Wilmington Friends School Explained

Wilmington Friends School
Address:101 School Road
State:Delaware
Zipcode:19803
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.7685°N -75.5505°W
Ceeb:080160
Head Name:Head of school
Head:Kenneth E. Aldridge
Enrollment:694 (includes 46 PK students) (2017-18)[1]
Teaching Staff:74.1
Ratio:8.7

Wilmington Friends School is a private Preschool-12 school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States, near Wilmington.[2] It is affiliated with the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers.

History

The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends.[3]

Of the school, Delaware historian Benjamin Ferris wrote in the 19th century, "Thousands of children have there received the first rudiments of an English education."[4]

In 1937, the Friends School moved from its original site to its current location in Alapocas, just outside the city of Wilmington. In 2019, it was announced that the school was selling its lower school building and constructing a new lower school on the middle and upper school campus. The community surrounding the school had an opposing viewpoint however and after years of push back and a denied request to alter variances, plans for the sale were cancelled. Wilmington Friends is now planning a significant remodel and expansion to the lower school, which will remain intact at its’ current location.

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Wilmington Friends School . nces.ed.gov . US Department of Education . December 19, 2020 . EN.
  2. Web site: Home. Wilmington Friends School. 2021-02-14. 101 School Road Wilmington, DE 19803. - The school is not in the Wilmington city limits, as seen in a comparison with the zoning map as of July 2021. The Wilmington Friends School is indicated on the map as being outside the Wilmington city limits.
  3. Web site: Wilmington Friends School--1748. 2008-02-08. Hillegas, Jeanette O. October 1975. Independent School Bulletin. This is another brief account of one of the seventeen member schools founded in the United States before 1776..
  4. Book: Ferris, Benjamin . A history of the original settlements on the Delaware . Benjamin Ferris . Wilson & Heald . 1846 . 298.
  5. Web site: Joseph . Adam . Joe Biden and Me . Monterey County Weekly . 17 May 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: WFS Summer 2013 Magazine . Issuu . 20 December 2020 . 31 . en.

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