October 2024

A Welcome Letter from Rebecca

Dear Friends, This year’s theme Growing Together Through Silence and Dialogue , will explore two key Quaker practices: Silence and...

Friends Seminary is proud to recognize Leana Phipps as the 2024-2025 Teri Hassid Art of Teaching Honoree. Leana has been teaching English...

The shorter days of December are an ideal time of year to experience the Skyspace at sunset. Two sessions will be offered to members of...

Marjorie Jean-Paul joins Friends Seminary from Ethical Culture Fieldston School where she served as the Chief Advancement Officer. She...

Three distinguished faculty members retired in June: Judy Anderson ’66, Larry Carter, and Bob Rosen . Together they represent 134 years ...

A robust endowment, well-invested, is the key financial foundation for any school and, for Friends Seminary, represents a bulwark that...

Spaces for Upper School Math, Science, Engineering, and Performing Arts programming were transformed over the summer when the interior of...

The McCray Theatre is named for Joyce McCray, who led Friends Seminary from 1977 to 1989, the first female and non-Quaker to serve as...

In October, students in the Upper School will transition to being cell phone-free while at school. The goal is to increase student...

Studying the process of metamorphosis by monarch butterflies has been part of an integrated Lower School curriculum for more than 30...

Pictured (left to right), Stefan Stawnychy, Harry Enten, Livia ’25, Sebastian ’25 The goal of the History Department is always to build...