From the Office of Alumni Relations & Engagement

Alumni News: December 2025

Hello Friends –

As we come to the close of 2025, I am thrilled to share that our Giving Tuesday Challenge was a success! Thanks to the generosity, enthusiasm, and kindness of our alumni and community, we succeeded our $100,000 goal and successfuly unlocked the matching $100,000 gift challenge. Every gift makes a difference and helps strengthen the student experience at Friends, and we are incredibly grateful for your support!

If you are still considering a year-end gift, there’s still time! Every contribution – big or small – helps us continue our work and provide the rich and vibrant education for future Friends School students.

We wanted to share a few memories from the school year so far; a glimpse into how your support impacts today's students.

Thank you for being part of this journey. We are wishing you a happy, healthy, and peaceful holiday season!

Sophia Springer '13
Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement

Save the Date for Alumni Weekend 2026 – May 1 & 2, 2026

Celebrating Reunion Classes ending in 1 and 6. We are excited to welcome you back to campus May 1 & 2, 2026 for Alumni Weekend.

Click here to update your information with the Alumni Office

Visit the Alumni Weekend website for information about the schedule, hotels and more: friendsbalt.org/alumni/alumni-weekend.

For additional information, ongoing volunteer opportunities or to get involved, please contact the Alumni Office: alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410-649-3205.

From the Office of Alumni Relations & Engagement

Alumni News: November 2025

Hello –

Happy November! This month’s newsletter is focused around an update from the Friends School Alumni Association Board. I invite you to read their message below and as always, please reach out if you need anything from the Alumni Office or have questions.

Sophia Springer '13
Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement

Hello Friends –

As 2025 winds down and the weather turns colder, Friends School seniors are already looking ahead to the exciting events of Spring 2026! One key milestone is the Senior Work Project, which takes place in May.

For those unfamiliar, the Senior Work Project provides students the opportunity to spend the month of May exploring an internship. It is a valuable chance for students to gain real-world experience and begin their journey beyond the Friends campus.

Friends encourages seniors to begin securing their internships as soon as possible. While the school maintains a list of past projects and connections, the Alumni Association Board is eager to expand our network–that’s where you come in!

Would you or another alum in the Baltimore area be interested in hosting a senior for an internship this spring? If so, to learn more about the program, requirements, and how to get matched with a student, please fill out this form: https://bit.ly/FSBSeniorProjects.

Additionally, mark your calendars for our Alumni Networking Event for Upper School Students on February 5, 2026. This is a great opportunity to give back to the Friends School community by connecting with students to offer college and career advice as they begin to think about life beyond Friends.

Finally, if you are interested in joining the Alumni Association Board, don’t hesitate to reach out to any of our members! A full list can be found online here, or feel free to reach out to the Alumni Office directly at alumni@friendsbalt.org.

Thank you for being part of the Friends School alumni community!

Holden Marshall ’15, Alumni Association Board Chair
Members of the 2025-2026 Friends School Alumni Association Board

Alumni Happenings and News

Save the Date for Alumni Weekend 2026 – May 1 & 2, 2026

Celebrating Reunion Classes ending in 1 and 6. We are excited to welcome you back to campus May 1 & 2, 2026 for Alumni Weekend.

Click here to update your information with the Alumni Office

Visit the Alumni Weekend website for information about the schedule, hotels and more: friendsbalt.org/alumni/alumni-weekend.

Chandler Walters ’14 to Receive 2025 William L. Marbury Outstanding Advocate Award

Each year, the William L. Marbury Outstanding Advocate Award is presented to someone who is not an attorney and has demonstrated outstanding service representing the civil legal needs of low-income Marylanders or expanding access to justice. This year, that honor goes to Friends School of Baltimore alumnus Chandler Walters ’14. We caught up with Chandler to talk about his career, what this award means to him, and the impact of his experience at Friends. Click here to read more.

Adam Meister ’94 Dedicates New Chabad Lounge at University of Utah

Friends School alum Adam Meister ’94 championed the creation of the Mel Meister Chabad Lounge at the University of Utah. The space, named after his father, was officially opened in September. Adam hopes the new facility will boost Jewish student life in Salt Lake City and encourage East Coast families to consider University of Utah for their children. Click here to read more about the space.

Advancement News

Support Friends School with a Gift to The Fund for Friends!

Each year, gifts to The Fund for Friends strengthen every aspect of the Friends School experience. Your support helps sustain exceptional teaching, innovative programs, and opportunities that inspire students to learn, lead, and serve with purpose.

