- Friends Academy
Infobox Secondary school
name=Friends Academy
motto="Every Life is to be Explored, Celebrated and Enjoyed."
established=1876
type=Private Co-Ed
founder=Gideon Frost
faculty=approx. 116
students=approx. 750
grades=Toddler - 12th grade
tuition=US$25,000
city=Locust Valley
state=New York 11560
country=USA
campus=Suburban, 65acre s
colors=Red and Black
mascot=Quaker
yearbook="The Lamp"
website= [http://www.fa.org www.fa.org]Friends Academy is a Quaker,
coeducational , independent, college preparatory school serving students from age three through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley,New York . The school was founded in 1876 by Gideon Frost for "the children of Friends and those similarly sentimented". When founded by Frost (he was 78 years old at the time), the school was originally named "Friends College." The campus covers 65 acres. The school is organized around quad with buildings surrounding it. Recent additions to the school include the Helen A. Dolan Center (2000), the Kumar-Wang Library (2000) and the renovation of the Upper School (now called Gideon Frost Hall) in 2004. There are typically 800 students with around 190 faculty.tudents and Faculty
There are 750 students from a several backgrounds and communities throughout Long Island. There are 210 students in the Lower School, 185 in the Middle School, and 355 in the Upper School. There 116 full- and part-time teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 7:1.
While it is a Quaker school, there are only around 8 quaker students and teachers. Tuition ranges from US$20-25,000 a year, and the school has a 95% retention rate.fact|date=March 2007
College placement
Virtually all Friends graduates go to college, attending colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and abroad.fact|date=January 2008
External links
* [http://www.fa.org Friends Academy Web Site]
* [http://newsphoto.com/usa1_detail.php/57925/Sports/Friends_AcademyManhassetBoysVarsityLacrosseSemifinalplayoffHofstra/ Photos from the boys varsity lacrosse game against Manhasset during the Nassau county semifinals on 5-25-07]
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