List of Friends schools

Friends schools are institutions that provide an education based on the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). This article is a list of schools currently or historically associated with the Society of Friends, regardless of their current degree of affiliation.

Friends schools vary greatly both in their interpretation of Quaker principles, and in how they relate to formal organizations that make up the Society of Friends. Most Friends schools are similar in their mission however: to provide an academically sound education while also instilling values of community, spirituality, responsibility and stewardship in their students.[1]

Some institutions founded by Friends were never formally "Quaker Schools." Some historically Friends institutions are no longer formally associated with the Society of Friends. Those that continue to call themselves "Quaker schools" may have formal oversight from a Friends yearly or monthly meetings (often called coming "under care of" a meeting), and others are governed by members of the Society of Friends and/or adhere to aspects of Quaker practice.

Because of the wide range of Friends, the branch (or branches) of Quakerism with which the school affiliates are included, and where applicable the Yearly, Quarterly or Monthly Meeting under whose care or governance the school is held is shown.

Contents

Australia

Belize

Bolivia

Bolivian Friends have established several schools, which are supported from the United States by the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund.

Canada

defunct- Argenta Friends School, Argenta, B.C

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Great Britain

For Northern Ireland, see Ireland below

Secondary Schools

Friends' school Lisburn opned in 1750

Non-Friends Schools with Friends Connections

Defunct Friends Schools

Other institutions

Honduras

Ireland

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

All Quaker schools and yearly meetings in Kenya are affiliated with Friends United Meeting. Note that the Friends World Committee for Consultation website counts, but does not name, many more Kenyan Friends schools than are listed here,

Lebanon

Palestinian West Bank

United States

Abbreviations:

Higher Education

Secondary (High) Schools

"Independent Quaker schools" are operated using Quaker principles and often include a majority of Quakers among trustees, but are not formally under care of a meeting.

Lower & Middle Schools

Note: This section lists schools with grades only below 9th grade. Schools including high school grades are listed above.

Study Centers

Zimbabwe

References

  1. ^ http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/articles/10
  2. ^ Friends United Meeting page
  3. ^ "Pickering College: Quakerism". Pickering College. http://www.pickeringcollege.on.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=320. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  4. ^ http://www.ackworthschool.com/pages/about.php Ackworth School: Ethos and Mission
  5. ^ Bootham School Governance page
  6. ^ Breckenbrough School site
  7. ^ http://www.friends.org.uk/school/governors/governors.htm
  8. ^ http://www.sidcot.org.uk/about/foundation.html
  9. ^ "About St Christopher"
  10. ^ Wigton Old Scholars Association, including a brief history of the school
  11. ^ Lisburn School History page
  12. ^ Happy Grove Alumni Association history page
  13. ^ Friends Theological College site
  14. ^ Klamath Falls Friends Church page on FU Kamoisi
  15. ^ from the Friends University History page
  16. ^ HGST statement of faith
  17. ^ Founded by Friends, Scarecrow Press summary
  18. ^ EFC-ER outreach page
  19. ^ "Values and Traditions". Whittier College. http://www.whittier.edu/About/MissionValuesAndHistory/ValuesAndTraditions/default.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  20. ^ "Quaker Heritage". William Penn University. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080504022945/http://www.wmpenn.edu/AboutPenn/QuakerHeritage/tabid/86/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
  21. ^ Carolina Friends School site
  22. ^ DVFS web site
  23. ^ Alaska Yearly Meeting site
  24. ^ NW Yearly meeting reference to Greenleaf
  25. ^ Olney School history
  26. ^ Buckingham Friends School page about Buckingham Friends Meeting
  27. ^ Cambridge Friends School fast facts
  28. ^ CT Friends School history
  29. ^ http://www.fsmn.org Friends School of Minnesota
  30. ^ Rancocas meeting site
  31. ^ Ridgewood Friends School site
  32. ^ Stratford Friends School site
  33. ^ West Chester Friends School
  34. ^ Westbury Friends School
  35. ^ EFC-MAYM affiliates
  36. ^ Wichita Friends School site
  37. ^ Samathonga Primary School site on Quaker.org

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