WCFS News!

Paige Norris ’06 Joins Board of Trustees at West Chester Friends School

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Quaker Leadership Team Meets With Mayor Herrin

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Sarah Blossom ’11 Honored by Rotary Club of West Chester

Teacher Michelle Honored as Teacher of the Year

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On World Photography Day, please enjoy these prett

On World Photography Day, please enjoy these pretty photos, taken by campers during the Nature Photography session of our Science Explorers Weeks! #wcfriends #wcfriendssummer #theartofscience

Theater Camp for our Adventurers ended with a fun

Theater Camp for our Adventurers ended with a fun cabaret—drama, songs, skits and fashion. These three weeks full of student-driven script writing, set design, promotion, rehearsal and production are so much fun for campers, and they love presenting their work to friends and families! #wcfriends #wcfriendssummer #wcfriendslovesthearts

Teacher Lesley and Teacher Dotti have taken the Sc

Teacher Lesley and Teacher Dotti have taken the Science Adventure campers on the road, where they are exploring nearby streams and meadows, discovering some slithery new friends and splashing around with old ones. A few spaces left in our Out and About Camps! Call 610-696-2820 or go to wcfriends.org/summertime for more information. #wcfriends #wcfriendsexcitedaboutscience #wcfriendssummer

This week, we are celebrating WCFS Spirit Week—f

This week, we are celebrating WCFS Spirit Week—fun for students and parents! Today, students wore blue and yellow or Spirit Wear, and 10 additional parents made a gift to our annual Friends Fund….meeting that challenge means Pizza Day for all next week! Tomorrow’s challenge will bring Teacher Brian to school in his favorite costume! Join the fun! Click snd make a gift to the Friends Fund! #wcfriends #FriendsFund #livesofimpact

It’s African Market Day! Kindergarten students

It’s African Market Day! Kindergarten students were delighted to showcase and share their knowledge of the music, art, animals, food and games of the African continent. Here is a bit of their amazing work…more fun photos to come! #wcfriends #classof2027 #wcfriendstraditions #arteveryday #QuakerEd

Congratulations to Troy Larsen, WCFS Class of 2011

Congratulations to Troy Larsen, WCFS Class of 2011, Washington and Lee Class of 2022! A math and classics major, he has been awarded a unique Fulbright grant to Hungary that will allow him to spend the next academic year studying at the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics and participating in a research group at the Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics. We are so proud of Troy! #wcfriends #classof2011 #wcfriendsaccomplishedalumni #alumniMonday #wcfriendslivesofimpact #QuakerEd

The PTO’s “Dine and Donate” at Rita’s Wate

The PTO’s “Dine and Donate” at Rita’s Water Ice in West Chester featured a prize wheel (everybody wins!) and celebrity scoopers like Teacher Nate! Thanks to our PTO, teachers and everybody who pitched in to this fun and yummy event! #wcfriends #wcfriendspto #dineanddonate #TeacherNaterocks

The Classes of ‘22 and ‘23 were so happy to tr

The Classes of ‘22 and ‘23 were so happy to travel to #echohilloutdoorschool for our traditional annual overnight, to enrich their study of environmental science. Students spent time on the Chesapeake, learning to “scanoe,” having classes on the boat and along the shore, viewing fish and other wildlife and enjoying dinner and overnight in the cabins! #wcfriends #classof2022 #classof2023 #environmentalscience #wcfriendsexcitedaboutscience #outdoorclassrooms

In honor of the #philadelphiaphillies home opener,

In honor of the #philadelphiaphillies home opener, and the 75th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715 home runs, we bring you the WCFS Baseball Team, circa early 20th century. #wcfriends #GoPhils #hammerinhank#historyfun

The Class of 2022 is participating in a “choose

The Class of 2022 is participating in a “choose your project” unit that fosters agency, engagement and experimentation in their work, and supports artistic idea generation. Students may work individually or collaboratively. This group decided to create a shirt! They have designed the item, cut it out and are teaching themselves to use the sewing machine! #wcfriends #Class of 2022 #teachingforartisticbehavior #TAB #processart #wcfriendsarteveryday

What an amazing array of experiments and invention

What an amazing array of experiments and inventions presented at the 2022 Science Fair this year!Congratulations to Teacher Lesley and all of the student scientists! #wcfriends #wcfriendstraditions #wcfriendsexcitedaboutscience

We are celebrating 100 wonderful days of school to

We are celebrating 100 wonderful days of school today! Students wore tees decorated with 100 pom poms, gummy bears and buttons; created posters and collages with 100 objects; brought in their collections of 100 crayons, mochi and beads; and dressed like 100-year-old friends! #wcfriends #100daysofschool

Lots of sweet homemade Valentine boxes ready to re

Lots of sweet homemade Valentine boxes ready to receive heartfelt cards. #wcfriends #happyvalentinesday

First and fifth graders together made 55 hearts to

First and fifth graders together made 55 hearts to brighten up the 55 rooms at the Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore. #wcfriends #wcfriendsservice #firstandfifthgradeFriday #classof2022 #classof2026

The Pre-kindergarten students wish you sunshine an

The Pre-kindergarten students wish you sunshine and rainbows and a very happy Tuesday! #wcfriends #classof2028 #arteveryday #wcfriendsearlychildhood

We love our weekly Play School Time for Science wi

We love our weekly Play School Time for Science with Teacher Lesley! Feathers, like the birds they’re from, come in all sizes and colors and are very soft to touch! #wcfriends #wcfriendsearlychildhood #FriendsPlaySchool #wcfriendsexcitedaboutscience

Six more weeks? We’re here for it! #wcfriends #r

Six more weeks? We’re here for it! #wcfriends #recesssledding #groundhogday

There is lots of collaborative construction going

There is lots of collaborative construction going on in the outdoor classrooms this winter! #wcfriends #outdoorlearning #QuakerEd

Kindergarten students baked polar bear biscuits to

Kindergarten students baked polar bear biscuits to eat on their “trip” home from the Arctic, where they have been learning this month! #wcfriends #classof2027 #wcfriendsearlychildhood

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