Every gift, of any size, makes a difference and demonstrates your belief in our mission and community. Please join us in supporting The Fund for Friends today and help ensure that every student continues to thrive. Make a gift now!

Join Us for Our Fall Admission Events!

First Look @ Friends Open House - November 19

During this open house event, you will hear from faculty and administrators about our curriculum and culture, tour our campus and classrooms, and engage with a student panel to learn more about why we love Friends. The event will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Please click here to learn more and register: friendsbalt.org/admission/visit-friends.

Binoculars, Birds, and Bugs - November 8 

Calling all nature explorers! Please join us for a fun-filled morning at Friends School as we explore our native gardens, fields, and stream. Meet our Lower School science teacher, and we’ll provide the binoculars while we search for insects, identify plants and flowers, and explore nature on our beautiful campus! This event will be from 10:00-11:45 a.m. and is for prospective Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and first grade families only. Please click here to learn more and register: friendsbalt.org/admission/visit-friends.

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For additional information, ongoing volunteer opportunities or to get involved, please contact the Alumni Office: alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410-649-3205.

From the Office of Alumni Relations & Engagement

Alumni News: October 2025

Hello friends –

As autumn arrives, we are reminded of the energy that comes to campus this time of year – between Scarlet & Gray Day, upcoming Halloween Parades, and Quaker Community Day there is a buzz between all divisions. As we continue to reflect on our 100 Years on Charles Street, I invite you to visit our online timeline if you have not already. It is a reminder of the milestones and traditions we continue to celebrate today.

Additionally, as a reminder, classes ending in 1 and 6 will celebrate Alumni Weekend on May 1 & 2, 2026. Reunion classes are invited to submit nominations for Alumni Awards and the Athletic Hall of Fame. Nominations are due by October 31, 2025.

If you have any questions or need anything from the Alumni Office, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Sophia Springer '13
Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement

Alumni Happenings and News

Save the Date for Alumni Weekend 2026 – May 1 & 2, 2026

Celebrating Reunion Classes ending in 1 and 6. We are excited to welcome you back to campus May 1 & 2, 2026 for Alumni Weekend. We are looking for Reunion Committee volunteers! If you are interested in learning more or would like to volunteer, please email Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement Sophia Springer ’13: sspringer@friendsbalt.org.

Click here to update your information with the Alumni Office
Click here to submit a nomination for an Alumni Award
Click here to submit a nomination for the Athletic Hall of Fame
Nominations for Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame are due no later than October 31, 2025.

Visit the Alumni Weekend website for information about the schedule, hotels and more: friendsbalt.org/alumni/alumni-weekend.

Caroline Mallonee’s ’93 Work Premiering in the New York Philharmonic’s Project 19!

Caroline Mallonee ’93 is an award-winning composer and performer based in Buffalo, NY. Inspired by scientific phenomena, visual art, and musical puzzles, Mallonee has been commissioned to write new pieces for prominent ensembles. Her most recent work is premiering as part of the New York Philharmonic’s Project 19! The performance runs November 13, 14 and 16, and tickets are available here: www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/stravinsky-and-marsalis.

For more information about Caroline’s work, visit her website here: www.carolinemallonee.com.

Madeline Quasebarth ’14 Publishes First Book

Madeline Quasebarth ’14 has published her first book, Don't Breed on Me: A Short History of Abortion now available for pre-order through PM Press. This book is rooted in a simple truth: abortion has always existed. Across centuries and continents, people have ended pregnancies, and cared for one another while doing so. Don’t Breed on Me explores that long and often-forgotten history, from medieval Europe to Ming Dynasty China to the American South. It’s a mix of global research, storytelling, and fierce love for reproductive autonomy.

Don't Breed on Me is available for pre-order at this link: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1948. To receive a 20% discount please use the code PREORDER.

Advancement News

Support Friends School with a Gift to The Fund for Friends!

As we celebrate 100 Years On Charles Street, we are thankful for the generations of generous donors who have helped transform our Homeland campus from a few athletic fields to the vibrant, modern learning environment it is today. Here, students experience an education that nurtures intellect, character, and creativity, preparing them to excel in academics, athletics, and the arts. Every gift to The Fund for Friends sustains this legacy, ensuring that Friends students continue to benefit from an exceptional education. Please consider making a donation today! Click here to learn about ways you can support Friends through giving.

Join Us for Our Fall Admission Events!

First Look @ Friends Open Houses - October 15 | November 19

During these open house events, you will hear from faculty and administrators about our curriculum and culture, tour our campus and classrooms, and engage with a student panel to learn more about why we love Friends. Each event will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Please click here to learn more and register: friendsbalt.org/admission/visit-friends.

