Friends Community School
School Notes Overview:
"Friends Community School is a Kindergarten-8th grade Quaker day school with a strong sense of spirituality and a Progressive educational focus. We seek to nurture life-long learners, courageous risk-takers and joyous peacemakers. We are dedicated to encouraging an atmosphere of tolerance and cooperation. We emphasize the Quaker values of equality, honesty, simplicity, community service, cooperation, and non-violence. In keeping with the Quaker ideals that form the foundation of our school, we are deeply concerned with nurturing each child in a holistic way. We recognize that children learn and grow at different rates and we support them in their learning at individual levels, from mastery of basic skills to higher order thinking. To help each childŐs growth, we integrate individual responsibility and choice-making into the learning process."...
School Overview:
Friends Community School |
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| School Membership(s) |
Friends Council on Education (FCE) State or regional independent school association |
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| Religious Affiliation | Friends | |
| Grades Offered | Grades Kindergarten - 7 | |
| County | Prince George\'\'s County, MD | |
| Student Body | ||
| Total Students | 145 students | |
| Student Body Type | Co-ed | |
This School |
(MD) School Avg. |
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| % Students of Color | 21% | 33% |
| Students by Grade | ||
| Kind - 18 students | ||
| Grade 1 - 25 students | ||
| Grade 2 - 26 students | ||
| Grade 3 - 17 students | ||
| Grade 4 - 25 students | ||
| Grade 5 - 19 students | ||
| Grade 6 - 10 students | ||
| Grade 7 - 5 students | ||
| Academics and Faculty | ||
| Total Classroom Teachers | 16 teachers | |
This School |
(MD) School Avg. |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio | 1:8 | * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16 |
| School Days in Calendar Year | 173 days | 179 days |
| Hours in School Day for Students | 6 hours | 6 hours |
| Admission Deadline | None / Rolling | |
School Notes:
- "Friends Community School is a Kindergarten-8th grade Quaker day school with a strong sense of spirituality and a Progressive educational focus. We seek to nurture life-long learners, courageous risk-takers and joyous peacemakers. We are dedicated to encouraging an atmosphere of tolerance and cooperation. We emphasize the Quaker values of equality, honesty, simplicity, community service, cooperation, and non-violence. In keeping with the Quaker ideals that form the foundation of our school, we are deeply concerned with nurturing each child in a holistic way. We recognize that children learn and grow at different rates and we support them in their learning at individual levels, from mastery of basic skills to higher order thinking. To help each childŐs growth, we integrate individual responsibility and choice-making into the learning process."
- Profile last updated: 11/29/2006
In the News:
- Painting class offers colorful activity for home-schooled children (College Park Gazette)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:13:14 am
Barbara Simon of Greenbelt teaches Abrielle Pearson (left), 6, of Lanham and Tiffany Bland, 7, of Hyattsville during Simon's painting class at the Greenbelt Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon. - Painting class offers colorful activity for local home-schooled children (Laurel Gazette)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:49:10 am
(Above) Barbara Simon of Greenbelt teaches Abrielle Pearson, 6 of Lanham (left) and Tiffany Bland, 7 of Hyattsville during Simon's painting class at Greenbelt Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon. Simon has been teaching her painting class for 25 years in the same church.
School Zip Statistics:
| About This Zipcode (20740) | School Zip (20740) |
(MD) State Average |
| Population (Approximate) | 31,041 people | 5,296,486 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree | 47% | 32% |
| Population Average Age | 23 years old | 36 years old |
| Average Household size | 2.5 persons | 2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income | $50,844 | $56,460 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household | 5.6 rooms | 6.1 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure | 46 years old | 40 years old |
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| Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (20740) 
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| % Owning / % Renting | 55% / 45% | 65% / 35% |
School Map:
Nearby Schools:
- College Park Nursery School - 63 students - 0.3 mi. away - view location
- St. Mark The Evangelist School - 470 students - 1.1 mi. away - view location
- Concordia Lutheran School - 269 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
- Holy Redeemer School - 246 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
- Hyattsville Hills Child Family - 97 students - 1.6 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: College Park, Prince George''s County, Zip 20740
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