Welcome FCS parents! This is your "go to" page page for easy access to information that parents find useful.  The Home and School Association (HSA) is the School's volunteer parent/guardian organization.  The HSA is responsible for maintaining this page.  We hope you will make it a "Favorite" or a "Bookmark."

As we look ahead to our on-campus return, we ask families who are opting to continue remote learning through the month of January to complete this form by Friday, January 8. A reminder that selecting virtual learning is always an option for our Lower School students, though we do require students to remain virtual until the following month.

If your child was learning remotely in December, but you are planning to have them return to in person on January 19, please email Rowena Lesher by January 8 so that we can plan accordingly.

We thank you all for your partnership and we are grateful for our community’s commitment to one another's safety.

Remote Learning for January
If you plan for your child to learn entirely remotely in January, even when school has reopened for in-person learning, please fill out this form no later than January 8. You only need to fill out the form if your child will be learning entirely remotely.

We need your help: As we prepare to welcome students who have chosen face-to-face instruction back to campus on January 19, we need to have a clear sense of who will be joining us. This will help us organize Covid testing and our class locations. Thanks in advance to all of you for filling out this brief survey.

Parents of Students of Color (PSOC) Meeting - Wednesday, Jan. 13 • 7 pm
The Parents of Students of Color group will meet on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. As this is the beginning of a new year, we would like to clarify our status as an affinity group for families who have children of color. We have been appreciative of the support of all parents and will host open meetings occasionally. The intention of our group is to provide a space that may offer parents the opportunity to affirm identity, build community, and cultivate leadership amongst those who have a common lived experience in a racialized society. This meeting will include an article for discussion.

The Parents of Students of Color, more commonly known as P.S.O.C., welcomes you!P.S.O.C. is a group of parents that work collaboratively with the Home & School Association to support families of color by fostering open communication between parents and the School. Our focus is to ensure that families of color feel empowered and included as equal members of the Friends’ Central community. 

Some of P.S.O.C.’s work entails organizing social events, and helping with workshops particularly those focusing on issues surrounding race, diversity, equity,  and inclusion. Our Co-clerks meet with various FCS community stakeholders regularly in an effort to ensure that the unique needs and voices of families of color are understood and valued. P.S.O.C. also hosts meetings for parents throughout the school year that provide us an opportunity to share our collective experiences as families of color at Friends’ Central School. 

Please be on the lookout for forthcoming invitations to future P.S.O.C. hosted events throughout the year. 

Thank you,

Lisa Solomon, Lavonia Waddington, Joyce Stovall, & Kinshasa Rodgers 

Parents of Students of Color Co-clerks

The Parents of Students of Color (P.S.O.C.) have come together in the School’s belief that “each human life is uniquely valuable and interrelated one with another”.  Our purpose is to foster more open communication within the school community between administration, faculty, staff, parents and children.  We support efforts to develop greater understanding and an awareness of the needs and values of children of color and the empowering of children of color within the Friends Central School community as part of a unified whole.

PSOC Events - Save the Dates

• JTF - Just the FaCtS (our weekly newsletter)

• PPU - Parent Pick-up at the end of the day

• MFW - Meeting for Worship

• HSA - Home & School Association, FCS Parent Group

• School Mascot - The Phoenix

• School Colors - Blue and Gray

Welcome!

The Home & School Association is a vibrant and vital part of the Friends’ Central School community. The HSA links home and school by engaging our diverse and accomplished parent/guardian community in support of HSA events.

Parents and guardians become a part of the HSA upon enrollment and may serve in a variety of ways; as a Co-Clerk, Division Co-Chair or Parent Representative of the Executive Committee, or as a volunteer for a Service, grade specific or all-school event. There should be an opportunity to fit every schedule!

Events sponsored or supported by the Home & School Association include; Parent Gatherings, the Middle and Upper School Book Fairs, the Lower School Pumpkin Fair, Principal Coffees, Curriculum Nights, MLK Day of Service, Movie Nights, Spirit Night and Faculty Appreciation celebrations...just to name a few.

As Co-clerks of the Home & School Association, we believe that Friends’ Central parents and guardians are essential for the development and success of our students. With the support of family and Friends’ our children and our community are made stronger. We know your time is valuable and we value any time you have to give!

Thank you,

Christine Giordano and Meg Wuisinch
Co-Clerks of the Home & School Association