Our winter and end-of-year are fine examples of the culture of Connecticut Friends School. The beauty of being “small by design” is that each child feels empowered by their significant role in the festivities. We celebrate cultural diversity and rites of passage with an annual performance of African drumming at our graduation ceremony, and graduates glow with confidence as they deliver their farewell speeches.

Our unique combination of traditional and progressive approaches to education in a community based on Friends values creates an environment that leaders in the field hail as optimal for brain-based learning. Our graduates go on to thrive in whichever high school environment awaits them.