First Day School (FDS) (On-Site)
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First Day School (FDS) is the Quaker equivalent of Sunday School. FDS is available to the all ages of children of members, attenders, and visitors, who do not wish to remain with their families in Worship in the Meetinghouse. The First Day School is under the care of the FDS and Youth Programs Coordinator, Patricia Wild. Regular attendance is encouraged, but one-time or irregular attenders are also welcome.
Children join their families for the first 15 minutes of Meeting for Worship at 10:30am, and then follow the First Day School banner to their own program at 10:45am. We finish around 11:45 am but childcare is provided until the end of Afterthoughts which is at 12:30pm.
June 25 is the last day of FDS classes. In July and August, children will play in Longfellow Park or, if raining, do art projects inside. First Day School will resume after Labor Day in September.
Sunday, June 25: LAST DAY OF FIRST DAY SCHOOL!
On the 25th, join us for a “simple lunch” AND a time to honor all the FDS volunteers who contributed their time and energy. (Finger food contributions to simple lunch much appreciated.) There will be cake! FDS children will be making lemonade.Plan to join us.
In July and August, children will play in Longfellow Park or, if raining, do art projects inside. Contact Jeremiah Sutherland-Roberts at summerchildcare@fmcquaker.org
Beginning a long warm parting!
Sunday, May 7, I, your Interim First Day School Coordinator, will begin to wean myself from this gratifying role by attending my first meeting for worship since last summer.
My interim position ends at the end of June. Yet because creating origin story lesson plans this year opened my eyes—and heart—to the possibility of creating New Story-based curriculum for children: a beginning!
Patricia Wild
Interim First Day School and Youth Programs Coordinator
fdsypcoordinator@fmcquaker.org
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