Friends Academy faculty and students will welcome guests on May 17 for a school tour, 8-11 a.m.

Guests can visit classrooms to experience how Friends Academy builds student potential and passion. Visitors can engage in an All School Meeting with performances and presentations, see students designing houses in a Middle School math class, or attend a Lower School language arts class.

Visitors will also explore Friends’ grounds during a Middle School science class to examine a vernal pool. They can check out the beehives and join students in the organic garden. Art, music, and Latin/Spanish classes will be available as well as all grade levels represented PK- 8.

Visitors can join the Sally Borden Program classes, which provide a unique educational opportunity for children with language-based learning differences. Offerings will include an Orton-Gillingham lesson and a session of Lindamood Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension or Seeing Stars.

Tours will be given throughout the morning by current parents who will also be available to answer questions.

Founded in 1810, Friends Academy is an independent, non-profit day school, serving boys and girls in PK-8th grades. For more information, call Katherine Gaudet, Assistant Head of School for Admissions and Community Engagement, at (508) 999-1356.