Our progressive, coed, college preparatory Quaker school for students age 3 (preschool) through Grade 12 sits on a pastoral 140-acre campus in the heart of Montgomery County, Maryland, midway between Washington, DC, and Baltimore.
Sandy Spring Friends School is a welcoming, inquiry-based learning community. A challenging academic curriculum, enriched arts program, inclusive athletics, and service opportunities promote intellectual excellence, collaboration, and strength of character. Recognizing the unique worth of each person, the School strives to challenge each student to reach their potential and develop individual talents.
Sandy Spring Friends School students are engaged in the learning process; enjoy the integration of academics, arts, and athletics; and seek to become constructive, caring and effective citizens of the world. We hope you will join our thriving community of scholars, performers, athletes, artists, thinkers, and doers.
AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry (Advanced Chemistry), AP Comparative Government & Politics, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Lit. & Comp. (British Lit.), AP English Lit. & Comp. (Dramatic Lit.), AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP French Language and Culture, AP Music Theory, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP World History
Recreational Athletic Programs: Co-ed Basketball, Kickball, Morley Games
School Notes
Our progressive, coed, college preparatory, PK-12 Quaker School
sits on a pastoral 140-acre campus in the heart of Montgomery
County, Maryland, midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. An
ideal setting for intellectual contemplation and collaboration,
athletic training, diverse extracurricular pursuits, outdoor
exploration, urban excursion, and personal growth, Sandy Spring
Friends School offers a deep and rigorous academic curriculum,
character education rooted in universal Quaker principles, and a
diverse and international student body that reflects today's global
community. We are looking for students who will be engaged in the
learning process, who will enjoy the integration of academics, arts
and athletics, and who are seeking to become constructive, caring,
and effective citizens of the world.s.
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The average private school tuition in Montgomery County, MD is $18,833 for elementary schools and $24,842 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
