“Lifelong learners, courageous risk-takers, and joyous peacemakers....”
These words apply not just to FCS students, but to FCS faculty as well. Our faculty and staff have found different paths here, but they all share compassion and a commitment to progressive practice and Quaker values.
“We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied together into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I am excited to support the FCS community members as each person stretches and grows in new ways, toward their goals and their joys creating connections with others. I’m excited to be part of so many individual journeys.”
“I believe that our brains are highly malleable, especially when we are young, so it is important that we take extra care in building healthy pathways.”
5/6 Social Studies Teacher and K-8 Social Studies Coordinator
“I wasn’t born to just teach. I was born to inspire others, to change people, and to never give up; even when faced with challenges that seem impossible”.
“I want to teach students that mistakes are not failures, rather mistakes are a chance to learn something new and grow. Science is all about failing forward and discovering something unexpected!”
“I love providing my students with opportunities to learn the Spanish language innovatively and collaboratively, encouraging students to think creatively.”
Interim Head of Middle School “I have an inherent passion for teaching every child and see it as a personal journey in helping each child to experience success.”
Located in College Park, MD, Friends Community School is a progressive Quaker K-8 day school, founded on the belief that every child is a valued member of our community. We offer a challenging curriculum imbued with strong values of equality, integrity, community, environmental stewardship, simplicity and peaceful conflict resolution, rooted in our Quaker heritage.
Friends Community School 5901 Westchester Park Drive College Park, Maryland 20740 301-441-2100