FCS Lower School Quick Facts 2016-2017

GUIDED BY QUAKER VALUES EDUCATING FOR EXCELLENCE INSPIRING TOMORROW’S LEADERS HONORING THE INDIVIDUAL

FRIENDS’ CENTRAL LOWER SCHOOL

Founded in 1845, Friends’ Central School is a Quaker, co-educational, college preparatory school for students in Nursery to grade 12. Our easily accessible Lower School campus (N-5) is on 18 idyllic acres on Old Gulph Road in Wynnewood. Students in grades 6-12 are on our 28-acre campus on City Avenue in Wynnewood.

Friends’ Central’s Lower School is a place where joy-filled learning is embedded in play, exploration, and discovery.

Whether at a desk, in the garden, art studio, or playground, learning is engaging. “Skills and drills” take their place alongside critical questioning (why? how? what if?), teamwork, and collaboration. The experience is as academically challenging and exciting as it is nurturing and structured.

STUDENTS

CLUBS & ACTIVITIES

wR ecent Graduate Highlights

w State-of-the-art Makerspace

• Over 80% of seniors admitted to one of their top

w Instrumental & voice lessons

three college choices

• 20% of Classes of 2015 and 2016 accepted to top 10 or Ivy League colleges

w 783 students at Friends’ Central (230 in Lower School) w 82 zip codes represented w Average class size 15 w Student/Teacher ratio 7:1

w Lower School string ensemble wA fter-school clubs include a wide range of options, from Maker/Electronics to origami and ceramics wS aturday Morning Basketball & Saturday Afternoon Swimming wE xtended Day & Early Start available w I ntegrated community service learning

AFFORDING FRIENDS’ CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION w FCS door-to-door busing w School district busing w Parent carpools

w2 016-2017 tuition ranges from $18,000 for full-day nursery to $26,000 for grades 2-5. w W e encourage parents to consider Friends’ Central, regardless of economic circumstance. Generous Financial Aid allows FCS to recruit a student body that is both talented and economically diverse.