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
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!
SSFS is honoring Women's History Month with book lists, decorations, displays, and special activities - including a pop-up poetry reading by DC poet Alexa Patrick.
As part of their Language Arts/Science unit on “Creature Features,” SSFS first graders enjoyed a visit from Squeals on Wheels!
What a week! See below for just a few of the impressive accomplishments of our student scholars, artists, and athletes. Go 'Beests!
Through discussion, research, essays, and portfolio, students in Terrell Davis’s Minimester course “And You Don’t Stop: The Birth of Social Activism in Hip-Hop” address how this medium has been used as a form of cultural politics and social activism. Terrell gave students a hands-on DJ lesson on 2/24.
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