Category: News
Tuesday Tot Time @PMFS
Third Tuesday each Month, starting October 15 11am – 12pm Featuring on October 15: Rhythm & Music with John B, our Music and Drama teacher FREE, for children age 0-5 Under the guidance of enthusiastic expert teachers, engage your kids in hands-on playtime and discovery. A different theme and activity each month. Bring a friend…
Welcome Back to School!
Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! Here new and returning families will find the resources they need for the start of school. Important forms: PMFS online directory— Update your email address, phone number, etc. so we can reach you. If you’ve used the PMFS online directory before, follow this link to check your family’s info…
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…