Friends Forward

In the Lower School at Wilmington Friends School, students explore one Quaker testimony each month through developmentally appropriate, experiential learning. Using queries, music, shared readings, and collaborative projects, students reflect on how these values show up in their daily lives and relationships. Learning culminates in student-created artifacts that are shared throughout the school, helping to make Quaker values visible within the community.

This interactive session will share the structure, resources, and practices that support this work, including examples of queries, songs, readings, and student projects. Participants will collaborate in small groups to generate ideas for testimony-focused experiences and visible displays tailored to their own school settings. Together, we will explore how tangible, student-centered expressions of the testimonies can build shared language, deepen understanding, and strengthen Quaker identity across a school.