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*[[Ashley Biden]], American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Joseph |first1=Adam |title=Joe Biden and Me |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/joe-biden-and-me/article_0eb9b451-95ab-59df-a8e7-a77d795fb12b.html |website=Monterey County Weekly |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Linda Holmes (writer)|Linda Holmes]], NPR personality and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=WFS Summer 2013 Magazine |url=https://issuu.com/wilmingtonfriends/docs/summer_magazine_2013/33 |website=Issuu |access-date=20 December 2020 |page=31 |language=en}}</ref>{{better source|reason=attendance of someone notable is an [[WP:EXTRAORDINARY]] claim. We cannot state an individual's attendance at a school as a fact in Wikipedia's voice without independent verification. There are literally thousands of examples of [[WP:NAMECRUFT]] vandalism weekly. There are dozens of examples of the more sinister [[WP:PROMOTIONAL]] insertion of names in an attempt to elevate the school's status. And it would look pretty stupid to state what we can state from this source: "According to the school, she is an alumni.|date=December 2020}} |
*[[Linda Holmes (writer)|Linda Holmes]], NPR personality and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=WFS Summer 2013 Magazine |url=https://issuu.com/wilmingtonfriends/docs/summer_magazine_2013/33 |website=Issuu |access-date=20 December 2020 |page=31 |language=en}}</ref>{{better source|reason=attendance of someone notable is an [[WP:EXTRAORDINARY]] claim. We cannot state an individual's attendance at a school as a fact in Wikipedia's voice without independent verification. There are literally thousands of examples of [[WP:NAMECRUFT]] vandalism weekly. There are dozens of examples of the more sinister [[WP:PROMOTIONAL]] insertion of names in an attempt to elevate the school's status. And it would look pretty stupid to state what we can state from this source: "According to the school, she is an alumni.|date=December 2020}} |
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*[[Crystal Nix-Hines]], United States Ambassador to [[UNESCO]] |
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*[[Carol Quillen]] |
*[[Carol Quillen]], president of [[Davidson College]] |
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Revision as of 14:12, 17 May 2021
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| Wilmington Friends School | |
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101 School Road , 19803 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°46′07″N 75°33′02″W / 39.7685°N 75.5505°W |
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| Type | Private school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Society of Friends |
| Established | 1748 |
| Head of school | Kenneth E. Aldridge |
| Teaching staff | 74.1 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | Preschool - 12[1] |
| Enrollment | 694 (includes 46 PK students) (2017-18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.7[1] |
| Website | www |
Wilmington Friends School is a private PK-12 school in Wilmington, Delaware United States. 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.
History
The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).[2]
Delaware historian Benjamin Ferris wrote in the 19th century "Thousands of children have there received the first rudiments of an English education."[3]
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.[4]
Notable alumni
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- Ashley Biden, American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer[5]
- Adam B. Ellick, correspondent for The New York Times who filmed a documentary about Malala Yousafza
- Linda Holmes, NPR personality and writer[6][better source needed]
- Matt Meyer, New Castle County Executive
- Crystal Nix-Hines, United States Ambassador to UNESCO
- Daniel Pfeiffer, politician and podcaster[citation needed]
- Carol Quillen, president of Davidson College
- Mabel Vernon, American suffragist, pacifist, and a national leader in the United States suffrage movement[citation needed]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ferris, Benjamin (1846). A history of the original settlements on the Delaware. Wilson & Heald. p. 298.
- ^ "Incyte to buy Friends school campus for $50M". Delaware Business Times. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ Joseph, Adam. "Joe Biden and Me". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "WFS Summer 2013 Magazine". Issuu. p. 31. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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