Parents Association

confidentiality, and promise to do our best to work together with parents in a positive, productive way.

Blog – Our school website sffriendsschool.org, contains a school blog that features stories and news about our community. We will announce new stories posted to our blog via the weekly Circle Back newsletter (see below). Our school blog is a key place to find in-depth articles on special programs and events, and to find personal reflections from our students, parents, faculty and professional community, as well as from our Head of School.

Circle Back – Our newsletter, Circle Back, is emailed every Sunday. We hope that you will make an effort to read this important all-school newsletter, as it is a vital source of information about school events, policies, and other timely matters. An archive of Circle Back newsletters can be accessed at any time on the Parent Wiki.

Website – Our school website is www.sffriendsschool.org. The website is a comprehensive source of all things SFFS, including curriculum outlines, staff contact information, and explanations of our philosophy and educational approach. We encourage you to read through it.

The Parent Portal – After many years, we are transitioning from the original Parent Wiki to a new Parent Portal that we hope will help families streamline information, data, and resources from the school. Like the Wiki, the Portal includes a school directory, calendar of events, the weekly dismissal form, the school newsletter, information about the Parents Association, enrichment and athletic program details, and much more. This is the most comprehensive source of information on many school-related topics, and we encourage all families to visit and use the wiki regularly. Please ask Director of Communications Alissa Moe at akinney-moe@sffriendsschool.org if you have questions about the Portal: https://portals.veracross.com/sffs/parent

Every parent in the school is a member of the Parents Association. The Parents Association supports school-wide efforts and coordinates special family gatherings, fundraisers, teacher appreciation events, speakers, classes, and seminars for parents. The PA leadership team and clerks of each committee meet quarterly throughout the school year to review PA activities. All parents are invited to attend these PA quarterly meetings. Every spring the PA hosts a “naming” process to solicit volunteers to clerk the PA committees, and all parents

are invited to attend and become active in our PA. Our school has been shaped by energetic, enthusiastic, and forward-looking volunteers; we hope this characteristic of our culture will never change. There are a tremendous number of ways to get involved, and a detailed list of Parents Association committees can be found on the PA section of the Parent Portal.