Quaker Values

 

true to the roots

there is something very radical about Carolina Friends School,

for at its heart are Quaker values,

whenever we get back to those roots,

we are true to what "radical" means,

getting to the "root,"

a being true to what is most basic to who we are,

a literal grounding,

at its Quaker heart, CFS believes in both the individual and in the collective,

that we should spend our lives in journey,

responding to that of God in everyone we meet, and in ourselves,

that we should work to find good ways forward,

a school should see students truly, to see that of God within them,

and to help each realize the unique gift of themselves,

to embrace who they really are,

to believe in themselves,

to commit to become even better,

to build community whenever possible,

a school can be blessed with a staff

true to both their own roots

and to the rest of the mission of the school,

as the truth is continually revealed,

all can somehow hold the new and the roots at the same time.

by Henry H. Walker

September 29, ‘25