Join us outdoors for books, snacks, and forest playtime with author, Phuc Tran.

Phuc joins us for a special Friends by the Forest morning to share his new book, Cranky Makes a Friend.

Mornings are appropriate for children ages 0-5.

This is a free event.

Learn more about upcoming Friends by the Forest events: https://www.friendsschoolportland.org/friendsbytheforest

Join us for our Fall Open House on Saturday, October 25 from 10 am-12:00 pm. This is one of the best ways for families to learn about our community, see our campus, and speak with teachers and students about our school. It is a wonderful chance to ask all of your questions and get a variety of perspectives and answers. After your tour with a Middle School Student Ambassador, you will have a chance to meet and talk with members of our faculty and administrative staff, and ask questions or just get to know us. You can also use this time to explore our 20 acres of woods, including both our Kindergarten and our Preschool outdoor classrooms.

Middle School parents and caregivers are invited to an evening presentation with Lee Anne Dodge at Friends School of Portland. Beginning a conversation about substance use with your child is important. Join Lee Anne and other parents for an evening conversation about the risk and protective factors of substance use prevention.

Learn about best approaches in connecting with your children about substance use and its impact on the brain, learning, and mental health. You will have the opportunity to connect with other parents/caregivers. This free talk will be held at Friends School of Portland.

It is geared towards parents and guardians of middle school-aged students, but all parents and guardians are welcome. This event is open to parents beyond FSP, please extend the invitation to your friends or better yet: bring a friend along from outside FSP!

The talk will be held on Tuesday, October 28 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm with refreshments provided.

Register to Attend

Lee Anne Dodge is the Program Director at SoPo Unite - All Ages All In, a Drug Free Community Coalition in South Portland.

She has been in the field of substance use prevention for over twenty-five years. She is a certified prevention specialist and began her prevention career at the University of New Hampshire as a residence hall director and then worked at the New Hampshire Teen Institute and focused on underage drinking and tobacco prevention for middle and high school students. She moved to Maine in 2001 and worked at AdCare Educational Institute on a grant on underage drinking and worked with nine community coalitions and then with the Office of Substance Abuse on the One Me State Incentive Grant with twenty-three coalitions. She then worked at the University of Southern Maine as the Assistant Director of Student Life and focused on substance use prevention/intervention and wellness. She was a Prime For Life instructor and taught the program for those under twenty one who have been arrested for Operating Under the Influence. She has been the Program Director of SoPo Unite, a Drug Free Communities Coalition in South Portland Maine for the past nine years. She lives in Dresden, Maine with her husband Andy and their yellow lab: Minnie Pearl.