Skipping Stones, FSM’s summer camping trips for our middle schoolers, turns ten years old this year! Each summer since 2006, groups of FSM students have gone camping in one of Minnesota’s state parks for five days and four nights. Trips include outdoor adventures such as inner-tubing down the Root River through Lanesboro, exploring caves in southeastern Minnesota, hiking to the top of Barn Bluff in Red Wing, cycling through the pine forests surrounding.. Read More
Nature, Art and the City
Parents interested in summer arts programming for their children sometimes wonder if spending time indoors during our short summer season is a reasonable tradeoff for the skills their children gain. Friends School of Minnesota science teacher Steve Moe, and kindergarten teacher Marshall Anderson have found a way to ease that concern through their summer class for lower school children—Nature, Art, and the City! Students joining this camp spend their days at.. Read More
State Funding Available for FSM Summer Program
Qualifying students attending Friends School of Minnesota’s summer program are eligible for up to $1,000 of state funding. The State of Minnesota has half a million dollars available for low income children to participate in summer activities, and Friends School’s Create Something Great program qualifies for this support. See the terrific summer classes in art, recreation, and just plain fun that we’re offering this year! Brochure online Any child currently in third through.. Read More
Summer Camp 2014
Construction isn’t slowing down the summer program at Friends Schoolof Minnesota! While we are running fewer weeks (five instead of seven), we’re making the most of the weeks we’re here. A total of 176 students are with us for our day program, including one from Columbia and two from Mexico, and fourteen FSM alumni are camping at Tettegouche State Park with teachers Steve Moe and Marshall Anderson. From painting to.. Read More
Young Writers Welcome this Summer!
Friends School of Minnesota’s summer program Create Something Great! is delighted to welcome back writer Susan Marie Swanson. Susan will be teaching two creative writing classes for students ages 7-11 (entering 2nd-entering 6th grades), Hooray for Pippi and Charlotte’s Web. Susan Marie Swanson is a St. Paul writer and poet whose children’s books include (among others), Letter to the Lake, To Be Like the Sun, and 2009’s Caldecott award-winning The House in.. Read More
Summer Fun at Friends School of Minnesota 2013
Friends School of Minnesota’s summer program is an adventure every day with a total of 184 students, most from the greater community, doing all kinds of interesting things. It’s fun to have such a big and diverse group with us!
Imagine That! Summer Fun at Friends School of Minnesota
Four-year-olds dancing, painting, playing musical instruments, and inventing their own puppet show? Imagine that! and only in Imagine That, FSM’s one-of-a-kind summer program, which offers a whole-arts immersion experience for early childhood (pre-school through entering third grade).
Sign Up for Summer Camp at Friends School of Minnesota
We’re ready to Create Something Great in the summer of 2013! Summer is a time for creativity, growth, relaxation and fun and we offer all four at Friends School of Minnesota.