about us

Welcome! San Francisco Friends School is a vibrant, diverse, intentional learning community in the heart of San Francisco. 

Our school is both young, having been founded in 2002, and old, part of a storied 350-year tradition of Friends education. This tradition of excellence in both academics and character, the head and the heart, is what we at SFFS call education for action. Our students graduate from Friends with a sense of their education as both a joyful and meaningful journey. Our students learn how to listen, see the inner light in others, take multiple perspectives, and identify a sense of personal responsibility for the world we live in.

Our philosophy is clear: we offer an academically rigorous program, rooted in a progressive approach, that is intellectually engaging, purposeful, and affirming of the spirit of each child. Our teachers have intentionally cultivated classrooms that are rooted in inquiry and connected to the world beyond. Along the way we seize every opportunity to learn in and from our neighborhood, our city, and the entire Bay Area—­­­and we embrace our responsibility to contribute.