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Not in the wilmington city limits despite the Wilmington postal address
Plans to sell the lower school have been cancelled, removed reference to the planned sale and construction of a new lower school, to the current plan to remodel and expand.
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| name = Wilmington Friends School
| name = Wilmington Friends School
| image = WFS2007.jpg
| image = WFS2007.jpg
| address = 101 School Road
| address = 101 School Road
| city = [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]
| city = [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]
| state = Delaware <!-- Do not link per [[WP:SEAOFBLUE]] -->
| state = [[Delaware]]
| zipcode = 19803
| zipcode = 19803
| country = United States
| country = United States <!-- Do not link per [[MOS:OL]] -->
| coordinates = {{coord|39.7685|-75.5505|type:edu_region:US-DE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|39.7685|-75.5505|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Private school]]
| type = [[Private school]]
| religion = [[Society of Friends]]
| religion = [[Society of Friends]]
| established = {{start date and age|1748}}
| established = {{start date and age|1748|p=1}}
| ceeb = 080160
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| head = Kenneth E. Aldridge
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| head_name = Head of school
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| enrollment = 694 (includes 46 [[Pre-kindergarten|PK]] students) (2017-18)<ref name="NCES">{{cite web |title=Search for Private Schools - School Detail for WILMINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=00249715 |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=US Department of Education |access-date=December 19, 2020 |language=EN}}</ref>
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| head = Kenneth E. Aldridge
| grades = [[Preschool]] - [[Twelfth grade|12]]<ref name="NCES" />
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| enrollment = 694 (includes 46 [[Pre-kindergarten|PK]] students) (2017-18)<ref name="NCES">{{cite web |title=Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Wilmington Friends School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=00249715 |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=US Department of Education |access-date=December 19, 2020 |language=EN}}</ref>
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| teaching_staff = 74.1 {{FTE}}<ref name="NCES" />
| ratio = 8.7<ref name="NCES" />
| grades = [[Preschool]] - [[Twelfth grade|12]]<ref name="NCES" />
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| teaching_staff = 74.1 {{FTE}}<ref name="NCES" />
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| head_name = Head of school
| ratio = 8.7<ref name="NCES" />
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.wilmingtonfriends.org/}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.wilmingtonfriends.org/}}
}}
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'''Wilmington Friends School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Pre-kindergarten|PK]]-[[12th grade|12]] school in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[New Castle County, Delaware]], United States, near [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wilmingtonfriends.org|title=Home|publisher=Wilmington Friends School|accessdate=2021-02-14|quote=101 School Road Wilmington, DE 19803}} - The school is not in the Wilmington city limits, as seen in a comparison with [https://www.wilmingtonde.gov:443/home/showpublisheddocument?id=364 the zoning map] as of July 2021.</ref> It is affiliated with the [[Society of Friends]]. Mission: Wilmington Friends, a Quaker school with high standards for academic achievement, challenges students to seek truth, to value justice and peace, and to act as creative, independent thinkers with a conscious responsibility to the good of all.
'''Wilmington Friends School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Preschool]]-[[Twelfth grade|12]] school in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[New Castle County, Delaware]], United States, near [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wilmingtonfriends.org|title=Home|publisher=Wilmington Friends School|accessdate=2021-02-14|quote=101 School Road Wilmington, DE 19803}} - The school is not in the Wilmington city limits, as seen in a comparison with [https://www.wilmingtonde.gov:443/home/showpublisheddocument?id=364 the zoning map] as of July 2021. The Wilmington Friends School is indicated on the map as being outside the Wilmington city limits.</ref> It is affiliated with the [[Society of Friends]], also known as the Quakers.


== History ==
== History ==
The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).<ref>{{cite web
The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends.<ref>{{cite web
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[[Delaware]] historian [[Benjamin Ferris]] wrote in the 19th century "Thousands of children have there received the first rudiments of an English education."<ref>{{cite book |title=A history of the original settlements on the Delaware |last=Ferris |first=Benjamin |author-link=Benjamin Ferris |publisher=Wilson & Heald |year=1846 |page=298}}</ref>
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."<ref>{{cite book |title=A history of the original settlements on the Delaware |last=Ferris |first=Benjamin |author-link=Benjamin Ferris |publisher=Wilson & Heald |year=1846 |page=298}}</ref>


In 1937, the Friends School moved from its original site to its current location in Alapocas, just outside the city.In 2019, it was announced that the school was consolidating all grades into one building and selling its lower grade school building; grades pre-K to fifth grade. The building and about 20 acres of property was sold to the pharmaceutical research company [[Incyte]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 6, 2019|title=Incyte to buy Friends school campus for $50M|url=https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/incyte-to-buy-friends-campus/|access-date=December 19, 2020|website=Delaware Business Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==
==Notable alumni==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 03:46, 24 August 2024

Wilmington Friends School
Address
Map
101 School Road

Wilmington
,
Delaware
19803

United States
Coordinates39°46′07″N 75°33′02″W / 39.7685°N 75.5505°W / 39.7685; -75.5505
Information
TypePrivate school
Religious affiliation(s)Society of Friends
Established1748 (276 years ago) (1748)
CEEB code080160
Head of schoolKenneth E. Aldridge
Teaching staff74.1 (on an FTE basis)[1]
GradesPreschool - 12[1]
Enrollment694 (includes 46 PK students) (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.7[1]
Websitewww.wilmingtonfriends.org

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Wilmington Friends School". nces.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Home". Wilmington Friends School. Retrieved 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. ^ Hillegas, Jeanette O (October 1975). "Wilmington Friends School--1748". Independent School Bulletin. Retrieved 2008-02-08. This is another brief account of one of the seventeen member schools founded in the United States before 1776.
  4. ^ Ferris, Benjamin (1846). A history of the original settlements on the Delaware. Wilson & Heald. p. 298.
  5. ^ Joseph, Adam. "Joe Biden and Me". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "WFS Summer 2013 Magazine". Issuu. p. 31. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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