Affiliated Organizations Events

Reviving the tradition of group singing in North America, Annie Patterson and Peter Blood will visit Friends Community School as part of a musical tour of the US and Canada to promote their new songbook, Rise Again. Annie and Peter will lead group sing-alongs throughout the day with students in grades K-8. From 7 to 9pm, FCS parents, friends, and the public are invited for a sing-along with Annie and Peter. Songbooks (shared with all participants) were created in collaboration with folk singer legend Pete Seeger. Quaker values of peace, earth stewardship, and social justice course through the material. Free. RSVP to Christine M. (christinem@friendscommunityschool.org)

Are you considering a Friends education for your child? Please join us for Discover SSFS on Wednesday, November 9th to learn more about our academically rigorous college preparatory program for children in PK (ages 3 and 4) – 12th Grade. Our students develop a love of learning through close collaboration with their teachers and peers (average class size is 14). We invite you to come and learn about our inquiry-based approach, and how we incorporate the natural beauty of our 140-acre campus in hands-on learning. We hope you can make it! Please RSVP. The event program is as follows:
8:15-8:45AM – Registration and Breakfast
8:45-9:00AM – Welcome Remarks
9:00-11:00AM – Tour and Classroom Visits

The Maryland Alliance For Justice Reform is having an information session 6:30-8 pm, at the Rockville Memorial Library on Rockville Town Square to alert people in Montgomery County about legislation for the upcoming Maryland Assembly: the Maryland Pretrial Reinvestment Act for 2017. Pretrial detention rates for citizens arrested but still presumed innocent have increased substantially in Maryland. Over 6,000 Marylanders per year are "low risk" but must spend weeks in jail before trial simply due to poverty. MAJR has joined with interfaith and community leaders to advocate for changes of state law to reduce unnecessary pretrial detention while still preserving public safety. Learn how you and other voters can persuade our legislators to fix the unfairness of Maryland's pretrial - bail system.