holiness, liberal, and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity. To differing extents, the different movements that make up the Religious Society of Friends/Friends Church avoid creeds and hierarchical structures.[5] Some, but not all Quakers, self-identify as Unitarian Universalists, meaning that they believe all religions and beliefs are correct and of equal value although they may practice a particular spiritual belief.

Curriculum and Administration

As of 2006, the School had a faculty of 105 teachers, including 87 full-time faculty, a yearly operating budget of $16.1 million and an endowment of $16.6 million. The School is governed by a Board of Trustees.

Friends School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Association of Independent Maryland Schools, and is approved by the Maryland State Board of Education. Education programs in each division are designed to instill a love of learning by fostering students' critical thinking skills and encouraging them to seek creative methods for solving problems. In addition to traditional academic subjects, all students participate in fine arts and physical education courses, as well as community service, which teaches students to look beyond themselves and form connections with the greater community. Co-curricular activities include after-school interscholastic and intramural sports, theater and dance productions, private music lessons, and after-school clubs and committees in each division. In addition to separate instructional buildings for the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools—including a separate facility for the Lower School's Pre-K through Pre-First program—the Friends campus features a music education facility, dance studio, fitness room, two gymnasiums, a wrestling room, tennis courts, five full playing fields and two practice areas.

Principals, headmasters, heads of the school

†The terms "Principal" and "Headmaster" were not used before 1864. The term "Head of School" was first used by Jon Harris.

†From 1889 to 1899 Lamb's school was separate from the Meeting's School.


Historical timeline

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Quaker Faith & Practice". Britain Yearly Meeting.
  2. ↑ "Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice 2011 draft".
  3. ↑ 1 Peter 2:9
  4. ↑ "'That of God' in every person". Quakers in Belgium and Luxembourg.
  5. ↑ The Trouble With "Ministers" by Chuck Fager gives an overview of the hierarchy Friends had until it began to be abolished in the mid-eighteenth century. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

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