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Wilmington Friends School
Wilmington Friends School
Address
	101 School Road; Wilmington, Delaware 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 (276 years ago)
CEEB code	080160
Head of school	Kenneth E. Aldridge
Teaching staff	74.1 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	Preschool - 12
Enrollment	694 (includes 46 PK students) (2017-18)
Student to teacher ratio	8.7
Website	www.wilmingtonfriends.org

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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 building and about 20 acres of property is planned to be sold to the pharmaceutical research company Incyte.^[5]

Notable alumni

Ashley Biden, American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer^[6]
Adam B. Ellick, correspondent for The New York Times who filmed a documentary about Malala Yousafza
Linda Holmes, NPR personality and writer^[7]^{[better source needed]}
Matt Meyer, New Castle County Executive
Brian Curtis Mand, New York Times best selling co-author and former television host
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.
^ "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.
^ 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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[NCES-1] "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] "Incyte to buy Friends school campus for $50M". Delaware Business Times. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2020.

[6] Joseph, Adam. "Joe Biden and Me". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[7] "WFS Summer 2013 Magazine". Issuu. p. 31. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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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}}
 *[[Matt Meyer]], New Castle County Executive
-* [[Brian Curtis]], writer and television reporter
+* [[Brian Curtis Mand]], New York Times best selling co-author and former television host
 *[[Crystal Nix-Hines]], United States Ambassador to [[UNESCO]]
 *[[Daniel Pfeiffer]], politician and podcaster{{cn|reason=no secondary sources in bio verifying attendance|date=December 2020}}

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