Cambridge Friends School

Cambridge Friends School is an all-gender independent day school for Pre-K through 8th grades located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our school provides an excellent education, guided by Quaker principles, for the whole child. In 1961, Cambridge Friends School opened its doors for the first time, welcoming students in kindergarten through 4th grade, “open to children of all races and religions” with the goal of providing students with an excellent education that develops their intellectual, physical, creative, and spiritual potential. And for over 60 years, our school has fulfilled that mission, graduating students who are academically accomplished, grounded, thoughtful, compassionate, and working to contribute toward greater justice and understanding in the world. Our Quaker values of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship inform everything we do, from how we greet each other in the morning, to how our classrooms are structured, to what topics and texts are i