A letter from our Superintendent
On behalf of the Friend School Board of Education, the Faculty and Staff, I want to welcome you back to school for the 2019-2020 school year. We are so excited about the new year. Friend has quite a history built over the past 100+ years. Pride and tradition play a large part of our past, present, and future.
The Board, Faculty and Staff have invested a great deal of time and effort in preparing for the new school year. It is our desire for our students to have the opportunity to dream, imagine and to be inspired. We want them to be prepared for the future with problem solving skills, critical thinking skills and the ability to work collaboratively with others.
An increase in our curriculum and classroom resources along with additional technology and robotics purchased over the last year and summer have enhanced these opportunities. Additional materials and activities have also been added to the Makerspace created last year through a grant from Continental Resources. In addition to expanding opportunities with academics, we are also expanding opportunities with extra-curricular as baseball will be added to our list of sports this year.
Some amazing things have taken place on our campus over the summer. Work is beginning to create a five-year plan to allow for continuous improvement in all areas. We are so grateful for the community support that allows work through the passage of bonds to improve our facilities.
A student handbook is being assembled to serve as a guide, and hopefully help in answering some of the questions you may have in beginning the new school year. It will give information for our students, and will serve as a ready reference to regulations and policies. These will be available at Open House on August 12th.
We want your experience at Friend to be a pleasant and profitable one. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions for us. Let’s make this a great year!
