Sandy Spring Friends School
Preschool in Sandy Spring, MD 20860
Sandy Spring Friends School provides a welcoming and nurturing learning community with Friends testimonies and meeting for worship central to its life and vitality. A challenging academic curriculum, enriched arts program, inclusive athletics, and service opportunities promote intellectual excellence and strength of character. Recognizing the unique worth of each person, the School strives to develop individual talents and foster caring and effective citizens of the world.
Before Care is available for any student from 7:30 to 7:50 a.m. Students are dropped off in front of Walbrooke/Breiling, the main Lower School building, where they are greeted by Lower School Faculty. Weather permitting, the students are supervised on the Lower School playground. In the event of inclement weather, students gather in a Lower School classroom where they can visit with friends, read, draw, or play games.
Aftercare is available to registered students until 6:00 p.m. The Tanglewoood building serves as the Aftercare home for all grades. Included in the Aftercare program are arts and crafts, games, cooking, outdoor recreation, and homework supervision. A snack and juice are provided.
- Child Ages:
- 4 years - 14 years
- Rates:
- $$$
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Association of Independent Maryland Schools Accredited
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday to Friday 7:30 to 6:00 PM
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In keeping with our Quaker belief of that of God in each person, we honor the unique gifts within each child. We focus on each child’s growth academically, physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. By emphasizing the individual strengths of our students, we nurture their sense of self-worth to give them the confidence to take risks within a safe and supportive environment.
We view our students as active participants in their learning. We believe students learn best when they are allowed to experiment and when knowledge is discovered and applied through hands-on activities. We strive to stimulate their curiosity and encourage them to ask questions and seek answers. We are convinced that children are most receptive to learning when they have ownership of aspects of that learning. To that end, we are responsive to the interests of our students. We believe in the value of developing their foundation for interdependence by emphasizing cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control.
We recognize that all children pass through cognitive stages of growth, yet differ in their rates and patterns of growth. We acknowledge that individual factors such as learning styles, interests, and cultural backgrounds contribute to these developmental differences. To accommodate the individual needs of our students, we strive to provide time, appropriate challenge, positive experiences, and acceptance. While we value the products of learning, we place even higher value on the ongoing process of learning and the development of thinking skills. Our hope for our students is that they discover, and continue to rediscover, the joy of learning throughout their lives.
We are dedicated to celebrating diversity, nurturing awareness, and inspiring compassion among our students. Through our emphasis on conflict resolution, community service learning, and environmental stewardship, our students become actively involved in making the world a better place.
Center-Based Child Care, Prekindergarten, Kindergarten
