We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Sidney B. Hutton III ’63 on December 18, 2019 following a long illness.

The 2019-20 academic year marks Bryan Seith's 40th year at Sandy Spring Friends School, a wonderful milestone! And so it is with a deep sense of gratitude for not only the length but also the depth and breadth of his contributions to SSFS, and in recognition of his service, that we share with you that this will be Bryan’s final year as a faculty member. 

We knew the day would eventually come that we would have to say goodbye to Tom Harrison who, after 26 years of service to Sandy Spring Friends School, will retire from the classroom at the end of the 2019-20 academic year.

Earlier this school year, SSFS began a search for a newly-designed position of Dean of Boarding. It is a pleasure to share that our very own Kwame Darko '98 was offered and has accepted the position of Dean of Boarding, to begin summer 2020.

Thanks to our many campus facilities, the SSFS athletics program supports cross-country, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and track and field, as well as some less traditional sports like rock climbing!

On March 5, the sixth grade, along with seven members of the Middle School Social Justice Diversity Committee, traveled to the State House in Annapolis to meet with various representatives to discuss gun control and climate change.

Each year, the Community Play gives all members of the SSFS community—students of all ages, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, Trustees, and others who are closely tied to the School—the opportunity to work together to produce a play or musical. This year SSFS celebrated the 25^th annual Community Play with a production of Matilda, a musical based on the children's novel by Roald Dahl.

On March 2, two Upper School students represented SSFS in the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition Washington, D.C. Branch tournament at The Madeira School.

People are never just “one thing.” They are physicians but also writers, teachers but also illustrators, lawyers but also painters, steel workers but also potters, nurses but also poets.

This spring, we are celebrating the many gifted artists among us with the SSFS Community Art Show. The show opened in conjunction with the annual SSFS Community Play in March.

In January, with construction of the new Upper School well underway, SSFS reached out to its community with a request for artist proposals for a large-scale, permanent art piece to be displayed in the new building.