GUIDED BY QUAKER VALUES EDUCATING FOR EXCELLENCE INSPIRING TOMORROW’S LEADERS HONORING THE INDIVIDUAL
FRIENDS’ CENTRAL 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 Middle and Upper School campus is set on 28 beautiful acres on City Avenue in Wynnewood. Students in Nursery through grade 5 are on our idyllic 18-acre Lower School campus on Old Gulph Road in Wynnewood. At Friends’ Central School, we cultivate the intellectual, spiritual, and ethical promise of our students. Shaped by our Quaker values, Friends’ Central’s curriculum is challenging, thoughtful, and exciting. Our faculty sets increasingly high standards and supports each student’s efforts to meet them, always encouraging students to approach new ideas with an open mind. From Nursery to grade 12, our students participate in a process designed to foster creative, critical, and flexible thinking. Friends’ Central students distinguish themselves in college, where they are known for their exceptional preparation, and in the world, where their contributions are extraordinary.
w Friends’ Central’s intellectual, innovative, and engaging curriculum is driven and shaped by our Quaker values.
w Future leaders learn to initiate, create, collaborate, and
direct through clubs, arts, athletics, service, and academics.
w Talented teachers nurture the promise of every student and encourage an openness to new ideas and an unreserved respect for one another.
w Our STEAM program is recognized nationally for
innovations in software development and production.
w Small class sizes provide opportunities to develop individual talents and passions.
w Classes are discussion-based and hands-on.
STUDENTS w 783 students
ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
w 82 zip codes represented
w STEAM/Makerspace
w Average class size 14 w Student/Teacher ratio 7:1 w2 5% of the Class of 2016 recognized as National Merit Commended, Semifinalists, or Finalists. wO ver 80% of seniors accepted to one of their top three college choices
w Over 20% of 2015 and 2016 seniors accepted at top 10 or Ivy League colleges
TRANSPORTATION w School district busing w Shuttle to train station w Parent carpools
w Student Council wP ublications wC lubs wA thletics wC ommunity Service wC ore Teams wD rama wM usical Groups and Ensembles
AFFORDING FRIENDS’ CENTRAL w2 016-2017 tuition is $30,750 for grades 6-8 and $34,500 for grades 9-12. 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.