Why choose Friends School of Baltimore?
At Friends School of Baltimore, you will learn how to make connections, cross boundaries, and build upon the best in Baltimore.
What is the Friends School?
As Baltimore’s first school, Friends has pioneered innovative teaching and learning in, of, and for Baltimore since 1784. Friends is guided by the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship, and a core belief that there is that of God in each person.
What is the Friends School of Baltimore doing for MLK Day?
On Monday, January 17, 2022, hundreds of Friends School of Baltimore students, faculty, staff, and alumni will participate in volunteer activities in support of MLK Day Jr Day of Service. The Community Action Team sub-committee of the Alumni Board is organizing three activities for local alumni.
When will the next head of school join Friends School?
With this announcement and the recent appointment of Dennis Bisgaard as Interim Head of School for the 2021-2022 school year, Friends School has now actively begun the search for our next permanent Head of School, who will join in July 2022. For the latest updates from the Head of School Search Committee, click here.
What is remote access?
Remote access is a privilege granted to certain individuals who have a demonstrated need to perform mission-specific activities using enterprise resources while situated off campus. It may not be possible for everyone to receive the privilege of remote access.
Why is secure remote access important?
Providing secure remote access makes enterprise computing and information resources available well beyond the physical borders of campus. This greatly expands the universe of threats and risks to which network resources are exposed. Certain extra measures are required to protect enterprises resources under these conditions.
What is the purpose of the campus network policy?
The purpose of this policy is to set standards for connecting to the campus network from remotely situated workstations or devices. These standards are intended to minimize the risk of network disruption and loss or disclosure of sensitive information such as intellectual property, personnel data or patient information.
How long does it take for a remote access point to drop inactive connections?
Points for remote access entry into enterprise networks must be configured to drop inactive connections after 30 minutes whenever possible. Using contrivances to circumvent this requirement is prohibited.
When should remote users log off?
Remote users should log off from their remote connection when they leave the computer to prevent inadvertent network access by others. Whenever it is feasible, remote access workstations should employ a personal firewall (software- or hardware-based).
Can remote access be shared with others?
In particular, Remote access must be strictly controlled through the same on-campus authentication and authorization measures. Logon information may not be shared with others. Unauthorized people (including family and friends) are not allowed to use enterprise resources.
Who must comply with Campus Patch Management and Anti Virus policies?
Workstations owned by workforce members, contractors or other affiliates of the enterprise must comply with the Campus Patch Management and Anti Virus policies.
What is FSPA in Friends School?
This year, the Friends School Parents Association (FSPA) and the School will host a guest speaker series focusing on DEI-related topics. This series is for the entire Friends School community, including alumni and parents of alumni. To register for the first session click HERE.
When will Friends School head of school leave?
On January 25, Friends School announced Head of School, Matt Micciche's departure at the end of June 2021. With this announcement and the recent appointment of Dennis Bisgaard as Interim Head of School for the 2021-2022 school year, Friends School has now actively begun the search for our next permanent Head of School, who will join in July 2022.
Does Friends School of Baltimore have a theater program?
Friends School of Baltimore has been taking active steps toward creating a theatre program that includes and involves as many students as possible, that promotes cultural awareness, diversity, equity and inclusion, in addition to helping build students’ self-esteem and communication skills and the potential to continue theater arts study after graduation. If you would like to be a part of a committee of current faculty, alums, and students exploring this, please reach out to Christine Pappas '01 cpappas@friendsbalt.org.
About the book
Friends in School: Patterns of Selection and Influence in Secondary Schools is a collection of research and commentaries that focuses on the connections between the social organization of schools and classrooms, the social processes of peer association, friendship selection, as well as the social development of students.
Description
Friends in School: Patterns of Selection and Influence in Secondary Schools is a collection of research and commentaries that focuses on the connections between the social organization of schools and classrooms, the social processes of peer association, friendship selection, as well as the social development of students.
Policy Statement
- Members of the campus community and others may require access to networked resources to conduct enterprise mission-related work from home, hotel rooms or off-campus offices. Providing secure remote access makes enterprise computing and information resources available well beyond the physical borders of campus. This greatly expands the universe of threats and risks t…
Goal
- The purpose of this policy is to set standards for connecting to the campus network from remotely situated workstations or devices. These standards are intended to minimize the risk of network disruption and loss or disclosure of sensitive information such as intellectual property, personnel data or patient information.
Scope
- This policy applies to the enterprise workforce (i.e., faculty, staff and students) as well as to vendors, contractors and others who seek access to enterprise or individual computer resources.
General Policy
- Remote access is a privilege granted to certain individuals who have a demonstrated need to perform mission-specific activities using enterprise resources while situated off campus. It may not be possible for everyone to receive the privilege of remote access. A person’s request for remote access to information systems that contain sensitive data m...
Guidelines
- Because they permit unregulated interconnections between two or more networks, split tunneling and dual homing should not be used. Remote users should log off from their remote connection when they leave the computer to prevent inadvertent network access by others. Whenever it is feasible, remote access workstations should employ a personal firewall (software- or hardware-…
Auditing and Monitoring
- Information technology staff will routinely monitor logs of remote access activity and inspect network traffic for evidence of compliance with this policy. Access may be revoked at any time without notice.
Violations
- Failure to follow these principles is a violation of this policy. It is the responsibility of each departmental IT manager to make sure that they are keeping their departmental systems in compliance with the above stated policy. Failure to do so constitutes a violation of policy.