Sandy Spring Friends School
SSFS is a progressive, coed, college preparatory Quaker school serving students from Preschool (age 3) through 12th Grade, with optional 5- and 7-day boarding programs in the Upper School.
Uniquely Sandy Spring
At A Glance
coed
685
Students in Preschool-12th Grade
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140+
Pastoral acres in the heart of Montgomery County
teacher
8:1
Student-teacher ratio
diversity
59%
Students identify as Students of Color
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17
Countries represented in our Boarding Program
SSFS News
While we are enjoying the change of pace that summer offers, we are also looking forward to the start of a new school year. Be sure to log in to your portal page to see summer reading and resources for 2022-2023!
SSFS was thrilled to be able to once again host an in-person, on-campus alumni weekend. Activities included a presentation of the WELL Gold-Level Certification for Pen Y Bryn (the new Upper School building), music, food, and dancing!
We are so proud of our most recent graduates, who weathered many challenges during the pandemic and continued to "let their lives speak" in so many ways. See the graduation web page for a video recording and photos from their commencement.
The colors came out in the Performing Arts Center on the last day of classes as Lower School students donned their SSFS t-shirts and participated in Moving On Day 2022!
SSFS is thrilled to present live and in-person productions on the PAC stage again! The Upper School musical, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" ran from May 19-22.
Both men's and women's Upper School Track & Field teams won the PVAC championships for the first time in SSFS history! Go 'Beests!
The SSFS Quiz Bowl Team finished the season with an overall record of 19-8-1 across all interscholastic formats, advancing to the MABL championship round and the It’s Academic semifinal round. See them on It's Academic!
We are so grateful for our amazing teachers! See messages of appreciation for parents and students...
Our new Upper School is the first WELL Gold certified high school in the US, and Grand Prize winner in Learning by Design!
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