Binoculars, Birds, and Bugs - November 8 

Calling all nature explorers! Please join us for a fun-filled morning at Friends School as we explore our native gardens, fields, and stream. Meet our Lower School science teacher, and we’ll provide the binoculars while we search for insects, identify plants and flowers, and explore nature on our beautiful campus! This event will be from 10:00-11:45 a.m. and is for prospective Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and first grade families only. Please click here to learn more and register: friendsbalt.org/admission/visit-friends.

100 Years on Charles Street

The Legacy of Quaker Education

As we celebrate a century of Friends School of Baltimore on North Charles Street, we’re taking a moment to honor the journey that brought us here.

Founded in 1784 as the first school in Baltimore, Friends held its earliest classes in the Aisquith Street Meetinghouse, located downtown. Throughout the 19th century, the School transitioned through several locations, from Lombard Street (1840s) to Park Avenue (1899), growing alongside the city it served.

Then in 1925, a bold new chapter began with the purchase of land on North Charles Street – first envisioned as athletic fields. Within a few years, the entire School community moved to this new Homeland location, laying the foundation for a transformative 100 years of Quaker education.

From Little Friends to Upper School, generations of students have learned and thrived on this campus, supported by a holistic approach to education that values academics, athletics, the arts – and most importantly, community.

Visit our digital timeline to learn more: friendsbalt.org/about/100-years-on-charles.

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From the Office of Alumni Relations & Engagement

Alumni News: September 2025

Hello friends –

Summer is officially over and the Friends School campus is alive again with laughter in the hallways, the excitement of the new year, and the joy of learning in a community of belonging.

This year marks a significant milestone for Friends School: our 100th year on North Charles Street and our 241st year as a school. These milestones invite us to reflect on the school’s enduring values, but also on the people – including you – who have helped shape this extraordinary community throughout the years. Over the next several months, we will celebrate traditions that have carried us forward, honor those who built this community, and reflect on how we will carry the legacy forward.

As alumni, you are an essential part of that legacy. Your time at Friends – and the values you carried with you – continue to shape who you are today. Each year, we choose a theme to guide our work on campus and I invite you to join us in honoring this year’s theme of Stewardship. It is one of the Quaker testimonies that shapes our identity as a school, and it captures the responsibility we all share in caring for this community. It is also what enables institutions like ours to endure and flourish across centuries. To be a steward means three things:

• Caring for what we have
• Leaving something better than we found it
• Giving something what it needs to flourish

Friends School exists today because for more than two centuries, people chose to care, to improve, and to grow this community. Many never saw the full impact of their efforts, yet they invested in the future anyway. Now it is our turn. Together, we are part of this unfolding story, not just as participants, but as co-authors. The choices we make, the care we give, and the vision we hold will shape what Friends School becomes for the next generation.

Thank you for being partners on this journey! If you have any questions or need anything from the Alumni Office, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Click here to read Head of School Christian Donovan's 2025-2026 welcome message to families.

Sophia Springer '13
Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement

Alumni Happenings and News

Join us for Scarlet & Gray Day and Help Celebrate 100 Years on Charles Street

Join us Saturday, September 27 as we celebrate Scarlet & Gray Day and 100 Years on Charles Street! The Alumni Office will host a watch party on the ZAC Alumni Patio for the 1:30pm Varsity Soccer match. Bring the whole family or stop by with old friends to cheer on our athletic teams, partake in carnival games, and grab some swag. Don’t forget to wear your scarlet and gray!

Celebrate 100 Years on Charles Street: In 1925, the school purchased the Homeland campus on North Charles Street, originally for athletic fields. A few years later, Friends made a permanent move from its downtown location. This move and subsequent expansions established Friends School as a modern campus, well-equipped to support the School’s commitment to providing a holistic approach to education that would allow students to excel across a broad range of activities in academics, athletics, and arts.

Click here to see key milestones during the past 100 years of Friends School history.

There is no charge for admission, but donations to The Fund for Friends are most welcome.

1970 Alum Honored with the 2025 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award from the ADAA

Carl Robbins ’70 received the 2025 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award from the ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association of America). "The award honors the memory and lifework of Jerilyn Ross, ADAA's cofounder and president from 1985 to 2010; it acknowledges a professional who exemplifies excellence and outstanding advocacy for patient education and care, training, and research." This holds special significance for Carl as his friend and mentor, Dr. Sally Winston (Co-founder and Executive Director of The Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland), was the inaugural recipient of this award in 2010.

