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Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those similarly sentimented."
Watson was a comprehensive school teacher before becoming an academic. [2] She has been a Quaker "off and on since the early 1980s" when she was a teacher, [ 3 ] and belongs to the Steering Group of the Quaker Values in Education Group of the Society of Friends.
Friends schools are institutions that provide an education based on the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers.. Friends schools vary greatly, both in their interpretation of Quaker principles and in how they relate to formal organizations that make up the Society of Friends.
The school had about 400 students in 1995 [7] and about 107 teachers in 2000. [6] The school was once owned by the Quakers' New York Quarterly Meeting, [6] but the school and the Quaker meeting ended their affiliation in 2010. [3] [8] Few of the school's modern-day students are Quaker, although the school culture and curriculum incorporate ...
1929 Primary Department moved to the Homeland campus. 1931 Intermediate Department Building constructed at Homeland. 1936 High School moved to Homeland. School organization changed to a Lower School (grades 1-6) and an Upper School (grades 7-12). 1937 Clubhouse remodeled to house nursery and kindergarten classes. A new gymnasium was built.
Carolina Friends School is an independent, co-educational Quaker school located in Durham, North Carolina. It enrolls students from age 3 and pre-kindergarten through grade 12 . The school was founded in 1962 by members of the Durham Friends Meeting and Chapel Hill Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends as one of the first racially ...
A Quadrille print envelops this bedroom, with window valances to match. The bedding is by Matouk, the armchairs are by Mecox in a Lisa Fine fabric, and the floor lamp is by Meg Braff. Primary Bathroom
Leighton Park School is a co-educational private school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading in South East England. The school's ethos is closely tied to the Quaker values, having been founded as a Quaker School in 1890. The school's ethos is described as achievement with values, character and community.