Sandy Spring Friends School

 

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Living in the Dorm

The Sandy Spring Friends School community provides an atmosphere that boarders enjoy, while their parents feel confident about our values.

Our boarders broaden their education outside the classroom with engaging weekend activities, student leadership opportunities, volunteer experiences, and organized, quiet study time. Living in the dorm teaches students how to live responsibly, to respect differences among fellow students and staff, to gain integral life skills, and to learn the importance of taking good care of the physical environment.

Our dormitory is coed and currently houses sixty Upper School students and three dorm faculty and staff, including the Director of the Boarding Program. We have large common areas on all floors, two kitchens, a recreation room, laundry, and space to spend time together or individually. 

Highlights of dorm living:
  • Students learn to live respectfully with people from all over the world
  • They enjoy “extra” time by avoiding a potentially lengthy commute to and from school
  • Hot meals in a family setting several nights per week
  • Inclusion in the social activities of a small “family group,” each one headed by an adult member of our boarding community
  • Planned weekend activities and trips that can be as short as an hour or as long as an entire weekend; and so much more.

Westview Dormitory

Our Dormitory, Westview, is coed and currently houses sixty Upper School students and three dorm faculty and staff, including the Director of the Boarding Program. We have large common areas on all floors, two kitchens, a recreation room, laundry and space to spend time together or individually. 

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