August 17-21, 2026

It was a wonderful first week of 2026-2027 at Tandem Friends! We are all both excited and exhausted. Students spent a fun half day on Tuesday greeting old friends and getting acquainted with new friends and teachers. New students and faculty were welcomed with lengthy applause from the returning community, seniors and faculty/staff introduced themselves to the community and Middle and Upper Schoolers discovered class locations, teachers, classmates, and expectations for the year. School lunches and snacks were enjoyed together around campus, Middle School sports and Homework Club began meeting after school, some grades picked up Chromebooks, advisories enjoyed some fun bonding activities, some 9th graders enjoyed the first Gaga game, and much more. Students enjoyed two days of regular classes to round out the week. Fall sports season began in earnest as the Varsity Boys Soccer team played the first match of the season on the road and Varsity Volleyball heads to a tourney tomorrow.

 

New parents learned more about Tandem and each other at a New Parent Orientation on Monday night. The Chalk the Walk event got cancelled due to rain in the forecast. There were several fall sports meetings with players and parents, and a couple more to come. The grass is greener than green from all of the rain of late and we would all be a bit more cheery if both the humidity AND the temperatures were to drop a bit.