Andrew Young, Jason Carter To Discuss Civil Rights Jan. 26

The event will be held at the Friends School of Atlanta at 862 Columbia Drive in Decatur. Admission is $10.

Friends School Holding Open House Saturday

Learn about school's Pre-K-8th grade program. The program starts at 10 a.m.

What's Going Here? Gas Station To Become Green Space

East Decatur Greenway acquired the abandoned station on Columbia Drive, next to the Atlanta Friends School.

Back in May, Patch asked readers for ideas about an abandoned gas station in the "What Should Go Here?" feature. It turns out somebody really decided what should happen to the property next to the Friends School of Atlanta on Columbia Drive. The nonprofit East Decatur Greenway purchased the old station and will demolish it and turn about two acres into green space, according to the Champion Newspaper. Of course, the Environmental Protection Agency will have to remove underground gas storage tanks and conduct soil samples before the land can be used. The green space will be available for the nearby Waldorf School, the United Methodist Children's Home and kids in the neighborhood. About this column: Every week or so, we'll post a picture of …

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Learn About Friends School of Atlanta

FSA families will host an informal gathering 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10.

Sally MacEwen, Agnes Scott Prof and Friends School Founder, Dies at 64

She taught classics at the college starting in the early 1980s.

A memorial service for Sally Anne MacEwen, a classics professor at Agnes Scott College, will be held at 1 p.m. May 5 at the Friends School of Atlanta, 862 Columbia Drive, Decatur. Ms. MacEwen, 64, died March 15 after a long battle with cancer. She was 64. Ms. MacEwen's family has created a website that tells the story of Ms. MacEwen's life. A long and detailed obituary on the website says  Ms. MacEwen was born in Abington, Pa., and spent her childhood in Riverton, N.J. She earned a degree in Classical Languages and Literature from Mount Holyoke College and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. She taught at the University of Utah and joined the faculty at Agnes Scott in the early 1980s. She authored a book titled “Superheroes …

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Andrew Young Visits Friends School

“It is very important to learn about the entire world. If we are going to have peace in the world, we’re going to have to find a way to know each other better.”

By The Friends School of Atlanta On Friday, February 24, Ambassador Andrew Young addressed the students of The Friends School of Atlanta (FSA), counseling, “It is very important to learn about the entire world. If we are going to have peace in the world, we’re going to have to find a way to know each other better.” The FSA community was thrilled to welcome Ambassador Young, whose positive influence as a civil rights leader, congressman, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and two-term mayor of Atlanta has been felt throughout the world. Particularly exciting for the students of FSA, the only Quaker school in Georgia, were Ambassador Young’s remarks about how the Quaker philosophy of consensus building and peacemaking helped him …

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