Annalisa Jenkins ’22 Has First Published Piece in The Nation

Annalisa Jenkins ’22 is a junior at Princeton University studying Spanish and journalism. She writes about land sovereignty in her hometown of Baltimore as well as in Bolivia, where she recently worked for a year. Over the summer, Annalisa had the opportunity to take a field journalism class in Greece and her final group project was picked up by The Nation. Click here to read her article.

Join the FSB Alumni Association Board

The Friends School Alumni Association Board is currently looking for new members. The Board’s goal is to connect alumni to Friends and also to each other, by hosting events, volunteering in the Friends community, and promoting pride, tradition, and loyalty to Friends School. If you have interest in joining the Board, or wish to learn more, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org.

The first meeting will be held on Thursday, September 18 from 6:30-8:30pm in the ZAC and all are welcome to join.

Advancement News

Support Friends School with a Gift to The Fund for Friends!

For over 240 years, Friends School of Baltimore has been rooted in Quaker values that empower us to be progressive, modern, and forward-thinking. These guiding principles continue to shape a community where students are encouraged to learn and lead with curiosity and courage. From Pre-K to grade 12, every experience is intentional, every step supported. The result is confident, compassionate graduates ready to thrive anywhere life takes them.

This exceptional student experience is made possible, in part, by the generosity of alumni, parents, parents of graduates, grandparents and friends. Simply put, the journey of each of our students is enhanced by your gift.

Click here to learn about ways you can support Friends through giving.

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From the Office of Alumni Relations & Engagement

Alumni News: June 2025

Hello friends –

I would like to offer a big congratulations to the Class of 2025!

On Sunday, June 8, the Class of 2025 walked the stage in front of family and loved ones to receive their diplomas. It was an evening full of emotion, excitement, and pride. The Alumni Office is delighted to welcome our newest alumni into the Friends School of Baltimore Alumni Association. A big thanks and special shout-out to this year’s commencement speaker, the Honorable George L. Russell, III ’84, Chief District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland; a video of graduation including his inspirational message can be found here.

The 2025 graduates are headed to some impressive colleges and universities. We wish each and every one of them the best of luck in the next phase of their journey!

Click here to see the Class of 2025’s acceptance list.

If you have any questions or need anything from the Alumni Office, please do not hesitate to reach out. I hope everybody has a nice start to summer!

Click here to view more photos from Graduation 2025.

Sophia Springer '13
Director of Alumni & Parent Engagement

Alumni Happenings and News

Alumni Class Notes

We are building content for the next issue of Friends Magazine and it is time for your class notes! If you would like an update included in the upcoming edition of the magazine, please submit your notes to your Class Secretary or by using our online form. Notes are due by June 30, 2025.

If you’re interested in becoming your class secretary, please email alumni@friendsbalt.org.

Join the FSB Alumni Association Board

The Friends School Alumni Association Board is currently looking for new members to join them starting in the fall of 2025. The Board’s goal is to connect alumni to Friends and also to each other, by hosting events, volunteering in the Friends community, and promoting pride, tradition, and loyalty to Friends School. If you have interest in joining the Board, or wish to learn more, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@friendsbalt.org.

Calling Volleyball and Soccer Coaches!

The Friends School Athletics Department is looking for MIAA/Boys Volleyball Coaches and IAAM/Girls Soccer Coaches. If you are interested in learning more, contact athletics@friendsbalt.org. 

Development News

Make your Gift to The Fund for Friends Before June 30!

This school year, we invited the Friends School community to support The Fund for Friends for 118 exceptional reasons – each and every one of our dedicated teachers. Our 118 faculty members go beyond the profession, treating teaching as both a calling and an art. Thanks to many alumni and other donors, we have almost reached our goal for the year and we need your help to get us to the finish line!

Make your gift on or before June 30, 2025 to ensure it counts toward this year’s Annual Fund. Gifts can be made online here. Instructions on how to give via check, securities, or wire transfer can be found here. Your support impacts today’s students and faculty each day in countless ways and makes all that we do possible.

We are Now the Advancement Office and Growing!

Beginning July 1, the Development Office will be renamed the Advancement Office. This change emphasizes the importance of the Office’s role in advancing the Friends School of Baltimore mission and vision through philanthropy and engagement.

We have a fabulous team that supports the exceptional teaching and learning happening at Friends School and we are growing that team! We are looking to onboard a Parent Giving & Engagement Director and a Major Gifts Officer effective immediately. If you or somebody you know is interested in either of these exciting opportunities, please do not hesitate to reach out to alumni@friendsbalt.org.

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For additional information, ongoing volunteer opportunities or to get involved, please contact the Alumni Office: alumni@friendsbalt.org or 410-649-3205.