Recently there has been a debate about if ChatGPT–an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022– should be permitted in schools. As with any new technological...
As any institution would, Sandy Spring Friends School has evolved significantly since its founding in 1961. Changes involving the size of the community, traditions, the role of Quakerism, and more, have shaped the school into the influential establishment it is today.
It is the general consensus among the American public that children belong at school. The benefits are seemingly endless: receiving an education, being safe and protected, and acquiring the skills necessary for success and prosperity in the future. Yet so often is it taken for granted that children are able to get to school at all; so ingrained is it in the routines of most American school children and their families that the bus will pick them up from their streetcorner in the morning, deposit them at school, and drop them home again in the afternoon. But what are the benefits for the bus drivers?
I have experienced that hybrid school can have an isolating effect, and I often wonder if my peers have similar feelings about this year. To get a better sense of how SSFS students feel, I asked various highschoolers about their thoughts on whether creativity and collaboration have been stunted or expanded during this hybrid learning period.
While this quarantine is certainly showing us how we can continue activities in ways we didn’t think possible, the isolation might help us realize why we need in-person connection as opposed to speeding up the switch to online.
“Helicopter parents” refers to parents hovering over their children like helicopters, monitoring their children’s actions, providing protection and help, and always ready to come forward to solve problems for their children, hoping that everything can be under their control. But do children need this helicopter parenting?
“Do you want a brighter future? Do you want to earn more money? Studying abroad is your choice.” This is a common advertisement you would find in an English language school in China. I think people...
Miriam Rock recently announced her departure after three years of teaching at SSFS. We sat down with her to discuss her future plans, pedagogy and her next school, Friends Select.
For those who don't...
