Overview
Tandem Friends School offers a rigorous college preparatory
curriculum in an environment built on Quaker values.
We are a coeducational day school serving students in
grades 5 through 12. Our 240 students receive an education
in which intellectual, ethical, artistic, and athletic
ideals are pursued. We foster capable students who value
a spiritual, egalitarian, kind, and creative community;
thrive on independent, imaginative thought; are fully
engaged in learning; and seek the best from themselves
and their community.
Mission
- To offer an outstanding college preparatory education
in the Friends' tradition
- To ensure the mastery of essential knowledge and
skills
- To encourage the discovery and development of individual
talents
- To foster spiritual awareness, moral growth, and
the values of caring, cooperation, respect, and trust
- To enhance physical well-being with health and lifelong
skills in sport and play
- To serve a culturally, racially, and economically
diverse student body
- To create a community in which bright and curious
young people and adults expect the best of each other
- To nurture stewardship and appreciation for our
physical environment
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To send forth graduates who have
developed habits of independent thinking and social
responsibility
Philosophy
The essence of the “Tandem Philosophy” is
captured in the school’s unofficial mottoes: “Freedom
with Responsibility” and “Kindness and Wisdom.”
“Freedom with Responsibility” is an ideal
simple to express, but difficult in practice. Freedom
in an educational setting allows for the growth of the
individual in ways often unforeseen by both adults and
students. This unpredictable quality is the source of
much of the excitement and joy in Tandem’s approach
to education. Students at Tandem Friends learn that
freedom is extended in a direct relationship to responsibility.
Responsible freedom is not merely permissive. We require
students to consider the consequences of their actions,
not just for themselves but for their fellow students,
their teachers, and the school itself.
“Kindness and Wisdom” reflects
the Friends belief that the Inner Light of Wisdom exists
within each human being. When we seek and then express
that Wisdom, it is manifested as kindness towards others.
The Board of Trustees
2007-2008
Board Meetings
Board meetings for the remainder of 2008 will be held May 22 and June 12. All meetings begin at 5:30 and are
held in the Blue Room.
Board Members
Doug Horn, Chairman
Hank Schutz, Vice Chair
Blair Williamson, Treasurer (Class of 1983)
Julia Mahoney, Secretary
Janice Aron
Steve Burns
JoAnn Dalley
Paul Erb
Ron Hoffman
Janis Jaquith
Paul Manning
Edith McHenry
Chris McLean
Lois Myers
Constance Waite
Jonathan Wren
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