Category: News
Join Us for Summer Camp
Join us for camp this summer to experience fun activities and new friendships. Our 5-week day camp is jam-packed with exciting summer activities and chances to dive deep into subjects that interest your child. There is something for everyone in this one-of-a-kind summer camp experience. Learn more and register. Explorers Camp ages 6-12 Explorers camp…
Fourth Grade Circus article in The Colonial
By M. English for Digital First Media PLYMOUTH — Through the ages, circuses have ranged from the chariot races of ancient Greece and Rome to the former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey shows and today’s Cirque du Soleil. Fourth-graders at Plymouth Meeting Friends School began contributing their unique spin to the circus tradition 15 years…
PMFS is in the news for our handwriting curriculum
By M. English For Digital First Media Educators at Plymouth Meeting Friends School say they believe strong handwriting skills help students “become better readers, writers and thinkers.” To that end, early grade teachers at PMFS encourage pre-kindergartners to eat their morning snack with chopsticks, which, they explain, utilize the same hand muscles used for writing….
Interview with Brenda published in the Times Herald
By M. English For Digital First Media PLYMOUTH — Students of the 1950s and 1960s huddled under their desks during routine air raid drills and worried about Russian nuclear attacks. The big global conflicts continue. But these days, American kids are also surrounded by the free-floating anger and negativity that pervades contemporary politics — currently, troubling…
Annual Giving
December 2018 Dear PMFS Community Member, I’ve been asked to write this year’s letter to kick-off our Annual Giving campaign and I could not be happier to do so. I feel blessed for the opportunity to be part of the exceptional learning community at PMFS. The strengths of our school are many. One of our…
Announcing Our New Head of School!
Dear Friends, The PMFS School Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Brenda C. Crawley to be Head of School starting July 1, 2019. The Search Committee enthusiastically recommended Brenda, observing that she is a highly engaging and committed educator with over 30 years of independent elementary school experience as a teacher and administrator….