List of Friends schools

This article is a list of schools associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Some institutions founded by Friends were never formally "Quaker Schools." Many historically Friends institutions are no longer formally associated with the Society of Friends. Those that continue to call themselves "Quaker schools" may not have formal oversight from a Friends yearly or monthly meetings, but are governed by members of the Society of Friends and adhere to Quaker practice.

Because of the wide range of Friends, specifics of the branch (or branches) of Quakerism the school affiliates with are included.

Australia

* The Friends' School, Hobart, Hobart, Australia, PreK-12th grade, founded by Quakers and governed by Quaker principles, not formally under care of a meeting.

Canada

* Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, PreK-12th greade, founded as a Quaker School, "not a Quaker school today". [ cite web|url=http://www.pickeringcollege.on.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=320 |title=Pickering College: Quakerism |accessdate=2008-09-30 |publisher=Pickering College ]

Costa Rica

* [http://www.mfschool.org/ Monteverde Friends School] , Monteverde, Costa Rica, PreK-12th grade, under care of Monteverde Monthly Meeting (Friends General Conference).

Ireland

* Drogheda Grammar School,Drogheda, Co. Meath (Louth), trustees are mostly members of the Society of Friends, not formally under care of a meeting
* Friends' School Lisburn, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, majority of trustees represent Ulster Quarterly Meeting. [ [http://www.friendsschoollisburn.org.uk/content.asp?PageId=1 Lisburn School History page] ]
* Newtown Junior School,
* Newtown School, Waterford, Ireland
* Rathgar Junior School

Japan

* Friends Girls' School, Tokyo, Japan

Kenya

* Friends' School, Kamusinga, Kenya
* Friends' School, Kigama, Kenya
* Friends' Primary School, Mudete, Kenya
* Chavakali High School, Kenya

Palestinian West Bank

* Ramallah Friends Schools, West Bank

United Kingdom

econdary Schools

* Ackworth School, England
* Bootham School, York, England
* Breckenbrough School, England
* Leighton Park School, England
* Friends School Lisburn, N.Ireland
* Great Ayton Friends' School, England (closed down 1997)
* The Mount School, York, England
* Friends School Saffron Walden, England
* Sibford School, England
* Sidcot School, England
* Wennington School, England (closed 1975)

Other institutions

* Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, adult study centre for United Kingdom Quakers.

United States

Higher Education

* Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California. Officially non-denominational, but with informal ties to Evangelical Friends International.
* Barclay College, Haviland, Kansas. Associated with Friends Church, but does not specify an affiliation.
* Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution, now non-denominational.
* Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Has always been non-denominational. Founder Ezra Cornell was a birthright Quaker, but was later disowned by the Society of Friends.
* Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Affiliated with Western Yearly Meeting, part of Friends United Meeting.
* Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana. Associated with Friends United Meeting, but has relations with all branches of the Society of Friends.
* Friends University, Wichita. Founded as a Quaker institution, now non-denominational with "an amicable but independent relationship with the Society of Friends" (Evangelical Friends International). [ [http://www.friends.edu/about/history.aspx from the Friends University History page] ]
* George Fox University, Newburg, Oregon. Affiliated with Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends (Evangelical Friends International).
* Global College. Founded as Friends World College by New York Yearly Meeting (Friends General Conference), now part of Long Island University and unaffiliated with Friends.
* Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded as a Quaker college and continues to be governed by members of the Society of Friends.
* Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania. Founded by members of the Orthodox Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Remains rooted in Friends tradition and grounded in Quaker practice, but without formal affiliation.
* John Woolman College, Brattleboro, Vermont
* Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland was founded by a Quaker and most early trustees were Quaker, [ [http://www.scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0810858185 "Founded by Friends", Scarecrow Press summary] ] but was always officially non-denominational.
* Malone University. Affiliated with Evangelical Friends International
* Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, California. Graduate school of education based around a children's school founded by Quakers. Strong Friends influence but no formal affiliation.
* Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded by Hicksite Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, now independent.
* Whittier College. Founded by Quakers, now secular and independent with "an appreciation for Quaker values." [ cite web|url=http://www.whittier.edu/About/MissionValuesAndHistory/ValuesAndTraditions/default.aspx |title=Values and Traditions |accessdate=2008-09-30 |publisher=Whittier College ]
* William Penn University, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Founded by Quakers, no formal affiliation. "The university is firmly rooted in its Christian heritage with certain characteristics distinctive to Quakers, but welcomes faculty, staff and students from all faiths." [ cite web|url=http://www.wmpenn.edu/AboutPenn/QuakerHeritage/tabid/86/Default.aspx |title=Quaker Heritage |accessdate=2008-10-07 |publisher=William Penn University ]
* Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio. Founded by Quakers, associated with Wilmington Yearly Meeting (Friends United Meeting).

econdary (High) Schools

* Abington Friends School
* Alexandria Friends School
* Brooklyn Friends School
* Carolina Friends School
* [http://www.dvfs.org Delaware Valley Friends School]
* Frankford Friends School
* Friends Academy
* Friends' Central School
* Friends School of Baltimore
* Friends School of Charlotte
* Friends Select School
* Friends Seminary
* George School
* Germantown Friends School
* Greenleaf Friends Academy
* Haddonfield Friends School
* Lincoln School, Rhode Island
* The Meeting School
* Moorestown Friends School
* Moses Brown
* New Garden Friends School
* Oakwood Friends School
* Olney Friends School
* Sandy Spring Friends School
* Scattergood Friends School
* Sidwell Friends School
* Tandem Friends School
* Thornton Friends School
* Virginia Beach Friends School
* Westtown School
* William Penn Charter School
* Wilmington Friends School
* The Woolman Semester

Elementary Schools

* Buckingham Friends School Lahaska, Pennsylvania, USA
* Cambridge Friends School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
* Carolina Friends School
* Connecticut Friends School
* Frankford Friends School
* Friends Community School
* Friends Meeting School, Maryland
* Friends School of Atlanta
* Friends School in Detroit
* Friends School Haverford
* Friends School of Minnesota
* Friends School of Portland, Maine
* Goshen Friends School
* High Point Friends School
* [http://www.lansdownefriendsschool.org Lansdowne Friends School]
* Mary McDowell Center for Learning
* Media-Providence Friends School
* Mullica Hill Friends School
* Newtown Friends School, Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA
* Pacific Ackworth Friends School
* Plymouth Meeting Friends School
* Princeton Friends School, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
* Richmond Friends School
* San Francisco Friends School
* [http://www.stratfordfriends.org Stratford Friends School]
* Friends School of Wilmington
* United Friends School
* [http://www.wcfriends.org West Chester Friends School]
* [http://www.westburyfriends.org Westbury Friends School]
* Westfield Friends School

References

External links

* [http://www.quaker.org/colleges.html A list of Quaker-originated colleges and universities]
* [http://www.friends.org.uk/quakers/qschools.htm Another list of Friends' schools]
* [http://friendscouncil.org/ Friends Council on Education] (includes school finder)
* [http://www.quaker.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90043 List of Friends Schools in the U.K. and bibliographical sources for their study (including schools now closed)]