Greene Street Friends School

Greene Street Friends School
Location
5511 Greene Street Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Information
Type	Private
Established	1855
Head of school	Ed Marshall
Grades	K–8
Enrollment	289
Affiliation	Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)
Website	greenestreetfriends.org

Greene Street Friends School is an urban coeducational school under the care of Green Street Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.^[1] Located in Germantown, Philadelphia,^[2] Greene Street serves 289 students in grades Pre-K to 8.

History

In December 2012, Greene Street purchased the property known as "the doctor's house" on the corner of Greene Street and West School House Lane. The building was demolished and the school hopes to add more green space to its campus.^[3]

Notable alumni

Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist
Holly Robinson Peete, actress^[4]
Chris Dudley, basketball player and politician
Mat Johnson, author
Dylan Tichenor, film editor
Lydia Artymiw, concert pianist
Eugene Byrd, actor
Rob Hardy, director

References

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Schools

School District of Philadelphia

Abraham Lincoln High School Audenried High School John Bartram High School Edward W. Bok Technical High School Central High School Constitution High School Murrell Dobbins Vocational School Edison/Fareira High School Samuel S. Fels High School Frankford High School Benjamin Franklin High School Horace Furness High School Girard Academic Music Program Simon Gratz High School Kensington High School Complex Martin Luther King High School Lankenau High School Jules E. Mastbaum Technical High School Julia R. Masterman School Microsoft's School of the Future Motivation High School Northeast High School Olney High School Overbrook High School Paul Robeson High School for Human Services Roxborough High School William L. Sayre High School South Philadelphia High School Strawberry Mansion High School Swenson Arts and Technology High School George Washington High School West Philadelphia High School

Former public schools	Alexander Wilson Elementary School Anna B. Pratt Elementary School Anna H. Shaw Middle School Charles Carroll High School Communications Technology High School Edward Bok Technical High School Fairhill Elementary School General John F. Reynolds Elementary School George Pepper Middle School George Washington Elementary School Germantown High School John G. Whittier Elementary School John L. Kinsey Elementary School Joseph C. Ferguson Elementary School Joseph Leidy Elementary School Leslie P. Hill Elementary School Robert E. Lamberton High School Robert Fulton Elementary School Roberts Vaux Promise Academy Sheridan West Academy Stephen A. Douglas High School University City High School Walter G. Smith Elementary School

Other Schools

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Archbishop Ryan High School Father Judge High School J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Roman Catholic High School St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School West Catholic Preparatory High School

Private schools	Friends Select School Germantown Friends School Girard College Greene Street Friends School Hope Charter School Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School Mercy Vocational High School Nazareth Academy High School Philadelphia Free School Philadelphia Mennonite High School Saint Joseph's Preparatory School Springside Chestnut Hill Academy William Penn Charter School

Former religious and private schools	Chestnut Hill Academy Springside School

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